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About Longplay
Do you have an album collection of dozens to thousands of albums? Does the next song of an album already start playing in your head when one finishes? Longplay is for you.
Longplay presents a beautiful view of the album artworks of the (near) complete albums in your music collection. It let's you rediscover forgotten favorites or just play the music you love, and explore it with various smart sort options:
- Orderliness: by artist, then by album
- Addiction: by amount of time spent listening
- Brightness: by the primary colour of the album artwork
- Negligence: by the time it’s been since you’ve last listened to the album, weighted by the rating
- Recency: by date added
- Memory: by last played
- Stars: by the rating you’ve provided for each song
- Random: a new order, every time you tap it
You can organize your albums into collections, which sync across your devices.
Infinite album shuffle let's you stay in the flow, with smart shuffle depending on your current collection or sort order.
It comes with a home screen widget that displays the top albums by your nominated sort order. On the larger widget, tap an album to play it, on the smallest it doubles as a "Feeling lucky" button to start playback of one of them.
It supports CarPlay, Siri, and Shortcuts.
It works well with Apple Music, music purchased from iTunes or synced manually.
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Important: Longplay does not ship with any music included, it is instead a player for your music library - be it from Apple Music, iTunes or your synced music. It provides a filtered view of just the albums of which you have all or most of the songs, as well as your playlists; thus focussing on your album collection without any singles or albums where you only have very few songs.
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Tap an item to play (or pause). Long tap for additional options, such as adding to your album queue or to a collection.
It works with libraries big and small, and besides regular albums it also handles compilation albums and playlists.
Comes with Shortcuts actions to play a random top album by a defined sort order, or a random album, optionally filtered by artist or genre. All of that with Longplay's logic that makes sure that it's an album for which you have all or most songs.
It is compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Fully VoiceOver accessible.
Longplay presents a beautiful view of the album artworks of the (near) complete albums in your music collection. It let's you rediscover forgotten favorites or just play the music you love, and explore it with various smart sort options:
- Orderliness: by artist, then by album
- Addiction: by amount of time spent listening
- Brightness: by the primary colour of the album artwork
- Negligence: by the time it’s been since you’ve last listened to the album, weighted by the rating
- Recency: by date added
- Memory: by last played
- Stars: by the rating you’ve provided for each song
- Random: a new order, every time you tap it
You can organize your albums into collections, which sync across your devices.
Infinite album shuffle let's you stay in the flow, with smart shuffle depending on your current collection or sort order.
It comes with a home screen widget that displays the top albums by your nominated sort order. On the larger widget, tap an album to play it, on the smallest it doubles as a "Feeling lucky" button to start playback of one of them.
It supports CarPlay, Siri, and Shortcuts.
It works well with Apple Music, music purchased from iTunes or synced manually.
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Important: Longplay does not ship with any music included, it is instead a player for your music library - be it from Apple Music, iTunes or your synced music. It provides a filtered view of just the albums of which you have all or most of the songs, as well as your playlists; thus focussing on your album collection without any singles or albums where you only have very few songs.
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Tap an item to play (or pause). Long tap for additional options, such as adding to your album queue or to a collection.
It works with libraries big and small, and besides regular albums it also handles compilation albums and playlists.
Comes with Shortcuts actions to play a random top album by a defined sort order, or a random album, optionally filtered by artist or genre. All of that with Longplay's logic that makes sure that it's an album for which you have all or most songs.
It is compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Fully VoiceOver accessible.
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What's New in the Latest Version 2.2.4
Last updated on Apr 15, 2024
Old Versions
- Remembers position in previously played album also when re-opening Longplay after a while
- Addresses issue where after re-opening the app the last played album might not re-start
- Further under-the-hood improvements for stability and memory usage
Feedback is always welcome and I read it all and try to reply, too. Best to reach out by mail to words@longplay.app. If you want to provide extra support, I'd appreciate if you leave a review or a top up the tip jar.
- Addresses issue where after re-opening the app the last played album might not re-start
- Further under-the-hood improvements for stability and memory usage
Feedback is always welcome and I read it all and try to reply, too. Best to reach out by mail to words@longplay.app. If you want to provide extra support, I'd appreciate if you leave a review or a top up the tip jar.
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Version History
2.2.4
Apr 15, 2024
- Remembers position in previously played album also when re-opening Longplay after a while
- Addresses issue where after re-opening the app the last played album might not re-start
- Further under-the-hood improvements for stability and memory usage
Feedback is always welcome and I read it all and try to reply, too. Best to reach out by mail to words@longplay.app. If you want to provide extra support, I'd appreciate if you leave a review or a top up the tip jar.
