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To facilitate you, the Music player app also has been equipped with some useful features, for instance a feature that let you to create a new playlist to allow you grouping some music per category or edit a playlist or even delete unwanted playlist. Creating playlist of course will useful for those of you who have tons of music files or those of you who like music with various genres.
How to create a new playlist?
By default, this app has some build-in playlists. But, if you want to create your own playlist, then you can do so by following the steps below:
- Open the Music player app.
- Tap Playlists tab.
- Tap the Menu key and then select Create playlist.
- Enter the desired name for the playlist.
- If necessary, you can add an image for the playlist by tapping the picture box in the left side of the playlist name field. You'll see two options available, they are:
- Take picture: select this option to take a picture using the Camera app and then use the result as the playlist image.
- Images: select this option to select a picture from the Gallery app and then use it as the playlist image.
- Tap OK button.
- The new playlist has been created and you'll be asked to add music to the playlist. You can do so by using the following steps:
- Tap Add button.
- Select the desired song you wish to add to the playlist or tap Select all to select all songs.
- Tap Done button.
- The selected songs will be added to the playlist.
How to edit a playlist?
You can change the playlist name and change order of the songs in a playlist by using the following steps:
- Open the Music player app.
- Tap Playlists tab.
- Tap the required playlist you want to edit.
- To rename playlist go to the step #5 while to change order of the songs in a playlist go to the step #6.
- Rename a playlist:
- Tap the Menu key and then select Edit title.
- Enter a new name for the playlist.
- Tap OK button.
- Change order of the songs:
How to delete playlist?
You're allowed to remove a single/multiple/all playlists by following the steps below:
- Open the Music player app.
- Tap Playlists tab.
- To delete a single playlist go to the step #4 while to delete multiple/all playlists go to the step #5.
- Delete a single playlist:
- Long tap the required playlist you want to delete.
- On pop up menu select Delete.
- The selected playlist will be deleted.
- Delete multiple/all playlists:
- Tap the Menu key and then select Delete.
- Select the required playlists you want to delete or tap Select all to select all playlists.
- Tap Delete button.
- The selected playlists will be deleted.
For the record, if you move a music file that you already have added to a playlist to another folder via My Files app or another third-party File Manager app, then the music file will be automatically removed from the playlist.
how do you select the playlist for playing ?
ReplyDeleteHi Hiney,
DeleteThanks for coming.
To play a playlist, do as follows:
1. Open the stock Music player app.
2. Tap the "PLAYLISTS" tab.
3. If needed, scroll down the screen to the My playlist section to view all of your own playlists.
4. Tap the required playlist.
5. Tap a song to play it.