Morphe patch bundle 1.4.83

Boost for Reddit — animated gallery previews

Changes

• Autoplays the selected animated Reddit gallery item inside Boost's existing pager, without requiring the separate full-screen player for preview playback.
• Starts playback only after the legacy ViewPager becomes idle and releases neighboring page players during swipes.
• Preserves Boost's poster fallback, autoplay and data-reduction preferences, and normal full-screen media route.
• Uses a TextureView-backed ExoPlayer surface to keep playback clipped to its page and prevent play-icon or surface flicker during rapid swipes.

User impact

Animated gallery entries now play inline when the selected page settles. Static posters remain available whenever playback is disabled, blocked by data preferences, or fails to initialize. The nine-item test gallery was manually validated in Boost Dev on a Pixel 6 running Android 17. Normal Boost remains untouched pending the later Manager validation gate.

Validation

• Final local release gate passed before publish.
• README SHA is aligned to the published MPP.
• Release tag: morphe-patches-83.
• Release asset: patches-1.4.83.mpp.
• Signature asset: patches-1.4.83.mpp.asc.
• MPP SHA256: c1dbd9dd3e50252d4215334f5c75f7a37c67c1932855f35063ae0912c284993b.