Best material design music player for Android
About this app
Metro is a fork of Retro Music with Google Play API removed and all pro features unlocked.
Features:
• Local playback only (based on the MediaStore)
• Sleep timer
• Folder browser
• Home screen widgets
• Themes (Just Black, Kinda Dark, Clearly White)
• Now playing themes
• Volume controls
• Blacklist
• Album artist support
• Auto-download artist images from Last.fm
Licensed under GPL-3.0-only, by Muntashir Al-Islam.
What's New in v6.1.0
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- - Remove startup warnings
- - Target Android 13
Version history
Apr 10, 2023 · 8.5 MB · Android API 21–33 · code 10603
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- - Remove startup warnings
- - Target Android 13
SHA-256 8af44ab270b9a75d88b0933af5d508311858d02c7df41bf39c7c8b52f582f556
May 29, 2022 · 10.9 MB · Android API 21–32 · code 10580
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- - Display song images along in the artist and album details pages
- - Removed the Internet permissions and all the associated features
- - Fixed crashing occurs during changing screen orientation
SHA-256 1ecce606a27deedede2fe5c55b91f89f9f01f41563b616fe31f081c5eb776526
May 22, 2022 · 11.2 MB · Android API 21–32 · code 10579
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- - Migrate to Material 3
- - Support for Storage Access Framework
- - Bump SDK to 32 (Android 12L)
- - Minor fixes
SHA-256 9ed13b4020b363864969354808c9795a972504b731493ac15584a2563bb81d5d
Will it run on your device?
73%
- Runs on a broad range of modern Android versions.
- ABI coverage is focused on newer 64-bit devices.
Installation Guide
Open Settings on your Android device
Go to Security → Unknown sources (or Install unknown apps)
Enable "Allow from this source" for your browser or file manager
Open the downloaded APK file from your Downloads folder
Tap "Install" and wait for installation to complete
Launch the app from your home screen
Make sure to re-enable Unknown Sources restrictions after installation for security.
How to install this safely
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How to roll back to an earlier version
If the current release misbehaves, 5.8.5 is the last build before it. Android will not install an older version code over a newer one, so you must uninstall Metro - A music player for Android first — which clears its local data unless you have a backup. Reinstall the older APK only if its signing fingerprint matches the build you already trust, and check the API range: an older release may target an Android version your device has moved past.
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SHA-256 Hash
8af44ab270b9a75d88b0933af5d508311858d02c7df41bf39c7c8b52f582f556
Signing certificate
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