InstaMusic
A simple and beautiful music player.
Please give me comments, thank you a lot XD. Please aware that this is NOT a whole ZUNE style app! But a style that I think is the best for an music player app. Please don’t compare it with a ZUNE HD or ZUNE PLAYER APPLICATIONS. Otherwise GTFO.
Application Description: (Download Place)
Android Market
AppBrain
BackBerry App World
Official Website:
http://nicholasworkshop.com
Development Blog:
http://nicholasworkshop.wordpress.com/instamusic
http://nicholasworkshop.wordpress.com
Features:
- Pretty tab menu.
- Music player basic functions.
- No more mis-grouping albums and songs.
- No more stretched images.
- Contain functions like shuffle mode and repeat mode.
- Player will pause when headphone is unplugged or when calling arrives.
- Instant play: random song will be played when headset button is clicked and InstaMusic is not started
Reviews so far that I found: (Thank you very much!)
- Instamusic Is A Minimal, Slick Music Player That You Should Download Now
Android Static (Jan 3, 2012) - InstaMusic insists it’s not a Zune UI music player, looks similar to Me
AndroidSPIN (Jan 30, 2012) - InstaMusic – Zune-Style Music Player for Android
Razzil.com (Feb 4, 2012) - InstaMusic – Beautiful Music Player For Android (Zune Player Style)
The Heat Web (Feb 5, 2012) - InstaMusic: A Free, Metro-Style Music Player For Android
AddictiveTips (Feb 3, 2012)
Changelog for InstaMusic:
- 10,000-50,000 downloads (Jan 22, 2012)
- 5,000-10,000 downloads (Jan 16, 2012)
- 1,000-5,000 downloads (Jan 8, 2012)
- 500-1,000 downloads (Jan 4, 2012)
- 100-500 downloads (Jan 3, 2012)
Version 1.4.2:
- Fixed crashing bugs.
- Fixed now playing screen layout misplacement.
Version 1.4.1:
- Fixed crashing bugs.
- Enhanced app performance.
Version 1.4.0:
- Fixed compatibility to Android 2.1.
- Add media location support for CyanogenMod users.
- Added favorite list and able to add song to it i now playing screen.
- Greatly increased media loading speed.
- Download album art if there are not album art inside the music file.
- Able to use full screen view for library, now playing screen, and lock screen player.
- Fixed some sudden stops.
- Able to renew artworks everyday.
- Refined and categorized settings.
- Added song list view and lyrics view in now playing screen.
- Fixed layout errors.
- Support Android 4.0.4.
- Enhanced app performance.
- Rewritten some layout elements.
Version 1.3.5:
- Fixed crashes caused by invalid song name.
- Fixed the suddenly music playing. (If it is still happening, turn “Dynamic Pause” off in setting.)
- Fixed crashes caused by large image processing.
- Fixed crashes caused by loading genre list.
Version 1.3.4:
- Fixed the headset clicking miscount mechanism.
- Updated the initial text in the manual input for media location to be the current setting.
- Added messages in setting to promote crash reporting.
Version 1.3.3:
- Added setting to allow manual input for media location.
- Added mechanisms to pause songs or lower volume while other applications are using the audio channel.
- Same letter with upper and lower cases will no longer be separated.
- Fixed freezing bug which caused sudden crash over a long time idle.
- Fixed crashing bug caused by some songs’ title with characters that cannot be lower cased.
- Fixed unexpected song playing if player is uninitialized.
- Fixed Conflicts when headset clicking to answer calls while song playing.
Version 1.3.2:
- Adjusted layout at artist biography.
- Fixed bug to show album background.
Version 1.3.1:
- Adjusted paddings at menu bar and notification.
- Fixed and not to play paused song after calling.
- Fixed to use the default repeat mode while shuffling all.
- Fixed the non-updating play button in lock screen player.
- Fixed some random closure.
Version 1.3.0:
- Added lock screen player.
- Enhanced performance while clearing cache.
- Added biography in artist page
- Debug mode enabling doesn’t require restart.
- Instantly enable headset control setting.