- Addresses issue where after re-opening the app the last played album might not re-start
- Further under-the-hood improvements for stability and memory usage
Feedback is always welcome and I read it all and try to reply, too. Best to reach out by mail to words@longplay.app. If you want to provide extra support, I'd appreciate if you leave a review or a top up the tip jar.
2.2.3
Feb 26, 2024
- Adds several keyboard shortcuts
- Fix highlight of current track in track list when shuffling tracks
- Fix shuffled playback to start on random track, rather than always the first
- Fix album inspector sometimes not appearing
- Fix landscape layout on Max and Plus sized iPhones
- Improves reliability of Last.fm scrobbling
- Improves text contrast of sort order colours
- Style tweaks for the collection picker
- Update German localisation
In case you missed it, recent updates also added:
- Search box to filter the albums view by artist or title
- Album inspector to browse tracks of any album, see album stats, and set/overwrite release year and artist sorting
- Many new Shortcuts actions, along with several example Shortcuts accessible through the in-app settings
- Longplay will now include albums with one or two tracks if you have all the tracks and they exceed a minimum duration.
- Choose between skipping current track or album by long-tapping the "next" button in the Now Playing screen
- New 'Release' sort order (but see the in-app guide for how the enable that, as it's not automatic)
Feedback is always welcome and I read it all and try to reply, too. Best to reach out by mail to words@longplay.app. If you want to provide extra support, I'd appreciate if you leave a review or a top up the tip jar.
- Fix highlight of current track in track list when shuffling tracks
- Fix shuffled playback to start on random track, rather than always the first
- Fix album inspector sometimes not appearing
- Fix landscape layout on Max and Plus sized iPhones
- Improves reliability of Last.fm scrobbling
- Improves text contrast of sort order colours
- Style tweaks for the collection picker
- Update German localisation
In case you missed it, recent updates also added:
- Search box to filter the albums view by artist or title
- Album inspector to browse tracks of any album, see album stats, and set/overwrite release year and artist sorting
- Many new Shortcuts actions, along with several example Shortcuts accessible through the in-app settings
- Longplay will now include albums with one or two tracks if you have all the tracks and they exceed a minimum duration.
- Choose between skipping current track or album by long-tapping the "next" button in the Now Playing screen
- New 'Release' sort order (but see the in-app guide for how the enable that, as it's not automatic)
Feedback is always welcome and I read it all and try to reply, too. Best to reach out by mail to words@longplay.app. If you want to provide extra support, I'd appreciate if you leave a review or a top up the tip jar.
2.2.2
Feb 19, 2024
- Fix highlight of current track in track list when shuffling tracks
- Fix shuffled playback to start on random track, rather than always the first
- Fix album inspector sometimes not appearing
- Fix landscape layout on Max and Plus sized iPhones
- Improves reliability of Last.fm scrobbling
- Improves text contrast of sort order colours
- Style tweaks for the collection picker
In case you missed it, recent updates also added:
- Search box to filter the albums view by artist or title
- Album inspector to browse tracks of any album, see album stats, and set/overwrite release year and artist sorting
- Many new Shortcuts actions, along with several example Shortcuts accessible through the in-app settings
- Longplay will now include albums with one or two tracks if you have all the tracks and they exceed a minimum duration.
- Choose between skipping current track or album by long-tapping the "next" button in the Now Playing screen
- New 'Release' sort order (but see the in-app guide for how the enable that, as it's not automatic)
Feedback is always welcome and I read it all and try to reply, too. Best to reach out by mail to words@longplay.app. If you want to provide extra support, I'd appreciate if you leave a review or a top up the tip jar.
- Fix shuffled playback to start on random track, rather than always the first
- Fix album inspector sometimes not appearing
- Fix landscape layout on Max and Plus sized iPhones
- Improves reliability of Last.fm scrobbling
- Improves text contrast of sort order colours
- Style tweaks for the collection picker
In case you missed it, recent updates also added:
- Search box to filter the albums view by artist or title
- Album inspector to browse tracks of any album, see album stats, and set/overwrite release year and artist sorting
- Many new Shortcuts actions, along with several example Shortcuts accessible through the in-app settings
- Longplay will now include albums with one or two tracks if you have all the tracks and they exceed a minimum duration.
- Choose between skipping current track or album by long-tapping the "next" button in the Now Playing screen
- New 'Release' sort order (but see the in-app guide for how the enable that, as it's not automatic)
Feedback is always welcome and I read it all and try to reply, too. Best to reach out by mail to words@longplay.app. If you want to provide extra support, I'd appreciate if you leave a review or a top up the tip jar.
