Tap to add as the default action has been requested for a long time now, myself included, but mainly for accesibilty reasons, especially for my missus who has Multiple Sclerosis (MS), who finds it extremly difficult to use the kebab menu (3 dots) on a mobile device to “add to queue”. Now she can just tap away on her chosen tracks and they just get added to the queue.
Also works very well when you have guests around and they can just tap the track they want and it adds to the bottom of the queue (like a jukebox), instead of cutting a track short and playing their choice. (Teaching drunken guests to use the kebab menu in nigh on impossible)
There maybe more elegant ways to do this, but…what this does is modify the “addplay” action of volumio. So instead of adding and immediately playing, it will simply add to the queue. I have also added a toast message to let you know each track is added.
The only caveat is anything else that uses the “addplay” action Like “play” in the kebab menu and the play symbols while browsing in desktop mode will only add it to the queue and obviously not play immediately.
This modification was done using the current latest version of volumio 3.449 (30-3-2023)
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I only use local network files stored on my server and have no idea how this interacts with streaming services.
So before messing around BACKUP your SD or use a spare.
To be able to tap and add single tracks only
goto…
General Playback options
Playback mode
set to single
click “Save”
SSH into volumio
Back up the file we are going to modify.
sudo mkdir /home/backup-tta
sudo cp /volumio/app/index.js /home/backup-tta/index.js.orig
If things get messed up you can retore the original file
cp /home/backup-tta/index.js.orig /volumio/app/index.js
reboot
Modify the file
nano /volumio/app/index.js
find the text below with… Where is (ctrl w)
CoreCommandRouter.prototype.addPlay
Now go down a line and delete all the text pictured in the red box
Then paste in the text below one line at a time (or go to the EDIT for the revised code)
this.addQueueItems(data)
this.pushToastMessage('success', this.getI18nString('COMMON.ADD_QUEUE_TITLE'), data.title || data.uri)
So it looks like this
write out (ctrl o) and exit (ctrl x)
reboot and test
If you want to go back and forth between original and modded first back up your modded file
sudo cp /volumio/app/index.js /home/backup-tta/index.js.tta
Now to change between default volumio action or Tap to Add
Default
cp /home/backup-tta/index.js.orig /volumio/app/index.js
reboot
Tap to add
cp /home/backup-tta/index.js.tta /volumio/app/index.js
reboot
I hope this helps someone, as my missus thinks its Just the Job
-----EDIT-----
The original mod works quite well as is, I use it myself. But… The only niggle I have with it… is if the queue finishes and then you tap another track it just gets added to the queue and does not play, you then have to visit the queue scroll to the bottom and tap on it to play.
So what we need is a hybrid of the default Volumio addplay action when the player is in the stopped state and the tap to add whilst its playing.
What this does now…
Volumio in a Stopped state (ie, just booted up or queue finished), tap on a track in your library and it will be added to the bottom of the queue and then play
Volumio Playing, tap on a track in your library and it simply gets added to the bottom of the queue.
Volumio Paused, tap on a track in your library and it simply gets added to the bottom of the queue. un-pause will carry on where it left off.
Pretty much alike to the default way Volumio works other than if a track is selected from the library while Volumio is already playing its will get added to the bottom of the queue.
Only tested with local network libray, no I dea how this interacts with streaming services.
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Start above from where you delete all the text in the red box
Now add these lines one at a time ( some of this is the original Volumio code, Just easier in a tut to delete all and enter one at a time, but if you can work out what goes where then…)
var self = this;
var state = this.stateMachine.getState();
if (state.status === 'stop') {
self.addQueueItems(data)
.then(function (e) {
return self.volumioPlay(e.firstItemIndex);
});
}else{
this.addQueueItems(data)
this.pushToastMessage('success', this.getI18nString('COMMON.ADD_QUEUE_TITLE'), data.title || data.uri)
}
so it looks like this
write out (ctrl o) and exit (ctrl x)
reboot and test.
If you want to go back and forth between original and modded first back up your modded file
sudo cp /volumio/app/index.js /home/backup-tta/index.js.tta
Now to change between default volumio action or Tap to Add
Default
cp /home/backup-tta/index.js.orig /volumio/app/index.js
reboot
Tap to add
cp /home/backup-tta/index.js.tta /volumio/app/index.js
reboot
