Simple-Music-Player/CHANGELOG.md
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Changelog
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Version 5.18.3 *(2023-10-17)*
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* Fully rewrote playback handling under the hood
* Added Genres tab
* Allow sharing songs
* Added some stability, translation and UI improvements
Version 5.18.2 *(2023-10-16)*
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* Fully rewrote playback handling under the hood
* Added Genres tab
* Allow sharing songs
* Added some stability, translation and UI improvements
Version 5.18.1 *(2023-09-13)*
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* Fully rewrote playback handling under the hood
* Added Genres tab
* Allow sharing songs
* Added some stability, translation and UI improvements
Version 5.17.1 *(2023-07-24)*
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* Added some crashfixes
Version 5.17.0 *(2023-07-22)*
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* Allow queueing tracks as the next queue item
* Improved file fetching and performance
* Allow triggering folder rescanning
* Added sorting by Date Added
* Added some stability, translation and UI improvements
Version 5.16.6 *(2023-06-20)*
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* Added some stability, translation and UI improvements
Version 5.16.5 *(2023-05-17)*
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* Added gapless playback
* Added some stability, translation and UI improvements
Version 5.16.4 *(2023-03-14)*
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* Added some stability, translation and UI improvements
Version 5.16.3 *(2023-01-12)*
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* Fixed a search menu glitch on some devices
Version 5.16.2 *(2023-01-04)*
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* Added the new search bar at the top menu
* Added some stability, translation and UI improvements
Version 5.16.1 *(2022-12-30)*
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* Added a crashfix
Version 5.16.0 *(2022-12-29)*
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* Added some notification reliability related improvements
* Allow stopping the music and dismissing the notification with pressing X
* Use Material You theme by default on Android 12+
* Increased minimal required Android OS version to 6
* Added some UI, translation and stability improvements
Version 5.15.0 *(2022-11-06)*
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* Allow excluding unwanted folders
* Allow reordering playlist tracks
* Allow setting playlist and folder specific sorting
* Allow deleting files themselves from the queue view
* Added Search at the queue list
* Added other stability, translation and UX improvements
Version 5.14.1 *(2022-10-03)*
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* Adding a Get Simple Phone button into the About section
* Added some translation and UX improvements
Version 5.14.0 *(2022-09-02)*
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* Added Monochrome icon and Language picker support on Android 13+
* Added some translation and UX improvements
Version 5.13.1 *(2022-07-15)*
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* Fixing a glitch with undismissable notifications
* Adding some stability and UX improvements
Version 5.13.0 *(2022-07-10)*
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* Adding some slight material redesigns
* Added some stability, translation and UX improvements
Version 5.12.0 *(2022-07-02)*
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* Moved top tabs at the bottom
* Added many translation, stability and UX improvements
Version 5.11.3 *(2022-06-06)*
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* Added support for m3a playlist files
* Properly sort playlist and folder files
* Added some stability, translation and UX improvements
Version 5.11.2 *(2022-04-15)*
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* Make sure the current track bar doesn't cover up anything
* Fixed an Android 12 related crash
* Added some stability and translation improvements
Version 5.11.1 *(2022-04-14)*
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* Added some stability, translation and UX improvements
Version 5.11.0 *(2022-04-03)*
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* Added Material You theme support on Android 12+
* Make sure the playback speed is applied to new tracks too
* Fixed some third party intent related glitches
* Added many stability, translation and UX improvements
Version 5.10.1 *(2022-03-16)*
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* Fixing a crash at deleting files
Version 5.10.0 *(2022-03-15)*
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* Reworked file fetching, should improve performance a lot
* Added Privacy policy
* Added some translation, stability and UX improvements
Version 5.9.1 *(2022-02-09)*
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* Properly update song info at the media session, fixing bluetooth devices and maybe some lockscreens
* Add items in the queue in the proper order
* Show track count at Albums tab
* Added some translation, stability and UX improvements
Version 5.9.0 *(2022-01-05)*
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* Added a Folders tab on Android 10+
* Added Search at the playlists and tracks screen