2.2.1
Feb 9, 2024
Show me how to… create some Shortcuts.
New:
- Added several example Shortcuts accessible through the in-app settings
Changed:
- Longplay will now include albums with one or two tracks if you have all the tracks and they exceed a minimum duration.
Fixed:
- Tweak reports from Last.fm scrobbling
- Some minor style and wording tweaks
New:
- Added several example Shortcuts accessible through the in-app settings
Changed:
- Longplay will now include albums with one or two tracks if you have all the tracks and they exceed a minimum duration.
Fixed:
- Tweak reports from Last.fm scrobbling
- Some minor style and wording tweaks
2.2
Feb 5, 2024
I've been looking for… search, much improved Shortcuts, and sort order refinements.
New:
- A search box to filter the albums view by artist or title
- Many, *many* new Shortcuts actions. Create a pretty image of your recently listened albums. Search albums by an artist, sort them by release date, and add them to your queue. Get album metrics and display them in Charty. Find albums by a genre and show them as an ad-hoc collection in the app. Resume your last Longplay session when putting on your smart glasses. Get creative!
- Album inspector to browse tracks of any album, see album stats, and set/overwrite release year and artist sorting
- Choose between skipping current track or album by long-tapping the "next" button in the Now Playing screen
- New 'Release' sort order (but see the in-app guide for how the enable that, as it's not automatic)
- Long-tapping an album will now also show release year, if known.
Improved:
- Refined the CarPlay experience
- Sorting by "Stars" now considers the percentage of the album rated, and five stars tracks give an extra bonus
Fixed:
- Minor styling tweaks and fixes
New:
- A search box to filter the albums view by artist or title
- Many, *many* new Shortcuts actions. Create a pretty image of your recently listened albums. Search albums by an artist, sort them by release date, and add them to your queue. Get album metrics and display them in Charty. Find albums by a genre and show them as an ad-hoc collection in the app. Resume your last Longplay session when putting on your smart glasses. Get creative!
- Album inspector to browse tracks of any album, see album stats, and set/overwrite release year and artist sorting
- Choose between skipping current track or album by long-tapping the "next" button in the Now Playing screen
- New 'Release' sort order (but see the in-app guide for how the enable that, as it's not automatic)
- Long-tapping an album will now also show release year, if known.
Improved:
- Refined the CarPlay experience
- Sorting by "Stars" now considers the percentage of the album rated, and five stars tracks give an extra bonus
Fixed:
- Minor styling tweaks and fixes
2.1.6
Dec 19, 2023
I can see clearly now... Various fixes to album shuffling and to improve contrasts:
- Fixes low contrast of album queue icons on dark album artwork
- Fixes low contrast of album queue list when listening to an album with light album artwork
- Fix issue where Infinite Album Shuffle incorrectly shuffles from subset of albums
- Re-shuffle the albums "behind" the shuffle button every couple of presses
- Persist last used view between app restarts, i.e., in particular whether you were viewing albums or the player
- Keep album size more similar between portrait and landscape orientations
- Minor style tweaks for the track queue, improving contrast of the little stars, and automatically scrolling to the current track when it changes
Feedback is always welcome and I read it all and try to reply, too. Best to reach out by mail to words@longplay.app. If you want to provide extra support, I'd appreciate if you leave a review or a top up the tip jar.
- Fixes low contrast of album queue icons on dark album artwork
- Fixes low contrast of album queue list when listening to an album with light album artwork
- Fix issue where Infinite Album Shuffle incorrectly shuffles from subset of albums
- Re-shuffle the albums "behind" the shuffle button every couple of presses
- Persist last used view between app restarts, i.e., in particular whether you were viewing albums or the player
- Keep album size more similar between portrait and landscape orientations
- Minor style tweaks for the track queue, improving contrast of the little stars, and automatically scrolling to the current track when it changes
Feedback is always welcome and I read it all and try to reply, too. Best to reach out by mail to words@longplay.app. If you want to provide extra support, I'd appreciate if you leave a review or a top up the tip jar.
