Settings - Now playing - Expanded player

Notes:

  • Most settings are dynamic and depends on other settings values, some settings are also specific to landscape Expanded player.
  • Not all settings will be fully described as most as self explanatory and easy to test via the preview.
  • The application evolve frequently and in some cases the documentation can be late, just leave a message in the chat if you find an issue with the docs.

Global

In landscape configuration you can directly copy the settings from the portrait configuration. That’s why it’s often better to start with portrait settings first.

You can press the preview button at any moment to see your changes. The preview is a little interactive, you can play/pause and change tracks to better see how it will look.

In landscape configuration you can configure the position of most global items.

Background

Background Style

Choose between different background styles for the expanded now playing.

Background Overlay

Choose between different overlays for the background of the expanded now playing.

Swipe up action

Configure swipe up action for the expanded now playing.

General

Switch top and bottom bar positions

Configure top and bottom bar positions for the expanded now playing.

Adaptive Primary Color

Configure background color for the expanded now playing.

Top bar

Style

Configure top bar style.

Background overlay

Configure background overlay for the top bar.

Top Bar margins

Configure space around the top bar.

Show collapse button

Toggle visible collapse button for top bar.

Collapse icon color

Configure color for the collapse icon in the top bar.

Title text

Configure info displayed as Title in top bar.

Subtitle text

Configure info displayed as Subtitle in top bar.

String Template

Configure string (text) to be displayed as Title or Subtitle text.

Text Color

Configure font color for Title & Subtitle texts

See Symfonium custom string template (v12+) for the documentation about Symfonium string templates.

Icon

Configure Icon(s) in the top bar.

Icon color

Configure color for icon(s) in the top bar.

Cover art

Cover Art Style

Configure the style for the cover (album) art.

Cover Art Margin(s)

Configure the space around the cover (album) art.

Cover Art Rounded Percent

Configure the roundness of the cover (album) art corners.

Rotation animation when playing

Configure rotation of cover (album) art during playback.

Do not crop cover art

Toggle to keep original cover art aspect ratio. (May remove / negate rounded corners)

Show play button when paused

Toggle visible play button overlay on cover (album) art in the Now Playing Screen (when playback is stopped).

Icon Overlay

Configure cover (album) art icon overlay (visibility).

Icon Size

Configure size of Icon overlay.

Icon Transparency when playing

Configure transparency level of overlay icons.

Horizontal Gesture

Configure the action when cover (album) art is horizontal swiped (left / right).

Tap Action

Configure action when cover (album) art is single tapped.

Double Tap Action

Configure action when cover (album) art is double tapped.

Long Press Action

Configure action when cover (album) art is long pressed.

Icons (Top / Bottom, Left / Right)

Configure overlay icons on the cover (album) art.

Controls and information

Row Order

Configure visible order of control & information elements.

Row Vertical alignment

Configure vertical alignment (spacing / position) of controls & information.

Controls Margin(s)

Configure the spacing around the controls & information elements.

Progress Bar

Progress Bar Style

Configure the style of the progress bar.

Progress bar style when no waveform data is available

Configure the default style of the progress bar when waveform is disabled or otherwise not available.

Progress bar margins

Configure the space around the progress bar.

Show position and duration

Configure if & when current or total track duration is displayed with the progress bar.

Show playback speed

Configure whether playback speed is visible.

Text Overlay

Configure over for text portions of the progress bar.

Text color

Configure color for the text portions of the progress bar.

Volume bar

Volume Bar Style

Configure the visibility style of the volume bar.

Volume bar margin(s)

Configure the space around the volume bar.

Icon Color

Configure the color of the icons in the volume bar.

Rating bar

Rating bar Style

Configure style of the rating bar.

Scale Factor

Fine tune the sizing of the rating bar.

Rating bar margin(s)

Configure the space around the rating bar.

Rating bar position

Configure the position of the rating bar within the Now playing screen.

Rating bar overlay

Configure overlay on rating bar.

Strings

String

Configure the text / info that appears in the compact player.

String Style

Configure text style / weight.

String Color

Configure text color.

String line count

Configure the number of lines of text visible.

String size multiplier

Configure text (font) size.

String margins

Configure spacing around the text.

String horizontal alignment

Configure horizontal alignment & spacing of text.

String overlay

Configure overlay of text.

String ellipsis

Select how Symfonium displays text that does not completely fit on screen.

Control button bar

Control button bar style

Configure the style of the playback & music control buttons.

Center in remaining space

Configure the spacing of the control button bar within the now playing screen.

Control button margin(s)

Configure the spacing around the control button bar.

Icon Horizontal Alignment

Configure the alignment of all icons in the control button bar.

Icon Spacing

Configure the spacing between icons in the control button bar.

Icons

Icon Action

Configure what happens when an icon is single pressed.

Icon Style

Configure the style of the icons in the control button bar.

Icon Size

Configure the sizing of the icons in the control button bar.

Bottom bar

Show in controls and information

Toggle whether the bottom bar shows within the controls and info on the Now playing screen.

Background overlay

Configure overlay for background of bottom bar.

Bottom bar margin(s)

Configure the spacing around the bottom bar.

Icon Horizontal alignment

Configure the alignment of all icons in the bottom bar.

Icons

Icon

Configure what happens when an icon in the bottom bar is single pressed.

Icon Color

Configure the color of icons in the bottom bar.

Lyrics and queue

In landscape mode you can have permanent lyrics and/or queue visible.