AerioTV 0.2.9
Fix: black screen with audio after leaving and returning to the app
- The most-reported black screen cause is fixed. Minimizing a channel to the audio chip, leaving AerioTV, then returning and reopening the channel could leave you with sound and a black screen until you force closed the app. The video window now re-attaches itself when you come back, so the picture returns on its own. This was reproduced and verified against the exact steps users reported.
Automatic local network switching, with no setup and no Location permission
- If your server has a Local URL, AerioTV now routes to it automatically whenever the server actually answers on your local network. It is checked when the app launches, when the network changes, and right after you edit a server. There is nothing to configure: the old "Home Wi-Fi" SSID list is gone.
- Because it checks the server directly instead of reading your Wi-Fi network name, local switching now also works on Ethernet-connected devices and when reaching home over a VPN.
- AerioTV no longer requests Location permission at all. The permission and the Wi-Fi-name access it required have been removed from the app.
Other improvements
- The self-healing black-screen watchdog now reacts faster (5 seconds instead of 8) and records a clear marker in debug logs when the first video frame renders, which makes any remaining playback report much easier to diagnose.
Updater note: if you installed 0.2.4 or newer from GitHub, AerioTV will offer this update automatically, or check manually in Settings > App Updates. Your channels, settings, and recordings are kept.
Play Store note: if you installed AerioTV from Google Play, uninstall it before sideloading this APK. Play builds are signed with a different key, so Android will refuse to install this APK over a Play install (and a Play update over a sideloaded install). Uninstalling clears local data; if Google Drive sync is enabled, your playlists and settings restore on next sign-in.