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ryanhoo/stylishmusicplayer

Analysis updated 2026-07-03

★ 3,696JavaAudience · developerComplexity · 2/5LicenseSetup · moderate

TLDR

Open-source Android music player app with a Material Design look, written in Java for Android 4.1 and later devices, using RxJava, Retrofit, and Butter Knife.

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    What it does
      Plays music on Android
      Material Design UI
      Custom fonts
    Tech stack
      Java
      Android SDK
      RxJava and Retrofit
    Use cases
      Learn Android dev
      Fork as base app
      Study library patterns
    Audience
      Android developers
      Learners
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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Use as a starting point for building your own Android music player app with a Material Design interface.

USE CASE 2

Study how RxJava and Retrofit are combined in a real Android app to handle background tasks and network calls.

USE CASE 3

Learn the Butter Knife, Calligraphy, and LiteOrm integration patterns in a Java Android project.

What is it built with?

JavaAndroidRxJavaRxAndroidRetrofitButter KnifeLiteOrmCalligraphy

How does it compare?

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Stars3,6963,7013,701
LanguageJavaJavaJava
Setup difficultymoderatemoderatemoderate
Complexity2/53/53/5
Audiencedeveloperdeveloperdeveloper

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

Requires Android Studio and a device or emulator running Android API 16 or higher.

MIT licensed, use, copy, modify, or distribute for any purpose including commercial, as long as you keep the copyright notice.

In plain English

StylishMusicPlayer is an Android music player app written in Java. It targets Android API level 16 and above, which covers Android 4.1 and later devices. The README is brief and does not describe specific features beyond the app being a music player with a stylish design. The TODO section lists two things not yet finished at the time of the last update: lyric support and a settings screen. The acknowledgements name several third-party libraries used in the project, including RxJava and RxAndroid for reactive programming, Retrofit for network requests, Butter Knife for UI wiring, Calligraphy for custom fonts, and LiteOrm for local database storage. The app uses Material Design icons. The source code is licensed under the MIT license.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
How does StylishMusicPlayer wire up RxJava with its music playback service? Show me the key Java code pattern I can reuse in my own Android app.
Prompt 2
Explain how StylishMusicPlayer uses Retrofit and RxAndroid together to fetch data on a background thread and update the UI on the main thread.
Prompt 3
I want to add lyric support to StylishMusicPlayer. Which file or package should I extend, and what is the recommended approach for fetching and displaying synced lyrics on Android?
Prompt 4
Show me how Butter Knife view binding is used across StylishMusicPlayer's activities and fragments so I can learn the pattern and apply it in my own project.

Frequently asked questions

What is stylishmusicplayer?

Open-source Android music player app with a Material Design look, written in Java for Android 4.1 and later devices, using RxJava, Retrofit, and Butter Knife.

What language is stylishmusicplayer written in?

Mainly Java. The stack also includes Java, Android, RxJava.

What license does stylishmusicplayer use?

MIT licensed, use, copy, modify, or distribute for any purpose including commercial, as long as you keep the copyright notice.

How hard is stylishmusicplayer to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is stylishmusicplayer for?

Mainly developer.

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