2.1.5
Dec 7, 2023
Oops... I did it again. Here comes a quick regression fix:
- Fix issue where Album Wall widgets might be stuck on message to open Longplay when randomising library
Fixed in 2.1.4:
- Fix issue where tapping "Random" sort order again would not always re-shuffle
- Fix issue where Album Wall widgets might be stuck on message to open Longplay
- Fix issue where Album Wall widget that's set to display a collection in random order would not randomise its albums
- Renames "Artist" parameter to "Album Artist" in "Find Album" shortcut to match what it actually does
- Minor performance and stability improvements
- Fix issue where Album Wall widgets might be stuck on message to open Longplay when randomising library
Fixed in 2.1.4:
- Fix issue where tapping "Random" sort order again would not always re-shuffle
- Fix issue where Album Wall widgets might be stuck on message to open Longplay
- Fix issue where Album Wall widget that's set to display a collection in random order would not randomise its albums
- Renames "Artist" parameter to "Album Artist" in "Find Album" shortcut to match what it actually does
- Minor performance and stability improvements
2.1.4
Dec 4, 2023
Unstuck in time, running free
Fixes:
- Fix issue where tapping "Random" sort order again would not always re-shuffle
- Fix issue where Album Wall widgets might be stuck on message to open Longplay
- Fix issue where Album Wall widget that's set to display a collection in random order would not randomise its albums
- Renames "Artist" parameter to "Album Artist" in "Find Album" shortcut to match what it actually does
- Minor performance and stability improvements
Feedback is always welcome and I read it all and try to reply, too. Best to reach out by mail to words@longplay.app. If you want to provide extra support, I'd appreciate if you leave a review or a top up the tip jar.
Fixes:
- Fix issue where tapping "Random" sort order again would not always re-shuffle
- Fix issue where Album Wall widgets might be stuck on message to open Longplay
- Fix issue where Album Wall widget that's set to display a collection in random order would not randomise its albums
- Renames "Artist" parameter to "Album Artist" in "Find Album" shortcut to match what it actually does
- Minor performance and stability improvements
Feedback is always welcome and I read it all and try to reply, too. Best to reach out by mail to words@longplay.app. If you want to provide extra support, I'd appreciate if you leave a review or a top up the tip jar.
2.1.3
Oct 18, 2023
Improved:
- Adds page indicator on iPhone while swiping between settings, album wall and player. Fully VoiceOver accessible.
- Omit „The“ from playlists when sorting alphabetically.
Fixes:
- The shuffle button in the Now Playing widget now shuffles through all your albums, not just a subset.
- Fixes restoring selected collection on app-restart.
- Fixes issues where some compilations might be missing primary artist.
- Fix crash when using CarPlay when phone is set to German. 'tschuldigung.
- Robustness tweak for stats calculation.
- Reviewed and improved the VoiceOver support.
Feedback is always welcome and I read it all and try to reply, too. Best to reach out by mail to words@longplay.app. If you want to provide extra support, I'd appreciate if you leave a review or a top up the tip jar.
- Adds page indicator on iPhone while swiping between settings, album wall and player. Fully VoiceOver accessible.
- Omit „The“ from playlists when sorting alphabetically.
Fixes:
- The shuffle button in the Now Playing widget now shuffles through all your albums, not just a subset.
- Fixes restoring selected collection on app-restart.
- Fixes issues where some compilations might be missing primary artist.
- Fix crash when using CarPlay when phone is set to German. 'tschuldigung.
- Robustness tweak for stats calculation.
- Reviewed and improved the VoiceOver support.
Feedback is always welcome and I read it all and try to reply, too. Best to reach out by mail to words@longplay.app. If you want to provide extra support, I'd appreciate if you leave a review or a top up the tip jar.
2.1.2
Oct 12, 2023
Adds:
- Tip jar
- New setting on "Now Playing" widget to make the shuffle button always pick a random album, rather than reflecting the app's sort order or collection.
Fixes:
- Fix progress for Current Album Artwork in StandBy if primary colour is black
- Fix playback from widget not restarting where you last left off
- Fix low contrast colour issues in Now Playing widget, on Sonoma, and sometimes in-app
- Fix for shuffle button occasionally getting stuck cycling through your albums
- Fix crash due to hitting memory limits when importing libraries with large numbers of albums or many large album artworks
- Fix album wall layout when selecting an album at the end
- Removes "(No Title)" shortcuts in Spotlight search on iOS 17
- Default "Now Playing" widget to show album art rather than spider chart
- Minor style tweaks
- Robustness and performance fixes
- Tip jar
- New setting on "Now Playing" widget to make the shuffle button always pick a random album, rather than reflecting the app's sort order or collection.
