Sikh Sangeet Web updated
The Sikh Sangeet website was long overdue for an update. The worst offender was the outdated media player.
Waheguru blessed me with some inspiration to do something about it. I started out upgrading the player and ended up with the following successful changes.
- Upgrade Player to latest supporting HTML5 with Flash fallback. Advantages:
- Mobile support: The Player should work on mobile devices as well as desktop.
- Seek support: You should be able to skip within the song without needing to load it fully first.
- Switch from PrototypeJS to jQuery. When we developed the site, the choice of a javascript framework was not as clearcut as it is today. A huge hindrance to all of it was the outdated and near-dead PrototypeJS library. We have now switched to the industry standard in jQuery.
- Minor code cleanup. There is still a huge amount of work left bringing Sikh Sangeet into modern tools and techniques.
With big changes, come big problems. Please report any problems in comments below.
PS: If you would like to help in any way with Sikh Sangeet, let us know.
Sikh Sangeet version 2.0 for Android
We’ve had a huge amount of requests to do the Android app again since it had stopped working on the newer Android versions. Although the app still contains bug, we have kind of rushed it to production, so that people have something to use. We will try to fix the application as time goes on. Everybody should contribute bug reports about what does not work.
Changelog:
- Fix crashes
- Dedicated player
- Background Music
- New UI
- Playlists
Sikh Sangeet version 2.0 for iOS
For iOS 5+, a newer version of the Sikh Sangeet app has been released. It will work on iPhones, iPod Touches, and iPads. This release adds some long needed features and fixes some bugs.
Changelog:
- iPad support
- Dedicated player
- Background Music
- New UI
- Playlists
In other news, I’ve been working on an Android release, but due to some API weirdness, I haven’t been able to complete. But stay tuned.
Sikh Sangeet version 1.3 for Android
For Android OS (1.6 and above), a newer version of the Sikh Sangeet app has been released. This release addresses several bugs (freezes and crashes) and implements a new feature.
Changelog:
- Fixed bugs/crashes on Android 2.2 Froyo and T-Mobile/HTC G2
- Song plays in the background while user can browse the artist/albums/tracks (just like iPhone’s version v1.2)
- Loads song immediately
- Random songs display artist information
Please note: As of right now, we do not have any plans to do v1.3 iPhone release.
Sikh Sangeet version 1.2 for Android
For Android OS (1.6 and above), a newer version matching the iPhone v1.2 release has been released. This release addresses several issues and implements the same featureset as in the current iPhone version.
Screenshots:
Changelog:
- Fixed double reload bug
- Track plays in the background while user can browse the artist/albums/tracks (not implemented due to limitations)
- In-place searching artists, albums, tracks
- Refresh each screen in case it fails loading
- New tab icons
- Admob to support free development
Waheguru ji ka khalsa, Waheguru ji ki fateh!!
Sikh Sangeet version 1.2 for iPhone
We’ve just submitted a newer version of the Sikh Sangeet app with the following listed changes. We hope that the users support us in their endeavor.
– Fixed idle bug (the audio dies when screen goes blank) (reported by Rani)
– Track plays in the background while user can browse the artist/albums/tracks (requested by Robin)
– In-place searching artists, albums, tracks
– Refresh each screen in case it fails loading
– New tab icons
– iAds to support free development
Thank you.
Sikh Sangeet iPhone App updated for iOS 4
(We will update this with a link when App Store releases it publicly.)
Download link to the App Store (Remember to review it)
We’ve just submitted our iOS 4 update of the Sikh Sangeet App. Sorry for taking so long in getting this out, but this whole iPhone app development process was not a particularly easy task. This was problematic because iOS4 SDK was not available for Mac OSX 10.5.8 Leopard, so we had to update our computer and development environment to Mac OSX 10.6.4 Snow Leopard, and go through a lot of other problems, like updating the Sikh Sangeet API, setup the new Mac, make code compatible with iOS 4, and do testing on a iPod Touch (iOS 4) device. Thank Waheguru we’re done.
The hold up is now in Apple’s hands. We’ve submitted the update, now Apple will probably take about a month to approve this application for the wider public.
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What’s New In Version 1.1
- iOS 4 support
- Selected song is shown below
- Bug-free Production Track API
Sikh Sangeet Android App
Download it from the Android Market (Remember to review it)
First, the Sikh Sangeet iPhone App, and now we bring you the Sikh Sangeet Android App. We wanted to bring Sikh Sangeet to the mobile platform with native functionality. That goal is slowly being achieved. Screenshots attached!
Our next mission will be to fix problems with the iPhone app. Please use the forum to report problems. Thanks.
Ik vari gajj ke akheyo…
Waheguru ji ka Khalsa, Waheguru ji ki Fateh!!!
Sikh Sangeet iPhone App
Download link to the App Store (Remember to review it)
We’ve been working hard for a couple of months trying to take Sikh Sangeet to the next level. We wanted to bring Sikh Sangeet to the mobile platform with native functionality. First, we worked diligently trying to put up an API for Sikh Sangeet’s vast collection. Then the API was used to quickly come up with a Sikh Sangeet App for the iPhone. Screenshots attached!
This is only the beginning, we hope to do big stuff in the future. Keep it locked!
Ik vari gajj ke akheyo…
Waheguru ji ka Khalsa, Waheguru ji ki Fateh!!!
Updates December 2009
Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa, Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh!!!
- New features are added to Sikh Sangeet site:
- Profile system. For example, admin’s profile list admin’s submissions in terms of playlists, tags, shabads, and reviews. We also store your avatars full size (as uploaded) to show on your profiles.
- Multiple servers to stream and download. Because our current server is overloaded and uses too much bandwidth, causing overuse charges.
- Tabs are faster. So, it is easier and faster to read shabads and download tracks.
- New Galleries in our Gallery (thanks to volunteer moneysingh)
- New Watermarks in our Gallery (thanks to volunteer Jasmeet Singh Bansal)
- Registration: username restrictions are relaxed. Now you can use spaces, underscores, and hyphens in your username.
- Bugs fixed
- Main page tab slideshow was picking tabs randomly
- Registration: error handling is fixed, avatar system is fixed
- Profiles: avatar handling is fixed
Everybody thank Waheguru for all of this.
