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Radio stream player #633

Open alsanchez-dev opened 4 years ago

alsanchez-dev commented 4 years ago

Would be great to have a Radio stream player component, many users in the community are always requesting it some of us development agencies. The actual workarounds are not reliable, it doesn't play on the background when the application is minimized, that is the case of the Video component the web view component doesn't really offer enough control and customization.

alsanchez-dev commented 4 years ago

Any input on this feature?

josmas commented 4 years ago

We've tried adding certain services on the background to the Live app in the past and we could never satisfy the app review process for the store. It is not something we've given up on, but it is not highest in the priorities list at this particular point in time. We will eventually try again, but there is non ETA right now.

alsanchez-dev commented 4 years ago

Hi @josmas, as I understand this is due to the Thunkable preview app? in that case would be great to know that the music on the video player would continue playing on the background once the production level application is minimized, is not so important to have it working on the Thunkable preview app but in the production level application, is this something possible to have? could be added a note in the editor letting users know about it? or something like that?

josmas commented 4 years ago

hi @alsanchez-dev, that is something that we have considered too, in the same way that, for instance, onesignal is not testable on iOS in the Live app but works once the target app is built. The overall issue is that if the Live app is not approved because of a particular background setting, chances are that the same setting will also be an issue during reviews on built apps.

It would be a disaster if we offer something like a background service to play music and some users get approved and some do not; then we'll have some very unhappy customers. So we need the time not only to solve this from a technical perspective, but we also have to be ready to support customers when they publish or upgrade in case of issues.

alsanchez-dev commented 3 years ago

@josmas I understand, So I'm using a Thunkable PRO account and building a radio application using the video component to stream a URL, is this video component appropriate then to develop the mobile application and this is thinking towards store submission and approval, would it make sense to have a separate video component and call it radio component? which then could be used to develop the feature "play music on the background even after the application has been minimized" Is just an idea... I'd love to hear your thoughts.