Antennapod: [Statistics] Make statistics easier to discover

[Matth7878]

Checklist

• [x] I have used the search function to see if someone else has already submitted the same feature request.
• [x] I will only create one feature request per issue.
• [x] I will describe the problem with as much detail as possible.

App version / source: 2.0.1 / Google Play

Feature description

Right now statistics is only accessible from settings.
It would make it more discoverable if they could be accessed from subscriptions screen :

• either adding in 3 dots menu access
• or better as this screen as only one button aside 3 dots menu (as palylist screen, episode screen have 2)

@keunes also proposed in closed issue #4552 to be able to add it to lateral menu so it could have his own entry

[ByteHamster]

To be honest, I am not sure if I like the idea of adding more buttons to the subscriptions screen. Every additional button makes the app a tiny bit harder to process for new users. I think AntennaPod should try to be as beginner friendly as possible.

I agree on the general point, though. The statistics screen is a bit hard to find and actually does not really fit on a settings screen.

[Matth7878]

If you don't want to add more button then the best option is what @keunes proposed : adding an entry in lateral menu.
I think it's also good proposal.

[tonytamsf]

Or it fits more in Playback History either as an option or a teaser panel

[ByteHamster]

adding an entry in lateral menu

Hmm, that was my idea, too, when I first added the statistics screen back in 2016. Just like the old maintainers back then, I am now convinced that the feature is not used often enough to justify another sidebar menu entry.

Or it fits more in Playback History either as an option or a teaser panel

While I like the general idea of a teaser panel, I think that it could also lead to problems. Users would want a feature to hide the teaser panel. That would then lead to users no longer finding the statistics screen once they removed the panel.

Maybe a toolbar button on the subscriptions screen really is the least obtrusive and most discoverable option that we have.

[Matth7878]

+1 @ByteHamster

IMHO in the long run I think there will also be a need to think about displaying podcast list in lateral menu.
I think it will make sense to make it disappears because it's not really useful if you have a lot of podcast. Hence request for folders or tags.

I created a topic on the forum to speak more about it. It would be easier to exchange thoughts about UI : https://forum.antennapod.org/t/thoughts-about-ui-keep-it-simple-but-allow-powerful-features/289

[keunes]

I think it will make sense to make it disappears because it's not really useful if you have a lot of podcast

You know you can remove the list via the menu settings? Simply long-press one of the other menu entries to change your selection.

[Matth7878]

@keunes I know and it is what I did. It was more a comment about keeping this feature or making it not default if it is still is.