Sorry, but this app code is a bit weird. I tried to add swipe to change track and material design, but while I did one thing 5 different didn't work. I recommend eleven music player from CM or PowerAMP, that's what I use for now since I couldn't really find anything as close to Apollo as those. You can find other reasons some posts behind.
[APP][4.1+]Updated Apollo - Music Player (Updated 08.09.2017)[DISCONTINUED]
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Sorry, but this app code is a bit weird. I tried to add swipe to change track and material design, but while I did one thing 5 different didn't work. I recommend eleven music player from CM or PowerAMP, that's what I use for now since I couldn't really find anything as close to Apollo as those. You can find other reasons some posts behind.
I've tried both music players and I still do prefer Apollo. Thanks for the effort though!
Hi guys,
I was trying to bring material design to the Apollo today. I spent about 5 hours straight trying to figure stuff out. I thought I just might not be experienced enough to do this, even by following the guides all over the internet on how to get material design using support libraries in order for it to work on pre 5.0 devices. I asked for help on our RC/RD/RT DEV hangouts at the point I felt that I'm helpless. Well, some stuff was moving forwards.
We were getting closer and closer, but still not there. Vishal tried to help me, @GermainZ tried and then Geetesh Kalakoti joined. He did all he could to help me, we were really moving forwards, but at some point when everything should work properly, it didn't. Action bar had it's title set using resources instead of actionBar.setTitle and so on.
Thanks to Geetesh Kalakoti from putting me out of this project as this wouldn't lead me to anything good. I started this project in order to learn Java and improve the best player I've known so far for me, which I thought was Apollo. As it turned out the code is really bad. Maybe it's extremely outdated, maybe it's poorly written, I don't know.
So what?
Nothing. This project is abandoned. Thank you guys for all the support you gave me, but this just doesn't make sense as I'm going around the code I don't know, that's not as clear for me and it's also not well-written.
If you need more features or stuff, switch to some other players. If you're on 5.0 then Eleven CM player is good with a Apollo look.
What's next?
I'll slowly learn Java. I'll start with calculator and move further on to reach my goal - a perfect, nice and lightweight music player which would share a simple UI and easy access to everything.
It's been a long ride. Thanks to everyone that helped me, thanks for all of the support from you guys and thanks for using this app. It's really awesome when you see about 10k people using your app everyday!
Read this.
Apollo is one of my favorite players. I wish it would live on, without material design (I don't like the minimalist look).
My previous favorite died off too, XMMS.
So did Winamp, another great player.
My previous favorite died off too, XMMS.
So did Winamp, another great player.
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Tbh for the past 6 months I've been fiddling around with tons of different music players. Xenoamp, poweramp, Google play music, clean music player and none of them is perfect. Poweramp is paid and overloaded + not that good on battery, xenoamp is horrible with battery and cpu usage + it's ui is a nightmare, clean music player is crippled horribly and Google play music is terrible with local files. I got a xposed module to make it better but it took ages to play if I quickly skipped like 30 tracks in a row. Ultimately I went back to my own player and god it's good. It changes songs almost instantly. It actually goes to another file as represented by the ui. Gpm does this smooth ui transition to next track that is completely irrelevant to the file played. I genuinely think this is the best music player available for android at this time.
I don't want to make ANY promises, but I am thinking about getting back to its development. Currently I'll be busy with school and my kernel development for Z1 so it won't be anytime soon, but I think I might actually get back to it. Previous track on shuffle is not going back, but playing current track from start. I think I might try again to fix that, but again, it's just me thinking about it. I'm not saying that it will be done tomorrow or in a month. I might never do this. The last time I tried to figure it out it didn't go too well, but I really think it's worth a try.
I don't want to make ANY promises, but I am thinking about getting back to its development. Currently I'll be busy with school and my kernel development for Z1 so it won't be anytime soon, but I think I might actually get back to it. Previous track on shuffle is not going back, but playing current track from start. I think I might try again to fix that, but again, it's just me thinking about it. I'm not saying that it will be done tomorrow or in a month. I might never do this. The last time I tried to figure it out it didn't go too well, but I really think it's worth a try.
I can now confirm that Apollo will be updated. I currently revived my project, but I've lost the signing keys so you will need to remove the older version before installing new version. Currently I updated all libraries, updated artwork downloader response code so that it will be even lighter on battery and current build target will be android 6.0. Minimal required android version will remain the same of course. I'm running 5.1.1 myself. Now I'll try to move the code from eclipse to android studio and after that some real changes will come.
Now I'll try to move the code from eclipse to android studio and after that some real changes will come.
In the meantime, I had spent some time looking for some more minimalistic/simple music player apps.
So far, I've really liked Phonograph, but I always keep a copy of Apollo. I'd love to see some updates.
So far, I've really liked Phonograph, but I always keep a copy of Apollo. I'd love to see some updates.
Good stuff coming, needs some polishing, but I hope to release it this weekend.
Worst thing is that my mini jack broke and phone usb followed and I'm forced to use a goddamn 20$ mp4. At least it's somehow capable of reading big sdcards.
Worst thing is that my mini jack broke and phone usb followed and I'm forced to use a goddamn 20$ mp4. At least it's somehow capable of reading big sdcards.
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There's a small hold up. I moved to target sdk of marshmallow, thus I need to implement permissions on the fly or else it will crash on every start when launched on 6.0. Don't worry. It will be done.