- Fixed and removed extra item in genre with no music inside.
- Music library will be opened when menu is pressed in now playing.
- Rewrote media filter system, allowing custom music location.
- Disabled secondary location.
- Fixed many bugs on pausing music while calling.
- Enhanced sensibility of seek bar finally.
- Fixed some more bugs which produce random closure.
- Adjusted library layout to remove some strange gaps.
Version 1.2.1:
- Fixed another crashing bug which contributes the random closure.
- More description in media filter setting.
Version 1.2.0:
- Click headset button twice to iterate next song.
- Click headset button triple times to iterate last song.
- Fixed crashing bug during background music playing, which caused the random closure.
- Horizontal now playing screen.
- Rewritten slider ui in the setting screen for better usage.
- Fixed headset button click miscounted due to plugging.
Version 1.1.1:
- Fixed the background not updating bug.
- Fixed the minor bug which caused the crashes.
- Slightly adjusted the layout for some pages.
Version 1.1.0:
- Redesigned launcher and status bar icons
- Instant play: random song will be played when headset button is clicked and InstaMusic is not started
- Fixed bug that no notification shown when song changes
- Added Playlist which synchronized android playlists (not editable for now)
- Added Artist list in album
- Added Artist list in genre
- Click headset button once to toggle pause
- Added setting to toggle headset control
- Added default mode for shuffle and replication in setting
Version 1.0.2:
- Clickable menu item
- Fix menu snapping bug
- NicholasWorkshop.com will open when about is click in setting
- Wallpaper will not be cleared when cache is cleared.
- Fixed bug that background doesn’t load when song is first played.
- Added toggle in setting to toggle the library background visibility.
Version 1.0.1:
- Fixed music pausing bug
- Fixed bug to open now playing with no song
- Fixed bug such that music should stop after playing the last song
- Fixed minor bug that now playing screen will be opened when notification is clicked
- Fixed bug that the app crashed when back is pressed during song playing
Version 1.0.0:
- First release.
- Pretty tab menu.
- Music player basic functions.
- Contain functions like shuffle mode and repeat mode.
- Player will pause when headphone is unplugged or when calling arrives.
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Absolutely fantastic! Keep up the good work!
Super player! Hope to search in them by clicking on index letter in future.
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Hi Nick,
great app – but i’m facing a really weird problem on my samsung galaxy s. After i stop listening to a song in InstaMusic and then exit to the home screen – if i happen to receive an e-mail (gmail, yahoo or any other client) the song i was last playing in InstaMusic automatically starts playing!!
I have changed my notification ringtone multiple times, but everytime instead of the set notification tone playing, insta music app starts playing the last played song!!
It’s really driving me nuts trying to figure out what’s going on. I even uninstalled and re-installed the app, but to no avail. I’m afraid I can’t enjoy your nice app till this problem gets sorted out.
Please help!
Thanks
Ram
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this is absolutely beautiful, just downloaded ysterday and love it!
however, is it possible to add a function for tab editing? I found some of the tabs are useless and want to keep it as simple as possible.
also is there a photo sever that we can use? i have some singers (majorly non-engish) that found hard to cache image or information. i would love to complete the databass
least, embed lyric support?
anyway, great job!
Great Player, but there is one little thing i miss. Could you please add a function to create your own playlists? That would be great. Thx.
Great player, but there is one little function that i miss. Could you please add a function to create your own playlists? That would be great. Thx.
This has become my go to music player. I thank you for the hard work you put into this amazing application. I’m glad your a developer who consistently updates their product, it can be a rare quality to find these days. I had a few feature suggestions that would make for a smoother user experience.
1) *ADD A PIN TAB* – Give us the ability to pin playlists and albums for quick access. Pinned items could go in their own separate tab that can be accessed from the library screen.
2) Allow a horizontal and vertical swipe gesture on the album art to quick switch between songs and different albums by the same artist(similar to PlayerPro).
3) In the Artist > Albums directory, have albums sort by date of release.
