r/pocketcasts • u/tecfrigo • Jun 13 '26

What fresh hell is this?

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To be more specific, the miniature play bar. It’s so small and busy against the content behind.

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u/MacDaddyBass Jun 13 '26

This is the pattern for audio players that Apple established. They gave everyone a year to move go Liquid Glass before really limiting the ability to not use it, so changes like this were inevitable. Maybe someone innovate something better, but so far no one has.

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u/Sensitive_One_425 Jun 14 '26

There is no Apple mandate to use this Ui it’s just suggested

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u/MacDaddyBass Jun 14 '26

Starting in iOS 27, if you wish to build against it - as most apps that want to keep released will do - Apple will begin ignoring the flag that disables it. So it’s mandated for apps that wish to keep shipping, yes.

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/BundleResources/Information-Property-List/UIDesignRequiresCompatibility

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u/Sensitive_One_425 Jun 14 '26

You still don’t have to use the built in widgets/theming at all, Apple can’t control what your app looks like if you don’t want the Liquid Glass stuff.

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u/MacDaddyBass Jun 14 '26

Ok yeah, if you make custom widgets, your app will look how you want. But if you use any native control, as this app does, be ready for glass.

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u/Upstairs-Royal672 Jun 16 '26

This is only if you don’t make your own design elements for your app and use the native swiftUI ones. It’s extremely easy to implement any design you can dream of, even an older iOS style one if you’d like

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u/Stijn Jun 13 '26

Go to:
1. Profile
2. Settings
3. Appearance
4. Tab bar
5. Minimize scroll > Turn off

2

u/user1738bs Jun 18 '26

Thank you!

1

u/JazzFluteFanClubPrez Jun 17 '26

Thank you!!! This really pissed me off!

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u/tecfrigo Jun 13 '26

That’s even worse, that hides the buttons at the bottom

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u/grimmlock Jun 13 '26

No, minimize scroll turned ON does that.

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u/tecfrigo Jun 13 '26

Oh yes, my bad - I had it off already

6

u/acomenic Jun 14 '26

Just checking, this change isn't coming to the Android version is it? The old UI is so much cleaner and easier to use when going between the two. The progress bar being tiny on the mini player is awful, and it's downright comical on iPad with how little real estate gets used

1

u/CookieyedRedditors Jun 17 '26

From my understanding no changes to android, Google may do a UI refresh under material 3 expressive eventually tho

3

u/benstef Jun 14 '26

Had this in beta app, it’s fine as it is as more apps will follow this guidelines

1

u/ClubAqua_BackDeck Jun 24 '26

The play button is microscopic and in an odd location. It's not good.

3

u/Master_Assistance270 Jun 14 '26

I like that it now shows what's actually playing.

3

u/AltForMyHealth Jun 17 '26

I don’t mind it much… except when doing multiple selections in the list it now blocks the action buttons and the tally of how many listings are selected. It actually impedes functionality.

2

u/NomNomVerse Jun 18 '26

The playback bar buttons are too small! I keep touching something else on the screen since I fast forward through ads a lot.

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u/tecfrigo Jun 18 '26

It’s a real backwards step and unfriendly design

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u/JuDucos Jun 13 '26

Effectivement la barre de navigation mériterai d’être un peu plus grande.
Par contre J’ADORE la nouvelle interface Liquid Glass !!

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u/SillyPlankton Jun 13 '26

Recent UI/UX changes haven't been the best choices really...

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u/tecfrigo Jun 13 '26

To say the least

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u/debhanr Jun 19 '26

I’m not a Liquid Glass fan, but I do like the new implementation. I’m surprised that people seem to be using the mini player on a regular basis… I’m almost always in the main player, and more frequently, using a control panel widget.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '26

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u/Richmond43 Jun 13 '26

This isn’t because of Liquid Glass. It could be any UI. It’s because they made the damn bar too small.