6.15.10

re-worked dialog mechanisms in swipe actions and fixed related crashes
corrected open-drawer icon for Episodes fragment
fixed issue of conditional menu items not correctly shown in Episodes fragment
added "Email to developer" option in BugReport and About screens
made BugReport screen scrollable
ShareDialog and DatesFilterDialog are in Compose

6.15.9

removed "Set notification buttons" in Preferences as it's not used
removed "Persistent playback controls" in Preferences as it's not used
added "Show skip on notification" switch in Preferences, enabling/disabling Skip button on the notification panel
set reasonable default for switch settings in Preferences
in Preferences, Notification setting opens system notification settings on Android 8 and above
fixed combo import dialog layout
embedded the base class BaseEpisodesFragment in actual classes, and removed base class
all fragments have action bar and menu in Jetpack Compose
some class restructuring

6.15.8

re-worked action bar and menu in more fragments in Jetpack Compose
open-drawer icon on the action bar is set in accordance with the page
title of "Subscriptions" is removed
video player is fully in Compose including action bar and menu
reenabled cast button in video player (in Play app, can someone verify its functioning?)
BugReport activity is in Compose
likely fixed image on PlayUI not updating issue
fixed an efficiency issue of possibly duplicate monitoring of episodes' states when a list is changed
removed recyclerview dependency
various xml files removed or cleaned
updated Compose dependencies

6.15.7

re-worked action bar and menu in various fragments in Jetpack Compose
in Logs fragment, deleting logs now shows a confirmation dialog
fixed theme issue in EpisodeHome

6.15.6

tuned video and audio players
made loading of detailed info more efficient in both video and audio player
fixed null pointer issue when writing OPML file
EpisodeHome view is in Compose, has added ability to show hidden text in transcripts (by tapping the eye-glasses on action bar)
some more components are in Compose
removed dependency iconics

6.15.5

added note "Media files can only be imported after the DB" on combo import dialog
fixed VideoMode dialog not being initialized and selection not shown
revamped video player in Compose
- switching between full screen and window modes only needs rotating the phone
reduced heading font size from 28 to 24, and title font size from 22 to 18
some dialogs are converted to Compose
removed some unused layout files

6.15.4

fixed issue of export dialog not closing
fixed progress dialog not showing up in Import/Export preferences
converted some confirmation dialogs to Compose

6.15.3

setting play state menu is reversed (Ignored on top, Unplayed at bottom)
when setting an episode state to Played or Ignored, the played position is reset to 0
in Import/Export settings, there is a new Combo Import/Export
- it handles Preferences, Database, and Media files combined or selectively
- all are saved to "Podcini-Backups-(date)" directory under the directory you pick
- on import, Media files have to be done after the DB is imported (the option is disabled when importing DB is selected)
- individual import/export functions for Preferences, Database, and Media files are removed
- if in case one wants to import previously exported Preferences, Database, or Media files,
  - manually create a directory named "Podcini-Backups"
  - copy the previous .realm file into the above directory
  - copy the previous directories "Podcini-Prefs" and/or "Podcini-MediaFiles" into the above directory
  - no need to copy all three, only the ones you need
  - then do the combo import
import/export of OPML, Progress, and HTML stay as individual operations
- Note, progress import/export was useful when migrating from Podcini 5 as the DB can not be imported into Podcini.R, it's not needed when you can import a DB
- I'm not sure how useful are the HTML exports
navigations in PreferenceActivity are performed in Compose
VideoMode dialog is in Compose
removed the need for versions catalogue for gradle

6.15.2.1

same as previous release, only to change signing key on Google Play

6.15.2

FeedEpisodes is remembered as last opened page and can be opened if default page set to "Remember"
revamped SubscriptionShortcut activity in Compose to create proper shortcuts on home screen of the phone
feed shortcut on home screen opens the feed (with FeedEpisodes) in Podcini
when playing a youtube audio, bitrate is shown in PlayerUI

6.15.1

Consolidated Compose code blocks in PreferenceActivity with function calls
removed support for widget
some minor cleanups

6.15.0

added a combo Epiosdes fragment with easy access to various filters
- merged AllEpisodes, History and Download into Episodes
- other easy accesses include: New, Planned (for Soon and Later), Repeats (for Again and Forever), Liked (for Good and Super)
- New episodes can be cleared via the manu
drawer items customization is disabled in Settings
drawer includes 5 most recent feeds
rearranged routines in ImportExportPreferences
importing OPML file is done within the activity, no longer starts OpmlImportActivity
removed OpmlImportActivity
getting shared youtube media has a new interface to select feed
cleaned up SwipeActions, removed the need for filter
more Compose migrations
media3 update to 1.5.0

6.14.8

fixed issues in tags setting
fixed initial sort order not taking correctly in FeedEpisodes
fixed Compose switches not settable in Preferences
skip dialog is in Compose and features number input rather than multiple choice
made the numbers under rewind and forward buttons in PlayerUI react to changes
all preferences are in Compose except some dialogs
some class restructuring

6.14.7

corrected some deeplinks in manifest file on OPMLActivity
added commentTime in Episode and Feed to record the time of comment/opinion added
when adding/editing a comment/opinion, a time stamp is automatically added in the text field
when removing a feed or an episode, a time stamp is automatically added in the text field
a new sorting item on episodes based on commentTime
in episodes list, if an episode belongs to a synthetic feed, tapping on the image will bring up EpisodeInfo instead of FeedInfo
some class restructuring
more preferences fragments are in Compose

6.14.6

fixed issue of unable to input in rename feed
fixed issue of marking played after playing even when the episode has been marked as Again or Forever
fixed duration not shown in narrow episode lists
some preferences fragments are in Compose
temp message on NavDrawer for closed testing

6.14.5

minor adjustments in episode lists layout
improved Tags setting a bit
adjusted colors on the multi-selection menus

6.14.4

a new speedometer on the player UI
adjusted padding in advanced options in OnlineSearch view
in episode lists, added view count (available in Youtube contents)
amended episode lists layout
- playState marking on the image is removed
- title is at the top and takes full length to the right of the image
- the action button (play/pause etc) is at the lower right corner may overlay on other text if any
colored some actionable icons
created a new layout for FeedEpsiodes with a larger image, more suitable for video contents
in feed settings created useWideLayout for choosing the desired layout
reworked speed setting dialogs in Compose and removed unused old codes

6.14.3

fixed crash when constructing TTS
enhanced some TTS handlings including getting the duration after TTS audio is constructed
issue: some shared playlists from YT Music are circular
- getting mostly duplicates of over 2000 episodes when subscribed
- checking on unique url seems to miss some episodes
Tags setting and AutoDownload filer dialogs are in Compose

6.14.2

in feed settings, added audio type setting (Speech, Music, Movie) for improved audio processing from media3
improved the behavior of the cast player in the Play app
- casting youtube audio appears working fine

6.14.1

changed the term "virtual queue" to "natural queue" in the literature to refer to the list of episodes in a given feed
ignore updating episodes with duration of less than 1 second
start using Podcini's own cast provider in the play app
- audio-only youtube media can now be cast to speaker (experimental for now)
- cast of any video is disabled for now
OnlineSearch fragment is in Compose
minor Compose amendments in fragments of Search, About
updates in documents of required licenses

6.14.0

fixed crash when adding podcast (introduced since 6.13.11)
naming changes in PlayState: InQueue -> Queue, InProgress -> Progress
PlayState Queue is user settable, once set, the episode is put to associated queue of the feed
in getting next to play in a natural queue, PlayStates Again and Forever are included
fixed the not-updating queue and tag spinners in Subscriptions
various dates display are in flex format
in Statistics, data for today are shown in the HH:mm format
added view count for Youtube and YT Music media
reworked episodes sort routines in Compose
re-colored border color for Compose dialogs
changed sort items' direction icon
QuickDiscovery fragment is in Compose

6.13.11

created private shared preferences for Subscriptions view and moved related properties there from the apps prefs
persisted settings of tag spinner and queue spinner in Subscriptions view
fixed again the incorrect initial text on Spinner in Queues view
save played duration and time spent when playback of an episode is completed
some code cleaning and restructuring
gradle update

6.13.10

fixed Spinner in Subscriptions: All tags vs Untagged irregularity
fixed video mode setting not available in first created synthetic feed
created a new dialog to rename or create synthetic feed
in Subscriptions menu, "New synthetic Youtube" is merged into "New synthetic feed"
removed "Switch queue" option from all menus (not necessary)
fixed Spinner in Queues: default text not updating
fixed menu in Statistics
corrected duration and timeSpent numbers for today in Statistics
added a Statistics section in README.md
added "Never ask again" in dialog for unrestricted background permission
various prefs accesses are made lazy
build apk dropped to target Android 14 due to some reported issued with Android 15.

