Design refinements, including: - Refreshed look for the Now Playing view - Long tap album artwork in Now Playing, or use the new "More" button in various places to trigger album-specific actions - When "Show Stars" is enabled, show rating of current track on main Now Playing, too - Basic menu bar on iPad Album Wall widget: - New options for to show app icon and always include 'Now Playing' album. That means you get an app launch, playback controls, and an album picker all in a single widget even a single one. It's like an adorable, tiny Longplay on your home screen. CarPlay improvements: - Add "Up Next" and show queue - Swap "Random album" button for "Next album" button if there's something in the queue - Add section headers to CarPlay for smart collections and regular collections - Use star icon for rating button and indicate if current track has a rating - Fix issue where Now Playing screen might be missing album artwork and name - Fix "do not push the same template twice" error message when tapping an album twice in CarPlay - Minor style updates for CarPlay screens Fixed: - Update track list immediately when track ratings is changed externally, too, e.g., via sync from different device - Fix issue where "Pause" context action doesn't work in "Downloaded" view - Fix missing "Hide/Unhide" context actions when viewing smart collection - Light background behind album wall in Light Mode, and fix readability of albums without artwork in Light Mode - Switch bug report mechanisms to mails to auto-attach logs

- Adds font setting - CarPlay: Adds more button to rate current track - Increases likelihood that Longplay will stick around as Now Playing album when playback is paused and app is backgrounded - Tweaks album filter to include albums also that have multiple discs but few tracks per disc, such as classical albums with discs where each has a single long track - Tweaks album filter to include albums where the total number of tracks per album isn't set; will then use the highest known track number as an indicator instead - Disables auto-correction on search field on iOS - Fixes issue where album wall widget might not show albums and gets stuck on placeholder screen - Fixes a UI flicker while starting playback on CarPlay - Fixes Now Playing screen being offset from centre - Fixes offset of albums over settings after rotating device

Improvements: - Show playlist artwork from Apple Music - Adds sync status to settings - Add next/prev buttons to album inspector - Shortcuts: Playlists will now also be returned from the "Find" action - Shortcuts: Add "kind" property to differentiate albums from playlists, including for filtering and smart collections - Shortcuts: Add "downloaded" property to albums, including for filtering and smart collections - Smart collections now ignore and disable the global "Show hidden albums" and "Show playlists" toggles Minor fixes: - Show remaining time in album after pausing and re-opening the app - UI tweaks for the album inspector - Speed up for initial library load --- On release close: - https://feedback.longplay.app/feature-requests/p/playlist-art - https://feedback.longplay.app/feature-requests/p/filter-downloaded-collection-to-albums-only (Achievable via smart collection) - https://feedback.longplay.app/feature-requests/p/support-playlists-in-siri

- Spotlight can now search through Longplay albums. Tapping an album will then bring up the album inspector in-app. - Updated album inspector, including a "Play" menu button to play an album or queue it up for later. - Fixes recent regression where album wall might disappear when returning from the background

- Improved on-boarding screens - Lower memory footprint, especially when app is in background

Smart collections can now be created through Shortcuts and saved in the app. Also: - Longplay now persists the dates that an album was added to your library, which means that it'll be preserved even if you (have to) remove and re-add an album through Apple Music - Under-the-hood tweaks to increase chances of Longplay staying alive in the background when playback has been paused - Higher granularity of stats in album inspector - Fixes alignment of starts in track list if there are tracks with >10:00 duration - Fixes "collection count" metric of albums after removing them from a collection - Fixes a typo in settings - Minor performance tweaks

Fixed: - Fix for infinite album shuffle not picking from all albums when 'Random' sort order is selected - Fixes issue where sort order could sometimes get messed up after finishing a track or adding an album to a collection - Fixes visual glitch of tiny album grid cells on top and bottom of screen on iPhone - Fixes albums sometimes not appearing when switching from Slide Over to Full Screen on iPad - Minor style fixes for iPad

- Tweak background colour of dark icons - Addresses some rare stability issues - Update German translations

New: - "Album Shuffle" button for Control Centre or Lock Screen - Album purity playback mode Also: - Require iOS 17 - Widgets are now tint-friendly - Dark & tint-friendly app icon - Pull-to-refresh while on "Random" sorting will reshuffle the wall - Fixes wrong album title when scrobbling while listening to playlists - Fixes colouring issue in album queue - Tweak contrast of collection list colours

- Improves the welcome screen on iPad - Fixes "Show in Music" links - Fixes issue where some albums might not play after restoring your device

New: - Auto-populate release years (Apple Music only) - Show percentage listened - Show ratings at top level, if toggled on Fixes: - Fix release year not being used in Orderliness sort when sorting artists as in Music app (you'll need to do a manual album refresh once, by pulling to refresh) - Fix album shuffle not being very random when selecting Random sort order - Widgets that use the Random order will now (again) get a new set of albums every day - Performance improvements, in particular when triggering new random album - Style tweaks

- Fixes scrobbling of first track in an album - Fixes styling of playlists, especially when they are sized smaller

- 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.

- 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 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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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: - 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

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

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.

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

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.

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

- [Fix] VoiceOver-related fix for the medium-sized widget - [Fix] The widget configuration now uses Longplay's colours

Long way to the top: - [New] Tapping near the top now scrolls to the top, as you'd expect.

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

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.