v5.2.0

Cloud sync fixes

• Fix queued tasks order of execution between app launches

Improvements

• Pull down to refresh data (and scan files pending to import)
• New auto sleep timer feature (thanks @cvakiitho!)
• Rework settings sections: Autoplay and Autolock

Fixes

• Fix folder creation bug, that allowed multiple folders with the same name
• Fix sharing debug information on Apple Silicon Macs

Support

For help and ways to contribute to the project, see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer

v5.1.1

Improvements

• Enable interactive widgets for Last played and Recent books widgets
• Add option to export debug information from Settings → Support section
• Show artwork cache size in storage management screen
• Update formatting when exporting bookmarks

Fixes

• Fix sync issue where playing the book before the remote fetch is finished, may override the synced progress
• Fix refreshing the URL for streaming a book when the URL access is expired
• Fix 'Add' button being hidden behind mini player on Mac (and some iPads) when viewing an empty folder
• Remove caching the default artwork for folders
• Fix translations inside the Shortcuts app
• Fix for the crash when trying to play an item with an associated error

Support

For help and ways to contribute to the project, see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer

v5.1.0

Improvements

• Lock screen widgets
• Further improvements on folder's progress calculation for improved battery life
• App shortcuts support
• Revamped watch app Complications for all the Watch faces
• Optimize artwork fetching on the library list
• Updated Slovak translation
• Add support for Portuguese (Portugal) language

Fixes

• Possible fix to player wrongly resuming playback after a call when it wasn't playing before
• Fix flashing artwork on the player screen when changing chapters
• Fix showing the chapter info when skipping through chapters on a volume while playback is paused
• Fix import observers sometimes not prompting and showing the import screen

Support

For help and ways to contribute to the project, see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer

v5.0.10

Improvements

• Optimize how the folder's progress is calculated for improved battery life
• Add filename label in the item details screen

Fixes

• Fix updating the synced time of the last played book
• Fix removing from device and redownloading synced folders

Development

• Under the hood improvements for the presentation layer of the app
• Add more context to error alerts and crash reports

Support

For help and ways to contribute to the project, see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer

v5.0.9

Improvements

• New Privacy section in Settings

Fixes

• Fix keyboard media keys on Mac (F7, F8, F9)
• Fix filenames when importing files via drag and drop (iPad / Mac)
• Fix spacing and text alignment on Recent-Books Widget (thanks @thai-d-v !)
• Fix autoplay for Volume books
• Fix folder artwork being replaced when reordering the contents or when adding new items to it

Support

For help and ways to contribute to the project, see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer

v5.0.8

Cloud sync fixes

• Fix queued upload-file tasks getting stuck after sending the app to the background

Improvements

• Add support for loading the artwork of each chapter on a Volume on the Player screen and control center
• Skip unplayable items when they are autoplayed (like images, or metadata files)
• Improve VoiceOver interaction on the playback controls screen
• Update Polish translation

Support

For help and ways to contribute to the project, see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer

v5.0.7

Fixes

• Fix random crash after playback during a short time
• Fix 'Mark as completed' button from the Player screen
• Set audio session category before each playback

Improvements

• Update Slovak translation

Support

For help and ways to contribute to the project, see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer

v5.0.6

Fixes

• Hot-fix for crash on launch when the book progress is nil or infinite

Support

For help and ways to contribute to the project, see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer

v5.0.5

Improvements

• Add shake-to-snooze sleep timer
• Remember last used custom sleep timer for next time
• Norwegian translation
• VoiceOver: book duration is now included on the list item screen

Fixes

• Fix artwork on iPad landscape
• Fix sleep timer fade-out, it now occurs previous to the timer ending (it will no longer go over 5 secs into the next chapter)
• Fix time-remaining formatting when it's under a minute

Support

For help and ways to contribute to the project, see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer

v5.0.4

Cloud sync improvements

• Optimize resuming upload-tasks after an app launch
• Add better identification for items that haven't been synced
• When signing out and back in, items will no longer incorrectly be removed by a sync operation

General improvements

• Add proper VoiceOver support for the Account-related screens
• The existing storage management screen now has an option to sort the files by either size or title (thanks @Jeepston !)
• New storage screen in settings for books that were removed by a sync operation, for recovery purposes

Fixes

• Gracefully recover when iOS resets the media services
• Fix 'Combine into Volume' option being wrongly disabled when importing multiple books
• Fix the file count shown on the alert title presented after importing multiple files

Support

For help and ways to contribute to the project, see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer