• Complete review of themes and colors, adding support for light and dark modes based on the device's settings and for dynamic colors, which change the UI colors depending on the current wallpaper (only available on Android 12 and up);
  
• Update of buttons, text boxes, icons, images, etc. to the latest UI standards;
  
• Review of transitions between sections and within sections;
  

• The Remote screen, adding the current playback state and better media controls allowing for direct control of what's playing;
  
• The Now Playing panel, adding the current playback state and media control buttons;
  
• The Movies, TV Shows, Music and Addons screens, which went through a redesign, particularly on the actions section. All the previously available actions are still there, they just got moved around (well, except for the IMDb link, which was often broken, and therefore was replaced with a generic Google search). Note that the "Play locally" function is now called "Stream", which is more appropriate and concise;
  
• The Artist details screen, to show the artist albums beneath its general information instead of on a separate tab;
  
• The connection status indication (connecting, not connected or connected) has been improved and made explicit on the various screens;
  
• The top app bar is collapsible where appropriate and the remote section allows the background image to use up all the screen;
  

• Integrating them with Android's media notifications, which allows for better control of what's playing when Kore is not in the foreground. Note that, if the media notification disappears after a few minutes even though something is playing on Kodi, that's caused by aggressive battery optimization settings which forcefully stop the notification. This happens with some manufacturers that don't follow Android's guidelines, in a futile and artificial attempt to extend the battery life, and the solution is to check the device's battery settings applied to Kore (the way to do it depends on the specific device, more info can be obtained at https://dontkillmyapp.com/);
  

• still looks very boring/basic/plain looking compare to IOS official remote (consider making the UI look like a real remote control or similar UI to official Kodi IOS remote (which has actual buttons UI look on it rather than just white icons)
  
• ​​​​still has no custom commands.
  
• menu button still missing menu items in comparison to the IOS remote
  
• buttons are still small on a phone and still requires pressing the small white icons instead of buttons (ie rectangle shape button with white icon on it)
  which means the button is bigger and easier to press (due to bigger touch area) and therefore requires less accuracy than a small white icon, 
  the only exception is the arrow keys, though it is still small compared the IOS remote.
  
• lots of buttons trying to cram all into that box on top while leaving lots of empty space in the middle. Why leave all that empty space? What for? 
  When holding phone one handed, it harder to touch buttons in that box at the top 
  Most people thumbs (holding phone in one hand) would not be able to reach the top box easily. Most people thumbs probably can reach two thirds of the screen when they hold the phone from the bottom.
  So empty space in the middle where that two thirds touchable area section is wasted space.
  
• There's lots empty space in the middle etc that could have the buttons e.g. volume slider and other buttons rather than trying to cram it all into that box at the top
  
• volume slider is small and cramp trying to fit in that box at the top and so hard to use, and there is no fine tuning volume/up down buttons on either side of the volume slider, you can only use that slider to fine tune the volume which is very hard  to do and in that small space, even more difficult.
  
• large "B" character in green box to represent the first letter of the movie or filename, is useless, pointless and takes up a lot of valuable space in that box on top that is already cramp with buttons and for what purpose? 
  
• left swipe page is pointless, essentially it's same thing as middle page but is even more basic design (has no arrow keys, no volume sliders and a lot of other button are not there etc.)
  Most people are staying on the middle page with the ARROW keys anyway.
  

(2022-10-12, 13:38)syncd Wrote: Regarding the first 4 items on your feedback, i'm having some trouble understanding them, as i can't replicate them. On my Pixel 6a, the icon sizing is the same as it was previously (code didn't change), the artist's name is aligned, and the transition between list and details works and displays the UI elements correctly (tested on some other phones too). Can you post some screenshots to better illustrate the issues.

Regarding the media player, we integrated Kore with Android's media player, as it should. I would say that blocking notifications from Kore should prevent it from appearing on Android's notification media player, but that is controlled by Android. The same regarding the setting you describe, though that sounds it only takes effect when nothing is playing.

The volume control with the hardware keys works but is picky, and it depends on the specific Android version and even implementation. First it needs to be enabled on Kore's settings, and even then, in my experience on Android 13, it doesn't always show, but this is something that Android controls internally. I would advice to disable the setting if you don't want to use the buttons.

• Icons is used instead of large buttons, which means a smaller touch area.
  
• A lot of the small buttons icons  are crammed in the top box (bad ergnomics)
  
• Volume slider is small and harder to adjust and there is no way to do fine adjustment (since there is no VOL Up/Down buttons to do so)
  
• Big "B" character takes up space in the already cramp box (and is not necessarily/important to have it) and no need to display current filename/movie name etc. since people can just look at the TV to see what is currently playing.
  There is no need to constantly show on the remote control what is current filename/movie is playing (pointless and waste space on the remote control UI in a box that is already cramped)
  

• 2/3 of the screen from the bottom has big buttons and the buttons are not cram into a small box at the top and is place in the 2/3 area for easier touching..
  So it is much more easier to use and better ergonomics (one handed use)
  
• Buttons also are not cramp and makes use of space on the screen/phone much more better.
  
• Any empty space is at the top rather than in the middle (so the thumb can easily touch the buttons in the middle of the screen.)
  
• Volume slider is big (easier to use) and has fine adjustment VOL Up/Down buttons  
  

(2022-10-13, 01:25)madmax2 Wrote: Can you respond to my feedback issues?

(2022-10-13, 04:21)Klojum Wrote:

(2022-10-13, 01:25)madmax2 Wrote: Can you respond to my feedback issues?

In my experience, syncd is not a day-to-day forum visitor, but uses his moments a bit more sparse.
So please be patient, grasshopper!

(2022-10-13, 04:58)madmax2 Wrote: Is syncd the main coder of Kore?