* Fixed a glitch at songs not starting playback properly
* Allow customizing visible tabs
* Added some stability, translation and UX improvements
Version 5.8.2 *(2021-12-15)*
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* Added some stability, translation and UX improvements
Version 5.8.1 *(2021-11-16)*
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* Redesigned some parts of the app
* Allow editing some file metadata
* Changed the side fastscroller to make it more reliable
* Some other stability, translation and UI improvements
Version 5.8.0 *(2021-10-02)*
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* Fixed some Android 11 file operation related issues
* Added some UX and translation improvements
Version 5.7.1 *(2021-08-29)*
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* Add new repetition options for repeating the current song and stopping after it
* Properly show artists and titles with long names
* Properly resume the tracks if they have been paused by the app during a call etc
* Some translation, stability and UX improvements
Version 5.7.0 *(2021-05-11)*
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* Cache artists and albums for quicker loading
* Some widget reliability improvements
* Adding some translation and stability improvements
Version 5.6.5 *(2021-04-15)*
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* Adding some translation and stability improvements
Version 5.6.4 *(2021-03-29)*
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* Adding some third party intent handling related improvements
* Show a placeholder while loading files
* Some UI, translation and stability improvements
Version 5.6.3 *(2021-03-08)*
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* Adding some crashfixes
Version 5.6.2 *(2021-03-07)*
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* Allow changing the playback speed
* Some stability and translation improvements
Version 5.6.1 *(2021-03-02)*
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* Adding some stability and translation improvements
Version 5.6.0 *(2021-03-01)*
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* Allow viewing selected file properties
* Allow selecting an accent color at Black & White theme too
* Allow copying the currently playing artist and title by long pressing
* Fixed some glitches with the music player getting stuck
* Fixed some issues with headset clicks not being recognized
* Many UI, performance, stability and translation improvements
Version 5.5.2 *(2021-02-06)*
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* Added a White theme with special handling
* Added an initial implementation of a more advanced equalizer
* Some stability and translation improvements
Version 5.5.1 *(2021-01-04)*
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* Fixing a crash in some cases
Version 5.5.0 *(2021-01-03)*
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* Properly update the cover art at the notification and lock screen
* Do not reset the song at rotating the mobile
* Requite Simple Thank You for color customization
* Some stability and translation improvements
Version 5.4.4 *(2020-11-10)*
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* Allow sorting playlist tracks
* Allow adding queued tracks to playlists
* Fixed some issues with adding files or folders to playlists
Version 5.4.3 *(2020-11-02)*
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* Properly handle adding files or folders into playlists
* Some UI, translation and stability improvements
Version 5.4.2 *(2020-10-28)*
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* Readding the sleep timer
* Properly handle unknown artists, list them as <unknown>
* Added a couple other UX, stability and translation improvements
Version 5.4.1 *(2020-10-25)*
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* Allow manually adding files and folders to playlists
* Add sorting to every tab
Version 5.4.0 *(2020-10-23)*
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* Fully redesigned the app for better user experience
* Tracks can be split between playlists, artists, albums
* Queue can be easily customized by drag and dropping
* This is just the initial implementation, many improvements will come soon
Version 5.3.4 *(2020-09-19)*
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* Adding some translation and UX improvements
Version 5.3.3 *(2020-05-30)*
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* Use a nicer app icon on older devices
* Adding some stability and translation improvements
Version 5.3.2 *(2020-05-16)*
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* Improved some third party Open File intent handling
* Gave the Open Playlist top menu item higher priority than Sort by
Version 5.3.1 *(2020-05-06)*
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* Rely more on the MediaStore at fetching songs on Android Q+
* Added some UI improvements and crashfixes
Version 5.3.0 *(2020-04-19)*
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* Made the widget nicer and more reliable
* Added many UI improvements
* Always skip by 10 seconds at pressing the current and max duration
* Many other improvements here and there
Version 5.2.7 *(2020-03-28)*
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* Removed the song divider lines to make the UI cleaner
* Some translation and UI improvements
Version 5.2.6 *(2020-03-05)*
