jellyfin/jellyfin-androidtv v0.20.0 on GitHub

Jellyfin for Android TV 0.20 is here! This release brings redesigned settings, improved video playback and subtitle support, better integration with external players, and plenty of enhancements across the app. Read about the highlights in our blog post or explore the full changelog below.

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🌟 Highlights

Add option to always burn in subtitles when transcoding #4459, by @GertSallaerts
Require Android 6 at minimum (API 23) #4836, by @nielsvanvelzen
Use Jellyfin 10.11 based SDK #5037, by @nielsvanvelzen
Support Advanced SubStation Alpha direct play #5121, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add new settings UI #5198, by @nielsvanvelzen
Allow selecting external video player app #5280, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add user-defined AVC/HEVC codec level override #5520, by @johnpc
Add photo player presentation delay to settings as user preference #5722, by @hraabis
Add user preferences to force enable or disable common HDR formats #5743, by @clowncracker

💥 Crash fixes

Use android plugin for AboutLibraries generation #5206, by @nielsvanvelzen
Fix missing focus in new player UI #5513, by @nielsvanvelzen
Fix NullPointerException when display.getHdrCapabilities() returns null #5718, by @nielsvanvelzen
Fix Live TV guide crash when channel loading fails #5801, by @andrew749
Use strong reference to licenses resource #5809, by @nielsvanvelzen
Fix crash when mirroring libraries and collection folders using remote control #5829, by @nielsvanvelzen
Fix crash when returning to Home while a video is playing #5841, by @HaraldNordgren
Add additional null checks to PlaybackController.findBestDisplayMode #5882, by @nielsvanvelzen

🔧 Bugfixes

Remove redundant TargetApi annotations #5142, by @nielsvanvelzen
Fix range control calculation when minimum is not 0 #5263, by @nielsvanvelzen
Remove value override from RangeControl #5264, by @nielsvanvelzen
Don't overwrite displayPreferencesId in ItemRowAdapterHelper.retrieveUserViews #5296, by @nielsvanvelzen
Fix rememberPreference not saving for AsyncPreferenceStore #5297, by @nielsvanvelzen
Use DialogBase for InAppScreensaver #5305, by @nielsvanvelzen
Fix initial focus on visibility change in DialogBase #5306, by @nielsvanvelzen
Remove drop shadows from BrowseGridFragment #5370, by @TheMejmun
Correct video start delay setting not showing decimal values in settings #5376, by @JagerSprinkles
Fix non-enum preferences not persisting to server #5406, by @skalthoff
Fix dismissing in-app screensaver with remote #5493, by @nielsvanvelzen
Change heading from 'Refresh Switching' to 'Resume Preroll' #5498, by @bin101
Fix interaction tracking in popover composable #5512, by @nielsvanvelzen
Fix back button only working once #5540, by @johnpc
Fix missing GH_TOKEN environment variable #5545, by @nielsvanvelzen
Persist router backstack #5627, by @nielsvanvelzen
Fix presenter focus on old Android versions #5639, by @nielsvanvelzen
Fix contextmenu on new item cards #5708, by @nielsvanvelzen
fix favorites order #5720, by @BlackstormFirst
Migrate to GH_PROJECTS_TOKEN #5795, by @nielsvanvelzen
Only show played progress for video and book items #5805, by @nielsvanvelzen
Don't declare TrueHD under the fMP4 HLS profile #5821, by @mvletter
Fix focus issues in leanback UI on older platforms #5840, by @nielsvanvelzen
Fix wrong embedded subtitle track selected when ASS tracks are present #5862, by @sebv004
Fix Previous episode button showing on the first episode of series #5881, by @bagodees
Use AtomicFile in AuthenticationStore #5883, by @nielsvanvelzen
Automatically focus grid within EnhancedBrowseFragment #5884, by @nielsvanvelzen
Fix ExpandableTextView within ItemListFragment not working #5886, by @nielsvanvelzen
Fix maxLifecycle in home & search fragments #5916, by @nielsvanvelzen

🔃 Maintenance

Use compose dialog for DialogBase #5204, by @nielsvanvelzen
Clean up settings UI #5243, by @nielsvanvelzen
Cleanup navigation destinations #5496, by @nielsvanvelzen
Replace deprecated bundleOf() usages #5626, by @nielsvanvelzen
Use ticks extension in MediaContentProvider #5839, by @nielsvanvelzen

