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[Enhancement]: Car mode #993
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Reference: starred/audiobookshelf-app#993
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Originally created by @gavinorland on GitHub (Jul 17, 2024).
Describe the Feature/Enhancement
Apps such as Audible and Podcast Republic have player screens very similar to that of Audiobookshelf, but they also include a view called "Car Mode". This is not to do with Android Auto but just removes "clutter" and puts the essential playback controls large and central.
Why would this be helpful?
This could be useful for ABS as well for cases when we just want to be able to easily access only the essential controls.
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Audiobookshelf App Version
Android App - 0.9.74
Current Implementation (Screenshot)
@nichwall commented on GitHub (Jul 17, 2024):
Does the "lock player" mode simplify it enough? You can access this from the drop-down menu in the upper right.
@gavinorland commented on GitHub (Jul 17, 2024):
Thanks for the suggestion but no, this is not really the same thing. I'm suggesting the equivalent of the feature offered by the two apps mentioned. "Lock player" just seems to hide the next/prev and fwd/rewind buttons (I actually thought it would instead lock the entire player UI - viz. the play/pause button as well).
With Lock Player, the play/pause button remains the same size, as does the cover. With the "Car mode" functionality, that button is made much bigger and more central (in fact the whole top 70% of the screen is clickable for play/pause), and the cover art is reduced in size. You see also that only the key "rewind" and "bookmark" buttons accompany it. (A landscape layout is made available as well.)
@nichwall commented on GitHub (Jul 17, 2024):
Thanks for clarifying. And this is manually activated/deactivated (not detected automatically somehow)? Is the"X" in the upper left of the provided screenshot to leave car mode or is it to close the player?
@gavinorland commented on GitHub (Jul 17, 2024):
No problem. It is manually activated via the button we see in the first screenshot and the X deactivates it and returns to the standard UI.
I might be able to help implement some of these things some time btw - I'm a React developer - will just need to famiarise myself with the codebase and differences between it and Vue...
@nichwall commented on GitHub (Jul 17, 2024):
For reference, the Vue template for the media player is located here (if/when you get time to play with it)
https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf-app/blob/master/components%2Fapp%2FAudioPlayer.vue
@drtenant commented on GitHub (Aug 8, 2024):
I would LOVE this feature I was just trying to figure out a way to do android auto car mode without a car unfortunately not possibly. It's really hard to hit the buttons especially at night easier to see and use. Also would be much easier to pause while driving cuz my car doesn't have android auto sadly
@hesperaux commented on GitHub (Sep 2, 2024):
+1 for this feature.
I've got an 82-year old with very poor vision who is not very good with touch screens. He is able to do it if the buttons are very large and there are very few of them. We want to make it possible for him to use other audio book services (he uses the Audible app right now and the BARD app). Car mode would help a lot for this.