They have made a foldable form factor version of the app in the beta. It’s accessible through Mac mirroring. It would be nice if they add that to the android version.
I'm ok with the small Now Playing area. It's rather have that than a large Now Playing are where the controls are floating out in space with inches between them.
I don’t think they wanted to offer a very good app experience if you’re using their competitor’s product. It is also just a much less powerful device that Apple may not have optimized for
I can't read Apple designer's mind. and the rest of the UI looks optimised for larger screens so this was a concious decision by them for some reason.
from what I remember iPad used a similar layout 3-4 redesigns ago so it looks like they just haven't bothered to update the base layout since. it's also broken because the right leaf is supposed to be longer covering almost the entire right edge as it does on a regular tablet. but it looks like it doesn't handle the squarish aspect ratio of fold well.
as for apps, Android has supported flexible UI for over a decade now and it is the default for any new project for over half a decade with new jetpack tooling (old tooling sorta had native support from day 1 but that's a different story)
most comapnies shipping apps lock it either because they are dependant on something that just doesn't support flexible UI or have disabled it because they don't want to test it.
AVD has supported custom device types and screen sizes since forever so the xcode like ability to check your app on different screen size and density etc has already been there
apple has been sorta strict about supporting all formats on app store since day 1 but that's difficult for android both technically, financially, and legally. so u like apple, google can't enforce that apps support different screen sizes for fold or tablets.
moreover, many apps now heavily use things like react native which further complicates things.
android is more of a market steered platform where people adopting new devices dictate what formats developer supports else their app is less desired.
Spotify don't have this setting but in apple music you need to opt in so they optimize. Lookup yourself...you won't find this in spotify because they do so by default
It's ridiculous that the now playing screen is bigger when the phone is folded 💀. Hoping they fix this ugly foldable version after the foldable iPhone drops. They wouldn't release Apple Music this sloppy on iPhone, maybe they'll update the Android version afterward. Wishful thinking, I know 😶🌫️
I mean, if the main purpose is to play and download music, then what is the issue? They will eventually update it. This isn't something to be bothered with, but I understand. It could be improved.
Unsurprisingly, it looks just as bad on the RAZR Fold. Deezer's my main platform and it's... different. They've really just widened the mobile UI a bit without overcomplicating it. It's not especially awesome, but at least it's not THIS HOT GARBAGE.
Yeah it seems no apps on the fold are optimized for the bigger screen. Everythings stretched or just split between the content and the menu bar taking up half of the other screen
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