Annouce: Squeeze Control, a squeezebox remote app, is now available for Android

[jstraw]

Press and hold the player name bottom centre.

Thanks!

[wt0]

Tap brings up the list of available players.

Then you must have "Tap to show player selector" enabled in Preferences > Controls (it's off by default)

In that case, tap and hold.

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[jstraw]

Then you must have "Tap to show player selector" enabled in Preferences > Controls (it's off by default)

In that case, tap and hold.

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Ah, I see...thanks.

[jstraw]

What *causes* this version of the landscape layout? How can I prevent it from ever appearing? How can I get out of it when it happens?

When I use the icon in the lower right, it only reverts to the proper landscape layout temporarily. These occurrences seem to be related to a loss of connectivity but how, is unclear.

[wt0]

What *causes* this version of the landscape layout? How can I prevent it from ever appearing? How can I get out of it when it happens?

When I use the icon in the lower right, it only reverts to the proper landscape layout temporarily. These occurrences seem to be related to a loss of connectivity but how, is unclear.

That's Dock Mode. Look at Preferences > Dock, Charging & Stay Awake

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[jstraw]

That's Dock Mode. Look at Preferences > Dock, Charging & Stay Awake

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Thanks!

[jstraw]

What does Auto Launch launch? SB Player?

[wt0]

What does Auto Launch launch? SB Player?

It auto launches SB Player when Squeeze Ctrl starts.

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[jstraw]

I'd like to describe a behavior that I can't seem to configure my way out of. I launch Squeeze Ctrl and the appropriate meta data appears on my car's display. I can numerous tracks and the data updates as expected. If I use the display or the steering wheel controls to skip a track, it works just once. It advances, the subsequent track (and following tracks) will not display meta data, and I can't advance tracks anymore after that first time.

If I then go into SB Player and disconnect and reconnect, the music will stop and then resume as expected. When I reopen Squeeze Ctrl, the new meta data displays, but the whole cycle starts over. I can use the car's controls once, then no more.

Is there some configuration for docking/launching that I don't have right? Is something else going on?

[wt0]

I'd like to describe a behavior that I can't seem to configure my way out of. I launch Squeeze Ctrl and the appropriate meta data appears on my car's display. I can numerous tracks and the data updates as expected. If I use the display or the steering wheel controls to skip a track, it works just once. It advances, the subsequent track (and following tracks) will not display meta data, and I can't advance tracks anymore after that first time.

If I then go into SB Player and disconnect and reconnect, the music will stop and then resume as expected. When I reopen Squeeze Ctrl, the new meta data displays, but the whole cycle starts over. I can use the car's controls once, then no more.

Is there some configuration for docking/launching that I don't have right? Is something else going on?

It's not you. It's how Android 8+ handles bluetooth media controls. Basically, the last app to play audio is the app that actually receives the media button presses. So, as I mentioned in a previous post, Squeeze Ctrl initiates and then immediate stops playing an empty audio track so that it can receive the button presses. However, once you press play, SB Player now becomes the last app to play audio so it gets the media button presses instead of Squeeze Ctrl. Fortunately, it's a problem I already solved for pre-Android 5.0 devices, so I should be able to re-enable it for 8.0+ devices. It requires an update to SB Player.

It's just really annoying how Google gives you more flexible methods that worked for 3 versions and then decides to revert back to the old ways.