add album shuffle mode to Genre page

backend/config.go

@@ -64,9 +64,11 @@ type AlbumPageConfig struct {
 	TracklistColumns []string
 }
 
+// shared between Albums and Genre pages
 type AlbumsPageConfig struct {
-	SortOrder string
-	ShowYears bool
+	SortOrder   string // only relevant for Albums page
+	ShowYears   bool
+	ShuffleMode string // only relevant for genre page
 }
 
 type ArtistPageConfig struct {
@@ -192,8 +194,9 @@ func DefaultConfig(appVersionTag string) *Config {
 			TracklistColumns: []string{"Artist", "Time", "Plays", "Favorite", "Rating"},
 		},
 		AlbumsPage: AlbumsPageConfig{
-			SortOrder: string("Recently Added"),
-			ShowYears: false,
+			SortOrder:   string("Recently Added"),
+			ShowYears:   false,
+			ShuffleMode: "Tracks",
 		},
 		ArtistPage: ArtistPageConfig{
 			InitialView:      "Discography",

backend/playbackmanager.go

@@ -289,6 +289,34 @@ func (p *PlaybackManager) PlaySimilarSongs(id string) error {
 	})
 }
 
+func (p *PlaybackManager) PlayRandomAlbums(genreName string) error {
+	if p.engine.replayGainCfg.Mode == ReplayGainAuto {
+		p.SetReplayGainMode(player.ReplayGainAlbum)
+	}
+
+	mp := p.engine.sm.Server
+	var filter mediaprovider.AlbumFilter
+	if genreName != "" {
+		filter = mediaprovider.NewAlbumFilter(mediaprovider.AlbumFilterOptions{
+			Genres: []string{genreName},
+		})
+	}
+	iter := mp.IterateAlbums(mediaprovider.AlbumSortRandom, filter)
+	insertMode := Replace
+	for i := 0; i < 20; i++ {
+		al := iter.Next()
+		if al, err := mp.GetAlbum(al.ID); err == nil {
+			p.LoadTracks(al.Tracks, insertMode, false)
+			if i == 0 {
+				p.PlayFromBeginning()
+				insertMode = Append
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (p *PlaybackManager) LoadRadioStation(station *mediaprovider.RadioStation, queueMode InsertQueueMode) {
 	p.cmdQueue.LoadRadioStation(station, queueMode)
 }