🏗️ Enhancements

Change seekbar seeking to be relative to the current position #4937, by @Syquel
Show placeholder thumbnail while Trickplay thumbnail loads #4946, by @tal-sarid
Fix issue playing multiple items remotely #5017, by @flip-dots
Add support for multiple badges for media with hybrid HDR or HDR with fallback #5038, by @hwneh
Enable Proguard for release builds #5053, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add badge composable #5143, by @nielsvanvelzen
Update issue templates #5180, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add navigation support to settings #5205, by @nielsvanvelzen
Migrate telemetry settings to compose #5215, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add ability to unblur backdrops #5216, by @akhilmulpurii
Migrate developer settings to compose #5222, by @nielsvanvelzen
Migrate licenses to compose #5225, by @nielsvanvelzen
Migrate authentication settings to compose #5226, by @nielsvanvelzen
Migrate server/user settings to compose #5231, by @nielsvanvelzen
Use new settings from login screen #5232, by @nielsvanvelzen
Remove account manager migration #5233, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add ListControl as base for ListButton #5247, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add RangeControl composable and use color tokens for Seekbar #5248, by @nielsvanvelzen
Remove brief descriptions from settings screens #5251, by @nielsvanvelzen
Migrate playback settings to compose #5252, by @nielsvanvelzen
Use dedicated screen for about section in settings #5262, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add FMP4 support for transcodes #5269, by @nielsvanvelzen
Migrate subtitle customization settings to compose #5270, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add option to not advertise software codecs as supported #5275, by @luca-schlecker
Update README build instructions #5279, by @nielsvanvelzen
Remove shortcut preferences #5281, by @nielsvanvelzen
Migrate screensaver customization settings to compose #5282, by @nielsvanvelzen
Remove premieresEnabled and mediaManagementEnabled preferences #5285, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add design tokens #5289, by @nielsvanvelzen
Remove profile picture from ClockUserView #5290, by @nielsvanvelzen
Migrate customization settings to compose #5292, by @nielsvanvelzen
Migrate home settings to compose #5295, by @nielsvanvelzen
Use ListMessage for errors and remove unused server/user preferences UI #5298, by @nielsvanvelzen
Migrate library display settings to compose #5299, by @nielsvanvelzen
Migrate live tv guide settings to compose #5301, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add explanation about branches to README #5302, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add animations to settings UI #5304, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add shared transitions to RouterContent #5307, by @nielsvanvelzen
Migrate advanced playback settings to compose #5309, by @nielsvanvelzen
Remove old preference UI #5310, by @nielsvanvelzen
Show progress and duration in video player #5311, by @nielsvanvelzen
Use color tokens for settings UI #5313, by @nielsvanvelzen
Use space tokens in settings UI #5315, by @nielsvanvelzen
Update to AGP 9 #5340, by @nielsvanvelzen
Recreate LegacyImageCardView with compose #5343, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add media toasts to new video player #5353, by @nielsvanvelzen
Update progress styling in NowPlayingView #5364, by @nielsvanvelzen
Update badge styling in ItemCardBaseItemOverlay #5365, by @nielsvanvelzen
Remove unused defaultRatingType setting #5378, by @nielsvanvelzen
Specify JDK version for CI in .tools-versions file #5381, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add media type API to set proper content type in audio attributes #5385, by @nielsvanvelzen
Fix item names not showing when showCardInfoOverlay is set #5390, by @nielsvanvelzen
Remove unused NumberSpinnerView #5395, by @nielsvanvelzen
Show additional parts for episodes #5408, by @galaterro
Add timed events API for playback #5440, by @nielsvanvelzen
Refactor PlayerBackendEventListener to abstract class #5449, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add timed event blocks and support for negative positions #5450, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add next media preloading #5452, by @nielsvanvelzen
Fix - Season cards always showing series poster instead of season image #5479, by @WizardOfYendor1
Refactor MainActivity to use compose as basis #5495, by @nielsvanvelzen
Improve interaction management for in-app screensaver #5503, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add configurable playback buffer size setting #5515, by @GeiserX
Remember subtitle language between videos #5519, by @johnpc
Add playback info overlay to display codec, bitrate, and play method #5521, by @johnpc
Return state from rememberPlayerProgress #5541, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add playback completion verification in external players #5556, by @RealGreenDragon
Actually enable R8 minification #5559, by @LTe
Move Live TV row click handling to HomeRowsFragment #5570, by @nielsvanvelzen
Promote some developer settings #5587, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add VIMU external subtitles support #5602, by @dieselw0w
Refactor: Extract MediaCodecQuery interface and AVC codec module #5604, by @johnpc
Update naming in some places #5605, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add stricter external video player API implementations #5625, by @nielsvanvelzen
Move around various settings #5633, by @nielsvanvelzen
Implement auto-detection for audio passthrough and allow overrides #5645, by @BlackstormFirst
Refactor: Extract HEVC and AV1 codec modules #5646, by @johnpc
Allow Shield Dolby Vision Profile 7 direct playback #5652, by @ps-kl
InfoRow badges: differentiate between EAC3 and TrueHD Atmos, fix DTS-HD check #5665, by @854562
sort person items chronologically (latest release first) #5666, by @Mehvix
Add AndroidVersion helper for readable, mockable SDK version checks #5672, by @johnpc
Declutter JellyfinApplication #5675, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add new button to shuffle all songs #5694, by @vladski-i
Show server splash screen on launch. #5697, by @DerrickDW
Add TV show sort by latest episode #5707, by @Charlie284
Add focus restoration to router #5719, by @nielsvanvelzen
Remove contributors file #5753, by @nielsvanvelzen
Build release assets before publishing #5759, by @nielsvanvelzen
Bump compile SDK to 37 (Android 17) #5763, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add triage workflow to add pull requests to review project #5764, by @nielsvanvelzen
Press up to close player overlay #5773, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add PopOverMenu composable #5784, by @nielsvanvelzen
Automatically focus on selected option in settings #5797, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add next up date cutoff setting #5799, by @leonida92
Add Seasons and Series navigation rows to season browse page #5828, by @johnpc
Fix external player intent extras and result handling #5835, by @RealGreenDragon
Increase maximum subtitle size to 48 #5848, by @nielsvanvelzen
Support dpad navigation in photo player #5849, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add marker support to RangeControl #5850, by @nielsvanvelzen
Add setting to disable tvprovider integration #5851, by @nielsvanvelzen
Fix season titles in Recently Added #5857, by @Meloakartas
Add badge for 3D movies #5866, by @mpitropov

