Oh , how we wish we could divulge the source of this information , because A ) It comes from the developer of a pretty dainty app ; B ) It ’s fairly gamey info , ifmusic appsare your thing ; and C ) We hate quote anon. sources .
Nonetheless , we ’re travel to publish this anyway , because it ’s so interesting , and the germ has no apparent motivation to make this up – however , he / she does have a reason to remain anon. ( i.e. staying in the good graces of Google and its Android app depot staffers ) . Besides , we have now given the Google Android PR somebody we get through about this nearly 24 hours to respond to this developer ’s specific complaints , after he got back to us ab initio clean speedily , and he has yet to do so .
Here ’s how it all commence : We emailed the developer asking about the Android version of the app , which is apparently in the works . He / she answer ,
Excuse delay , trying to get Android working ! A tragedy of an operating system for audio frequency !
Naturally , our curio was pique . We take for more detail and heard back as follows ( edited slightly for clearness ):
1 . Android OS provide just one API for volume control . The problem is , there is a pauperism for at least two type of volume control : overall output volume and medium / medicine volume . This means manufacturing business have to implement their own agency of controlling the medium / music bulk . Unfortunately , each manufacturer does this differently , and there ’s no way of finding out how they did it until you test each single model . To make matters worse , Samsung used an ineffective way to control the computer hardware and medium volume , and deliberately prey some of the ironware output to the microphone remark . This creates audio mayhem .
2 . Android OS is shockingly inefficient in dealing with real - time audio frequency . The operating organisation adds about a seven 2d delay , and the hardware adds a further five or six seconds , making the default postponement 12 - 13 seconds overall . We have managed to contract the existent - clip delay to around half a second ( 500ms ) or less , which we trust is is the good reach on Android to date . [ Ed . eminence : the iPhone reading does n’t let in perceptible delay . ]
3 . hundred of screen sizing and resolutions make it impossible to have a one - size - fits - all UI graphics place . [ Ed . note : Obviously , this complaint is n’t undivided to audio app developer , and we ’ve hear it plentitude of times before . ]
For now , exploiter are still wait for this app to hit Android , even though the developer has been working on it for months . We’llkeep you send . For now , though , render Google ’s radio receiver silence on the matter , we assume it has no mode to address any of these three clean serious complaint .
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