6.13.9

made Spinner in Queues view update accordingly
if playing from the natural queue in FeedEpisodes, the next episode comes from the filtered list
when playing another media, post playback is performed on the current media so as to set the right state
fixed timeSpent not being correctly recorded
further enhanced efficiency of statistics calculations
- in Statistics, feeds with no media started or downloaded are not shown
furthered Statistics view into Compose
added online homepage item in Settings->About to open the Github page

6.13.8

Subscriptions sorting added the negative sides of downloaded and commented
added border to Compose dialogs
in EpisodeMedia added timeSpent to measure the actual time spent playing the episode
- upon migration, it's set the same as playedDuration, but it will get its own value when any episode is played
redid and enhanced Statistics, it's in Compose
- pie chart is replaced with line chart
- in Subscriptions, in the header and every feed, added timeSpent
- in Subscriptions header, added usage of today
- on the popup of a feed statistics, also added "duration of all started"
- the "Years" tab is now "Months", showing played time for every month, and added timeSpent for every month
enhanced efficiency of getting statistics for single feed
in FeedInfo details, added "view statistics of this feed" together with "view statistics of all feeds"

6.13.7

likely fixed getting duplicate episodes on updates (youtube feeds)
in Queues view, set the spinner default to the active queue
an all new sorting dialog and mechanism for Subscriptions
removed subscriptions sort order in Settings
set PlayerUI position on start play
large number of unused string resources are cleaned out

6.13.6

created a fast update routine to improve performance
- all updates (swipe or scheduled etc) run the fast update routine
- full update (for which I don't see the reason) can be run from the menu of Subscriptions view
the full update routine is also enhanced for performance
enhanced youtube update routines to include infinite new episodes updates
added update routine for youtube channel tabs
added audio and video quality settings in Feed Preferences (Youtube feeds only): Global, Low, Medium, High
- these settings take precedence over global situations
- when Global is set, video is at lowest quality, and audio is at highest quality (except when prefLowQualityMedia is set for metered networks)
fixed mis-behavior of multi-selection filters

6.13.5

hopefully fixed youtube playlists/podcasts no-updating issue
in OnlineFeed, when subscribing to a Youtube channel, a popup allows to choose a tab (if multiples are available)
- tab options include Videos (or customized name, the default tab) and Streams (live tab)
- only one tab can be chosen at a time
- the tab name will be appended to the feed title
- each tab results in a feed/podcast in Podcini
the shortcut way of subscribing (long-click on a search result) only subscribes to the default tab
episodes limits on subscribing to YT channels/playlists/podcasts are raised to 2000
fixed toolbar contrasts on Queues view

6.13.4

in Queues view, reworked the spinner in Compose and added associated feeds toggle
added info bar and swipe actions to Search fragment
spinners in Subscriptions view are in Compose
removed the "add" floating button in Subscriptions view
removed some unused dependencies and references to their licenses

6.13.3

on playing the next episode in queue, if its state is lower than InProgress, the state is set as such
added "add commment" in swipe actions
in FeedEpisodes, fixed incorrect ordering of episodes after filtering
when removing episode media, if remove-from-queue is set, the episode is removed from all queues rather than only the active queue
removed the @UnstableAPI annotations previously required for Media3
updated Contributing.md
various dependencies update

6.13.2

replaced the setting of prefSmartMarkAsPlayedSecs by an adaptive internal val smartMarkAsPlayedPercent = 95
- if the episode is played to over 95% of its duration, it's considered played
reworked the chain actions of set play state, remove from queue, and delete media
fixed the issue of fully played episode being marked as Skipped
fixed speed indicator not updating issue in PlayerUI
added Again and Forever states to episode filter
in Settings, "Keep favorite episode" is changed to "Keep important episodes", and it applies to episodes set as Super, Again, or Forever
some reduction in access to Preferences files for improved efficiency

6.13.1

fixed the misbehavior (from 6.13.0) of rewind/forward/progress in PlayerUI
added Again and Forever in PlayState, and changed some PlayState icons
in episodes list, when an episode's play state is higher than Skipped, state icon (rather than only a check) is on the cover image
in Combo swipe actions, removed NoAction and ComboAction

6.13.0

updates playback position adaptively (in app and in widget) in an interval being the longer of 5 seconds and 2 percent of the media duration
- this can be enabled/disabled in Settings->Playback->"Update progress adaptively", default to true
- unadaptive interval, same as the previous, is 2 seconds
added volume adaptation control to player detailed view to set for current media and it takes precedence over that in feed settings
tuned the AudioPlayer fragment
added a few new actions to swipe, bring it essentially equivalent to multi-select menus
added auto-download policy: "Marked as Soon"
when deleting media file, set the playState to Skipped only if the current state is lower than Skipped
during cast to speaker (in the Play app), tap on the position bar in the PlayerUI changes the position
avoided the snack message "can't delete file ..." after streaming an episode
fixed (again, sorry) the action button not updating issue after download in episodes lists
google cast framework is updated to 22.0 (in the Play apk)

6.12.8

set episode's playState to Skipped when its media file is removed
in AutoDownloadPolicy, Newer or Older now include episodes with playState of New, Unplayed, Later and Soon
naming change in Rating: Neutral -> OK, Favorite -> Super
in EpisodeInfo header, only show "add to queue" icon when the episode is not in queue
in-queue icon is no longer shown on episodes lists
reduced start lag when opening a large episodes list
likely fixed the action button not updating issue after download in episodes lists
in grid layout of Subscriptions view, moved the rating icon to the lower left corner
in FeedEpisodes view, enabled Downloaded and HasMedia filters
changed in Settings -> Downloads, "Mobile updates" to "Metered network settings"
- the setting applies to metered mobile and wifi networks

6.12.7

fixed issue in auto-download where number of played is not correctly counted
in AutoDownloadPolicy, Newer or Older now include episodes with playState not being Skipped, Played, and Ignored
in Subscriptions sorting, Played means Skipped, Played, or Ignored, Unplayed means any state lower than Skipped
fixed high CPU usage in Download view
removed a few useless classes and the useless test modules

6.12.6

in SearchFragment, made search criteria options are togglable, and added back search online option
further enhanced filtering routines
- categories with multi-selections are expandable/collapsable
- once expanded, added three icons: <<<, X, >>>
- tapping on <<< will select all lower items, >>> all higher items, X to clear selection in the category
manual sorting of Queues is back.
- The way to enable/disable it, uncheck/check "Lock queue" in menu
- if "Lock queue" doesn't appear, top "Sort" in the menu and then, uncheck "Keep sorted" in the popup
in episodes lists, swipe dialog shows up when the swipe has not been configured
changed the info shared from FeedInfo and FeedEpisodes, now it shares simply the download url of the feed

6.12.5

fixed a long-standing issue in the play apk where rewind/forward buttons don't work during cast

6.12.4

bug fixes and enhancements in filters routines
in SearchFragment, added search criteria options: title, author(feed only), description(including transcript in episodes), and comment (My opinion)
feed list in SearchFragment is in Compose

6.12.3

reworked and expanded the filters routines for episodes and feeds
- various criteria have been added
- if a group of criteria has two options, they are mutually exclusive
- if there are more options in a group, multi-select is allowed and filter uses OR for the intra-group selections
- on selections across groups, the filter uses AND

6.12.2

fixed play not resuming after interruption (watch for any side effects)
fixed incorrect initial play button on PlayerUI
fixed startup delay when curMedia is null
rating list in popup for Subscriptions is reversed (favorite on top)
first migration of Episodes and Feeds filters to Jetpack Compose
added has/no comments in the filters
fixed some errors in Episodes filter

6.12.1

fixed circular calling functions when PlayerDetailed view is open
in the Play apk, added back the cast button that's been missing after 6.10.0

6.12.0

created a new play state system: Unspecified, Building, New, Unplayed, Later, Soon, InQueue, InProgress, Skipped, Played, Ignored,
- among which Unplayed, Later, Soon, Skipped, Played, Ignored are settable by the user
- when an episode is started to play, its state is set to InProgress
- when episode is added to a queue, its state is set to InQueue, when it's removed from a queue, the state (if lower than Skipped) is set to Skipped
- in Episode filter, for now, Unplayed is all lower than Played, while Played includes Played, Ignore
fixed issues from last release: action button not update, icon at PlayUI not update
re-worked the header layouts of FeedInfo and FeedEpisodes
tuned to show PlayerUI in proper conditions
enabled open NavDrawer in LogsFragment
in list view of Subscriptions, moved the rating icon to the title
NavDrawer is fully in Compose
cleaned out some unused or redundant stuff

6.11.7

added author and title info in SharedLog
when shared channel, playlist or podcast from Youtube, double checks if existing and records SharedLog accordingly
in Shared LogsFragment, tap on a successful or existing item (media or feed) opens the corresponding fragment
in Subscriptions view, added total duration for every feed
hasEmbeddedPicture in EpisodeMedia is set to not persist for now
tuned Compose routines ti reduce recomposition and improve efficiency

