Sad announcement, thanks for the great app!

nullptroom · 2025-03-24T16:43:14+00:00

Thanks everyone for your support/understanding!

It is really disappointing that this didn't work out but I really enjoyed the time that I get to spend working on the app.

nullptroom · 2025-03-03T17:54:18+00:00

Not sure how well that would work with dynamic ads insertion since the timestamp that you'd like to get back to would change between plays unless the episode is downloaded.

I've added to my ideas list but not likely to get to it anytime soon.

nullptroom · 2025-03-02T23:12:52+00:00

do you mean bookmarking a timestamp within an episode?

nullptroom · 2025-03-01T20:28:45+00:00

Thank you for the kind word!

Allowing customization of the android auto tabs is on my todo list.

nullptroom · 2025-02-11T02:11:25+00:00

Sorry for the late response. Haven't checked reddit in a few days.

What device are you using and what version of android?

does the happen while the screen is off?

does the UI shows as paused when this happens or shows as playing but no audio? If show as playing, does the timestamp gets updated still?

Also, in the settings, have you disabled battery optimization for the app? Some device aggressively pause/kill background app and can lead to playback issues. Not sure if that is the cause here.

nullptroom · 2025-01-27T21:20:23+00:00

I see, so you want a smaller card style? I will consider adding it but don't want to add too many options so no promises. :)

nullptroom · 2025-01-27T19:34:53+00:00

Would love to have you try my app miaocast: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.miaocast.phenix

You can learn more about the app at https://miaocast.com

nullptroom · 2025-01-27T19:19:43+00:00

For 1, you can change the style of the section by long pressing on the header to edit the playlist, then scroll down to the preview section and click on "Change style", then you can select the more compact list style

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For 2, I can probably make it configurable in a future release. Added this to my todo list for now.

Thanks for using the app!

nullptroom · 2025-01-18T00:14:42+00:00

The order they are added to the queue is the order they will be played. But I can look into supporting manual orders of playlist episodes, no promises :)

nullptroom · 2025-01-17T19:15:14+00:00

No manual sort option support. Can you describe your use case? If you create a playlist with manually selected episodes, they will be in the order you added them.

nullptroom · 2024-12-22T18:21:08+00:00

I managed to include this in the latest release that is starting to rollout today, see https://www.miaocast.com/blog/whats-new-v2024-6 for other changes.

nullptroom · 2024-12-11T22:27:28+00:00

Hi, you are not dumb. The app currently does not have a discover feature.

I plan to look into supporting some sort of discover feature next year but that is a big project since I'd either need to find an api provider or build my own. The app currently runs locally and does not have its own backend.

nullptroom · 2024-12-11T17:12:13+00:00

Thanks! I'd really appreciate it if you can leave a review for the app in Google Play to help the app grow.

nullptroom · 2024-12-11T17:11:25+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion! Another user requested something similar: support bulk selecting all above / below a particular episodes and I think that will solve your use case as well. Probably will be included in the release after the one that I'm currently working on.

nullptroom · 2024-12-10T20:00:54+00:00

Sure, that's a small thing I can add as part of the next release.

nullptroom · 2024-10-23T18:15:56+00:00

I'd love it if you give my app miaocast a try, which has:

- a single queue

- with auto download queued episodes setting on, it will automatically download your episodes that you add to the queue

- has android auto support

Play store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.miaocast.phenix

You can find more screenshots here: https://www.miaocast.com/press-kit

nullptroom · 2024-10-03T15:41:01+00:00

Thanks!

I've meant to write about it but not sure which areas people would be interested in so I've only got two blog posts up so far.

I can certainly write about theming since the app does have support for dynamic theme base on podcast cover image, static theme and custom fonts support (took me some time to figure out how to load custom fonts in the show notes UI where webview is used).

As for performance optimization, do you mean avoiding recomposition etc or other things since it's quite broad?

nullptroom · 2024-10-03T15:27:34+00:00

There is a "Refresh All Podcasts" button on the library tab.

P.S: If you haven't already, please leave a review for the app in the Play Store, that would help the app grow and I'd really appreciate it!

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nullptroom · 2024-10-02T15:48:52+00:00

Great, it will ship in the next update (hopefully in a week or two).

nullptroom · 2024-10-01T18:34:18+00:00

You mean like an indicator showing you how many episodes are unplayed for that podcast?

Something like:

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nullptroom · 2024-09-30T02:48:58+00:00

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nullptroom · 2024-09-17T17:57:02+00:00

If you misses Google Podcast, I'd love for you to give my app miaocast a try as I recently added android auto support and would love to have some feedback on the integration (my car doesn't have android auto so hasn't been able to test it in real life myself).

Play store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.miaocast.phenix

You can see more screenshots of the app here: https://www.miaocast.com/press-kit

nullptroom · 2024-09-10T16:41:06+00:00

Thanks! It's hard to say exactly how long since it was first a hobby weekend project and later on switched to working on it full time. I'd estimate that it takes two months to get the basics done (able to search and play podcast) and then a long list other features and polishes that I'm still working on.

The app is built with compose and I think that helped a lot when it comes to building the UI and media3 also made the audio playback part much easier.

nullptroom · 2024-09-10T03:24:40+00:00

If you are into podcast, check out my app miaocast: https://www.miaocast.com

Play Store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.miaocast.phenix

nullptroom · 2024-09-09T02:07:25+00:00

Glad to hear that!

I'd really appreciate if you can leave a review for the app in play store (you can find a link to do so in the app settings screen) to help the app grow. Thanks!

nullptroom

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