Fixes:
- Fix progress for Current Album Artwork in StandBy if primary colour is black
- Fix playback from widget not restarting where you last left off
- Fix low contrast colour issues in Now Playing widget, on Sonoma, and sometimes in-app
- Fix for shuffle button occasionally getting stuck cycling through your albums
- Fix crash due to hitting memory limits when importing libraries with large numbers of albums or many large album artworks
- Fix album wall layout when selecting an album at the end
- Removes "(No Title)" shortcuts in Spotlight search on iOS 17
- Default "Now Playing" widget to show album art rather than spider chart
- Minor style tweaks
- Robustness and performance fixes
2.1.1
Sep 20, 2023
Baby, You Can Drive My Car
Added:
- New "Current Album Artwork" widget, which nicely complements the "Now Playing" widget in StandBy mode.
- Shuffle button on the "Now Playing" won't get disabled if album just started playing; or configure the widget to always have the button enabled.
- New "Recently Played" list item in CarPlay for your last listened album, in case you want to resume that in the car.
Fixed:
- Addresses issue where CarPlay might not show your collections
- Playlist tracks maintain their order as defined in the playlist
- Minor style tweaks for "Now Playing" widget
Added:
- New "Current Album Artwork" widget, which nicely complements the "Now Playing" widget in StandBy mode.
- Shuffle button on the "Now Playing" won't get disabled if album just started playing; or configure the widget to always have the button enabled.
- New "Recently Played" list item in CarPlay for your last listened album, in case you want to resume that in the car.
Fixed:
- Addresses issue where CarPlay might not show your collections
- Playlist tracks maintain their order as defined in the playlist
- Minor style tweaks for "Now Playing" widget
2.1
Sep 18, 2023
So Darlin', Darlin', Stand By Me
Updated Album Wall widget:
- Shows a grid of albums, tapping one starts playing it, tapping it again will pause playback.
- Playback status is indicated by the album resizing, just as in the app. Like an adorable mini Longplay.
- This widget is now available in sizes small (9 albums), medium (18 albums), and large (36 albums).
All new Now Playing widget:
- Show the currently playing album, or suggests a random one, if nothing is playing; with play/pause button.
- Shuffle button to switch to a random album (disabled while album is playing; pause playback first)
- Shows a spider chart of the album's metrics (recency, memory, length, negligence, stars, addiction) – tap it or the album artwork to toggle between the two.
- Available in small and medium.
Other improvements in this update:
- The "My Library" dropdown will fade away as you scroll through your albums, giving you a pristine chrome-free look of just your albums (can be disabled in the settings).
- New Shortcuts actions.
Updated Album Wall widget:
- Shows a grid of albums, tapping one starts playing it, tapping it again will pause playback.
- Playback status is indicated by the album resizing, just as in the app. Like an adorable mini Longplay.
- This widget is now available in sizes small (9 albums), medium (18 albums), and large (36 albums).
All new Now Playing widget:
- Show the currently playing album, or suggests a random one, if nothing is playing; with play/pause button.
- Shuffle button to switch to a random album (disabled while album is playing; pause playback first)
- Shows a spider chart of the album's metrics (recency, memory, length, negligence, stars, addiction) – tap it or the album artwork to toggle between the two.
- Available in small and medium.
Other improvements in this update:
- The "My Library" dropdown will fade away as you scroll through your albums, giving you a pristine chrome-free look of just your albums (can be disabled in the settings).
- New Shortcuts actions.
2.0.1
Sep 8, 2023
Brand New Day for a round of fixes:
New:
- Time in the track list of the current track ticks down
- Pull-to-refresh when viewing "My Library"
Fixes:
- Always show "Downloaded" smart collection
- Show sizing options also for large libraries
- Tweaks size of Now Playing buttons in CarPlay
- Fixes multi-selection gesture to add multiple items to a collection
- Fixes progress bar updates on Welcome Screen
- Fixes some typos
- Stability and performance improvements
New:
- Time in the track list of the current track ticks down
- Pull-to-refresh when viewing "My Library"
Fixes:
- Always show "Downloaded" smart collection
- Show sizing options also for large libraries
- Tweaks size of Now Playing buttons in CarPlay
- Fixes multi-selection gesture to add multiple items to a collection
- Fixes progress bar updates on Welcome Screen
- Fixes some typos
- Stability and performance improvements
2.0
Aug 30, 2023
Back in Black
- [New] Now Playing screen, including track list
- [New] Create collections of albums
- [New] Infinite album shuffle
- [New] Album queue
- [New] CarPlay support
- [New] Siri support
- [New] "Memory" sort order
- [New] Dictionary to explain sort orders
- [New] iCloud Sync
- [New] Revised iPad layout
- [New] Much improved performance to handle thousands of albums
And a lot of other small-to-medium-sized improvements and fixes.
