recloudstream / recloudstream/cloudstream
Enable Android's Media Controls (Next & Previous) Tracks to go to navigate episodes.
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Description
Describe your suggested feature
Like music players, would it be too much effort in adding the ability to get the previous track, next track ability to go back or to the next episode (like in the notification bar).
I'm come right into the point, when I use gestures on my headphones/ the next button on my headphone, it would be awesome if it goes to the next episode.
The same can also improve experience on the tv (I've got a bunch of extra mappable buttons that I can use to trigger a next track or previous track using Button Mapper. If the app could support this track switching it would complete the picture!
Thanks for reading this all the way here.
Warm Regards
Lvz
Other details
Something like this?

Source: Google Music Player
Acknowledgements
- My suggestion is NOT about adding a new provider
- I have searched the existing issues and this is a new ticket, NOT a duplicate or related to another open issue.
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Research direction
Start with the linked Android Media Controls documentation and trace how CloudStream currently handles media playback and episode navigation. Implement previous and next episode actions from headphone, notification, and TV media controls, then verify that each action selects the expected episode.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, kotlin
- Domain
- mobile
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100