Daring FireballMore on Spotify Connect and iPhone Volume Buttons
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/09/06/more-on-spotify-connect-and-iphone-volume-buttons
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/09/06/more-on-spotify-connect-and-iphone-volume-buttons
crash@daringfireball regarding the quote from a reader, can this behavior be approximated with "control other speakers and TVs" button after you long press the Now Playing control from control center?
dmitriidIt's not a good approximation.
Previously: start playback on any device from Spotify. Press volume buttons to control volume on that device.
Now: go into the app, move the slider there
Proposed approximation: long press now playing (from lock screen? or from control center? or both?). Move the slider there
Gruber in comments a few weeks ago "I don't see how iOS disadvantages third-party apps"
Also Gruber: "here's this useful API that Apple kept to themselves for 15 years. Here's another useful API Apple is removing and keeping to themselves"
Sean
jramskov@daringfireball As a Sonos customer, I fully agree that it sucks the feature doesnāt work. Even though it hasnāt worked for a long time, the habit is still there and it annoys me every time that the volume doesnāt change when I use the buttons on my iPhone.
I donāt care about private APIās. Apple shouldāve worked with Sonos and Spotify to make a solution so their customers didnāt lose a valuable feature. Apple instead gave the finger to their customers.
I donāt care about private APIās. Apple shouldāve worked with Sonos and Spotify to make a solution so their customers didnāt lose a valuable feature. Apple instead gave the finger to their customers.
John Gruber
@gruber Thanks š I think Apple should have made an official API for it.
Edit: Perhaps thereās good reasons for not allowing it, but Iām not aware of any?
@jramskov Well the reason not to is to prevent apps from screwing around with the hardware buttons.
@gruber But thatās not the case here is it? Iād say itās a pretty much perfect use case that makes the phone serve the owner better. I donāt see any negatives there?
If apps do bad stuff, it should get caught in the app review process.
If apps do bad stuff, it should get caught in the app review process.
Kevin Green@daringfireball I donāt understand what your reader is talking about. I routinely control airplay 2 devices from multiple other devices and multiple users . My daughter will start music on a homepod in the bathroom with her phone or ipad, transfer it to her bedroom. Then leave it blasting and just walk away and Iāll use my phone, watch or laptop to turn it off or down. This also works for the sonos roam we have as well as the LG tv.
Patrick Ben Koetter šŗš¼@daringfireball I agree there should be a way to control the hardware buttons. The way it is now just sucks and Iām certainly not going to switch over using Appleās own music app.