Feature description:
An option for a home screen shortcut button that goes directly to the Change Styles method, for those of us who do so often.
Problem solved:
I use different Now Playing and overall app styles to match what I’m listening to. For instance, audiobooks/podcasts are better served by a vastly different interface than the one I use for Rock or Rap music. Classical music has a totally different set of needs too.
Currently, though, the fastest way I can change the player from startup is to put a “Settings” shortcut on the homepage, then from there go to “interface,” and from there to “Change Style.” It’s frustrating if you switch back and forth between audio books / podcasts and music on a daily basis.
Bonus points – though I assume it’s vastly less reasonable – if we can somehow get shortcuts that go directly to the desired theme, bypassing even the “Change Style” menu.
Brought benefits:
The ability to use Symfonium as several different audio players, each one fully customized and purpose-built to handle a specific type of audio playback, and to switch back and forth between these players easily and directly.
NOTE: I’ll also be submitting a feature request for the option to Save Source Filter states with Change Styles options, to make for easier switch between genre-driven themes.
Other application solutions:
Additional description and context:
My overarching wish is to create a homescreen that would have, say, shortcuts that would dynamically change the theme, Now Playing screen, and the Source Filter states for each different genre I listen to. So I could push “Audiobooks” and I would see only my Audiobook collection with the Player that makes sense for that listening experience, and then when I felt like listening to music instead I could hit the “Music” shortcut and the player, Source Filter and theme would all change simultaneously.
As this strikes me as excessively difficult to implement, I’d settle for it being less of a slog to go from the homescreen to “Change Styles,” so at least that part is more efficient.