Phone app

[agdamsbo]

Hi. So I have been following along for quite some time. The other day I stumpled upon the android-squeezer Android app. This has opened some new very nice features for me. The android-squeezer app is intended as a LMS server remote control, but as MA is acting as an LMS server (as far as I understand), it also allows me to remote control playback on my different speakers and groups both from the app, but also outside the app, as it runs in the background. It is really good. It does not, however allow me to browse my library, which I would really like. I also have the HA-app, which of course allows for managing playback as well, but not as easily. Would it be possible to allow for browsing the library in an app like this? Or fork or modify the android-squeezer (apache 2.0 license) to make it compatible with MA?
Thank you for your great work! After b83, the experience is really great and quick playback actions. Thanks!

[OzGav]

There is currently a desktop app, mobile apps will be somewhere down the road. Note that the current frontend does adapt to mobile screen sizes. What is the frontend not doing that this other app is doing?

[teranex]

...What is the frontend not doing that this other app is doing?

Having an Android app would be nice as it would allow integration with the notification + volume system, which makes it easier to quickly pause/resume playback on the target device and change the volume of that device.

[NMBRPL8]

Yes please!! I've also been hunting for some way to get this as a standalone android app, or at least as a dashboard component rather than its own tab on the sidebar on ha. Iframe is not ideal... Having control via the android device physical buttons, and playback on the device also opens up Bluetooth playback in the car, on the go, just opens up the options significantly.

[pjoester]

Music Assistant seems to be a very promising project. One of the major things that prevents me switching from LMS to Music Assistant is that there is no way to use my physical volume buttons of my android phone. I use "Squeeze Ctrl" and I can adjust the volume while the phone screen is off. With Squeeze Ctrl Android also gets details about the media playback and one can see it on the standby/locked screen.

I dont' know if its possible to integrate such features directly into the Home Assistant App or if a standalone app is necessary. It would be great if one of these options could be possible in the future. Thanks for the awesome work!