Summary
I've made some local UI updates to the Now Playing screen of the app, inspired by the YouTube Music design. I also added a Cast button (currently wired to a dummy screen). I'm not an Android developer by profession — this was mostly for fun and based on my personal design preferences — but I wanted to ask if you'd be open to including this in the main repo.
Details
Redesigned the Now Playing screen layout to resemble YouTube Music — cleaner layout, repositioned controls, more modern styling.
Added a Cast button icon in the top-right corner of the screen.
Currently, the button opens a placeholder (dummy) screen — no casting functionality added yet.
I made this change purely on the UI side (no backend/audio changes involved).
Motivation
I personally prefer the visual style of YouTube Music and wanted to bring a similar aesthetic to this app. If you're interested in this direction, I’d love to contribute it properly via a pull request.
Access Note
I wasn’t able to push my changes due to access permissions. But I can:
Share the code directly
Fork the repo and send a pull request if you give the go-ahead
Would you be open to reviewing this contribution?
Thanks!
Screeshots
Summary
I've made some local UI updates to the Now Playing screen of the app, inspired by the YouTube Music design. I also added a Cast button (currently wired to a dummy screen). I'm not an Android developer by profession — this was mostly for fun and based on my personal design preferences — but I wanted to ask if you'd be open to including this in the main repo.
Details
Redesigned the Now Playing screen layout to resemble YouTube Music — cleaner layout, repositioned controls, more modern styling.
Added a Cast button icon in the top-right corner of the screen.
Currently, the button opens a placeholder (dummy) screen — no casting functionality added yet.
I made this change purely on the UI side (no backend/audio changes involved).
Motivation
I personally prefer the visual style of YouTube Music and wanted to bring a similar aesthetic to this app. If you're interested in this direction, I’d love to contribute it properly via a pull request.
Access Note
I wasn’t able to push my changes due to access permissions. But I can:
Share the code directly
Fork the repo and send a pull request if you give the go-ahead
Would you be open to reviewing this contribution?
Thanks!
Screeshots