6.11.6

fixed a serious performance issue when scrolling list of episode having no defined image url

6.11.5

back to be built to target Android 15
request for permission for unrestricted background activity
requests for permission are now less aggressive: if cancelled, Podcini does not quit
reversed rating list in popup (favorite on top)
if a shared Youtube media already exists, record shared log as such
in episodes list, made the progress bar taking the full width
in FeedEpisodes header, the count now reflects filter
in Subscriptions, feed count now reflects filter
minor layout adjustments

6.11.4

corrected color contrast in SwipeActions dialog
removed the empty space on top of playerUI
largely improved scroll performance of episodes list caused by image loading
fixed title text out of screen issue in some headers
fixed swipe actions not initialized in Queue Bin
in FeedInfo details, removed inapplicable items for synthetic feeds
when removing synthetic feed, record all episodes in the feed in SubscriptionLog
updated some Compose dependencies
speed-dial dependency removed and old bottomSheet multi-select codes cleaned up

6.11.3

supports Youtube live episodes received from share
fixed info not showing when playing video in window mode
AudioPlayer is fully in Compose, fixed the issue of top menu sometimes not shown
if you have podcast set to AudioOnly, you can tap on the square icon on the top bar of PlayerDetailed to force play video
- this will re-construct the media item for the current episode to include video and plays audio-video together
- it continues this way even after you close the video view and only listen
- during this mode, you can switch between video and audio and the play is uninterrupted
- it will resume playing audio only when you switch episodes and comeback to it

6.11.2

fixed PlayerDetailed view not showing full info on Youtube media
further revamped SwipeActionsDialog, now in Jetpack Compose, and related old files are removed
fixed again issue of rating not updating on PlayerDetailed view when episode changes
enabled "Erase episodes" in multi-select menu when episodes from a synthetic feed are selected
erased episodes are recorded in SubscriptionLog for future reference

6.11.1

made rating icon consistent with other views and fixed issue of rating not updating on PlayerDetailed view when episode changes
fixed remote episode info not shown in OnlineFeed
fixed and enhanced chapters control in PlayerDetailed view
ChaptersDialog is in Jetpack Compose
fixed not being able to set video mode in newly created synthetic feed
fixed buttons contrast on FeedEpisodes hearder
reworked SwipeActionsDialog layout, removed the mock episode view
removed ChaptersFragment and related
reorganized some class structures

6.11.0

added SubscriptionLog to record unsubscribe history
in online SearchResults, if an item has been subscribed but removed, a X mark appears on the cover image,
in OnlineFeed, added prior rating, opinion and cancelled date on a feed previously unsubscribed
renamed SharedLog fragment to LogsFragment and merged shared, subscription and download logs into the fragment
- the count of LogsFragment on NavDrawer is the sum of the three logs
added Unrated to the rating system and set episodes default rating to Unrated
added the same rating system to podcast/subscription/feed
added comment/opinion to podcast/subscription/feed
in FeedInfo, added rating telltale in the header and "My opinion" section under the Description text
in Subscriptions view, added rating on the icon of every podcast
in Subscriptions view, added set rating in multi-selection menu
in RemoveFeedDialog, added delete reason text input for SubscriptionLog
added Combo swipe action with ability to choose any specific action
changed shift rating action to set ration action with a popup menu
in Subscriptions grid view is set adaptive with min size of 80 with equal image size
on the header of FeedInfo and FeedEpisodes, added background image and removed the dark bar
in EpisodeInfo, show current status with telltale icons of played and inQueue (rather than reversed in prior version)
various minor fixes with selections
DownloadLog fragment removed

6.10.0

in Subscriptions, added menu items to create normal or Youtube synthetic feeds for better organization
added "Shelve to synthetic" in multi-selection menu to move/copy the selected to a synthetic feed
- episodes from normal podcasts can only be copied, while those from synthetic podcasts can be moved
clicking on the image in Player UI toggles expand and collapse of the player detailed view
when receiving shared single media from Youtube, wait for episode construction before dismissing the confirm dialog
fixed Reconcile crash when episode.media is null
in OnlineFeed, button "Subscribing" is changed to "Subscribe"
tunes color contrast on some Compose buttons
in EpisodeInfo, menu items "mark played" and "add to queue" are made as buttons and telltales
cleaned up menu items handling in EpisodeInfo and AudioPlayer, removed EpisodeMenuHandler
fixed a bug of episode properties possibly getting overwritten when changing episode play status
in NavDrawer, the count for Queues is from all queues (previously from curQueue only)
count of shared logs is shown on NavDrawer
set app icon as default when cover images are unavailable

6.9.3

fixed app quit issue when repairing a shared item
fixed custom queue spinner not showing up (issue introduced in 6.8.3 when migrating to Material3)
updated dialog popup mechanism in FeedSettings
updated UI to reflect the new rating system
a couple dialog converted to Compose and removed EpisodeMultiSelectHandler

6.9.2

fixed getting 0 episodes with Youtube playlist etc
added new ratings for episodes: Trash, Bad, Neutral, Good, Favorite
previous Favorite is migrated to the new ratings
"Add to favorite" SwipeActions is changed to "Switch rating" SwipeActions, each swipe shifts the rating in circle
"Add to favorite" in multi-selection is changed to "Set rating"
in EpisodeInfo, added "My opinion" section under the Description text,
- by clicking on it you can add personal comments/notes on the episode, text entered is auto-saved every 10 seconds
adopted Material3's built-in color scheme

6.9.1

added logging for shared actions
added simple fragment for viewing shared logs and repairing failed share actions
likely fixed the abnormal behavior of currently playing in Queues
in NavDrawer, added three recently played podcast for easy access
- the play time of a podcast is recorded when an episode in the podcast starts playing with FeedEpisodes view of the podcast open
fixed color contract on info bar of FeedEpisodes
NavDrawer and DownloadLog are in Jetpack Compose

6.9.0

re-worked Compose states handling for Episodes lists, likely fixed related issues
opening OnlineFeed of Youtube channel is made more responsive with more background processing on constructing episodes
- you can subscribe at any time
- if you open Episodes, you will see the episodes constructed at the moment
episodes limit for Youtube channel, playlist and YTMusicplaylist is now at 1000
in OnlineFeed view, after subscribe, the FeedEpisode view does not open automatically, presenting options to open it or return to the SearchResults view
in online SearchResults, if an item is already subscribed, a check mark appears on the cover image, and when clicked, FeedEpisodes view is opened.
added FlowEvent posting when adding shared youtube media or reserved online episodes
receiving shared contents from Youtube now should support hostnames youtube.com, www.youtube.com, m.youtube.com, music.youtube.com, and youtu.be
when reserving episodes from a Youtube channel list, like receiving shared media from Youtube, you can choose for "audio only"
- the reserved episodes will be added into synthetic podcast of either "Youtube Syndicate" or "Youtube Syndicate Audio" rather than "Misc Syndicate" for other types of episodes
fixed independence of swipe actions in Queues Bin
OnlineFeed is in Jetpack Compose
in SharedReceiver activity, added error notice for shared Youtube media

6.8.7

clear history really clears it
fixed deselect all in episodes and podcasts lists
consolidated OnlineFeed and SearchResults classes to use the common FeedBuilder class
cleared the error icon on subscription grid
in Grid view of Subscriptions, click and long-click is received on the entire block of a podcast
in episodes list of an online feed (unsubscribed), multi-selection of episodes now allows to reserve them
- once reserved, the episodes are added to a synthetic podcast named "Misc Syndicate"
fixed PlayerDetailed view showing wrong information or even crashing
tuned Material3 colorscheme

6.8.6

Queues Bin view now has separate swipe actions independent from the Queues view
SearchResults and Discovery fragments are in Jetpack Compose
in online search result list, long pressing on a feed will pop up dialog to confirm direct subscription
fixed crash when clearing history
combined mixed ways of recognizing episodes in history: a) by last played time and b) by completion date
swipe to remove an item from history actually removes it
fixed a bug in episodes and subscriptions lists, where exiting select mode or deselecting all not resetting all selected episodes
OnlineFeedsAdapter etc are removed
various dependencies update

6.8.5

migrated mostly the following view to Jetpack Compose:
- Queues, AudioPlayer, Subscriptions, FeedInfo, EpisodeInfo, FeedEpisodes, AllEpisodes, History, Search, and OnlineFeed
to counter this nasty issue that Google can't fix over 2 years: ForegroundServiceStartNotAllowedException
- for this and near future releases, target SDK is set to 30 (Android 11), though built with SDK 35 and tested on Android 14
- supposedly notification will not disappear and play will not stop through a playlist
- please voice any irregularities you may see
on episode lists, show duration on the top row
added toggle grid and list views in the menu of Subscriptions
added option to refresh all subscriptions in menu of Queues view
added telltale of subscription updating status "U" on infobar in Queues view
AudioPlayer got overhauled. with PlayUI and PlayerDetailed fragments Removed
Episodes viewholder, feed viewholder, and related adapters etc are removed
SwipeActions class stripped out of View related operations
migrated reliance on compose.material to compose.material3
tuned and corrected some Compose issues

