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It doesn't seem that anyone is working on the remote anymore?
Using Yatse now anyway, but would have loved to see this concept come to life.
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Me too :-( and since google i/o I liked some of the design standards talked about there as well
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I'm starting to get the itch to do Android stuff again, and would love to see the official XBMC remote app get some changes like this. Has anyone started working on it? I don't see that freezy's sandbox repo has had any commits in a while.
Would the option to make a 4.0+ version be considered, or are there too many Gingerbread users? I'm guessing you could leave the existing APK for pre-4.0 devices and upload a new one for ICS and up.
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really like this and how it fits into the holo theme. I hope someone picks up development!
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same apk can be used for all versions with ActiobBarSherlock. anyway i do like the idea, though I would argue to include an actual ActionBar and follow design patterns..
The remote view should be a sliding drawer on the right side a handle.. so we can use the full square footage for 'now playing' for became, and slide out the remote when u need it.
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2013-08-25, 15:02
(This post was last modified: 2013-08-26, 00:10 by PantsOnFire.)
As we know, everyone had different use scenarios for xbmc... Some love their movie collections, some like to stream web TV.. Some are using as PVR... For me... I use mine mostly for music.
Some I'm quite often using the library & files mode on the xbmc remote.
File mode because it's quick (without artwork) and lists are always easy if your material is organised. Library occasionally.
It lacks the ability to search the library at the moment.
Though I don't know if this is a limit of the upnp xbmc uses.?
Anyway it would obv. be nice you see that in the official remote. (Yatse has it)
-but anyway my main point-- would it be possible to add a feature to highlight (long press) on a song and add it to the favourites menu?
Sure you can add tunes to a playlist, save that, and just play it when you want it, but quite often im going... 'Ash, that track, yeah I wanna hear that'. It would just be really convenient to be able to 'favourite' your songs as you go.