• Common Library:
  • Add Player.replaceMediaItem(s) as a shortcut to adding and removing items at the same position (#8046).
• ExoPlayer:
  • Add FilteringMediaSource that allows to filter available track types from a MediaSource.
  • Allow ExoPlayer to have control of device volume methods only if
    explicitly opted in. Use
    ExoPlayer.Builder.setDeviceVolumeControlEnabled to have access to:
    • getDeviceVolume()
    • isDeviceMuted()
    • setDeviceVolume(int) and setDeviceVolume(int, int)
    • increaseDeviceVolume(int) and increaseDeviceVolume(int, int)
    • decreaseDeviceVolume(int) and decreaseDeviceVolume(int, int)
• Extractors:
  • Ogg: Fix bug when seeking in files with a long duration (#391).
• Audio:
  • Add direct playback support for DTS Express and DTS:X (#335).
• Video:
  • Make MediaCodecVideoRenderer report a VideoSize with a width and height of 0 when the renderer is disabled. Player.Listener.onVideoSizeChanged is called accordingly when Player.getVideoSize() changes. With this change, ExoPlayer's video size with MediaCodecVideoRenderer has a width and height of 0 when Player.getCurrentTracks does not support video, or the size of the supported video track is not yet determined.
• IMA extension:
  • Enable multi-period live DASH streams for DAI. Please note that the current implementation does not yet support seeking in live streams (#10912).
• Session:
  • Add androidx.media3.session.MediaButtonReceiver to enable apps to implement playback resumption with media button events sent by, for example, a Bluetooth headset (#167).
• RTSP Extension:
  • Use base Uri for relative path resolution from the RTSP session if present in DESCRIBE response header (#11160).
• Remove deprecated symbols:
  • Remove two deprecated SimpleCache constructors, use a non-deprecated constructor that takes a DatabaseProvider instead for better performance.
  • Remove DefaultBandwidthMeter constructor, use DefaultBandwidthMeter.Builder instead.
  • Remove DefaultDrmSessionManager constructors, use DefaultDrmSessionManager.Builder instead.
  • Remove two deprecated HttpDataSource.InvalidResponseCodeException constructors, use a non-deprecated constructor that accepts additional fields(cause, responseBody) to enhance error logging.
  • Remove DownloadHelper.forProgressive, DownloadHelper.forHls, DownloadHelper.forDash, and DownloadHelper.forSmoothStreaming, use DownloadHelper.forMediaItem instead.
  • Remove deprecated DownloadService constructor, use a non deprecated constructor that includes the option to provide a channelDescriptionResourceId parameter.
  • Remove deprecated String constants for Charsets (ASCII_NAME, UTF8_NAME, ISO88591_NAME, UTF16_NAME and UTF16LE_NAME), use Kotlin Charsets from the kotlin.text package, the java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets or the com.google.common.base.Charsets instead.
  • Remove deprecated WorkManagerScheduler constructor, use a non deprecated constructor that includes the option to provide a Context parameter instead.
  • Remove the deprecated methods createVideoSampleFormat, createAudioSampleFormat, createContainerFormat, and createSampleFormat, which were used to instantiate the Format class. Instead use Format.Builder for creating instances of Format.
  • Remove the deprecated methods copyWithMaxInputSize, copyWithSubsampleOffsetUs, copyWithLabel, copyWithManifestFormatInfo, copyWithGaplessInfo, copyWithFrameRate, copyWithDrmInitData, copyWithMetadata, copyWithBitrate and copyWithVideoSize, use Format.buildUpon() and setter methods instead.
  • Remove deprecated ExoPlayer.retry(), use prepare() instead.
  • Remove deprecated zero-arg DefaultTrackSelector constructor, use DefaultTrackSelector(Context) instead.
  • Remove deprecated OfflineLicenseHelper constructor, use OfflineLicenseHelper(DefaultDrmSessionManager, DrmSessionEventListener.EventDispatcher) instead.
  • Remove deprecated DownloadManager constructor, use the constructor that takes an Executor instead.
  • Remove deprecated Cue constructors, use Cue.Builder instead.
  • Remove deprecated OfflineLicenseHelper constructor, use OfflineLicenseHelper(DefaultDrmSessionManager, DrmSessionEventListener.EventDispatcher) instead.
  • Remove four deprecated AnalyticsListener methods:
    • onDecoderEnabled, use onAudioEnabled and/or onVideoEnabled instead.
    • onDecoderInitialized, use onAudioDecoderInitialized and/or onVideoDecoderInitialized instead.
    • onDecoderInputFormatChanged, use onAudioInputFormatChanged and/or onVideoInputFormatChanged instead.
    • onDecoderDisabled, use onAudioDisabled and/or onVideoDisabled instead.
  • Remove the deprecated Player.Listener.onSeekProcessed and AnalyticsListener.onSeekProcessed, use onPositionDiscontinuity with DISCONTINUITY_REASON_SEEK instead.
  • Remove ExoPlayer.setHandleWakeLock(boolean), use setWakeMode(int) instead.
  • Remove deprecated DefaultLoadControl.Builder.createDefaultLoadControl(), use build() instead.