Sunday, April 21, 2013

Jelly Bean 4.2 Now Supported & Need New Name for A2DP Volume

Need New Name for A2DP Volume

Jelly Bean (Android 4.1 & 4.2) finally implemented what should have been there all along.  When you adjust the media volume with a Bluetooth device connected, it will remember this volume on the next connection.  It will also remember the volume before the connection and return to that upon disconnect.  This was the primary feature of A2DP Volume, hence the name.  Today A2DP Volume does much more.  Now that this primary feature is really not needed (and in fact will cause strange results with Jelly Bean) I need a new name for this app.  I posted an issue here: http://code.google.com/p/a2dpvolume/issues/detail?id=161.  Please share your thoughts on what I should call it.  In fact, I am thinking about adding more features aimed at removing driver distraction so the app will be more focused on that.  I am thinking something like "Eyes Free Driving", "Eyes on the Road", or maybe just "Drive". Would love to hear from others as naming things is not my strong point.

Jelly Bean Now Supported

I finally figured out how to access and use the hidden functions in Android 4.2.  I posted my approach here.  I created A2DP Connect2 and published it to the Play Store.  I also implemented this in A2DP Volume.  A2DP Volume is still missing the interface to access the user defined Bluetooth device name since both interfaces cannot exists in the same app.  My thought is that I will eventually retire A2DP Volume as we know it today replacing it with the app names above and it will be for 4.2 and up. 

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