6.8.4 (Release candidate)

on episode lists, show duration on the top row
added option to refresh all subscriptions in menu of Queues view
most of FeedInfo fragment is in Jetpack Compose
selectable adapter etc are removed
more Compose enhancements and bug fixes
might be a release candidate

6.8.3 (Preview release)

most of Subscriptions view are in Jetpack Compose, feed viewholder and adapters etc are removed
added toggle grid and list views in the menu of Subscriptions
migrated reliance on compose.material to compose.material3
not yet for prime time

6.8.2 (Preview release)

AudioPlayerFragment got overhauled. migrated to Jetpack Compose and PlayUI and PlayerDetailed fragments are Removed
EpisodeInfo is now in Compose
SearchFragment shows episodes list in Compose
Episodes viewholder and adapter etc are removed
SwipeActions class stripped out of View related operations
more enhancements in Compose functionalities
still have known issues

6.8.1 (Preview release)

made Queues view in Jetpack Compose
enhanced various Compose functionalities
not yet ready for serious usage

6.8.0 (Preview release)

the Compose class of DownloadsC replaces the old Downloads view
FeedEpisodes, AllEpisodes, History, and OnlineFeed mostly migrated to Jetpack Compose
there are still known issues and missing functions

6.7.3

fixed bug in nextcloud auth: thanks to Dacid99's PR
fixed "filtered" always shown in Downloads info bar
minor enhancement in multi-select actions handling
on-going work to replace recycler view, recycler adapter and view holder for Episodes with Jetpack Compose routines
introduced "DownloadsC", an early preview (not fully implemented) of the Compose construction

6.7.2

added menu item for removing feed in FeedInfo view
menu item "Switch queue" is changed to "Switch active queue"
Youtube and YT Music podcasts can be shared to Podcini
initial max number of loaded items for Youtube and YT Music playlist and podcast is set 500
initial max number of loaded items for Youtube channel is set 500
added some error dialogs when handling shared links
updated some dependencies including Compose
compile and target SDK's are upped to 35

6.7.1

ensured duplicate episodes are removed from secondary checking during refresh
refresh progress is updated in notification

6.7.0

largely improved efficiency of podcasts refresh, no more massive list searches

6.6.7

volume adaptation numbers were changed to 0.2, 0.5, 1, 1.6, 2.4, 3.6 to avoid much distortion
sleep timer and related menu item are enhanced

6.6.6

fixed difference between the count of episodes and the actual number of episodes (seen when the number is small) in History, AllEpisodes, and OnlineFeed views
fixed an error (introduced in 6.6.3) in setting feed preferences when subscribing one
upon start, if no previously played media, the player is set invisible
fixed an issue of fully played episode not correctly recorded as such when Podcini is in the background
volume adaptation numbers were changed from 0.2, 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5 to 0.2, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 7 (the max boost being 6dB)
Kotlin upped to 2.0.20
Realm upped to 2.3.0

6.6.5

fixed the issue of subscriptions not filtered correctly.

6.6.4

added ability to receive music or playlist shared from YT Music
single music received from YT Music is added to "YTMusic Syndicate"
in newly subscribed Youtube channel or playlist, prefStreamOverDownload is set to true
ensured natural queue (continuous streaming) for previously subscribed "Youtube" type feed when the associated queue is set to None
the max number of media is dropped to 60 on subscribing a Youtube type feed (higher number may cause delay or even failure due to network issues, will investigate other ways to handle)
fixed a bug in Reconcile that can cause downloaded files to be mistakenly deleted
action button on each episode now reacts to LongClick to provide more options

6.6.3

added ability to receive shared Youtube playlist, quite similar to receiving shared Youtube channel
increased the max number of media to 300 on subscribing a Youtube channel or a Youtube playlist
ensures to get and save full description when opening a Youtube media from a list

6.6.2

fixed issue of filter "never auto delete" in Subscriptions view
corrected issue of "queued/not queued" filter for episodes
filter on "queued/not queued" is checked for all queues (not only the active queue)
added filtering feature to Downloads view
changed associated queue of Youtube Syndicate to None (rather than active set previously)
in Subscriptions view, the "search" box is changed to a "Queues" spinner to filter by associated queue

6.6.1

the confirm dialog is more responsive when receiving a youtube media share
receiving a youtube media share can be dismissed by not pressing the confirm button
in Subscriptions and FeedEpisodes views, swipe down to refresh no longer has the progress circle blocking UI, only shows "Refreshing" status on the info bar
added preference "Prefer low quality on mobile" under Settings -> Playback -> Playback control, and default it to false,
- if set true, Youtube media will use low quality audio on mobile network (which has been the default way of handling)

6.6.0

added ability to receive shared Youtube media,
- once received, the user can choose to set it as "audio only" before confirm
- the media is then added as an episode to one of the two synthetic podcasts: "Youtube Syndicate" or "Youtube Syndicate Audio" (for audio-only media)
- the two synthetic podcasts behave as normal Youtube-channel podcasts except that they can not be updated, and video mode and authentication can not be changed,
- the episodes can be handled in the same fashion as normal podcast episodes, except that those in "Youtube Syndicate Audio" can not be played with video
fixed info display on notification panel for Youtube episodes
added a setting to disable "swipe to refresh all subscriptions" under Settings -> Interface -> Subscriptions
- even when disabled, subscriptions can be refreshed from the menu in Subscriptions view
- this doesn't affect "swipe to refresh" in FeedEpisodes view for single podcast
updated various compose dependencies

6.5.10

fixed crash when switching to a newly created queue in Queues view
reset temp speed when manually playing a new episode to ensure preset speed is used

6.5.9

partially fixed an issue seen on Samsung Android 14 device where after playing the user-started episode, subsequent episode in the queue is not played in foreground service and there is not notification panel and can get stopped by the system.
- the current fix is though the subsequent episodes are still played without notification, the play is not stopped by the system.
if videoMode of a feed is set to "audio only",
- press on icon in the player UI will expand the player detailed view (rather than video view)
- "show video" on the menu of AudioPlayer view is hidden
some class restructuring

6.5.8

corrected mis-behavior of speed settings for video media
likely fixed issue of duplicates or absence of playing episode seen sometimes in Queues view
reduced some unnecessary posting of events
removed setting of videoPlaybackSpeed, audio and video speed how handled in the same way
removed incomplete handling of flash media previously used to handle youtube media

6.5.7

in every feed settings, in case the preferences are not properly set, auto-download is by default disabled
fixed mis-behavior of entering number in textfield in FeedSettings
fixed the issue of ShareReceiver not detecting url or plain text correctly

6.5.6

in feed preferences, the setting "play audio only" for video feed is replaced with the setting of a video mode. If you set the previous setting, you need to redo with the new setting.
added some extra permission requests when exporting/importing various files, maybe needed in some system
re-enabed use of http traffic to work with relevant podcasts

6.5.5

corrected issue of Youtube channel being set for auto-download when subscribing
fixed various issues on video sizing and further refined the video player
some class restructuring and refactoring and nullalability adjustments
updated various dependencies

6.5.4

in the search bar of OnlineSearch view, search button is moved to the end of the bar
new way of handling sharing of youtube channels from other apps
normal text (other than url) shared from other apps is taken by OnlineSearch view for podcast search
preparing mediaSouces is done in IO scope preventing network access blocking Main scope
some class restructuring and refactoring

6.5.3

properly assigning ids to remote episodes in OnlineFeedView to resolve the issue of duplicates
fixed possible startup hang when previous media was Youtube media
the fixed for random starts in 6.4.0 conflicts with notification play/pause button, narrowed handling to only KEYCODE_MEDIA_STOP
some fragment class restructuring

6.5.2

replaced all url of http to https
resolved the nasty issue of Youtube media not properly played in release app

6.5.1

further improved behavior in video player, seamless switch among audio-only, window and fullscreen modes, and automatical switch to audio when exit
fixed issue of OnlineFeed view not transition to FeedEpisodes view when subscribing a Youtube channel

6.5.0.1

fixed release app being improperly stripped of classes by R8

6.5.0

media3 upped to 1.4.1
removed dependency of androidx.media
minSDK bumped to 24 (Marshmallow no longer supported, sorry)
in OnlineSearch view, info about subscriber counts (when available) are added to podcasts
likely fixed video fragment crash due to: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Fragment VideoEpisodeFragment
improved behavior of toggling video view modes
added setting in feed preferences to play audio only for video feeds
added feature to truely handling of Youtube channels
Youtube channels can be searched in OnlineSearch view and browsed, played or subscribed in OnlineFeed view
Youtube media are played within Podcini, in video pr audio modes
in feed setting of Youtube channels, "Prefer streaming" and "Auto download" options are disabled
limitations:
- Youtube channels search currently only showing up to 20 results
- A YouTube channel is only fetching up to 30 media
- Youtube media can only be streamed (not downloadable for now)
- video quality is set to lowest, audio quality is set to highest on wifi and lowest on mobile (not customizable now)
- Youtube feed is not auto-downloadable

