Release Notes

v0.8.7-beta

Added persistent disk caching for ExoPlayer and MPV playback, along with HDR playback improvements and enhanced MPV rendering configuration.
Added a detailed playback statistics overlay (“Stats for Nerds”) for both video and Audiobookshelf playback sessions.
Refactored media synchronisation and refresh handling with centralised reactive update systems (MediaChangeManager and MediaRefreshBus) for smoother real-time UI updates. Expanded granular reactive updates for Home, Search, Favourites, Watchlist, Libraries, Item Detail, and BoxSet screens for more responsive real-time UI synchronisation.
Migrated the Jellyfin admin control panel to reactive WebSocket-driven updates with smoother live session progress handling.

Improved playback UX with redesigned skip-segment controls, optional auto-skip timers, smooth audio fade transitions, refined trickplay thumbnail caching, and enhanced playback/session synchronisation.
Reduced UI recompositions and improved rendering performance across Home, TopAppBar, metadata layouts, and dynamic media sections.
Enhanced handling of missing or unplayable media by disabling unavailable playback actions and refining watched-state indicators.
Improved Live TV availability detection using Jellyfin UserViews capability checks.
Standardised dependency injection annotations, formatting, and internal repository/viewmodel organisation.

Updated the richtext library to 1.0.0-alpha04.
Excluded JetBrains Compose and AndroidX libraries from the generated AboutLibraries licenses list.
Bumped app version to 0.8.7-beta (versionCode 55).

Full Changelog: v0.8.6-beta...v0.8.7-beta