Feature Request: Ability To Set Sleep Timer To Any Amount Of Time

[whatinthenameofgod]

What problem does this address?

The sleep timer arbitrarily won't work for anything below 5 minutes and only works for multiplies of 5 minutes and you can't set seconds.

What is your proposed solution?

Keep quick time shortcuts but let people set more specific timers for any time and not just multiples of 5 minutes.

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• [X] I have searched for existing feature suggestions.

[CookieyedCodes]

I think a better solution is add a plus +1 minute to this screen & add a number of episodes sleep timer as I think that adds enough granularity for more custom times, should be simple enough too do too, pity I suck at code 😭

[whatinthenameofgod]

I like adding a number of episodes as a deeper and more granular option, but the +1 minute is a bandaid and still wouldn't solve the inability to set something under 5 minutes. The underlying structure of setting a timer shouldn't be arbitrarily set to a specific number or multiples thereof.

[CookieyedCodes]

Fair enough, I would probably enable it so that going less then 5 mins on the custom timer would have single digits (with maby a long press on the custom timer load up the ability to input where you could set a completely custom time then) I do think +1 min would be a quicker fix tho as the code should allready be in place & it would enable timer extension more easily 🤔🤔

[CookieyedCodes]

I do think +1 min would be a quicker fix tho as the code should allready be in place & it would enable timer extension more easily 🤔🤔

https://github.com/Automattic/pocket-casts-android/blob/main/modules/features/player/src/main/java/au/com/shiftyjelly/pocketcasts/player/view/SleepFragment.kt#L119-L120 would it be as easy as duplicating this and changeing it too 1 @mchowning the beauty of getting logic but sucking at code 😅? Or would a new class? be needed?

[neeldoshii]

@whatinthenameofgod @CookieyedCodes from both of your conversation what if we allow custom time for user to pick. I guess this could be the best approach.

I really liked this idea can I get assigned for it?

[CookieyedCodes]

@neeldoshii so I was able to get someone to add a +1 minute & the < then 5 mins numbers if you have noticed, anything less then 5 mins dose seem to be a bit inaccurate tho but that I am guessing is a limitation of Android (timers can be a bit weird on android from my understanding battery management is messy with inaccurate timers unfortunately) but I'm not really haveing issues other then that 😅

Since intergrating this my sleeptimer I am mostly happy with it as my sleep timer niggles have moved to the following two niggles.

1. Number of episodes sleep timer (I have done mockups for this, which I can share if interested) &
2. A clock setting to activate a spefic sleep timer at a certain user selectable time of day (ie are you still listening like Netflix)

(To be clear not a member of the team of pocket casts so I can't give approval, I generally just think of ways the app could improve, in kind of a power user & like thinking on UX/makeing pocketcasts amazing 😅, pity I suck at code tho)

(someone should add +1 minute & the < then 5 minutes to iOS tho 😅)