6.4.0

PlaybackService is now a MediaLibraryService and also takes over many functionalities from PlaybackController
PlaybackController is renamed to ServiceStatusHandler and is stripped to bare bones
enabled Android Auto UI, currently playing episode and episodes in the active queue are shown in the Auto UI
added code to handle case where keycode=-1 and keyEvent!=null, attempting to resolve the occassional issue of random start playing

6.3.7

inlined some DB writes of Episodes in some routines
enhanced DB writes in download routine, fixed a write error
added a couple more Log.d statements in hope for tracking down the mysterious random playing
Kotlin upped to 2.0.10

6.3.6

upgraded gradle to 8.9 and Android Gradle Plugin to 8.5.2
minor dependencies updates
corrected the count of total episodes in History view
corrected the count of selections in AllEpisodes, History views
fixed "add selected to queue" in History, AllEpisodes views
known issue: in History and AllEpisodes views, the play button on every episode is not convertible
added history count in NavDrawer
in adapters, made selectedItems type explicit (rather than of Any), either of Episode or of Feed
explicitly revoked DB monitoring in episodes list views at exit
fixed issue of IndexOutOfBoundsException when adding to an empty queue

6.3.5

added more Log.d statements in hope for tracking down the mysterious random playing
FeedSettings view is all in Jetpack Compose, FeedSettingsPreferenceFragment removed
in FeedSettings, added "Auto add new to queue" (accessible when associated queue not set to "None")
- when set, new episodes during refresh will be added to the associated queue, regardless of being downloaded
use adaptive date formats (stripped time) in Subscriptions view

6.3.4

fixed mis-behavior of setting associated queue to Active in FeedSettings
items on dialog for "Auto delete episodes" are changed to checkbox
playState Int variables have been put into enum PlayState
corrected an error in incomplete reconsile
fixed the nasty mis-behavior in Queues view when removing episodes
updated feed in FeedInfo view when feed preferences change
enhanced feed setting UI, added display of current queue preference
added "prefer streaming over download" in feed setting. ruling along the global setting, streaming is preferred when either one is set to true
added None in associated queue setting of any feed
- if set, episodes in the feed are not automatically added to any queue, but are used as a natural queue for getting the next episode to play
- the next episode is determined in such a way:
  - if the currently playing episode had been (manually) added to the active queue, then it's the next in queue
  - else if "prefer streaming" is set, it's the next unplayed episode in the feed episodes list based on the current sort order
  - else it's the next downloaded unplayed episode

6.3.3

fixed crash when setting as Played/Unplayed in EpisodeInfo view
various changes in writing to DB in write block
Queue view is renamed to Queues view
in Queues view, when opening/closing Bin, the queues spinner on ToolBar is toggled with a title
added various Log.d statements in seeking to trace down the occasional random playing behavior

6.3.2

fixed crash of opening FeedEpisode view when "Use episode cover" is set
fixed crash of opening EpisodeInfo view on episode with unknown media size
fixed crash when cancelling download in a auto-download enabled feed
fixed mis-behavior of "Untagged" filter in combination with other filters in Subscriptions view
added "export selected feeds" in multi-select menu in Subscriptions view

6.3.1

fixed crash when playing episode with missing media file
fixed Queue view not opening the current queue

6.3.0

improved handling of playing next in queue when some items have been removed from the queue
changed toggle play state logic: New or Unplayed -> Played, Played -> Unplayed
episodes list views are more efficient and less error-prone, reduced dependence on events and relying more on DB live updates
added episode counts in queues list spinner in Queue view
resorted handling of various DB objects to managed type
took out the long-useless context menu codes from episodes list views
fixed crash when toggling Podcini during downloads
calmed some complaints on StrictMode policy UntaggedSocketViolation
adjusted some Composable sizes

6.2.2

added EpisodeMedia null relationship handling
in sleep timer setting, added "to end of episode" option
frequency of sleep timer check is reduced to every 10 seconds (from 1 second)
in Queue bin view, items' order is changed to descending
in Queue bin view, disabled some menu items
refined "remove from queue" operation when an episode ended playing
eliminated the double starts when playing the next episode in queue
re-ensured circular queue

6.2.1

likely fixed crash issue in Queue view during download
fully disabled down-swipe in Queue, AllEpisodes, History, and Downloads views

6.2.0

first foot into Jetpack Compose, various views are in Compose
in Queue view, added menu option to change the name of the active queue, with a Compose dialog
- Default queue can not be changed, only unique names are allowed
in Queue view, added menu option to add a new queue, maximum number of queues allowed is 10
in Downloads view, revealed the message toaster for Reconsile operation
added associated queue setting for feed, with three choices: Default, Active and Custom
- the default queue for every feed is Default
episodes added to queue upon downloading are added to the respective queues associated with the feed
fixed crash issue when multi-select actions in Subscriptions
added associated queue setting in multi-select actions in Subscriptions
playing an episode from an episodes list other than the queue is now a one-off play: no "next episode" to play, unless the episode is on the active queue, in which case, the next episode in the queue will be played
corrected the wrong displays in DownloadLog view
likely fixed crash issue when Podcini comes back from background during download
likely fixed a crash issue when deleting the last playing media in queue
updated various dependencies, media3 is up at 1.4.0

6.1.6

enabled swipe actions in Queue bin view (same actions as in Queue)
both icons of show bin and back to queue are changed to be more intuitive
bin items are sorted based on the update time
added a Reconsile feature in Downloads view that verifies episodes' download status with media files in system and performs cleanup
likely fixed syncing with nextcloud and gpoddernet servers.

6.1.5

minor adjustments on FeedInfo page, especially for handling long feed title
disabled feed updates via menu or down-swipe in Queue, AllEpisodes, History, and Downloads views
in multi-select menu, replaced add/remove favorite with "toggle favorites" and mark read/unread with "Toggle played"
added a bin for every queue for all removed episodes
added Bin view in Queue and action bar item to switch to/from Bin view.
in menu of Queue view added "Clean bin" and removed "Switch queue"
updated some dependencies

6.1.4

fixed issue of "mark excluded episodes played" checkbox not being reflected from the setting
in FeedSetting, fixed issue of auto-download options being enabled even if auto-download is not enabled
"Put in queue" changed to "Add to queue..." and added checkbox for removing from other queues
refined some handling on events
fixed issue of deleted episodes not being correctly handled in some lists
fixed issue of current media kept being played when removed or when removed from queue
in FeedEpisodes view, fixed (mostly) issue of not being promptly filtered when an episode state changes
when screen is turned back on during playback, PlayerUI is promptly updated

6.1.3

added feed setting in the header of FeedInfo view
in all episodes list views, click on an episode image brings up the FeedInfo view
added countingPlayed for auto download in feed setting, when set to false, downloaded episodes that have been played are not counted as downloaded to the limit of auto-download
fixed possible mal-function of feed sorting
improved feed sorting efficiency
improved feed update efficiency
in Subscriptions view added sorting info on every feed (List Layout only)
"Put to queue" text changed to "Put in queue"
in dialogs "Put in queue" and "Switch queue" the spinner is changed to lisst of radio buttons
likely fixed hang when switching queue sometimes

6.1.2

fixed crash issue when setting the inclusive or exclusive filters in feed auto-download setting
fixed player UI not updating on change of episode
changed title of Queues view to a spinner for easily switching queues
added "Put to queue" in multi-select menu putting selected episodes to a queue, this would also remove the episodes from any previous queues.
added condition checks for preparing enqueuing sync actions
in Subscriptions view added feeds filter based on feed preferences, in the same style as episodes filter

6.1.1

fixed player UI not updating on change of episode
fixed the mal-function of restoring previously backed-up OPML
reduced reactions to PlaybackPositionEvent
tuned AutoCleanup a bit
tuned and fixed some some issues in auto-downloaded

6.1.0

in FeedEpisode view fixed filtering after an episode's play state is changed
fixed refreshing a feed causes duplicate episodes in FeedEpisodes view
fixed the non-functioning of "Set navigation drawer items"
fixed crash when changing filter during media playing
item selection in list views only updates the selected item (rather than the whole list)
fixed episode action button not updated when deleting the media in episode list views
skipped concurrent calls for loading data in multiple views
toggle "Auto backup of OPML" in Settings will restart Podcini
automatically restoring backup of OPML upon new install is disabled. Instead, in AddFeed view, when subscription is empty and OPML backup is available, a dialog is shown to ask about restoring.
added auto downloadable to episodes filter
added download date to episodes sorting
added download date to feed sorting
auto download algorithm is changed to individual feed based.
- When auto download is enabled in the Settings, feeds to be auto-downloaded need to be separately enabled in the feed settings.
- Each feed also has its own download policy (only new episodes, newest episodes, and oldest episodes. newest episodes meaning most recent episodes new or old)
- Each feed has its own limit (Episode cache) for number of episodes downloaded, this limit rules in combination of the overall limit for the app.
- After auto download run, episodes with New status is changed to Unplayed.
- auto download feed setting dialog is also changed:
  - there are now separate dialogs for inclusive and exclusive filters where filter tokens can be specified independently
  - on exclusive dialog, there are optional check boxes "Exclude episodes shorter than" and "Mark excluded episodes played"
set default value of "Include in auto downloads" in feed setting to false
remove an episode from queue no longer triggers auto download
got rid of many string delegates, in favor of enums
some class restructuring

