Help with Android app for Ampache server - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello Everyone,
Please I am wondering if anyone here can help me with my project.
I am currently working on a university project of building an Android app that can connect to my ampache server and be able to display and play my album and song list. Something similar to “just player” and “lullaby for ampache”. I have already setup the ampache server and I can browse and listen to the music on the web player.
I do not want the app to ask for credentials when a user first launches it like just player or lullaby, but instead already logged in to the main page so that anyone can be able to view and listen to the song on the server.
I have had a look here https://github.com/ampache/ampache/wiki/XML-API but I do not know how to generate, the key, passphrass or how to use it.
I have also had a look here https://github.com/meandor/ampdroid but the source code seems a bit too much for me to wrap my head around as I am still pretty much a n00b in the Android app development world.
Please I really need help or someone to guide me with the connecting to my server part of my project.
Please, please I am begging anyone out there with any idea to help me, no matter how little.
Thank you.

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[Q] app for streaming music??

Hello xda, as u can see i am new to this site.
I joined because I recently had an idea to make an app that would stream music to my phone. I want anyone to be able to use this app.
Here are my questions tho:
First of all i have no clue where to start. I have seen some ways on how to stream online radio stations, but thats not what i am looking for. I want this app to be like a radio station, but play only certain artist off of my computer. It does not have to be fancy. Im looking for a program to use to develop this app, or insight on how to do it. PLEASE help if anyone understands what i am asking for lol
derrickthaller said:
Hello xda, as u can see i am new to this site.
I joined because I recently had an idea to make an app that would stream music to my phone. I want anyone to be able to use this app.
Here are my questions tho:
First of all i have no clue where to start. I have seen some ways on how to stream online radio stations, but thats not what i am looking for. I want this app to be like a radio station, but play only certain artist off of my computer. It does not have to be fancy. Im looking for a program to use to develop this app, or insight on how to do it. PLEASE help if anyone understands what i am asking for lol
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First things first I would start by learning Java and taking a look at the official Android developer documentation and training. For developing your app the Eclipse IDE and the ADT bundle (Android Development Bundle which includes the Eclipse IDE and Adroid SDK) will include all the tools you need to get started. Once you have worked through writing some basic apps,I would recommend checking out this tutorial on how to make a basic music streaming app. While the tutorial is outdated and uses an outdated version of Android the principles and concepts shown still very much apply today.
I have limited knowledge of Java already, just basics. In that TUT he is using http to stream his music. My question for this is there anyway to not do it via http but rather straight off my hdd or even cloud?? Also I do appreciate you replying so quickly, the TUT you sent is very helpful.
derrickthaller said:
I have limited knowledge of Java already, just basics. In that TUT he is using http to stream his music. My question for this is there anyway to not do it via http but rather straight off my hdd or even cloud?? Also I do appreciate you replying so quickly, the TUT you sent is very helpful.
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What your looking for is something similar to this app here. One way would be to use cloud storage api's for Android such as Dropbox, Google Drive, etc. to stream the music. Directly off your hdd do you run Linux or Windows because you could look into integrating Samba share as a possibility. Also I would recommend then brushing up on your Java knowledge to make your Android programming experience more enjoyably and seamless (Not having to look up new Java things every minute).
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derrickthaller said:
Hello xda, as u can see i am new to this site.
I joined because I recently had an idea to make an app that would stream music to my phone. I want anyone to be able to use this app.
Here are my questions tho:
First of all i have no clue where to start. I have seen some ways on how to stream online radio stations, but thats not what i am looking for. I want this app to be like a radio station, but play only certain artist off of my computer. It does not have to be fancy. Im looking for a program to use to develop this app, or insight on how to do it. PLEASE help if anyone understands what i am asking for lol
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I love your idea, but really love your desire to make it yourself. A tutorial is the best way to learn app creation. When you "walk" thru the process, or learn as you go, you are learning a new skill that you can expand into other avenues.
I have taken app creation to making my website so others can take their great idea and make it into a reality....good luck and have fun!
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Hello Friends,
I am new in this forum and want to ask something from you and also need your guideline for this, I want to develop an app like whatsapp, viber etc. but I have no idea how they works. I have searched on Google and found that whatsapp working on Ejabberd (XMPP) server. This server facilitates instant message transfer between two or many users at any given second. ERLANG is the programming language and Ejabberd is an open source Jabber server written in Erlang language.
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First of all this Question should be in the general section. Hopefully some mods will look into it
And yeah, you need an actual physical server to do this. Only then you can guarantee your customers complete hassle free access to it. Erlang is used in whatsapp because its probably the best language to code for handling large set of real time communication between a very large number of people. Thats why the creators of whatsapp went with Erlang even if its an old language.
As the customers increase your server costs will also go up. All the best. :laugh: :good:
Hey! Its a Idea! But you musst make a lot of monetization for this app! Or you want make this app for your private chats with friends?

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