Keep previously played songs in the queue about tomahawk-android

[jherskowitz]

"How a queue should work" is the third-rail topic of music players. ;)

[jordiorlando]

Haha, that's very true :P

[mrmaffen]

Prior to the current implementation it was actually implemented like you suggested. There's a major UI issue with that approach though. With the current "swipe artwork up/down"-action to show the current playlist you can't "just scroll to the current song when the queue is opened". When looking at the current playlist you would have to scroll through all preceding tracks (which could be >100 entries) until you finally get back to the player view.

[jordiorlando]

I guess one potential solution could be to show a single "..." line above the current track. If tapped, it would open the entire queue in a new view, already centered on the current song. There would be a "back" button to get back to the now-playing screen.

But all that is moot if it goes against the intended UX flow. :)

[indiego]

I like how Apple's music app approaches this problem. When you check out the queue, the current song is on the top. When you scroll down the list, it stays pinned to the top of the list like a header. When you scroll up the list to check out playback history the current track moves down till it is pinned to the bottom of the list. This way you always are contextually aware whether you are going through playback history or queue and have one click access to the current track.