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Tempus v4.20.0 android subsonic client release

github.com English

Tempus is an open-source and lightweight music client for Subsonic, designed and built natively for Android.

This app works with any service that implements the Subsonic API, including:

https://github.com/eddyizm/tempus/releases/tag/v4.20.0

My last release post was for v4.12.0 so I’ve included whats changed since that post.

What’s Changed

Highlighting these 5 features that people have wanted for some time and were well received.

And a ton of bug fixes, performance improvements and other features -> Full Changelog: https://github.com/eddyizm/tempus/compare/v4.12.0...v4.20.0

note app-tempo* <- The github release with all the android auto/chromecast features

app-degoogled* <- The izzyOnDroid release that goes without any of the google stuff.

As usual, any dev contributions appreciated as I am not actually a java/mobile dev, so my progress is significantly slower than those who do this on the daily.

Big thanks to all the folks who have been contributing.

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    Release v4.20.0 · eddyizm/tempus
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    What's Changed feat: improve Continuous Play by @MaFo-28 in #721 Release Type sections on artist page rework by @haunders in #756 fix: handle aggressive memory killing to restore album fragment by...
      • PieMePlenty@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12 hours

        Yeah, Tempo hasn’t had any updates in a while. I used it originally, but moved to this fork.

    • _Nemo_@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1 day

      You patched the annoying “crash-on-start” bug! 😍 I was collecting diagnostics to help nail it down, but you guys were faster. Keep up the great work! 👍👍👍

      • eddyizm@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1 day

        I’ve been getting a lot of help lately so the community support is what is making it better.

    • myrmidex@belgae.socialEnglish
      1 day

      Love tempus, it’s my main navidrome client on mobile. Thanks for all the great work!

    • MIXEDUNIVERS@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      1 day

      thank you for this project

      i use it since 3 weeks and i love it.

      after i setup my music server i was a bit lost… but this musicplayer with android auto is so good

      • eddyizm@lemmy.worldEnglish
        23 hours

        Hopefully google doesn’t block android auto access in the near future.

    • hellmo_luciferrari@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1 day

      Looking forward to trying this out. Been using Symfonium for its android auto support. Glad to see another Navidrome supporting client with android auto capabilities.

    • aquacat@pawb.socialEnglish
      1 day

      Still, my biggest problem in this app is UI. I really hope some nice UX changes come around soon seeing as functionality side is so advanced in comparison. Still I thank thr devs for all the love and work they put in it!

        • HiTekRedNek@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11 hours

          Navic has the best UI/UX in my experience. Too bad it is unstable AF when it comes to large libraries.

        • aquacat@pawb.socialEnglish
          15 hours
          • you cant pull down the player on cover image
          • you need to scroll all the way to the top of the song queue to swipe down, and back button closes the queue AND player. I found out you can pull fown if you pull over the drop shaped “+” button which is not obvious at all, and it still sometimes closes the player too.
          • in Home in the corner there is a three button overflow menu icon, but when pressed only option is settings. Why not just make it a gear icon to begin with?
          • same thing with build-in equalizer when in player
          • why does sleep timer has to have 7 presets + end of song + custom? I belive 3 presets + end of song + custom is more than enough. I mean how much time are we saving here?
          • in downloads option for changing view type from artist/album/track… uses a filter icon even though it is not doing any filtering. Sort would also be nice for most recent, but that is more of a feature request
          • When downloading a song the download icon next to it doesnt apear untill you refresh it (sometimes?)

          This is more personilized now but UI looks dated. Before switching to Subsonic I used a client called InnerTune and may be controversial but in terms of looks Tempus for me is clearly a downgrade, and so do say my friends I showed it to.

          Now I listed just the UI stuff I dislike, excluding what I like. Hope this clears it out. :3

    • Sibbo@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      1 day

      Nice!

      Does playback still randomly stop or jump baic to the beginning of the song?

      • nemothemoho@piefed.socialEnglish
        1 day

        I have this same issue. I want to love this player. I like a lot about it. But I constantly have to restart playback in it.

        • eddyizm@lemmy.worldEnglish
          22 hours

          We have fixed several of those bugs with the latest release as I know this has been a long standing issue. We’ve found the root cause for several of these and applied patches. Depending on what version you used last, you might be pleasantly surprised.

      • eddyizm@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1 day

        We have patched a lot of those bugs so not sure if we found all the edge cases.

        • Sibbo@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          18 hours

          Just tried, still the same issue. After closing my phone and letting it be for 5-10 minutes, playback suddenly starts from the beginning. That is the beginning of the currently playing song I believe.

          Then it’s back to Navic for me. It does a similar thing, but instead of jumping back, it just pauses.