jellyfin/jellyfin-androidtv v0.19.0-beta.1 on GitHub

Welcome to the first beta of Jellyfin for Android TV 0.19! ✨

Some of the primary changes include: an improved networking layer, a redesigned search with voice input, the introduction of a new navigation experience across the app, support for seeking music and better queue management, a new 'Are you still watching?' prompt, and many performance and stability improvements under the hood.
Additionally, the photo viewer has been redesigned to align with the new video player’s design, which will be introduced in a future update.

This version is compatible with Jellyfin server 10.10.0 and 10.11.0.

If you appreciate my work, you can show your support with a donation through GitHub sponsors or buy me a bug. Your support helps me continue improving and growing the app. Thank you!

🐛 Beta information

Beta versions are not guaranteed to work as expected. We encourage users to create detailed bug reports if any problems arise. Read our blog post for more information about our Android beta programs.

This beta program will slowly rollout on Google Play in the coming weeks.

🌟 Highlights

Add button to report device profile to server for troubleshooting #4482, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add Rewind & FastForward buttons to AudioNowPlayingFragment #4503, by @conihorse
Add still watching feature #4509, by @ConnorS1110
New search design #4698, by @nielsvanvelzen

🏗️ Enhancements

Display media runtime in hour minute format #4253, by @dtrexler
Run LeanbackHelper onStop() to refresh home screen #4347, by @hdweiss
update issue forms #4369, by @BotBlake
Fix codec keys in new playback module #4411, by @dtrexler
Subtitles background opacity #4423, by @OwOchle
Update reported client name #4428, by @nielsvanvelzen
Decouple external video playback from internal playback code #4438, by @nielsvanvelzen
Rewrite PlaybackManager with SDK #4455, by @nielsvanvelzen
Remove legacy Java ApiClient #4457, by @nielsvanvelzen
fix: set max resolution for common video codecs #4470, by @ferrarimarco
Add codec features, color formats and profile levels to device profile report #4508, by @nielsvanvelzen
Rewrite media stream resolvers to be device profile based #4512, by @nielsvanvelzen
Replace androidx.tv with own theme implementation #4523, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add Button composable #4530, by @nielsvanvelzen
Rewrite NextUpFragment with Compose #4531, by @nielsvanvelzen
Directplay VobSub and DVDSub #4550, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add season and episode numbers for Live TV programs #4558, by @vahtos
Use OkHttp for networking in media3 #4560, by @nielsvanvelzen
Rewrite toolbar in compose #4562, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add ButtonColors and colorScheme #4563, by @nielsvanvelzen
Move activity opening out of navigation code #4591, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add hearing impaired indicator for subtitles (SDH) #4593, by @nielsvanvelzen
Use playback launcher for launching audio #4595, by @nielsvanvelzen
Drop leanback implementation of search #4605, by @nielsvanvelzen
Replace leanback animations with our own definitions in CustomPlaybackOverlayFragment #4615, by @nielsvanvelzen
Change screensaver to cycle through random selection and avoid repeats #4619, by @claireratigan
Add experimental ASS direct play using libass #4630, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add intermediate model for image information #4635, by @nielsvanvelzen
Use new intermediate model in most places #4638, by @nielsvanvelzen
Improve status bar hiding behavior #4650, by @cani1see
Change/Fix Resume Button Behaviour on Series #4679, by @osiris86
Use overlay rendering for experimental SSA support #4685, by @nielsvanvelzen
Display cover art of currently playing music via compose #4694, by @nielsvanvelzen
Update SDK to 1.7.0-beta.3 #4710, by @nielsvanvelzen
Keep same audio language while binge watching a series #4713, by @bin101
Add option for bold subtitles (#4559) #4724, by @EMohlin7
Add option to disable PGS direct play #4729, by @linkandzelda91
Replace DefaultCardView with UserCard(View) #4738, by @nielsvanvelzen
Rewrite ServerButtonView using compose #4751, by @nielsvanvelzen
Start Live TV player when activating channel header #4777, by @kylep09
Support removing items from playback queue #4780, by @nielsvanvelzen
Refetch server information on authenticate when cached server version is unsupported #4783, by @nielsvanvelzen
Redesign main toolbar #4792, by @nielsvanvelzen
Differentiate client name for debug version in API authorization #4802, by @nielsvanvelzen
Remove WebSocket subscriptions when process is inactive #4804, by @nielsvanvelzen
Finer subtitle size control #4821, by @RubenTeixeira
Add preference for subtitle position offset #4825, by @RubenTeixeira
Update app build script for Gradle 9 compatibility #4832, by @nielsvanvelzen
Use audio API for audio playback #4834, by @nielsvanvelzen
Target Android 16 (API 36) #4835, by @nielsvanvelzen
Remove Jellyfin logo from screensaver #4837, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add scrubbing API to PlayerState #4843, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add seekbar to music playback #4844, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add display information to playback report #4861, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add display HDR capabilities to device profile #4862, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add new video player UI #4865, by @nielsvanvelzen
Remove libass preference in non-development builds #4876, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add popover composable #4878, by @nielsvanvelzen
Trim whitespace from search query #4885, by @mkst
Rewrite picture viewer in compose #4889, by @nielsvanvelzen
Use transparent buttons in player controls #4891, by @nielsvanvelzen

