Foldman 0.1: the first tape

The first tape. Foldman turns a folding phone into a cassette player: an upright portable on the cover screen, a deck when you unfold it.

What's in 0.1

• Three postures. Cover screen: an edge-to-edge blue portable with a silver key strip. Unfolded: a deck between a library panel and a now-playing panel. Half-open on a table: the deck on top, the library below.
• A mechanism, not a skin. Latching PLAY / PAUSE / STOP·EJECT / FF / REW keys. Reels turn at tape speed ÷ radius and coast to a stop. A mechanical counter, VU needles, an OPERATE LED, synthesised key clicks and haptics.
• Local folders. MP3, FLAC, M4A, OGG, WAV and more, with embedded or folder cover art, background playback and media controls.
• Apple Music. Sign in with MusicKit, browse your playlists, and stream in-app. The player runs in its own process, and if it crashes the song picks up again where it left off.
• YT Music. Driven through its media session, with artwork, queue and transport.

Install

Download Foldman-0.1.0-release.apk below and open it on your phone (Android 11+, 64-bit ARM). For YT Music, grant notification access when Foldman asks; if the switch is greyed out, go to App info → ⋮ → Allow restricted settings first. Apple Music needs the Apple Music app, signed in with a subscription.

Verify the download

• SHA-256: 8f6e69dbb0e0d8d8b5bd51e201f806d0ef9cc3cd716194291ca98bab925bd664
• Signing certificate SHA-256: d917056f9383db11fd6f6d61e53820294e0cac70fae51edf998d773f28a18c99

Foldman is an independent project, not affiliated with Sony, Apple, Google or Samsung. This APK includes Apple's MusicKit for Android SDK under the Apple Developer Program License Agreement.