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* Adding some translation improvements
Version 5.2.5 *(2020-02-14)*
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* Some translation, stability and UI improvements
Version 5.2.4 *(2019-10-27)*
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* Couple translation and stability improvements
Version 5.2.3 *(2019-09-18)*
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* Fixed a couple crashes
* Some smaller translation improvements
Version 5.2.2 *(2019-08-16)*
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* Added some menu coloring improvements
* Fixed player initialization through widget
* Replaced icons with vectors for better quality and smaller size
* Some smaller stability and translation improvements
Version 5.2.1 *(2019-07-24)*
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* Added some dark theme improvements
* Allow customizing the bottom navigation bar color
* Ignore folders containing .nomedia at the initial scan
Version 5.2.0 *(2019-07-03)*
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* Added a Sleep timer
* Fixed filename showing as song title
* Use a dark themed menu
* Other stability and translation improvements
Version 5.1.3 *(2019-06-22)*
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* Some translation and stability improvements
Version 5.1.2 *(2019-04-08)*
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* Some translation improvements
Version 5.1.1 *(2019-03-10)*
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* Some stability and translation improvements
Version 5.1.0 *(2019-01-11)*
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* Fixed headset button handling
* Fixed a couple other smaller glitches + translation improvements
Version 5.0.3 *(2018-10-25)*
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* Added a couple stability improvements
Version 5.0.2 *(2018-10-19)*
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* Added a couple stability and UX improvements
Version 5.0.1 *(2018-10-14)*
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* Fixing a crash at getting the album art
* Replacing the G+ button with Reddit
Version 5.0.0 *(2018-10-12)*
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* Increase the minimal Android OS version required to 5 (Lollipop)
* Adding an option for toggling previous/next headset buttons (by Pawel)
* Search the song folder for album art, if metadata is empty (by Pawel)
* Show the Toggle Autoplay menu item at third party intents too
* Rewrote file selecting for better stability
Version 4.3.1 *(2018-09-29)*
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* Fixing a glitch happening on Android 9
Version 4.3.0 *(2018-09-11)*
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* Adding some stability and UX improvements, bugfixes
Version 4.2.0 *(2018-08-09)*
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* Make sure the current song gets marked at closing Search
* Show a warning about missing widgets if the app is installed on an SD card
* Other smaller UX and stability improvements
Version 4.1.1 *(2018-07-16)*
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* Fixed a couple glitches related to song deleting
* Recognize .aac files as proper audio files
* Couple UX and stability improvements
Version 4.1.0 *(2018-06-12)*
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* Show the album cover on the lock screen, if available
* Make sure the Previous button is shown at the notification too
* Some stability and translation improvements
Version 4.0.1 *(2018-05-22)*
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* Added a couple crashfixes
Version 4.0.0 *(2018-05-21)*
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* Allow customizing the app launcher icon color
* Fully rewrote the way songs are stored for better performance
* Fixed widget resizing
* Added a Settings button for customizing widget colors without recreating it
* Many smaller bugfixes and ux/stability improvements
Version 3.2.5 *(2018-04-04)*
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* Fix a crash at handling third party intents
Version 3.2.4 *(2018-04-03)*
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* Fix a couple glitches related to third party intent handling
* Many smaller stability and UX improvements
Version 3.2.3 *(2018-03-09)*
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* Improve Media Button handling (by bvp)
* Misc smaller bugfixes and translation improvements
Version 3.2.2 *(2018-02-27)*
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* Properly handle song repetition if there is just one in the playlist
* Misc stability improvements and smaller fixes
Version 3.2.1 *(2018-02-12)*
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* Allow hiding the album cover images
* Couple stability improvements
Version 3.2.0 *(2018-02-08)*
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* Reworked the UI
* Allow replacing song title with filename, if title isn't available
* Allow skipping backward/forward by pressing the current/max song progress
* Added new actionmenu button for deleting or removing current song from playlist
* Move <unknown> artist or title at the bottom at sorting
* Couple stability improvements
Version 3.1.1 *(2018-01-25)*
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* Recognize .flac files as audio files
