So we all know about the changes to the mute function/priority system Google put into Android 5.0. I am fine with the None/Priority/All settings they have provided and am not looking specifically to leave that paradigm.
What I am looking is for more granular control over the sounds and volumes when in the "All" setting. Currently, under All, there are three volumes that can be set. Ring, Alarm, and Media. I would like to be able to expand on those options.
This came to me last night as a real life use case that presented itself in a very frustrating way. Three situations combined as I was heading to bed. First, my battery was about 10%, meaning that when it got below 15% the system sound for a low battery triggered. Second, the USB cord on the charger on my nightstand is worn so the connection in the USB port is not fantastic. This combination caused the phone to every few seconds make the low-battery system sound. The third component of the situation was that 90% of the time (number pulled out of my butt) when I hit the volume up/down buttons on the side of my N6 all I get is the Media adjustment, as pictured in the screenshot below:
This left me with no way to set the phone to None. Google in their wisdom has decided that the only place you can set the All/Priority/None setting is on the window that pops up after hitting the volume buttons. When those options don't appear due to only Media volume popping up, it can put one in a tight spot.
I tried to open up the settings and manually set the below settings to 0, however as none of the options are "System" setting them to 0 had no effect:
This left my phone making a racket when my wife and I were attempting to go to sleep, and no way to make it stop.
Because of this real life use case, I want an app or some tool or setting that would allow more granular control of the settings.
First, I would like the option to set the All/Priority/None right in the sound settings screen.
Second, when in "All" I would like to set more than just Ring, Media, and Alarm.
My idea would give a settings screen similar to the constructed screenshot below:
I am aware that this is jammed together and cluttered. This is just an idea. This would allow being able to set vibrate on or off on any given type of sound. It would allow setting specific components (such as System) to 0 while leaving other things active.
The linking options could be cleaned up, but the idea is that you can link volumes together so that if you adjust the primary others in the same category would match. So in my example, if you set the Default ring to max then default notifications, individual contact settings, and SMS sound volumes would follow and match. If you set System, then Media would follow. These are just examples.
This is all just an idea I am hoping could be done. I am
*not* a developer. I can usually read code and figure out what is going on at a general level, but I do not have the skills to make this happen. It would be awesome if someone could take this idea and run with it, to fill this gap (in my opinion) that Google has left in our device control options. If this were to be a paid app, I would pay. The most awesome would be to be able to install this as a part of the system so that the volume buttons would be able to be integrated.
Thoughts?