6.0.13

removed from preferences "Choose data folder", it's not suitable for newer Androids
some class restructuring, especially some functions moved out of Userpreferences
fixed issue of early termination when exporting a large set of media files
fixed the mal-functioning feeds and episodes search
updated realm.kotlin to 2.1.0

5.5.5

this is an extra minor release for better migration to Podcini 6
fixed issue (in 5.5.4) of terminating pre-maturely when exporting a large set of media files
this release is not updated to F-Droid due to Podcini 6 listing in progress

6.0.12

re-enabled import of downloaded media files, which can be used to migrate from 5.5.4. Media files imported are restricted to existing feeds and episodes.
importing media files is only allowed from a directory with name containing "Podcini-MediaFiles"
if you have imported some media files exported from 5.5.4 using version 6.0.10, these files are junk. You can opt for clearing storage or re-installing version 6, or you can ignore them for now as I plan to provide media file management functionality in the near future.

6.0.11

This is a minor release of subtraction: import of downloaded media files is temporarily disabled as it's more complicated than I thought. Imported file names from earlier versions aren't easily recognizable.

6.0.10

for better migrating from version 5, added export/import of downloaded media files: inter-operable with Podcini 5.5.4
importing media files is restricted to directory with name containing "Podcini-MediaFiles"
importing preferences is restricted directory with name containing "Podcini-Prefs"

5.5.4

this is an extra minor release for better migration to Podcini 6
added export/import of downloaded media files which can then be imported in Podcini 6
this release is not updated to F-Droid due to Podcini 6 listing in progress

6.0.9

This is the first release of Podcini.R version 6. If you have an older version installed, this release installs afresh in parallel with and is not compatible with older versions. Main changes are:

complete overhaul of database and routines, ditched the iron-age celebrity SQLite and entrusted the modern object-based Realm
export/import DB is supported for the Realm DB with file extension .realm
DB from Podcini version 5 and below can not be imported, if you need migration, see migrationTo6.md file on github for instructions
components rely more on objects for communication, unnecessary DB access is reduced
remove feeds is performed promptly in blocking way
feeds sorting is more explicit and bi-directional and in the same style as episodes sorting
feed order names changed in English (other languages need update)
grid view is enabled for Subscriptions and can be switched on in Settings->User interface
in Subscriptions view, click on cover image of a feed opens the FeedInfo view (not FeedEpisodes view)
in Subscriptions and episodes list views, corrected the issue of wrong images of episodes being shown when scrolling
receiving flow events are strictly tied to life cycles of the components
re-worked some events related to feed changes
queue is circular: if the final item in queue finished, the first item in queue (if exists) will get played
NavDrawer no longer gets updated in the background but only upon open
player control UI is more efficient
PlaybackController is further enhanced for multiple access
non-essential instantiations of PlaybackController are stripped
AudioPlayer view is hidden when there is no media set to play
playback routines are extensively tuned and cleaned, less layered
in any episode list views, swipe with NO_ACTION defined pops up the swipe config dialog
date of new episode is highlighted in episodes list views
in episodes sort dialog, "Date" is changed to "Publish date"
added more garbage collections
in preference "Delete Removes From Queue" is set to true by default
added in preference "Remove from queue when marked as played" and set it to true by default
added episode counts in Episodes and History views
enhanced play position updates in all episodes list views
added "Remove from favorites" in speed-dial menu
on PlayerDetailed and EpisodeHome views the home button on action bar has a toggle
FeedInfo view has button showing number of episodes to open the FeedEpisodes view
on action bar of FeedEpisodes view there is a direct access to Queue
tidied up the header of FeedEpisodes view
media size is shown on episode info view
net-fetching of media size for not-downloaded media is removed for episode list views
there is a setting to disable/enable auto backup OPML files to Google
InTheatre object is now the center reference for all currently playing stuff including the current play queue
5 queues are provided by default: Default queue, and Queues 1-4
- all queue operations are on the curQueue, which can be set in all episodes list views
- on app startup, the most recently updated queue is set to curQueue
progressive loading in some episodes list views are more efficient
on importing preferences, PlayerWidgetPrefs is ignored
position updates to widget is also set for every 5 seconds
in FeedEpisodes view, refresh only performs on the single feed (rather than all feeds)
VariableSpeed dialog is no longer depends on the controller
Tapping the media playback notification opens Podcini
Long-press filter button in FeedEpisode view enables/disables filters without changing filter settings
in wifi sync and episode progress export/import, changed start position and added played duration for episodes (compatible with 5.5.3), this helps for the statistics view at the importer to correctly show imported progress without having to do "include marked played"
the Counter and its seetings are removed
all RxJava code was replaced with coroutines, RxJava dependency is kept only for using fyyd search
PlaybackPreferences using SharePreferences was removed and related info is handled by the DB as CurrentState
decade-old joanzapata iconify is replaced with mikepenz iconics
removed the need for support libraries and the need for the jetifier
Java tools checkstyle and spotbus are removed
the clumsy FeedDrawerItem class was removed and related components are based purely on feed objects
code is now built with Kotlin 2.0.0
for more details, see the changelogs in pre-release versions

6.0.8

feeds sorting dialog layout is set to single column due to potential long text issue
fixed issue of not being able to copy text from player detailed view
fixed issue of some menu icon not correctly shown in dark theme
fixed issue of results not updated in views when deleting episodes
fixed issue of downloaded episode still showing as New
fixed sorting on All Episodes view
added more garbage collections

6.0.7

feeds sorting is bi-directional and in the same style as episodes sorting
feed order names changed in English (other languages need update)
date of new episode is highlighted in episodes list views
fixed issue of tags not being properly handled

6.0.6

minor class re-structuring
adjusted FeedPreferences to incorporate some previously ignored properties
enabled selection of .json files when importing progress
in wifi sync and episode progress export/import, changed start position and added played duration for episodes (available from 5.5.3), this helps for the statistics view at the importer to correctly show imported progress without having to do "include marked played"

5.5.3

this is an extra minor release for better migration to Podcini 6
in wifi sync and episode progress export/import, changed start position and added played duration for episodes
this helps for the statistics view at the importer to correctly show imported progress without having to do "include marked played"
this release is not updated to F-Droid due to Podcini 6 release in progress

6.0.5

fixed threading issue of downloading multiple episodes
tidied up and fixed the mal-functioning statistics view
tidied up routine of delete media
fixed issue of episode not properly marked after complete listening
fixed redundant double-pass processing in episodes filter
in episodes sort dialog, "Date" is changed to "Publish date"
in preference "Delete Removes From Queue" is set to true by default
added in preference "Remove from queue when marked as played" and set it to true by default
added episode counts in Episodes and History views
enhanced a bit on progress import
restricted file types for DB import to only a .realm file and Progress import to a .json file
enhanced play position updates in all episodes list views
remove feeds is performed in blocking way

6.0.4

bug fix on ShareDialog having no argument
tuned and fixed menu issues in EpisodeIndo and PlayerDetailed views
corrected current order in FeedEpisode sort dialog
fixed sorting in Subscriptions view
fixed tags spinner update issue in Subscriptions view
made various episodes list views to reflect change on status changes of episodes
fixed DB write error when deleting a feed
fixed illegal index error in AllEpisodes and History views when the list is empty
synchronized feeds list update when adding or deleting multiple feeds
added "Remove from favorites" in speed-dial menu

6.0.3

minor class restructuring
PlayerDetailed view updates properly when new episode starts playing
on PlayerDetailed and EpisodeHome views the home button on action bar has a toggle
progressive loading in some episodes list views are more efficient
live monitoring feed changes in DB
re-worked some events related to feed changes
fixed issue of player skipping to next or fast-forwarding past the end
fixed issue of not properly handling widgets (existing since some release of version 5)
grid view is enabled for Subscriptions and can be switched on in Settings->User interface
on importing preferences, PlayerWidgetPrefs is ignored
position updates to widget is also set for every 5 seconds
further class restructuring and code cleaning

6.0.2

filtered query for episodes is more efficient
fixed performance and crash issues in AllEpisodes view with large dataset
fixed performance issue in Downloads view
in FeedEpisodes view, refresh only performs on the single feed (rather than all feeds)
VariableSpeed dialog is no longer depends on the controller