- [New] Now Playing screen, including track list
- [New] Create collections of albums
- [New] Infinite album shuffle
- [New] Album queue
- [New] CarPlay support
- [New] Siri support
- [New] "Memory" sort order
- [New] Dictionary to explain sort orders
- [New] iCloud Sync
- [New] Revised iPad layout
- [New] Much improved performance to handle thousands of albums
And a lot of other small-to-medium-sized improvements and fixes.
1.2
Sep 20, 2021
I Got Some If You Need It:
- [New] New "Size by" option
- [New] New 'Random' sort order, re-shuffling whenever you tap the option again
- [New] In-app settings screen, including alternative app icons
- [New] iPad: Show a button in the bottom left when scrolling through the albums to quickly access your settings
- [New] iPad Keyboard support: Arrow keys to navigate around, play/pause via enter
- [New] Longplay, jetzt auch auf Deutsch
- [Fix] Fixes issue where second long tap on an album wouldn't show its title
- [Fix] Performance improvements for laying out the albums grid
- [Fix] Stability fix after Longplay went into background
- [Fix] Small tweak to light mode and when no albums are available
- [Fix] Fix potential crash during start-up or when quickly switching sort orders
- [New] New "Size by" option
- [New] New 'Random' sort order, re-shuffling whenever you tap the option again
- [New] In-app settings screen, including alternative app icons
- [New] iPad: Show a button in the bottom left when scrolling through the albums to quickly access your settings
- [New] iPad Keyboard support: Arrow keys to navigate around, play/pause via enter
- [New] Longplay, jetzt auch auf Deutsch
- [Fix] Fixes issue where second long tap on an album wouldn't show its title
- [Fix] Performance improvements for laying out the albums grid
- [Fix] Stability fix after Longplay went into background
- [Fix] Small tweak to light mode and when no albums are available
- [Fix] Fix potential crash during start-up or when quickly switching sort orders
1.1.5
Mar 18, 2021
- [Fix] VoiceOver-related fix for the medium-sized widget
- [Fix] The widget configuration now uses Longplay's colours
- [Fix] The widget configuration now uses Longplay's colours
1.1.4
Jan 28, 2021
Long way to the top:
- [New] Tapping near the top now scrolls to the top, as you'd expect.
- [New] Tapping near the top now scrolls to the top, as you'd expect.
1.1.3
Nov 25, 2020
Interlude, with a few fixes:
- [Fix] Allow scrolling settings away even if you don't have many albums
- [Fix] Fix resizing glitch when scrolling playing album in and out of viewport
- [Fix] Fix settings sometimes overlapping albums when returning to the app on iPad
- [Fix] Allow scrolling settings away even if you don't have many albums
- [Fix] Fix resizing glitch when scrolling playing album in and out of viewport
- [Fix] Fix settings sometimes overlapping albums when returning to the app on iPad
1.1.2
Oct 10, 2020
All The Small Things, something for everyone:
- [New] A new "Different day, different order" sort option for the widgets that keeps the widget fresh every day.
- [New] Related: You can now also opt to show the sort option's name in the widget, too.
- [New] The medium-sized widget now will start playing the album you tap on. That's 18 buttons in a widget! (And if you have larger fingers or just tap without aiming that means the old "Feeling lucky" behaviour is preserved, too.)
- [New] Sorting by addiction is now based on the median play counts, so if you just listen to selected songs in an album on repeat that won't lift the album's addiction level anymore.
- [New] Avoid switching to another album accidentally: If you're listening to an album, tapping another album won't immediately switch to that but first highlight that album; tap again to confirm to switch. (Abort highlight by tapping the playing album.)
- [New] Added an advanced setting to change the size of the album artwork with new "Large" and "Extra Large" settings.
- [New] The playback progress indicator is now offset from the album and adopts to the album's colours.
- [Fix] The album preview now immediately adjust to the album's colours when long tapping it.
- [Fix] Yet another fix for Longplay not using highest resolution artwork when possible.
- [Fix] "No albums found" will no longer incorrectly appear before albums were properly loaded when triggering playback through the widget.
- [Fix] Setting for "Fade downloaded albums" was broken in V1.1.1 and should now be functional and pretty again.
- [Fix] Removes potential for a crash when clearing the cache.
- [Fix] Improved the performance for app start-up and when quickly scrolling through albums.
- [New] A new "Different day, different order" sort option for the widgets that keeps the widget fresh every day.
- [New] Related: You can now also opt to show the sort option's name in the widget, too.
- [New] The medium-sized widget now will start playing the album you tap on. That's 18 buttons in a widget! (And if you have larger fingers or just tap without aiming that means the old "Feeling lucky" behaviour is preserved, too.)
