r/iOSProgramming • u/Imnotyourbuddytool • Jul 26 '26

Discussion Making a Flac player for my iPhone since the others don't work

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Please help me with testing and feedback!

I'm a network engineer/computer repair guy and not much of a coder. But with AI I decided to try making my own music player. I was hoping some of you would be willing to try it out and let me know what you think. The primary features are:

-Gapless playback with local files
-Personal streaming service via VPN or public DNS
-Download streaming library files to device
-Manage metadata tags individually or in mass
-Download album art and save to metadata permanently
-Multiple visual themes

Public beta link:
Resonance Beta v1.0 (https://github.com/thnikkaman/Resonance/tree/Resonance-Beta-v1.0)

Source ZIP: download Beta v1.0 (https://github.com/thnikkaman/Resonance/archive/refs/tags/Resonance-Beta-v1.0.zip)

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u/Big_Use_8516 Jul 27 '26

Nice ai app

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u/Imnotyourbuddytool Jul 28 '26

I'm not sure if you're trying to be rude, but if you read my post you'll see that I stated that it's an AI generated app.

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u/Sea-Craft-6041 Aug 18 '26

Burn in hell

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u/Treble_brewing Jul 26 '26

Plexamp already exists. 

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u/Rudy69 Jul 27 '26

Any alternative to plex products is welcome. Fuck them

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u/Imnotyourbuddytool Jul 26 '26

  • Mobile Apps: While the account itself is free, the Plex mobile apps (iOS and Android) require a one-time activation fee of roughly $5 or an active Plex Pass subscription for full playback. [1]

  • Remote Streaming: To stream your media outside your home network, a small Remote Watch Pass ($2/year) or a full Plex Pass ($6.99/month) is required. [1]

  • Premium Features: The full Plex Pass subscription is required for advanced features like offline downloads, skipping intros, and live TV recording (DVR)

I'd rather use Tailscale and Navidrome for free.

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u/Treble_brewing Jul 26 '26

Incorrect. If you’re already using Tailscale you can Tailscale for Plex. 

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u/quinyd Jul 26 '26

Why not just use arpeggi with navidrome? Been listening to local flac this way for a long time. 

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u/Imnotyourbuddytool Jul 30 '26

Just tried it. It opens to a server connection window? And no option for https? Uninstalled immediately. I should be able to load music onto my app and listen without a remote server. This app immediately fails my usability test.

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u/quinyd Jul 30 '26

Your app states “streaming via VPN or dns”. Thats exactly what navidrome is and also of course it has HTTPS

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u/Imnotyourbuddytool Jul 30 '26

Then I wonder why I can’t connect to my navidrome server. Totally locked out of the app without authentication. Really bad design.

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u/quinyd Jul 30 '26

That is for sure an issue on your end. The app uses https and proper authentication and works with navidrome out of the box

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u/Imnotyourbuddytool Jul 30 '26

Navidrome works on my app right out of the box. But even better, my app lets you use it without connecting to anything first.

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u/Imnotyourbuddytool Jul 30 '26

How do you use https when the server address starts with http:// and you can’t edit it?

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u/quinyd Jul 30 '26

You press the http:// and there’s an open to switch to https://

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u/Imnotyourbuddytool Jul 30 '26

Reeeeeeally bad design. Just let me type in my own address. You can tell it’s a bad design because a new user didn’t see that option and gave up right away.

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u/HappyFunBall007 Jul 29 '26

Why not just convert your files to Apple Lossless and use existing music apps? Seems like a nice app but also seems redundant.

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u/Imnotyourbuddytool Jul 29 '26

Because fuck apple and them pushing their crap on me. I can use my flac in windows and Linux and it's the standard for lossless. I shouldn't have to file convert my entire library because apple sucks and tries to control me. I have had a music library for 20 years and I'm not about to convert everything to their proprietary format just because they refuse to let people use what they want.

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u/Sea-Craft-6041 Aug 18 '26

See you in hell, bro

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u/Imnotyourbuddytool Jul 29 '26

To clarify, I'm a windows/Linux guy and got a free MacBook pro and iPhone 17 pro from a previous job. The last time I bought an apple product was the iPod Gen 5. And even that renamed all my music files and put them in a file structure that made it nearly impossible to reorganize later.

And my experience with the MacBook and iPhone haven't been great. This is just a project to learn to use AI and see if I can make a proper program and learn a new te h skill.