Flick 0.20.1-beta.2

0.20.1-beta.2 ships AutoEQ headphone matching, an in-app logging system, library warmup for background metadata extraction, a Recently Added screen, visualizer and display settings, floating island toggle, wrap-around queue playback, fingerprint cache reliability fixes, USB audio engine improvements, and performance optimizations.

Overview

This beta adds ten headline features:

1. AutoEQ headphone matching — search for your headphones and auto-tune the EQ with community presets
2. App logging system — in-app log viewer with Rust sink bridging for USB and audio diagnostics
3. Library warmup — background metadata extraction populates album art, year, and genre after scan
4. Recently Added screen — paginated song list of newly added music, accessible from Quick Access
5. Visualizer & display settings — refresh rate mode, visualizer on/off toggle with independent settings
6. Floating island toggle — enable/disable the floating mini-player overlay
7. Wrap-around queue — queue loops from last track back to first
8. Fingerprint cache fixes — cache cleared on DB incompatibility, folder removal, and rebuild
9. USB audio fixes — isochronous feedback polling, AAudio guard, USB fallback handling
10. Performance — sliver-based lists, memoized album groups, pre-built row objects

Highlights

• AutoEQ: Search for your headphone brand and model from the equalizer presets sheet to apply a community-curated AutoEQ preset. The catalog is pre-bundled and browsed through a searchable bottom sheet. AutoEqCatalogService handles preset lookup and JSON parsing. LSC and HSC band type codes are correctly mapped to low-shelf and high-shelf IIR filter types for accurate tuning.
• Logging system: An in-app log viewer (Settings → UAC2 → Developer → Logs) shows real-time debug output. A singleton AppLog with change notifications powers reactive UI updates. A log sink bridges Rust dev_eprintln! output into the Dart log system via FFI. The default error handler writes uncaught exceptions to the log. Audio probe format is exposed through FFI for USB device diagnostics.
• Library warmup: After the first scan, a background metadata extraction pass fills in missing album art, year, and genre fields without blocking the UI. BackgroundMetadataService is extracted as a shared Riverpod provider. Snackbar notifications show warmup start and completion. countIncompleteMetadataSongs tracks progress.
• Recently Added: A new "Recently Added" screen shows paginated songs sorted by addition date. Accessible from the Quick Access menu. Backed by getRecentlyAddedSongs with cursor-based pagination.
• Display settings: Choose a refresh rate mode (auto, 60Hz, 90Hz, or 120Hz) from Settings → Interface. Toggle the visualizer on/off with an independent settings screen. DisplayModeWrapper was migrated to Riverpod with multi-mode support. When the visualizer is disabled, the render pipeline is skipped entirely.
• Queue wrap-around: When enabled, the queue wraps from the last track back to the first — no more silent stops at the end of the queue. Toggle in Settings → Playback.
• Fingerprint cache: The fingerprint cache is now cleared on database incompatibility (Isar rebuild), when a folder is removed from the library, and on full database rebuild. Orphaned cache entries are filtered on reload. These fixes prevent stale fingerprints from causing duplicate song entries.
• USB audio: Isochronous feedback polling is now enabled for Android USB output, improving clock synchronization with external DACs. AAudio exclusive mode is guarded by an Android API level check (API 26+). Mid-stream USB fallback on Rust backend refusal is handled gracefully. Unknown USB speed is inferred from sysfs and supported sample rates. A custom CacheManager with configurable stale period manages artwork caching; management controls are in Library settings.
• Performance: The Recently Played and Recently Added screens pre-build row objects for ListView instead of building on-the-fly. The folder list was converted to SliverList for smoother infinite scrolling. Album group computation is memoized in the artist detail screen to avoid redundant work on rebuilds.
• Lyrics & polish: The lyric share card now supports dynamic font sizing with dedicated controls. A false lyrics scroll jump on transient position dips was fixed. Rotary knob drag precision was improved for smoother EQ adjustments. The README was rewritten with a concise overview, UAC 2.0 API docs, and a transparency section. Stale comments were removed across the codebase.

What's New

AutoEQ Headphone Matching

• Search by brand/model in EQ presets sheet
• Pre-bundled AutoEQ catalog assets
• AutoEqCatalogService for lookup and JSON parsing
• LSC/HSC → low/high shelf filter mapping

App Logging System

• In-app log viewer (Settings → UAC2 → Developer → Logs)
• Singleton AppLog with change notifications
• Rust-to-Dart log sink FFI
• Default error handler captures uncaught exceptions
• Audio probe format via FFI

Library Warmup

• Background metadata extraction after scan
• BackgroundMetadataService shared provider
• Snackbar on start/complete
• countIncompleteMetadataSongs progress tracking

Recently Added Screen

• Paginated song list by addition date
• Quick Access menu entry
• getRecentlyAddedSongs with cursor pagination

Visualizer & Display Settings

• Refresh rate mode (auto / 60 / 90 / 120Hz)
• Visualizer on/off toggle with settings screen
• Riverpod-based DisplayModeWrapper with multi-mode
• Disabled visualizer skips render pipeline

Floating Island Toggle

• Toggle floating mini-player from Settings → Playback → Display

Wrap-Around Queue Playback

• Queue wraps from last track to first
• Toggle in Settings → Playback

Fingerprint Cache Reliability

• Cleared on DB incompatibility, folder removal, DB rebuild
• Orphaned entries filtered on reload

Performance

• Pre-built row objects for Recently Played/Added
• Folder list converted to slivers
• Memoized album group computation

USB Audio & Engine Fixes

• Isochronous feedback polling for USB
• AAudio exclusive mode API level guard
• Mid-stream USB fallback handling
• USB speed inference from sysfs
• Custom CacheManager with stale period; artwork cache settings

Lyrics & Share Cards

• Dynamic font sizing and font size controls on lyric share card
• False scroll jump fix

Polish

• Rotary knob drag precision
• README rewrite with docs and transparency section
• Stale comments removed

Files Changed

Upgrading

1. AutoEQ: open Settings → Audio → Equalizer → Presets → AutoEQ and search for your headphones
2. Logs: visible in Settings → UAC2 → Developer → Logs when developer mode is enabled
3. Library warmup runs automatically after the first scan — no action needed
4. Recently Added appears under Settings → Quick Access — toggle it on to see it on the menu screen
5. Refresh rate and visualizer settings are under Settings → Interface
6. Floating island toggle is in Settings → Playback → Display
7. Wrap-around queue is off by default — enable from Settings → Playback
8. Fingerprint cache fixes apply automatically; no data migration needed