- [New] Sorting by addiction is now based on the median play counts, so if you just listen to selected songs in an album on repeat that won't lift the album's addiction level anymore.
- [New] Avoid switching to another album accidentally: If you're listening to an album, tapping another album won't immediately switch to that but first highlight that album; tap again to confirm to switch. (Abort highlight by tapping the playing album.)
- [New] Added an advanced setting to change the size of the album artwork with new "Large" and "Extra Large" settings.
- [New] The playback progress indicator is now offset from the album and adopts to the album's colours.
- [Fix] The album preview now immediately adjust to the album's colours when long tapping it.
- [Fix] Yet another fix for Longplay not using highest resolution artwork when possible.
- [Fix] "No albums found" will no longer incorrectly appear before albums were properly loaded when triggering playback through the widget.
- [Fix] Setting for "Fade downloaded albums" was broken in V1.1.1 and should now be functional and pretty again.
- [Fix] Removes potential for a crash when clearing the cache.
- [Fix] Improved the performance for app start-up and when quickly scrolling through albums.
1.1.1
Oct 10, 2020
All The Small Things, something for everyone:
- [New] A new "Different day, different order" sort option for the widgets that keeps the widget fresh every day.
- [New] Related: You can now also opt to show the sort option's name in the widget, too.
- [New] The medium-sized widget now will start playing the album you tap on. That's 18 buttons in a widget! (And if you have larger fingers or just tap without aiming that means the old "Feeling lucky" behaviour is preserved, too.)
- [New] Sorting by addiction is now based on the median play counts, so if you just listen to selected songs in an album on repeat that won't lift the album's addiction level anymore.
- [New] Avoid switching to another album accidentally: If you're listening to an album, tapping another album won't immediately switch to that but first highlight that album; tap again to confirm to switch. (Abort highlight by tapping the playing album.)
- [New] Added an advanced setting to change the size of the album artwork with new "Large" and "Extra Large" settings.
- [New] The playback progress indicator is now offset from the album and adopts to the album's colours.
- [Fix] The album preview now immediately adjust to the album's colours when long tapping it.
- [Fix] Yet another fix for Longplay not using highest resolution artwork when possible.
- [Fix] "No albums found" will no longer incorrectly appear before albums were properly loaded when triggering playback through the widget.
- [Fix] Removes potential for a crash when clearing the cache.
- [Fix] Improved the performance for app start-up and when quickly scrolling through albums.
- [New] A new "Different day, different order" sort option for the widgets that keeps the widget fresh every day.
- [New] Related: You can now also opt to show the sort option's name in the widget, too.
- [New] The medium-sized widget now will start playing the album you tap on. That's 18 buttons in a widget! (And if you have larger fingers or just tap without aiming that means the old "Feeling lucky" behaviour is preserved, too.)
- [New] Sorting by addiction is now based on the median play counts, so if you just listen to selected songs in an album on repeat that won't lift the album's addiction level anymore.
- [New] Avoid switching to another album accidentally: If you're listening to an album, tapping another album won't immediately switch to that but first highlight that album; tap again to confirm to switch. (Abort highlight by tapping the playing album.)
- [New] Added an advanced setting to change the size of the album artwork with new "Large" and "Extra Large" settings.
- [New] The playback progress indicator is now offset from the album and adopts to the album's colours.
- [Fix] The album preview now immediately adjust to the album's colours when long tapping it.
- [Fix] Yet another fix for Longplay not using highest resolution artwork when possible.
- [Fix] "No albums found" will no longer incorrectly appear before albums were properly loaded when triggering playback through the widget.
- [Fix] Removes potential for a crash when clearing the cache.
- [Fix] Improved the performance for app start-up and when quickly scrolling through albums.
1.1
Sep 16, 2020
Another brick in the wall, ready for iOS 14:
- Your album wall right on your home screen, that doubles as a "Feeling lucky" button
- Customisable which sort order to use and what to do when tapping the widget
Plus more goodness:
- Two Shortcut actions: Play a random album by your nominated sort order (like the widget, but starting playback without opening hte app), and play a random album, optionally filtered by genre or artist.
- Actions on the now-playing item to skip to next or previous song, and to pick an AirPlay device
- A little gear icon to access the settings from the app
And a couple of fixes:
- Fix of album artwork resolution on the now-playing album
- Fix for size of background when long-tapping an album, maintaining symmetry
- Fix of Z-order of the side settings on an iPad on launch
- Address a crash after clearing the cache
- Your album wall right on your home screen, that doubles as a "Feeling lucky" button
- Customisable which sort order to use and what to do when tapping the widget
Plus more goodness:
- Two Shortcut actions: Play a random album by your nominated sort order (like the widget, but starting playback without opening hte app), and play a random album, optionally filtered by genre or artist.
