N0ahTM/AudioPlaybackConnector2 v0.9.0

on GitHub

Added

• Added compact per-device options in the picker for aliases, default selection, startup connection, and automatic reconnection.
• Added a direct Help entry to the tray menu.
• Added an updated animated README demonstration, hosted as a GitHub attachment outside the source repository.

Changed

• Consolidated general preferences into a compact Settings page and retained Help in the same window.
• Kept device selection and device options at a shared localized width, with short transitions that respect Windows animation preferences.
• Added disconnect feedback on device hover and keyboard focus, and clarified the separate reconnect action.
• Open Settings after the picker has closed and focus the back button when entering device options.
• Made snapshot lifetimes explicit for static analysis while retaining owned string conversions.
• Reworked device session ownership, serialized operations, retry cancellation, and suspend/resume handling with native regression coverage.
• Consolidated the installation, troubleshooting, contributor, and installer documentation.
• Simplified the bootstrapper source layout and reused the application icon directly.

Fixed

• Embed the validated MSIX bundle in the offline installer instead of requiring a single-architecture .msix file.
• Align the window-placement reset action with the Settings switches.
• Derive disconnect hover feedback from the button's actual pointer/focus state and remove the competing device-name tooltip.
• Handle Windows close/end-session messages before the hidden host window and XAML dispatcher are destroyed.
• Retain the settings-window state through synchronous close callbacks, fixing a null dereference reproduced during a package update with Settings open.
• Replace the narrow Settings navigation pane reported to truncate Chinese labels with the compact Settings/Help layout (issue #19).

Removed

• Removed the duplicate device-management page from Settings and the outdated README preview.
• Removed repository-tracked performance benchmark harnesses, archived benchmark results, and Windows Sandbox installer helpers. Local experiments are now ignored.
• Removed unused developer helpers and generated documentation and installer image assets.

Known limitations

• A connected device may occasionally produce no audio, including after a playback pause. Use the circular-arrow Reconnect action to recover. This remains under investigation; 0.9.0 does not claim to fix it (#1).
• Windows may ignore per-app output routing for A2DP sink audio. The app does not provide an output-device selector (#13).

Installation

Recommended: Download and run AudioPlaybackConnector2-WebSetup.exe.

For offline installation on x64 or ARM64, use the versioned AudioPlaybackConnector2-Setup-0.9.0.exe.

Both installers work per-user without administrator rights. Windows SmartScreen may warn because the setup executables are not yet code-signed.

For App Installer, direct MSIX bundle installation, certificates, and dependency packages, see the installation guide.

The MSIX bundle is signed with a self-signed certificate. The setup executables are not yet code-signed.