Beta: Alternative Android App JamendoX³

[Santo Lusito]

So, as promised: This is a first peek at what I'm working on.
It's a Jamendo App for Android, that focuses more on browsing the Database.
Currently it is designed for tablets. Don't expect it to work on phones just yet.
Minimum API level is currently 16, i.e. Android 4.1.

Download:
If you want to try it, you need to allow installing apps from untrusted sources and then download/install this:
http://www.lusito.info/JamendoX3.apk

Keep in mind, there are still quite a few things that need design work, like buttons and icons.
Also the playlist and playback feature is still very basic.

A quick guide since I don't have a help screen yet:
"Discover" lets you search for albums, artists, tracks and order them in any way the Jamendo API supports.
This merges the "Featured" and "Search" functionality of the official app.
Clicking on the plus button adds it to the playlist. the playlist can also be accessed from everywhere by swiping from the right or pressing the button on the actionbar.
You can reorder items on the playlist by long-pressing the item. drag them far to each side to remove the item.

Clicking on any item in a list gives you detailed information on track, album or artist.
There is a share button on the action bar, which works for the current info page.

The stop button on the actionbar stops any playing stream.

On the radio tab and on info pages, there are buttons to get to artist, album or track information.
The shopping cart button opens a browser with the Jamendo pro url.

What's next:
I'm going open source on Github with this soon, so if anyone would be interested in helping that would be nice.
The parts used for working with the Jamendo V3 API will be put into a separate library, so it can be used for other Jamendo apps.

I have not yet started work on the user/* API, as it would require me to get into OAuth first XD.

Anyways, have fun. Feedback is very welcome.

[Claudio Ortelli]

Hello,

sorry for our late, but we have finally tested the app! That's really pretty nice! We were not expecting such a complete work and we really appreciate the idea of opensourcing it. We hope to see the community responding to your initiative, and we would really like to help too! 

Apart the features you are still building or completing, we found the design a bit too old style and not very Android oriented. Doing some work like Ui and Ux together, we could really support it as the official Android tablet app! 

As you are gonna use the user api soon, I suppose you plan also to make some write calls, isn't it? In that case you'll probably find an important api missing, which is the playlist Api. If you need it, that would be the good occasion for us to create it. Don't hesitate to write us that kind of feedbacks on lacking things, bugs and so on.

We'll definitely keep in touch!

Jamendo Devs

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[Santo Lusito]

Thanks, I'm glad you like it.
What exactly do you mean with the old style design ?
If it's about the visuals, then yes, those are mostly placeholders, since I'm not much of a graphics guy.
Otherwise, I guess you'll need to explain further.. maybe if you had some examples on what design you prefer, I could take a look at them.

I guess the first thing I would do with the api is try to make the best of the favorite/fan thing.
Possibly try to find similar tracks based on the users previously rated tracks. Tho it would be much easier if it was a star based rating, not just like/dislike.
Of course, storing and reading playlists is also on the list.

But before I get into the user api, I want to polish the rest a bit.

Greetings
Santo

[Claudio Ortelli]

Thanks, I'm glad you like it.
What exactly do you mean with the old style design ?
If it's about the visuals, then yes, those are mostly placeholders, since I'm not much of a graphics guy.

Yes that's what I mean :)

 

Otherwise, I guess you'll need to explain further.. maybe if you had some examples on what design you prefer, I could take a look at them.

We would like to do even more, sharing you not just some examples but the real Ui items needed! It's still quite early for that though.. don't worry keep working on your app and have fun! As said if things keep going in a so good direction we'll absolutely collaborate :)

I guess the first thing I would do with the api is try to make the best of the favorite/fan thing.
Possibly try to find similar tracks based on the users previously rated tracks. Tho it would be much easier if it was a star based rating, not just like/dislike.
Of course, storing and reading playlists is also on the list.

Ok. We keep your feedback in mind! I cannot tell you what's the timing for all of this, but we'd like to release some new features in next months.

But before I get into the user api, I want to polish the rest a bit.

Ok, send us your new apk version whenever you want and we'll follow up with some comments

Cheers!