* Do not pause the sound at an incoming notification, just decrease the volume
Version 3.1.0 *(2018-01-12)*
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* Added initial search
* Removed the PHONE_STATE_PERMISSION
* Pause the music on any audio focus loss
* Removed some annoying Android system beeps on notification interactions
* Added OPUS support
* Properly handle files which arent present in the audio mediastore
* Make dark theme the default
Version 3.0.1 *(2017-12-06)*
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* Fixed missing launcher icons on some devices
* Added an optional info bubble if scrolling items via dragging the scrollbar
Version 3.0.0 *(2017-12-04)*
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* Improved primary color customization
* Add an option to easily create a new playlist from a folder content
Version 2.3.0 *(2017-11-04)*
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* Allow sharing files
* Try handling third party audio intents
* Many other smaller improvements
Version 2.2.2 *(2017-09-20)*
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* Added an Autoplay toggle
* Made "Add folder to playlist" recursive
* Some UI changes and misc improvements
Version 2.2.1 *(2017-06-25)*
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* Added round launcher icons for Android Nougat
* Added drag selection for easily selecting multiple items
* Added disabled icon states for Repeat and Shuffle
Version 2.2.0 *(2017-04-07)*
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* Added color themes
* Misc crashfixes
Version 2.1.0 *(2017-03-30)*
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* Added playlists and the ability to include files/folders
Version 2.0.2 *(2017-01-23)*
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* Allow selecting colors by hex codes
* Added a button for restoring default colors
Version 2.0.1 *(2017-01-15)*
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* Add our custom color picker dialog
Version 2.0.0 *(2017-01-07)*
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* Added color customizations
Version 1.24 *(2016-12-11)*
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* Couple smaller improvements
Version 1.23 *(2016-12-03)*
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* Add some new sorting options
* Moved shuffle and song repeat from Settings to actionbar
* Added a current song indicator
* Many other small improvements and bugfixes
Version 1.22 *(2016-11-03)*
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* Resolving some Google Play conflicts
Version 1.21 *(2016-11-03)*
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* Add a properties menu button
Version 1.20 *(2016-10-12)*
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* Fixing a crash at starting the music
Version 1.19 *(2016-10-09)*
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* Add a button for repeating the current track
Version 1.18 *(2016-09-07)*
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* Added German translation
Version 1.17 *(2016-08-29)*
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* Rename the app launcher to Music Player
* Update the launcher icon
Version 1.16 *(2016-08-22)*
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* Add an Invite friends button
Version 1.15 *(2016-07-27)*
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* Do not kill the player at pause on Android 4
Version 1.14 *(2016-07-26)*
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* Make the dark theme really dark
Version 1.13 *(2016-07-24)*
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* Added Dark theme
* Added lockscreen widget
* Added Swedish translation
Version 1.12 *(2016-07-15)*
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* A couple UI and crashfixes for some devices
* Added Italian and Japanese translation
Version 1.11 *(2016-07-12)*
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* Fix volume buttons on headsets
Version 1.10 *(2016-07-09)*
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* Allow toggling between sorting by Title and Artist
* Add an Equalizer with a couple Presets
Version 1.9 *(2016-07-07)*
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* Use the proper widget preview image
* Allow toggling Shuffle and numeric progress
Version 1.8 *(2016-07-05)*
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* Use the new Google Plus logo
Version 1.6 *(2016-07-01)*
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* Adjust everything properly if used on a tablet
* Show a Rate us button to returning users
Version 1.5 *(2016-06-27)*
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* Add a Google Plus page link to the About section
Version 1.4 *(2016-06-19)*
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* Add a Facebook page link to the About section
* Add a progress bar
Version 1.3 *(2016-06-15)*
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* Add back the READ_PHONE_STATE permission
Version 1.2 *(2016-06-13)*
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* Properly handle storage permission on Android 6+
* Remove Phone permission
Version 1.1 *(2016-06-10)*
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* Always use white notification background with black items
* Limit the song artist and title to 1 line in the app
Version 1.0 *(2016-06-05)*
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* Initial release