Overview

NovoTech Radio allows you to listen to internet radio stations from around the world. It's important to note that the app connects to the selected radio station's server for streaming content and cannot control the quality of the audio. Some radio stations will play an audio ad when a connection is established. This is outside the control of NovoTech.

The main features of the app are:

  1. Time-shifting capabilities. Rewind and fast-forward through buffered content.
  2. Volume control for audio from the app.
  3. Station filtering by name and country. Region filtering also available for selected countries.
  4. Personalized favourites list for quick access to your preferred stations.

Take note specifically of the Settings section to understand the different options the app have to offer.

The main radio view shows a list of radio stations. Tap the info icon Small icon on a station item to show more information about the radio station. Tap the favourite icon Small icon to add the station to your favourites. Tap on a station item to start playback.

Settings

Application Close Action. This setting allows you to choose whether the app should stop playing and close all services when you exit. Select 'Stop Service' to always close services when exiting, even if the radio is playing. Select 'Continue playing' if you want the playback service to continue when the app is closed. The 'Continue playing' option is recommended for low-specification phones, as Android might close the app to free resources while the radio is playing in locked mode.

Radio Buffer Size. Set the maximum amount of RAM (in MB) the app can use to store playback in memory.

Seek Interval. Set the amount of seconds that the playback position must change when fast-forward or rewind is executed.

Enable playback seeking. Turn this switch on if the app must enable playback buffering with seeking ability.

Radio Player

The Radio Player panel is located at the bottom of the Radio page. It displays the playback status, radio station name, seeking controls, volume control, and data stream control.

When playback starts, the app stores the audio in memory according to your configured buffer size. You can seek through any content that is currently stored in memory.

Panel item descriptions are:

  1. Name of the radio station.
  2. Status of current playback.
  3. Volume control for audio played from this app.
  4. Play/Pause button. Data streaming will continue when Pause button is clicked.
  5. Rewind button.
  6. Fast Forward button.
  7. Stop/Restart data stream from radio station server. The playback will stop only after the in-memory playback completes.
  8. Number of minutes and seconds behind the live play position.
  9. Seekbar (move the thumb to change the playback position).
  10. Number of minutes and seconds of play time in memory.

The Stop Stream button Small icon will stop streaming data from the radio server. The playback will continue until the in-memory playback completes. The Restart button Small icon will restart data streaming and the playback.

Station Filtering

Enter all or any part of the station name in the 'Station Name' edit field to filter by station name. Tap the filter button Small icon to show additional filter options.

The filter view allows you to filter by name, country, region (for selected countries), language and genre. Tap the clear icon Small icon to clear an individual filter field. Tap the CLEAR button to clear all the filter fields. Tap the CLOSE button to close the filter view.

Active filter fields will be shown as chips on the main radio view. Tap the close button on the chip to remove the filter field.

Favourites

Tap the Favourites switch Small icon to display your favourite stations. Tap the Edit Favourites button Small icon to modify your favourites list.

Tap the Favourites icon Small icon to remove a station from your favourites list. Use the sort handle Small icon to reorder your favourites. Tap Done Small icon to save your changes.

Feedback

To provide feedback, tap the menu button in the top-left corner of the app, then select Feedback. You can submit your feedback to NovoTech from this page. While providing an email address is optional, it allows our team to respond to your queries.