"Enhancing Podcast Management with Folders and Tags in AntennaPod"

[josr]

App version: x.y.z (state whether from Google Play/F-Droid/Custom built APK)

Problem you may be having, or feature you want:

In AntennaPod, after subscribing to many podcasts, is it possible to introduce a folder mechanism or a tree-like structure to manage and organize the subscribed podcasts?

Suggested solution:

Because following a large number of podcasts may lead to forgetfulness and inconvenience in searching, would it be possible to introduce a folder and tagging system to better manage the numerous channels?
The folder mechanism could be used to display channels in the sidebar, while tags could be applied alongside folders in the subscriptions tab for better organization.

Screenshots / Drawings / Technical details:

[Matth78]

It’s already possible, look at Subscription tags (aka groups or categories) – AntennaPod

[josr]

Thanks a lot, I have tried the ‘tag’ item, but I find some unexpected outcome:
When I add a tag for a podcast, it’ll create a tag item in both sidebar and subscripton tab, but in fact it’s not what we expect.

As we all know, tags are a one-to-many system, meaning a podcast can have multiple tags. Therefore, I believe the current folder-based management approach is not ideal.

My suggestion is to provide an option for folder categorization. This way, when opening the subscription tab, folders and podcasts can coexist, much like how folders and files coexist in a directory. Tags, on the other hand, should exist as an intrinsic attribute of a podcast, used for categorization and searching for desired podcasts, without appearing in the tabs or the sidebar.

I’m not sure whether it’s easy to be implemented; it’s just some suggestions I have for managing podcast databases. Thank you for replying!

[Matth78]

I don’t understand what you mean ? If you add only one tag to a podcast it will act the same as a folder. Especially if you toggle off show in main list.

The only thing that’s not possible is to create sub tags to mimic folder hierarchy and set tags to be shown first in main list. (Could be something nice to have if requests on github doesn’t already exists ?)

So I would suggest to first add all subscriptions to an “all” tags and disable show in main list. It will be like all subscriptions are in a folder “all”. Then “move” to another folder to categorized podcasts.

[gomezz]

@Matth78

and disable show in main list.

I think this may be a critical step in getting close to what is being asked for.