Yesterday I published the first major update to MusicBrainz for Android!
Things you can’t see
There are many invisible changes. The code that communicates with the web service has been packaged in a separate jar for easy unit testing. The app also makes use of the new AsyncTaskLoader from Honeycomb and the Android compatibility library. These things will make future changes a lot easier.
Things you can see
There are a few visible changes too. The app now uses the wonderful ActionBar Sherlock library and there are some improvements to the action bar generally. The app makes use of tabs in various places and you can now swipe between them. The visual design of the tabs has changes to be more Ice Cream Sandwichy too. Finally, the dashboard has been shuffled around to make it easier to see your search history suggestions.
What’s next?
The next set of things I’m thinking about are (in no particular order):
- Better various artists release display
- Info pages and search for labels and recordings
- Displaying more ARs (such as band members)
- Collections support
- Better dashboard icons
- Xlarge tablet support
You can add or vote on issues under ‘Mobile Applications’ on the MusicBrainz Jira site. If anybody wants to get involved or follow progress, the source is on GitHub.





