It has been a busy year with a lot of work on the Android TV app. After an extended beta period today is finally the day to leave it and publish a stable release. Read the blog post to learn about the changes in this release, or read the changelog below.
🌟 Highlights
- Show resumable episodes in smart screen for shows #2361, by @Clubfan22
- Show currently playing music on screensaver #2512, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Add in-app screensaver #2539, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Add separate buttons for artists and album artists in music smart screen #2667, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Use series poster in latest row when "prefer series thumbnails" is enabled #3060, by @nielsvanvelzen
🏗️ Enhancements
- Add AV1 direct play support. #2392, by @MWisBest
- Add playback rewrite backend and plugin systems #2401, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Add media management preference #2415, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Add ExoPlayer backend to playback rewrite #2427, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Add PlaySessionService to playback rewrite #2428, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Update playback module with SDK 1.4.1 changes #2441, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Add option to enable playback rewrite for audio #2455, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Add MediaSessionPlugin to playback rewrite #2457, by @nielsvanvelzen
- adds "shuffle with" button if "always ask" is selected as preferred player. #2459, by @tim-vk
- Add PlaybackManagerOptions for defaultRewindAmount and defaultFastForwardAmount #2473, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Update item delete confirm message string #2477, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Rewrite LibraryDreamService with Compose #2498, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Improve Android TV home screen recommendations #2515, by @OctoNezd
- Remove playlist creation from NowPlaying screen #2523, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Update "Latest" media labels to be "Recently Added" #2549, by @thornbill
- Always use getQuantityString() for time units #2553, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Fix all string capitalization #2563, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Use plurals for amount of tracks in album / episodes in season #2571, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Explicitly use JDK 17 through gradle toolchains #2572, by @DavidFair
- Add blurHashPainter composable #2585, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Remove watched indicator from empty series #2589, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Add media manager implementation using new playback module #2593, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Add androidx.media2 MediaSessionService implementation #2594, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Update and specify full action versions #2600, by @1337joe
- Add (experimental) reactive homepage #2644, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Fix BaseItemInfoRow not showing for persons #2659, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Rewrite GridButton with Compose #2670, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Remove BaseProfile #2691, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Migrate search to SDK to fix cancellation issues #2727, by @polson
- Fix screensaver support in video player #2749, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Migrate ExoPlayer to StyledPlayerView #2754, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Add playback order support to playback rewrite #2783, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Enable playback rewrite by default for music #2802, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Rewrite media session code with androidx.media3 #2803, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Add repeat mode to playback rewrite #2810, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Update unsupported server messages #2815, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Add volume state to playback rewrite #2817, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Use fast forward & rewind durations from preferences #2825, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Replace Glide with Coil #2889, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Remove AccountManager support #2890, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Add preference to disable device type detection notification #2892, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Improve codec info #2893, by @mohd-akram
- Add music progress to screensaver #2922, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Add animation labels for Compose #2927, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Simplify defaultRewindAmount and defaultFastForwardAmount options #2928, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Use rounded corner for item details image #2929, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Add (PlaySession-)identifier to MediaStream #2935, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Use Android 14 SDK (API 34) #2957, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Add margin to media grid #2964, by @DoggoOfSpeed
- Folder improvements #2979, by @DoggoOfSpeed
- Alignment changes to audio player #2995, by @DoggoOfSpeed
- Add transcoding and remuxing #3001, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Make aspect ratio setting use radio buttons #3012, by @DoggoOfSpeed
- Grab background images no larger than the screen #3020, by @DoggoOfSpeed
- Remove old user preference migrations (before 0.15) #3041, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Migrate ExternalPlayerActivity (mostly) to SDK #3055, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Use vignette effect in screensaver to darken background image #3061, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Add initial playback capability testing #3062, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Use layer-list for app_banner drawable #3085, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Enable support for Opus and FLAC in ExoPlayer #3108, by @reacocard
- Support remux/transcode fallback in new music player #3113, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Implement queue management in RewriteMediaManager #3137, by @nielsvanvelzen
💥 Crash fixes
- Revert "Update dependency com.android.tools:desugar_jdk_libs to v2.0.1" #2468, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Fix screensaver crash when loading an invalid backdrop image #2567, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Fix crash when player controls are auto-hiding while closing the player #2848, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Fix application crash on startup #2884, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Fix crash when switching users while playing music #2923, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Always use child fragment manager instead of activity fragment manager #2939, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Fix crash when reusing actions in MyDetailsOverviewRowPresenter #2940, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Improve BaseRowItem refreshing (fix crash after item deletion) #2949, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Fix crash when same item appears in queue multiple times #2960, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Fix crash during media stream resolving for corrupt files #3056, by @nielsvanvelzen