6.0.1

removing a list of feeds is speedier
fixed issue of not starting the next in queue
queue is circular: if the final item in queue finished, the first item in queue (if exists) will get played
fixed crash issue in AudioPlayer due to view uninitialized
improved efficiency of getFeed
Tapping the media playback notification opens Podcini
Long-press filter button in FeedEpisode view enables/disables filters without changing filter settings

6.0.0

complete overhaul of database and routines, ditched the iron-age celebrity SQLite and entrusted the modern object-based Realm
export/import DB is supported for the Realm DB with file extension .realm
DB from Podcini version 5 and below can not be imported, see migrationTo6.md file on github for instructions
deleting feeds is performed promptly
components rely more on objects for communication, unnecessary DB access is reduced
subscriptions sorting is more explicit
in Subscriptions view, click on cover image of a feed opens the FeedInfo view (not FeedEpisodes view)
in Subscriptions and episodes list views, corrected the issue of wrong images of episodes being shown when scrolling
the Counter and its seetings are removed
flow event additions and improvements
receiving flow events are strictly tied to life cycles of the components
NavDrawer no longer gets updated in the background but only upon open
player control UI is more efficient
PlaybackController is further enhanced for multiple access
non-essential instantiations of PlaybackController are stripped
AudioPlayer view is hidden when there is no media set to play
playback routines are extensively tuned and cleaned, less layered
in any episode list views, swipe with NO_ACTION defined pops up the swipe config dialog
episodes marked played will be removed from all queues
in EpisodeInfo view, "mark played/unplayed", "add to/remove from queue", and "favoraite/unfovorite" are at the action bar
decade-old joanzapata iconify is replaced with mikepenz iconics
removed the need for support libraries and the need for the jetifier
Java tools checkstyle and spotbus are removed
the clumsy FeedDrawerItem class was removed and related compponents are based purely on feed objects
FeedInfo view has button showing number of episodes to open the FeedEpisodes view
on action bar of FeedEpisodes view there is a direct access to Queue
tidied up the header of FeedEpisodes view
media size is shown on episode info view
net-fetching of media size for not-downloaded media is removed for episode list views
there is a setting to disable/enable auto backup OPML files to Google
all RxJava code was replaced with coroutines, RxJava dependency is kept only for using fyyd search
PlaybackPreferences using SharePreferences was removed and related info is handled by the DB as CurrentState
InTheatre object is now the center reference for all currently playing stuff including the current play queue
5 queues are provided by default: Default queue, and Queues 1-4
- all queue operations are on the curQueue, which can be set in all episodes list views
- on app startup, the most recently updated queue is set to curQueue
extensive adjustments project class structures
code is now built with Kotlin 2.0.0

5.5.2

another minor release for better migration to Podcini 6
in wifi sync and episode progress export/import, included favorites info for episodes

5.5.1

a minor release for better migration to Podcini 6
in wifi sync and episode progress export/import, included the info for episodes not played or not finished playing but marked as played

5.5.0

likely fixed Nextcloud Gpoddersync fails
fixed text not accepted issue in "add podcast using rss feed"
removed kotlin-stdlib dependency to improve build speed
cleaned out the commented-out RxJava code
added export/import of episode progress for migration to future versions. the exported content is the same as with instant sync: all the play progress of episodes (completed or not)
this is likely the last release of Podcini 5, sauf perhaps any minor bugfixes.
the next Podcini overhauls the entire DB routines, SQLite is replaced with the object-based Realm, and is not compatible with version 5 and below.

5.4.2

likely fixed crash issue when the app is restarted after long idle
fixed null pointer crash issue in when trying to report player error
fixed null pointer crash issue when open player detailed view with online episode
likely fixed the audio break issue when streaming some podcasts, particularly those related to "iHeart" (actually the server has some invalid settings, someone should notify them). this should take effect with episodes in both subscribed or online feeds

5.4.1

fixed occasional crash of detecting existing OPML file for new install
should have fixed the mal-functioning earphone buttons

5.4.0

replaced thread with coroutines in DBWrite
reduced startup lags of the app, various views, and media playing
tidied up preferences accesses
updated SwipeActions to the new DefaultLifecycleObserver
added more options for default page
added link info in episode info view

5.3.1

fixed crash issue on some device when attempting to remove item from queue multiple times
improved efficiency of getNextInQueue in DBReader

5.3.0

change normal scope to life cycle scope when possible
replaced EventBus with Kotlin SharedFlow, be mindful of possible issues
added sort order based on episode played or completed times, accessible from various episodes' list views
in history view, dates shown on items are last-played dates
in history view added sort and date filter
more conversion of RxJava routines to Kotlin coroutines
fixed crash issue sometimes when importing OPOL files
fixed crash issue in About view

5.2.1

fixed issue of play/pause button not correctly updated in Queue

5.2.0

suppressed log.d messages in release app (unbelievable incomplete suppression last time)
made loadAdditionalFeedItemListData of DBReader a bit more efficient
reduced unnecessary loading of media info in AudioPlayer
tuned playback controller for efficiency
improved player details view and corrected issue of showing wrong info
tuned episode info view for efficiency
tuned feed info view for start efficiency
tuned and slimmed down the drawer: number of Subscriptions now shows the number of subscriptions
replaced many RxJava stuff with Kotlin Coroutines

5.1.0

properly destroys WebView objects
fixed issue loading image lacking a header
preferences now can be exported/imported

5.0.1

fixed crash when opening Import/Export in settings

5.0.0

experimental (back up before use) release of instant sync between devices on the same wifi network without a server
have media3 exoplayer taking over all audio focus controls to better cooperate with other media players. be mindful of any possible issues
fixed some icon handling issues noticed on Android 14
overhauled image handling routines, replaced Glide with Coil: efficiency improved, app lighter, and lots of exception issues eliminated, though appearance not fully replicated
suppressed log.d messages in release app
fixed search failure bug introduced with adding of transcript column
fixed a null pointer exception when opening online feed providing null connection type
fixed bug of episodes being mostly duplicated in online feed episodes view
fixed play/pause button not correctly set sometimes
fixed position not correctly shown sometimes
fixed position not correctly set on starting streaming
fixed issue with long-press on the Skip button
player status has now a single point of reference
player detailed view is only initialized at first open
instant (or wifi) sync can be accessed from Settings->Synchronization, where an instruction is shown
it syncs the play states (position and played) of episodes that exist in both devices (ensure to refresh first) and that have been played (completed or not) on at least one device
so far, every sync is a full sync, no subscription feeds sync, and no media files sync

4.10.1

fixed crash issue when TTS engine is not available on device
in feed item list view, only start TTS engine when some episodes have no media

4.10.0

fixed media info on notification widget
added in DB column "transcript" in feed items table to store episode home reader text fetched from the website
added TTS button for fetching transcript (if not exist) and then generating audio file from the transcript
in episode list view, if episode has no media, TTS button is shown if audio file is not yet generated, otherwise Play/Pause button is shown
TTS audio files are playable in the same way as local media (with speed setting, pause and rewind/forward)
when a no-media episode is deleted, the audio file is deleted
episode home view opens reader mode first
button1 in episode info view is set to invisible if no media
fixed feed sorting "unread publication date"

4.9.6

fixed the nasty bug of marking multiple items played when one is finished playing
merged PlayerWrapper class into LocalMediaPlayer

4.9.5

added action bar option in episode home view to switch on/off JavaScript
added share notes menu item in reader mode of episode home view
TTS speed uses playback speed of the feed or 1.0
on player detailed view, if showing episode home reader content, then "share notes" shares the reader content
fixed bug of not re-playing a finished episode
fixed (possibly) bug of marking multiple items played when one is finished playing

4.9.4

fixed non-functioning pause button in queue list
fixed player control buttons not being properly activated
enabled the function for auto downloading of feeds
- when global auto download setting is enabled, no existing feed is automatically included for auto download
- when subscribing a new feed, there an option for auto download
- new episode of a feed is auto downloaded at a feed refresh only when both global and feed settings for auto download are enabled

4.9.3

show toast message when episode home views are not available
fixed crash bug on app startup when player buttons are clicked before play
large codebase cleaning
episode home menu item is disable on video player

4.9.2

fixed the action buttons on notification widget. bit strange with the order though as they appear different on my Android 9 and Android 14 devices
media3 requires quite some logic change, so be mindful with any issues

4.9.1

reader mode of episode home view observes the theme of the app
reader mode content of episode home view is cached so that subsequent loading is quicker
episode home reader content can be switched on in player detailed view from the action bar