💡 Other changes

Update pull request template #5112, by @nielsvanvelzen
Fix Gradle wrapper #5941, by @nielsvanvelzen

📈 Dependency updates

aboutlibraries → v15.3.0 (#5888, #5768, #5663, #5603, #5583, #5516, #5258, #5007)
acra → v5.14.2 (#5864)
actions/checkout action → v7 - autoclosed (#5661, #5209, #5175, #5163)
actions/setup-java action → v6 (#5792, #5775, #5655, #5217)
actions/stale action → v11 (#5721, #5211)
actions/upload-artifact action → v7.0.1 (#5525, #5445, #5242)
android.gradle → v9.5.1 (#5925, #5831, #5698, #5578, #5549, #5529, #5453, #5416)
androidx.activity → v1.13.0 (#5467, #5409, #5254, #5213, #5171)
androidx.activity:activity → v1.12.3 (#5373)
androidx.appcompat:appcompat → v1.8.0 (#5762)
androidx.compose → v1.12.1 (#5811, #5760, #5676, #5657, #5598, #5580, #5552, #5486, #5466, #5442, #5410, #5372, #5336, #5214, #5169)
androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout → v2.2.2 (#5726)
androidx.core:core-ktx → v1.19.1 (#5853, #5623, #5468)
androidx.fragment → v1.9.1 (#5852, #5761)
androidx.lifecycle → v2.11.0 (#5659, #5172)
androidx.media3 → v1.11.1 (#5815, #5741, #5590, #5491, #5473, #5393, #5359, #5255)
androidx.navigation3:navigation3-ui → v1.1.7 (#5778, #5757, #5727, #5678, #5658, #5599, #5551, #5522, #5412)
androidx.window:window → v1.5.1 (#5170, #4965)
androidx.work:work-runtime → v2.11.2 (#5487, #5371, #5043)
appleboy/ssh-action action → v1.2.4 (#5192, #5108)
CI dependencies (#5924, #5890, #5870, #5808, #5730, #5690, #5677, #5640, #5624, #5617, #5600, #5415, #5355, #5348)
coil → v3.6.3 (#5832, #5793, #5779, #5643, #5441)
com.android.tools.build:gradle → v8.13.2 (#5235, #5131)
com.mikepenz:aboutlibraries-core → v14.1.0 (#5566)
github/codeql-action action → v4.39.1 (#5906, #5858, #5833, #5770, #5758, #5737, #5728, #5615, #5592, #5581, #5565, #5531, #5492, #5478, #5472, #5457, #5451, #5433, #5391, #5383, #5327, #5250, #5241, #5218, #5203, #5167, #5144, #5072)
Gradle → v9.9.0 (#5937, #5903, #5871, #5859, #5766, #5742, #5662, #5591, #5558, #5477, #5455, #5374, #5339, #5165, #5065)
gradle/actions action → v6.4.0 (#5863, #5631, #5437)
io.github.peerless2012:ass-media → v0.5.1 (#5750, #5723)
io.mockk:mockk → v1.14.12 (#5939, #5612, #5360, #5224)
jellyfin.sdk → v1.8.11 (#5629)
koin → v4.2.2 (#5650, #5523, #5474)
kotest → v6.2.6 (#5889, #5813, #5752, #5701, #5686, #5653, #5508, #5497, #5484, #5483, #5469, #5463, #5443, #5388, #5367, #5351, #5345, #5201, #5166)
Kotlin → v2.4.21 (#5872, #5803, #5695, #5622, #5584, #5553, #5471, #5389, #5246)
org.jellyfin.media3:media3-ffmpeg-decoder → v1.9.0+1 (#5288)
org.jellyfin.sdk:jellyfin-core → v1.8.12 (#5713, #5606, #5601, #5514, #5501, #5344, #5244, #5202, #5164)
org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-serialization-json → v1.12.0 (#5904, #5524, #5347)
ubuntu → v26 (#5834)