[Feature Request] Browse by Genre

[Semperverus]

It seems that the only semi-decent app that has Genre sorting is Google Play Music, and that isn't open source.

Would love to be able to listen to a category of music instead of needing to make playlists and the sort.

Thank you!

[surveshoeb]

public class GenresLoader {

    public static Genres getGenres(Cursor cursor) {
        Genres genres = new Genres();
        if (cursor != null) {
            if (cursor.moveToFirst())
                genres = new Genres(cursor.getInt(0),cursor.getString(1));
        }
        if (cursor != null)
            cursor.close();
        return genres;
    }
    public static List<Genres> getGenresForCursor(Cursor cursor) {
        ArrayList arrayList = new ArrayList();
        if ((cursor != null) && (cursor.moveToFirst()))
            do {
                arrayList.add(new Genres(cursor.getInt(0),cursor.getString(1)));
            }
            while (cursor.moveToNext());
        if (cursor != null)
            cursor.close();
        return arrayList;
    }
    public static List<Genres> getAllGenres(Context context) {
        return getGenresForCursor(makeGenresCursor(context, null, null));
    }
    public static Genres getGenres(Context context, long id) {
        return getGenres(makeGenresCursor(context, "_id=?", new String[]{String.valueOf(id)}));
    }
    public static List<Genres> getArtists(Context context, String paramString, int limit) {
        List<Genres> result = getGenresForCursor(makeGenresCursor(context, "genres LIKE ?", new String[]{paramString + "%"}));
        if (result.size() < limit) {
            result.addAll(getGenresForCursor(makeGenresCursor(context, "genres LIKE ?", new String[]{"%_" + paramString + "%"})));
        }
        return result.size() < limit ? result : result.subList(0, limit);
    }
    public static Cursor makeGenresCursor(Context context, String selection, String[] paramArrayOfString) {
        final String genresSortOrder = PreferencesUtility.getInstance(context).getGenresSortOrder();
        Cursor cursor = context.getContentResolver().query(MediaStore.Audio.Genres.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, new String[]{"_id","name"}, selection, paramArrayOfString, null);
        return cursor;
    }
}

Enjoy and complete the task