A better music control for your phone on the Amazfit Pace
Whilst the Pace comes with a built in music control option, it's cramped and buggy (and appears as a notification). This custom homescreen page aims to solve that by providing a cleaner control interface
Left: Music playing, progress is shown around the outside. Long press on the pause button opens volume control
Right: Volume control, volume level is shown around the outside. Either waiting 5 seconds or long pressing the pause button returns to the normal control screen
Download the latest release from the releases page or the XDA page
Install it via ADB:
adb install -r SpringboardMusic-1.0.apk
Reboot your watch
adb uninstall com.kieronquinn.app.springboardmusic
Whilst the app tries to get the playing music as effectively as possible, it sometimes take pausing/playing a few times to pick it up. I'm investigating why this is
Want to move the page or disable it from the launcher and have it appear as app in the drawer instead? Use Springboard Settings
In terms of the method for adding a custom home screen (springboard) page, it's all detailed here. The method for listening for and controlling music is in the code, but basically it uses imported code from the Launcher JAR (extracted code from the launcher), to attach to and use the launcher service in the same way the stock notification system uses