There's a small hold up. I moved to target sdk of marshmallow, thus I need to implement permissions on the fly or else it will crash on every start when launched on 6.0. Don't worry. It will be done.
hope new version will be released soon.
I won't be able to do anything till next to week, so I've decided to release it anyway. This is BETA, it's a bit buggy, but it works except for android 6.0.
Here it is. http://d-h.st/3fVh
DO NOT DOWNLOAD IF YOU'RE ON ANDROID 6.0! IT WILL CRASH ON LAUNCH!
Here it is. http://d-h.st/3fVh
DO NOT DOWNLOAD IF YOU'RE ON ANDROID 6.0! IT WILL CRASH ON LAUNCH!
Hell yeah
GOD YAASS!
Nooooothing compares,nothing compares to yooouuu (apollo).
By far the best player for legacy devices!Every phone I ever had exclusively ran Apollo and BlackPlayer EX.
Thanks sooo much for reviving this project!!!
GOD YAASS!
Nooooothing compares,nothing compares to yooouuu (apollo).
By far the best player for legacy devices!Every phone I ever had exclusively ran Apollo and BlackPlayer EX.
Thanks sooo much for reviving this project!!!
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168This is unofficial Cyanogenmod Music player with many fixes, improvements and features. Enjoy!
Screenshots
Latest version 1.6 download link (don't look into attachments!):
HERE
If it will say "application not installed" then you already have different version of Apollo installed.
To install this version either delete the app in normal way if it's possible.
If it isn't then go to:
/system/app delete old apollo from there and reboot.
1.6
Changed button colors to fit white background of LP+ notification background color.
Removed toast after splash.
Upscaled background texture so it looks good on high dpi devices.
1.5.3
Fixed signature issue on android <7
Changed statusbar and navbar colors to more suitable ones on LP+
Implemented animations when switching between different screens (not polished yet)
Older changelogs and basically feature list:
Enjoy!
08.09.2017 - Sad news
I always thought that I could continue Andrew Neal's application, develop it further, make it perfect and flawless. I had put loads of time and effort into it. Recently I did what I thought is impossible for me - get it to work on devices newer than LP, yet I did that. I was planning to release it on Google Play when I think it's good enough, so that everybody could enjoy it and have hassle free updates, but unfortunately he wouldn't let me do it.
Thus I am forced to discontinue development of Apollo and let it die at last. It was a nice journey, but unfortunately it has come to an end.
If an author agrees to continue his project, I will continue development.
Here's a link to his profile: https://plus.google.com/u/0/115877233289242058609
Farewell!8Good news and bad news
Hi guys,
I was trying to bring material design to the Apollo today. I spent about 5 hours straight trying to figure stuff out. I thought I just might not be experienced enough to do this, even by following the guides all over the internet on how to get material design using support libraries in order for it to work on pre 5.0 devices. I asked for help on our RC/RD/RT DEV hangouts at the point I felt that I'm helpless. Well, some stuff was moving forwards.
We were getting closer and closer, but still not there. Vishal tried to help me, @GermainZ tried and then Geetesh Kalakoti joined. He did all he could to help me, we were really moving forwards, but at some point when everything should work properly, it didn't. Action bar had it's title set using resources instead of actionBar.setTitle and so on.
Thanks to Geetesh Kalakoti from putting me out of this project as this wouldn't lead me to anything good. I started this project in order to learn Java and improve the best player I've known so far for me, which I thought was Apollo. As it turned out the code is really bad. Maybe it's extremely outdated, maybe it's poorly written, I don't know.
So what?
Nothing. This project is abandoned. Thank you guys for all the support you gave me, but this just doesn't make sense as I'm going around the code I don't know, that's not as clear for me and it's also not well-written.
If you need more features or stuff, switch to some other players. If you're on 5.0 then Eleven CM player is good with a Apollo look.
What's next?
I'll slowly learn Java. I'll start with calculator and move further on to reach my goal - a perfect, nice and lightweight music player which would share a simple UI and easy access to everything.
It's been a long ride. Thanks to everyone that helped me, thanks for all of the support from you guys and thanks for using this app. It's really awesome when you see about 10k people using your app everyday!7Tbh for the past 6 months I've been fiddling around with tons of different music players. Xenoamp, poweramp, Google play music, clean music player and none of them is perfect. Poweramp is paid and overloaded + not that good on battery, xenoamp is horrible with battery and cpu usage + it's ui is a nightmare, clean music player is crippled horribly and Google play music is terrible with local files. I got a xposed module to make it better but it took ages to play if I quickly skipped like 30 tracks in a row. Ultimately I went back to my own player and god it's good. It changes songs almost instantly. It actually goes to another file as represented by the ui. Gpm does this smooth ui transition to next track that is completely irrelevant to the file played. I genuinely think this is the best music player available for android at this time.
I don't want to make ANY promises, but I am thinking about getting back to its development. Currently I'll be busy with school and my kernel development for Z1 so it won't be anytime soon, but I think I might actually get back to it. Previous track on shuffle is not going back, but playing current track from start. I think I might try again to fix that, but again, it's just me thinking about it. I'm not saying that it will be done tomorrow or in a month. I might never do this. The last time I tried to figure it out it didn't go too well, but I really think it's worth a try.
