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iOS 8 Music app

For non-square album art, Apple should revert to pre-iOS 7.0.4 where the white fillers would be the wallpaper. The white blanks really stand out. Also the new coverflow seems to have issues with loading albums, previously it never lags like it does now (iOS 7.1 improved this a bit though).
 
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I think it should be more streamlined like the new SoundCloud app. While many are frustrated with the removal of certain features (comments, for example) there's something so clean, minimal, and polished about it. Swipe the entire screen (or album art) to go forward or back. Keep the scrubber. Obviously I don't want a replica, but the music app needs a revision. And I never thought I'd say it but bring back the music note. WhiteOS 7 needs to go. The all white screen with the text of the artist/track looks terrible.
 
iBreatheApple said:
I think it should be more streamlined like the new SoundCloud app. While many are frustrated with the removal of certain features (comments, for example) there's something so clean, minimal, and polished about it. Swipe the entire screen (or album art) to go forward or back. Keep the scrubber. Obviously I don't want a replica, but the music app needs a revision. And I never thought I'd say it but bring back the music note. WhiteOS 7 needs to go. The all white screen with the text of the artist/track looks terrible.
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The 'Now Playing' screen should be revamped to resemble the Remote app version because it's ****** beautiful. 'Up Next' is a no-brainer.

But the artist view absolutely needs to be restored to its iOS 6 functionality. The thumbnails for artist images and album covers should be reduced in order to view more items per screen.

I would like them separate the iTunes Radio into an individual app (which was rumored for iOS 8 but didn't happen).
 
BillyMatt87 said:
The 'Now Playing' screen should be revamped to resemble the Remote app version because it's ****** beautiful. 'Up Next' is a no-brainer.

But the artist view absolutely needs to be restored to its iOS 6 functionality. The thumbnails for artist images and album covers should be reduced in order to view more items per screen.

I would like them separate the iTunes Radio into an individual app (which was rumored for iOS 8 but didn't happen).
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Honestly I've given up waiting for Apple to make a decent music app. Why they didn't add Up Next when itunes 11 and the remote app came out beats me.

I use Ecoute now. Has everything the stock app is missing.
 
I gave up on Apple's QA team. They don't read my stuff.

I told them I prefered the navigation structure from iOS 6 and I wanted it brought back as Artists > Albums > Songs, instead of Artists > Albums and Songs.

They're asking me if this issue is still present in iOS8 Beta 5 and are asking for crash logs, test cases, etc. I answer that it's still present and I don't have any crash log to provide because there is no crash. They ask for it again, still for Beta 5. Yes I posted it under Feature/Enhancement request.

They've been annoying me for so many bug reports so far it's amazing. There's someone to fire. I give up.
 
I need some help. Not sure if this is a beta 5 issue or me just not knowing what I did, but my stock music app is all messed up.

Under music>playlists all that shows up is the search bar at the top and then directly beneath I have Genius Playlist, New Playlist and Purchased.

What happened to all my playlists I created. The music is there as I can search for and find it, but my created playlists are hiding somewhere. I've never had this issue. Any ideas??
 
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I need some help. Not sure if this is a beta 5 issue or me just not knowing what I did, but my stock music app is all messed up.

Under music>playlists all that shows up is the search bar at the top and then directly beneath I have Genius Playlist, New Playlist and Purchased.

What happened to all my playlists I created. The music is there as I can search for and find it, but my created playlists are hiding somewhere. I've never had this issue. Any ideas??
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All my playlists have disappeared on my iPhone 5s but are still there on my iPad air and both are set to copy all music and all playlists to them
 
My biggest issue is that the tracks don't show up on my phone or iPad via iCloud in the order I have them arranged in iTunes. So for example I have a Pink Floyd album set up by track number, they're randomly aligned on my iPhone and iPad.
 
BillyMatt87 said:
The 'Now Playing' screen should be revamped to resemble the Remote app version because it's ****** beautiful. 'Up Next' is a no-brainer.

But the artist view absolutely needs to be restored to its iOS 6 functionality. The thumbnails for artist images and album covers should be reduced in order to view more items per screen.

I would like them separate the iTunes Radio into an individual app (which was rumored for iOS 8 but didn't happen).
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iTunes Radio will get separated during the announcement. This year will also focus a lot on music and iPods as well as the iPhone like in 2012. Just because it isnt there yet means nothing. There are sure to be a list of features that the public wont see till the announcement with the new iPhones and iPods.
 
tmanto02 said:
Honestly I've given up waiting for Apple to make a decent music app. Why they didn't add Up Next when itunes 11 and the remote app came out beats me.

I use Ecoute now. Has everything the stock app is missing.
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While I don't mind the stock music app, it does suck compared to iOS 6. I hate the album view.

I just spent the $2 on Ecoute to try it out. Thanks for the recommend.
 
Orlandoech said:
While I don't mind the stock music app, it does suck compared to iOS 6. I hate the album view.

I just spent the $2 on Ecoute to try it out. Thanks for the recommend.
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Yeah big fan of Ecoute. Not until they overhaul the stock music app will I be going back.
 
I too hope the music app gets revamped soon....for a company that got its success based on their intuitive music "app" gui's...theirs is currently one of the worst out there...I actually started using rdio and spotify instead because I got so frustrated with the recent changes made to the native music app
 
When you play Music Videos in the landscape mode the art wall shows up. So basically you can only watch in portrait mode. Big rant on the Apple Discussion forum. And no you cannot create a playlist of Music Videos and play in in landscape mode. The video player will only play on vid at a time.
 
Another vote for Ecoute: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ecoute-powerful-music-player/id536882653?mt=8

The views are just so much better, e.g. four albums vs twelve:

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It also plays podcasts from the iTunes library - unlike dedicated podcast apps which have their own database of downloads.
 
So Apple fixed the lock screen album art bug where there would be white space on non square album art. They finally listened. ImageUploadedByTapatalk1410397173.411164.jpg
 
Hi Everyone,

I missed my iOS8 release target, but I have been working on another 3rd party music app that addresses most of the concerns listed in this thread. It's called Cesium, and it is going in to Beta shortly.

Cheers,
Mike

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CesiumDev said:
Hi Everyone,

I missed my iOS8 release target, but I have been working on another 3rd party music app that addresses most of the concerns listed in this thread. It's called Cesium, and it is going in to Beta shortly.

Cheers,
Mike

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That looks really great! Seems like the iOS 7 blended with iOS 6. I will be looking forward to a launch on this one.

Just one crit: Calling the app 'Cesium' is annoying. Why not just something like 'Music' or with the word Music in it? It's a personal preference, but I always found simple music apps with names like Ecoute or Lagu to be rather dorky :p
 
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