🔧 Bugfixes
- Ignore missing notification permission from Glide #2422, by @teobaranga
- Fix crash when scaleType is null in AsyncImage #2554, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Fix missing background in DreamContentLogo #2560, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Fix playback rewrite audio queue in UI #2649, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Disable MPEG transport stream container in ExoPlayer #2695, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Fix ExoPlayer extensions not used for music playback #2711, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Remove old screen locks #2746, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Fix HomeFragmentLatestRow using wrong import for runBlocking function #2747, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Add fallback image to LeanbackChannelWorker #2753, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Fix app closing when media finishes playing #2756, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Use navigation.goBack instead of activity finish in FullDetailsFragment #2757, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Fix view binding leak in fragments #2763, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Fix BackgroundService flickering #2773, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Disable custom key handling when using playback rewrite #2804, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Fix navigation reset called during back stack pop call #2869, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Add missing view action to StartupActivity #2879, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Fix video player background not black #2895, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Fix wrong lifecycle state in NextUpFragment #2938, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Fix UI corruption when resuming the FullDetailsFragment #2943, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Fix ExoPlayerBackend not triggering onMediaStreamEnd correctly #2961, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Remove recordings from search results #2973, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Synochronise music timers #2996, by @DoggoOfSpeed
- Fix grid getting focus when empty #3003, by @DoggoOfSpeed
- Fix user image being too cropped in #3005, by @DoggoOfSpeed
- Fix sync issue in ItemRowAdapterHelper #3024, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Fix blurry banners and thumbnails with fillWidth #3036, by @DoggoOfSpeed
- Fix ExternalPlayerActivity not using PreferenceStore.reset #3040, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Restore session on MainActivity stop #3054, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Fix progress bar positioning in view_row_details #3058, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Fix embedded subtitles not loading when subtitle filter on library #3090, by @horizon1250
- Fix playback stop reported twice #3105, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Fix display mode not changing back when closing player #3115, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Fix GridButtonPresenter focus on old Android platforms #3133, by @nielsvanvelzen
🔃 Refactoring
- Remove gradlew-update.yaml workflow #2445, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Split MediaManager into interface and implementation #2453, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Split MediaManager into MediaManager and VideoQueueManager #2458, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Remove selected photo item from MediaManager and do some more cleaning #2461, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Replace sharedViewModel with activityViewModel #2518, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Replace deprecated Bundle.get with Bundle.getParcelable #2519, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Replace deprecated ExistingPeriodicWorkPolicy.REPLACE with ExistingPeriodicWorkPolicy.UPDATE #2524, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Refactor CustomPlaybackTransportControlGlue to extract logic into actions #2569, by @DavidFair
- Remove some unused drawables/strings/layouts #2570, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Use ItemRowAdapterHelperKt.setItems for NextUpQuery in ItemRowAdapter #2641, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Rewrite background service UI with compose #2652, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Enable nonTransitiveRClass #2664, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Enable nonFinalResIds #2665, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Migrate video player & next up screen to fragments #2745, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Inline validateAuthentication extension into MainActivity #2758, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Use context in ItemLauncher #2760, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Migrate some activity usages to context #2761, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Use view binding in MainActivity & StartupActivity #2762, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Remove left over search hint code #2772, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Replace XML menus with Kotlin #2779, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Convert queue service to core functionality #2801, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Remove unused ProcessLifecycleInitializer #2880, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Use data object in sealed interfaces #2920, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Replace flow.collect usages with onEach & launchIn #2925, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Remove Thread.sleep usages #3000, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Fix compose deprecations #3035, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Fully migrate ItemLauncher to SDK #3045, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Migrate ItemListView to SDK #3046, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Migrate SuggestedMoviesFragment to SDK #3049, by @nielsvanvelzen
💡 Everything else
- Add androidx.compose.compiler to libraries section in version catalog #2491, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Revert "Update aboutlibraries to v10.6.0" #2520, by @nielsvanvelzen
- Enable Renovate dependency dashboard #2774, by @nielsvanvelzen
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