Official XBMC Remote/Android

Official XBMC Remote;
Developer	Team-XBMC
OS	Android
Website	http://code.google.com/p/android-xbmcremote/

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The Official XBMC Remote for Android is an open source, full-featured remote control for XBMC Media Center, brought to you by Team-XBMC. It features library browsing, direct remote control and a slick interface.

Check out the Official XBMC Remote for Android sub-forum or #xbmc-android on irc.freenode.org for more info and help

1 FAQ

See: /FAQ

2 Features

2.1 General

Remote control with the look of the Xbox' DVD Dongle
Control XBMC's volume directly with your device's volume buttons
Fast access to items in list via hard- or soft keyboard (long-press Menu)
Manage multiple XBMC instances
Live view of currently playing playlist
Notification bar shows what's playing with direct access to "Now playing" screen (can be disabled)
Large screen (854x480) support, while maintaining 1.5 compatibility
On incoming call, display who's calling on TV screen and pause video until call is over
On incoming message, display on TV screen
Setting that prevents your phone locking the screen. You can apply it either for remote control only or all screens (or disable it completely)
Tabs looking and behaving like HTC's Sense UI, also check out the Gallery.
Ultra fast cover download for recent XBMC builds
Texture support for HTC Tattoo, Google Nexus One as well as Motorola's Droid/Milestone.

2.2 Music Library

Cover art is shown where available
Now playing screen allows skipping, seeking, stop and pause
Browse by album, artist, genre
XBMC's "Hide artists who appear only on compilations" setting is taken into account when listing artists
Within a genre, browse by albums, artists and songs
List all albums and songs of an artist
Browse compilations only
Browse files directly
Sort by album, artist, title, track number etc..
Play and queue albums, songs, genre selections and much more directly without having to turn on your TV. For instance it's possible to queue/play all songs from an artist but of a certain genre.
Primitive listing of current playlist with options to jump to another song or remove a song.