💥 Crash fixes

Query based on seriesId in FullDetailsFragmentHelper.getNextUpEpisode #4785, by @nielsvanvelzen

🔧 Bugfixes

Fix watch next row ordering, Change watch next row meta data #4298, by @hdweiss
Use media3 MimeTypes in deviceProfile #4481, by @nielsvanvelzen
Fix logo in next up too large #4532, by @nielsvanvelzen
Fix missing coroutines dependency in playback:jellyfin module #4545, by @nielsvanvelzen
Fix toolbar profile picture & time formatting #4565, by @nielsvanvelzen
Always create boxset queues with default sorting instead of using sort names of individual items #4652, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add missing action for AndroidMediaService to manifest #4664, by @nielsvanvelzen
Fix screensaver request loop when there are no items to showcase #4688, by @nielsvanvelzen
Fix URL generation for user profile pictures #4697, by @nielsvanvelzen
Use getEpisodes API for series/seasons in SdkPlaybackHelper #4727, by @nielsvanvelzen
Don't attempt to load logo in screensaver when there is none #4737, by @nielsvanvelzen
Create channels if they are missing in LeanbackChannelWorker #4740, by @nielsvanvelzen
Fix LiveTV Guide Issue #2144 #4761, by @kylep09
Fix retrieveAndPlay incorrectly using ticks instead of milliseconds as start position #4765, by @nielsvanvelzen
Remove testStream parameter from MediaStreamResolver.getStream #4779, by @nielsvanvelzen
Fix DreamViewModel retrieving showcase items over main thread #4784, by @nielsvanvelzen
Fix AsyncImageView.load showing incorrect images on rapid changes #4786, by @nielsvanvelzen
Catch API issues in StartupActivity when opening a library #4798, by @nielsvanvelzen
Run Detekt from root module only #4814, by @nielsvanvelzen
Fix wrong Trickplay thumbnail displayed while seeking #4819, by @tal-sarid
Fix scaling of profile pictures in UserCardView #4869, by @nielsvanvelzen
Fix seekbar getting stuck in seek mode #4875, by @nielsvanvelzen
Only show music entries in now screensaver now playing #4877, by @nielsvanvelzen
Fix focus always forced to first queue item in AudioNowPlayingFragment #4882, by @nielsvanvelzen
Fix navigation issues in AudioNowPlayingFragment #4883, by @nielsvanvelzen
Use JellyfinTheme in full compose fragments #4890, by @nielsvanvelzen
Fix home navigation from rows to toolbar on older Android versions #4903, by @nielsvanvelzen

🔃 Refactoring

Centralize requested item fields #4341, by @nielsvanvelzen
Replace Icons.Default.Done with ic_check in ConnectHelpAlertFragment #4355, by @nielsvanvelzen
Use color type in OptionsColorList #4480, by @nielsvanvelzen
Fix a lot of networking on main thread issues #4548, by @nielsvanvelzen
Fix some more API calls being made on main thread #4551, by @nielsvanvelzen
Fix nullability issues in presenter usages #4667, by @nielsvanvelzen
Fix compose focus deprecations #4668, by @nielsvanvelzen
KGP: replace kotlinOptions with compilerOptions #4745, by @nielsvanvelzen
Prefer imageVector painting for icon drawables #4797, by @nielsvanvelzen

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