4) Add a “disable lock screen” function
5) Add touch sensitive text on the top of every menu. My favorite part of the Zune interface was the top cutoff text that would allow quick navigation to the previous screen.
Thanks for reading my suggestions! I hope you consider implementing some/all of them in future updates!
Thanks a lot BryleCuff! I have been always thinking how to enhance user experience and so your comment is so valuable to me! Anyway I think all of them are great ideas and I will think a way to integrate those functions into the app. Btw, “disable lock screen” function has been added in the latest version.
I think Mr. Cuff has some good ideas. I especially think #1 & 5 should be implemented. When I had a Zune HD, the navigation was so smooth. Psychologically, the pin list helped me gravitate towards my newer music because I didn’t become distracted by the hundreds of other artists on the memory drive. Pressing the enlarged & slightly cutoff text was much faster and more intuitive to access menus. With windows phone 7 and your app( sorry = ) it is more clunky to use the physical back buttons found on the phone. Keep up the good work!
- Otto
BTW, I know you don’t like the comparisons to the Zune HD, but I(& so does Mr.Cuff) feel the pin list and text is simply a way of improving the UI. Every music player should include similar features; it it giving the user more options. Giving the user the multiple ways to approach/use a single function(in this case listen to music) is forward thinking. It isn’t a cop out that your making the interfaces more alike, but instead it is improving the functionality for the user.
- Otto
Thanks for making such a great music player, an equalizer would be a plus, but definitely not needed. The only thing I cant figure out is how to add lyrics to the songs. If some one could help with that I would be very grateful!
Hi Nicholas,
InstaMusic is really a great music player, I really like it.
I would be awesome if you can fix the aspect ratio of displaying the album art, because album art that isn’t square-shaped will be stretched out.
Thanks for reading and keep up the good work.
ceeaitchtee
This app is really great, easily the most stylish music player I’ve ever found on android.
It would be awesome if you could implement streaming from a media server to the Instamusic app. I don’t know whether it would be too difficult or not to implement, but I’ve started to use a media server to hold my music (the Seagate Goflex Satellite) and since then I’ve had to default to the standard music app on my Evo instead because it’s the only usable app I’ve seen for my phone that will allow me to stream from the server directly.
Also, I see the comments above relating to the Zune HD. I’ve never owned one, and I am aware Instamusic is not meant to be a mimic of the Zune software, but I once owned a Zune 80 and one of my favorite aspects of it was its ability to let you queue songs from the library into your now playing so they would play right after your current song finished. This ability was a godsend, because instead of having to set songs manually every time the last one finished like I had to with my iPod Nano, I could set a whole bunch of songs I wanted to hear at once and then not have to touch it again for a long time. In addition, I never needed to switch back and forth between shuffle and no shuffle because I would just keep it on shuffle all the time and if I wanted to hear a set of songs or a cd in sequence I would just queue it into my now playing. Since my Zune died I’ve been searching for an app or music player that allowed this, but no one’s really done it (as far as I can tell) besides them.
Anyway, those suggestions aside this app really is perfect
Hi guys , the music player is truly wonderful and unique , huge round of applauses for that . I saw instamusic on my friend’s galaxy s2 fell in love with it and downloaded it ASAP, but I’m sorry to say there’s a bit of bad news I guess with my device , a HTC explorer . The player works but force closes so many times and I don’t even get to change tracks on it . Pls guys I would like it if this bug was addressed , I’d give it a 5* , currently I’ve given it a 4 cos I know it’s wonderful and needs maybe a lil tune up for my device . Thanks again guys.
Sincerely Tj
Sent from my HTC
LOVE UR APP. I would love if the album artwork was a little bigger. If u could manually add lyrics your self…that would be useful. Delete songs off InstaMusic instead of another app that plays music. Edit the song information through the app instead of the computer or another app (Saves memory). I would LOVEEEEEE IF U COULD DO THIS!!!! Thank U!
First off, I would like to thank you for a fantastic app. You have made improvements on Zune’s player. My only suggestion would be to ignore “the” when alphabetizing artists, songs, etc. Thanks again and keep up the good work!