4.9.0

fixed bug of player always expands when changing audio
migrated to media3's MediaSession and MediaLibraryService though no new features added with this. some behavior might change or issues might arise, need to be mindful
when video mode is temporarily audio only, click on image on audio player on a video episode also brings up the normal player detailed view
added a menu action item in player detailed view to turn to fullscreen video for video episode
added episode home view accessible right from episode info view. episode home view has two display modes: webpage or reader.
added text-to-speech function in the reader mode. there is a play/pause button on the top action bar, when play is pressed, text-to-speech will be used to play the text. play features now are controlled by system setting of the TTS engine. Advanced operations in Podcini are expected to come later.
RSS feeds with no playable media can be subscribed and read/listened via the above two ways

4.8.0

fixed empty player detailed view on first start
player detailed view scrolls to the top on a new episode
created video episode view, with video player on top and episode descriptions in portrait mode
added video player mode setting in preferences, set to small window by default
added on video controller easy switches to other video mode or audio only
when video mode is set to audio only, click on image on audio player on a video episode brings up the normal player detailed view
webkit updated to Androidx
fixed bug in setting speed to wrong categories
improved fetching of episode images when invalid addresses are given

4.7.1

enabled speed setting for podcast in video player
fixed bug of receiving null view in function requiring non-null in subscriptions page
set Counter default to number of SHOW_UNPLAYED
removed FeedCounter.SHOW_NEW, NewEpisodesNotification, and associated notifications settings

4.7.0

large code and directory refactoring
removed all checks of SDK_INT vs Build.VERSION_CODES.M or 23: devices with Android 5.1 or lower are not supported, sorry.
made streamed media somewhat equivalent to downloaded media
- enabled episode description on player detailed view
- enabled intro- and end- skipping
- mark as played when finished
- streamed media is added to queue and is resumed after restart
changes in text of share feed link
disabled some undesired deep links

4.6.2

min SDK version bumped to 23 for Android Auto support: : devices with Android 5.1 or lower are not supported, sorry.
it should now work on Android Auto

4.6.1

fixed bug on intro- and end- skipping
new notice on need of notifications for Android 13 and newer (in selected languages only )

4.6.0

added more info in online feed view
added ability to open podcast from webpage address, reduced the error of "The podcast host's server sent a website, not a podcast"
allows importing podcast from a web address, either through copy/paste or share.
Youtube channels are accepted from external share or paste of address in podcast search view, and can be subscribed as a normal podcast. A channel is handled as a podcast feed, and videos in the channel are as episodes. Drawbacks now are playing of the video is not handled inside Podcini, but in Youtube app or the browser, and the play speed is not controlled by Podcini.

4.5.4

fixed crash bug when setting fallback or fast-forward speeds with some Locales
further enlarged height of the bottom player control to improve on missing pixels at the bottom
on speed setting dialog, only tap on a preset chip sets the speed, only selected options will be set
corrected the handling of current audio speed:
- when speed for current audio is not set, podcast speed takes precedence
- when speed for current audio is set, it takes precedence for the current audio (episode), even with pause/re-play

4.5.3

corrected wrong caption of "Edit fallback speed"
adjusted layout and button dimension and alignments in the bottom player control
fallback speed setting is now capped at 0.0 and 3.0 and allows for 2-digit precision
corrected episode count display in subscriptions list when the feed has 0 episodes

4.5.2

revamped audio player class, merged external player in
speed setting now allows setting with three options: current audio, podcast, and global.
added a bit bottom margin for the numbers in player

4.5.1

fixed bug in subscription sorting

4.5.0

fixed bug of sort order not stable in feed item list
in Subscriptions view added sorting of "Unread publication date"
added preference "Fast Forward Speed" under "Playback" in settings with default value of 0.0, dialog allows setting a float number (capped between 0.0 and 10.0)
added preference "Fallback Speed" under "Playback" in settings with default value of 0.0, dialog allows setting a float number (capped between 0.0 and 1.5)
added new ways to manipulate play speed
the "Skip to next episode" button
- long-press moves to the next episode
- by default, single tap does nothing
- if the user customize "Fast Forward Speed" to a value greater than 0.1, it behaves in the following way:
  - single tap during play, the set speed is used to play the current audio
  - single tap again, the original play speed resumes
  - single tap not during play has no effect
the Play button
- by default, it behaves the same as usual
- if the user customize "Fallback speed" to a value greater than 0.1, long-press the button during play enters the fallback mode and plays at the set fallback speed, single tap exits the fallback mode

4.4.3

created online feed view fragment
online episodes list view is no longer restricted to 50 episodes
online episodes list view now better handles icons
online episodes list view goes back to the online feed view
the original online feed view activity is stripped and now only preserved for receiving shared feed
externally shared feed opens in the online feed view fragment

4.4.2

converted ksp back to kapt
unrestricted the titles to 2 lines in player details view
fixed once again the bug of player disappear on first play
some code refactoring

4.4.1

fixed bug of app crash on stream episode customization
disabled usesCleartextTraffic, connection to http sites appear OK, report if you find an issue
enforced non-null load location for most Glide calls
avoided redundant media loadings and ui updates when a new audio starts
eliminated frequent list search during audio play, a serious energy waste
icons in online episode list, when unavailable, are set to app logo

4.4.0

added direct search of feeds related to author in feed info view
added a new episodes list fragment for arbitrary list
revamped online feed view activity
episodes (50 most recent) of any online feed can be viewed and played (streamed) directly without subscribing to the feed
bug fixes on passing Glide with null addresses
null safety enhancements in code

4.3.4

fixed bug player disappear on first play
more viewbinding GC enhancements
added sort by feed title in downloads view
more items on action bar in feed item list view
some cleaning of redundant qualifiers
sort dialog no longer dims the main view
added random sort to feed items view

4.3.3

fixed bug in adding widget to home screen
minor adjustment of widget layout
added "audio only" to action bar in video player
added "mark favorite" to action bar in episode view
revamped and enhanced expanded view of the player
vertical swipe no longer collapses the expanded view
only the down arrow on top left page collapses the expanded view
share notes directly from expanded view of the player
in episode info, changed rendering of description, removed nested scroll

4.3.2

further optimized efficiencies of episode info view
episode info view opened from icon is now the same as that opened from title area, no long supports horizontal swipes (change from 4.2.7)
enhanced viewbingding GC
some code cleaning

4.3.1

titles of played episodes are made brighter
icons of played episodes are marked with a check
icons of swipe telltales are clickable for setting
Straightened up play speed setting
- three places to set the play speed:
- global setting at the preference
- setting for a feed: either use global or customize
- setting at the player: set for current playing and save for global
- feed setting takes precedence when playing an episode

4.3.0

added more info about feeds in the online search view
fixed bug of preview not playing
disabled feed filters setting in preference
"open feed" is an action item on audio player top bar
added swipe action telltales in all episode lists
added NO_ACTION swipe action
all default swipe actions are set to NO_ACTION
cleaned up swipe preferences ui: statistics removed

4.2.7

disabled drag actions when in multi-select mode (fixed crash bug)
renewed PodcastIndex API keys
added share notes menu option in episode view
#20
- press on title area of an episode now opens the episode info faster and more economically - without horizontal swipe
- press on the icon of an episode opens the episode info the original way - with horizontal swipe

4.2.6

corrected action icons for themes
revealed info bar in Downloads view
revealed info bar in Subscriptions view
reset tags list in Subscriptions when new tag is added

4.2.5

change in click operation
- click on title area opens the podcast/episode
- long-press on title area automatically enters in selection mode
- select all above or below are put to action bar together with select all
- operations are only on the selected (single or multiple)
- popup menus for single item operation are disabled
in podcast view, the title bar no longer scrolls off screen

4.2.4

fixed the "getValue() can not be null" bug
enabled ksp for Kotlin builds
cleaned up build.gradle files

4.2.3

fixed bug Inbox still set as default first tab
cleaned up Inbox related resources
removed info button in FeedItemList header
added items count in FeedItemList header
fixed bug in FeedItemList when filtered list has no items
buildConfig is set in build.gradle instead of gradle.properties

4.2.2

bug fix on auto-download mistakenly set in 4.2.1
Sorry for another change in click operation
- long-press on an icon would be the same as a click
- click on title area allows operation on the single item
- long-press on title area would allow for multi-select

4.2.1

Statistics moved to the drawer
tuned down color of player controller
Subscriptions menu adjustment
Subscriptions filter is disabled for now
more null safety tuning
fixed the refresh bug related to permissions
long-press operation has changed
- long-press on title area would be the same as a click
- click on an icon allows operation on the single item
- long-press on an icon would allow for multi-select

4.2.0

Removed InBox feature
improvement on player UI
episode description now on first page of player popup page
localization updates

4.1.0

New convenient player control
tags enhancements
bug fixes
View binding enabled for mode views in code

4.0.1

project restructured as a single module
new Subscriptions screen
default page to Subscriptions
Home removed

3.2.5

fixed feed refresh and info bugs

3.2.4

minor efficiency improvements

3.2.3

First Podcini app
removed unnecessary network access when screen is on to save more battery
fixed issue with changing playback speed on S21 Android 14

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