- Actions on the now-playing item to skip to next or previous song, and to pick an AirPlay device
- A little gear icon to access the settings from the app
And a couple of fixes:
- Fix of album artwork resolution on the now-playing album
- Fix for size of background when long-tapping an album, maintaining symmetry
- Fix of Z-order of the side settings on an iPad on launch
- Address a crash after clearing the cache
1.0.4
Sep 9, 2020
Little by little, a couple of advanced settings options (accessible via the Settings app):
- Customise when to fade albums that aren't downloaded: When on WiFi (default), always or never
- Customise the Orderliness order, either preferring the artist sort tags from the Music app (compilations and artists last) or mixing them (but ignoring artist sort tags)
- Optionally keep the app awake, which works particularly well if you use Longplay as your music player on an iPad.
Additionally:
- Fix an issue where album artwork wouldn't show up in all it's high-resolution beauty on playback
- Address a very rare crash
- Customise when to fade albums that aren't downloaded: When on WiFi (default), always or never
- Customise the Orderliness order, either preferring the artist sort tags from the Music app (compilations and artists last) or mixing them (but ignoring artist sort tags)
- Optionally keep the app awake, which works particularly well if you use Longplay as your music player on an iPad.
Additionally:
- Fix an issue where album artwork wouldn't show up in all it's high-resolution beauty on playback
- Address a very rare crash
1.0.3
Sep 2, 2020
So much to say:
- More order when sorting by orderliness: Now sorts artists the same as the Music app, using "sort as" tags and properly handles compilations, intermingling them and and playlists according to their names. Also albums that include numbers are now sorted numerically; fans of the Dave Matthews Band and other jam bands might appreciate this.
- Performance improvements for start-up, especially for large libraries. Should be noticable on second start-up after updating, as the first start-up will migrate to an updated on-disk cache.
- More order when sorting by orderliness: Now sorts artists the same as the Music app, using "sort as" tags and properly handles compilations, intermingling them and and playlists according to their names. Also albums that include numbers are now sorted numerically; fans of the Dave Matthews Band and other jam bands might appreciate this.
- Performance improvements for start-up, especially for large libraries. Should be noticable on second start-up after updating, as the first start-up will migrate to an updated on-disk cache.
1.0.2
Aug 23, 2020
What have we found?
- Longplay now shows more of your albums by relaxing and tuning the filtering criteria and taking album duration into consideration. This if for you, Pink Floyd fans.
- Large albums showed during playback and when long-tapping now display in higher resolution.
- Automatic refresh of the albums when coming back to the app, so if you add an album through the Music app, it'll show up when you go back to Longplay.
- Sorting by orderliness now ignores "the" prefix of artists when using an English locale.
- Performance improvements and stability tweaks, in particular for very large album collections.
Thanks again for all the feedback so far. Much appreciated!
- Longplay now shows more of your albums by relaxing and tuning the filtering criteria and taking album duration into consideration. This if for you, Pink Floyd fans.
- Large albums showed during playback and when long-tapping now display in higher resolution.
- Automatic refresh of the albums when coming back to the app, so if you add an album through the Music app, it'll show up when you go back to Longplay.
- Sorting by orderliness now ignores "the" prefix of artists when using an English locale.
- Performance improvements and stability tweaks, in particular for very large album collections.
Thanks again for all the feedback so far. Much appreciated!
1.0.1
Aug 19, 2020
Ch-ch-ch-changes:
- Inverts the play/pause indicator to match the Music app (by unanimous and unarguably correct demand)
- Long-tapping an album now shows additional info based on your selected sort order, i.e., when sorting by "addiction" how many times you've listened to the album, when sorting by "recency" when you've added the album, and when sorting by "stars" what's the average rating.
- Fixes album's title and subtitle not always appearing when long-tapping album
As Longplay just launch I very much want to thank everyone for the feedback so far. I read it all. Keep it coming!
- Inverts the play/pause indicator to match the Music app (by unanimous and unarguably correct demand)
- Long-tapping an album now shows additional info based on your selected sort order, i.e., when sorting by "addiction" how many times you've listened to the album, when sorting by "recency" when you've added the album, and when sorting by "stars" what's the average rating.
- Fixes album's title and subtitle not always appearing when long-tapping album
As Longplay just launch I very much want to thank everyone for the feedback so far. I read it all. Keep it coming!
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