"Smart" collections
complete
Adrian Schönig
complete
Adrian Schönig
complete
This has been added in Longplay 2.4 for iOS.
Smart collections can be created through the Shortcuts app. See the example shortcut provided and also the step-by-step productions in the guide (find it in the in-app settings).
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Donald Guy
Putting Downloaded under a Smart Collections heading without any way to create any others (yet) is _very_ confusing/misleading - definitely made me think I was just failing to figure out how to access UI to create another
and frankly it "tricked" me into spending 7 USD on iOS version pretty immediately after spending 25 AUD on gumroad ,assuming that absence of that flow was a beta issue only and could be addressed (then synced in) this way
In the end I can afford the money and am mostly happy to support a second indie dev working on album-appreciation, but given that I was already happy with [and you are competing with] Albums on iOS (which is _well_ polished, which is ... not how I'd described Longplay based on first impression[1]) and was mostly just looking to use the mac app while I wait for Adam to get there with Albums ... I'm a little salty 🧂
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Donald Guy
Also, this is a niche ~request / under-utilized feature, but I have "Full Album", "EP", "Single", "DJ Set", etc. in the "Grouping" field of my Apple Music library
Which is either not indexed by Longplay or is (just) not exposed as a field in the shortcut-based psuedo-collection
Adrian Schönig
in progress
Took a first step to this in 2.2, where you can use Shortcuts to specify complex filters on albums (not yet playlists) and then view those in Longplay like an ad-hoc collection.
The just released 2.2.1 update includes the "Smart Collection" examples Shortcut which demonstrates this. They can be found in the in-app Settings under Siri & Shortcuts.
Steven Noble
Agreed. Plus playlist.
Adrian Schönig
Merged in a post:
Provide an "artist" shortcut
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Luke Bremer
Create a link (could be a long-press option or a link when viewing the artist name and album tracks) that allows you to see all albums by an artist.
This is missing from the Apple Music app and a feature I really hoped Longplay would have!
Adrian Schönig
planned
This should go well together with adding a "Search" feature. Will look into that in the near term.