Music widget PiP bug (?)

Mikescotland

There is an option for music widget to open the app in the PiP not full screen.
However, if you chose Tidal, PiP option is available, if you choose General Music, it isn't, if you choose Neutron Player, it is, UAPP isn't, YT Music is.

And so on. This is completely independent from PiP settings.
Why some apps are available, and some not?
Generic Music would be preferred to have that PIP option.

DUDU-Meng

Generic Music did not design PIP, it was only used to read media standard information for display.
Is it true that some music players that can be selected separately can use PIP while others are not?

Mikescotland

DUDU-Meng yes. It is true. I gave some examples. Tidal yes, poweramp no, uapp no, YT yes, Neutron yes etc.
General Music could be included, just open in pip the player which it reads from and it's sorted (tapping on the general music cover opens the player which is playing anyway but in full screen, could be PiP). I know general music was designed like this but I think it's a matter of widget how to open the playing application. Widget behaviour doesn't change when you chose something else than generic music. So why not link it also to open active player in pip. As I said, it opens player anyway in full screen, just change to PiP.

DUDU-Meng

Mikescotland
Automatic recognition involves numerous uncertainties, and many apps do not support Picture-in-Picture (PIP) mode. Forcing an app into PIP will cause it to switch to full-screen mode and prevent you from returning to the home screen.

Mikescotland

DUDU-Meng yes, and climate changes cause rivers to dry out. Please stop trying to be smart and focus on the bug. I'm seriously losing patience with that skirting around answers.
Poweramp and uapp work without any problem in normal pip, and I can set them as PIP1 PIP2 etc.
So there is a bug when I cannot set to open any of them in pip mode from this exact settings I took screenshots. I cannot set tap to open tidal or uapp in pip from tapping on the cover in large music widget.
Maybe before you answer, take a unit and try. Thanks

DUDU-Meng

Mikescotland
You can absolutely use PIP 1/2/3. There's no need to add such unstable features to generic music.
Your title is not a feature request, and generic music never designed a PIP switching function from the outset.

Mikescotland

DUDU-Meng you missing the point.
Take a look at the video.
Poweramp, uapp can't have pip here although they are allowed in normal pip section. Neither poweramp nor uapp are set for pip in the main pip settings so no conflict yet they don't have this option.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dt5gAIGtwa96yPnB5lTLaVCX-KABMfuj/view?usp=drivesdk

surfer63

Mikescotland
I fully agree with you. The behavior of the Dudu PIP is inconsistent.
However, you did not share a video but included an "include" c file.

DUDU-Meng

Mikescotland
So you're saying that under the standard layout, in Settings > Layout > Plugin Settings > Music Plugin, any music app that can be selected supports the large plugin/PIP settings, correct?

DUDU-Meng

Mikescotland
If that's the case, I can document it and submit it for team review. If approved, this feature will be added later.

Mikescotland

DUDU-Meng I'm saying that some of them, like poweramp or uapp cannot be selected, others can.
However, poweramp and uapp can be selected in normal pip section, so there is no problem with them working in PiP.
Summing up, I want to chose poweramp under the standard layout, in Settings > Layout > Plugin Settings > Music Plugin, to have it as pip in large widget when I tap the cover in the music plugin, but I cannot. However, I can do this with YT music or tidal.
In normal Pip1, 2, 3 settings poweramp or uapp work flawlessly in pip, so I don't understand why they cannot be chosen in the music plugin settings as pip.

Mikescotland

DUDU-Meng I wouldn't consider it as a feature but as a bug. Some apps are not on whitelist for music plugin pip, but they are on the whitelist for normal pip settings (pip1, pip2, pip3), so it's just a mismatch.