Auxio/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

dev [v2.3.2, v2.4.0, or v3.0.0]

What's New

• Folders on external drives can now be excluded on Android Q+ [#134]
• Playback bar now has a skip action
• When playing, the cover now shows an animated indicator

What's Improved

• The toolbar in the home UI now collapses when scrolling
• The toolbar layout is now consistent with Material Design 3
• Genre parsing now handles multiple integer values and cover/remix indicators (May wipe playback state)

What's Fixed

• Playback bar now picks the larger inset in case that gesture inset is missing [#149]

Dev/Meta

• New translations [Fjuro -> Czech]
• Moved music loading to a foreground service
• Phased out ImageButton for MaterialButton
• Unified icon sizing

v2.3.1

What's Improved

• Loading UI is now more clear and easy-to-use
• Made album/artist/genre grouping order consistent (May change genre images)

What's Fixed

• Fixed crash when seeking to the end of a track as the track changed to a track with a lower duration
• Fixed regression where GadgetBridge media controls would no longer work
• Fixed bug where music would be incorrectly reloaded on a hot restart
• Fixed issue where the album/artist/genre would not be correctly restored
• Fixed issue where items would not highlight properly in the detail UI
• Fixed hypothetical issue where widget would cause an OOM on large devices

Dev/Meta

• New translations [yurical -> Korean, qwerty287 -> German]
• Switched from LiveData to StateFlow
• Use notifyItemChanged instead of directly mutating ViewHolder instances.
• Added highly experimental ExoPlayer metadata backend (not enabled in-app)

v2.3.0

What's New

• Added disc number support
• Added ReplayGain support for below-reference volume tracks [i.e positive ReplayGain values]
• Added ReplayGain pre-amp customization
• About screen now shows counts for multiple types of library items, alongside a total duration
• New disc, track, song count, and duration sorting modes

What's Improved

• Re-enabled theme customization on Android 12
• The tab selector now hides itself when there is only one tab
• Made the cover on the thin widget larger

What's Fixed

• Fixed incorrect ellipsizing on song items
• Fixed a variety of esoteric crashes with queue state
• Fixed music indexing error when the OS would not provide a file name
• Fixed icon corruptions on lollipop devices

What's Changed

• Audio focus is no longer configurable
• Made the layout of album songs more similar to other songs

Dev/Meta

• Updated translations [Konstantin Tutsch -> German, cccClyde -> Chinese, Gsset -> Russian, enricocid -> Italian]
• Switched to spotless and ktfmt instead of ktlint
• Migrated constants to centralized table
• Introduced new RecyclerView framework
• Use native ExoPlayer AudioFocus implementation
• Make ReplayGain functionality use AudioProcessor instead of volume
• Removed databinding [Greatly reduces compile times]
• Start using Material You dialogs
• An uncountable amount of internal codebase improvements

v2.2.2

What's New

• New spanish translations and metadata [courtesy of n-berenice]

What's Improved

• Rounded images are more nuanced
• Shuffle and Repeat mode buttons now have more contrast when they are turned on

What's Fixed

• Fixed crash on certain devices running Android 10 and lower when a differing theme from the system theme was used [#80]
• Fixed music loading failure that would occur when certain paths were parsed [#84]
• Fixed incorrect track numbers when the tag was formatted as NN/TT [#88]
• Fixed years deliberately set as "0" showing up as "No Date"
• Fixed headset management unexpectedly starting audio when the app initially opens
• Fixed crash that would occur during a playback restore with specific queue states [#89]
• Partially fixed buggy behavior when multiple queue items were dragged in quick succession

What's Changed

• All cover art is now cropped to a 1:1 aspect ratio
• Headset focus has been replaced with headset autoplay. It can no longer be disabled.

Dev/Meta

• Enabled elevation drop shadows below Android P for consistency
• Switches now have a disabled state
• Reworked dynamic color usage
• Reworked logging
• Upgrade ExoPlayer to v2.17.0 [Eliminates custom fork]

v2.2.1

What's Improved

• Updated chinese translations [courtesy of cccClyde]
• Use proper material you top app bars
• Use body typography in correct places
• Expose file opening functionality better

What's Fixed

• Fixed issue where playback would start unexpectedly when opening the app

What's Changed

• Disabled audio focus customization on Android 12 [#75]

v2.2.0

What's New:

• Added Arabic translations [Courtesy of hasanpasha]
• Improved Russian translations [Courtesy of lisiczka43]
• Added option to reload the music library

What's Improved:

• Songs now show their specific artist name instead of the name of the artist they are grouped up in
• Artists are now grouped up case-insensitively
• Songs of different file formats are now grouped up into a single album
• Reworked typography slightly
• Invalid track numbers [i.e 0] will now be shown as a generic song icon

What's Fixed:

• Fixed crash on some devices configured to use French or Czech translations
• Malformed indices should now be corrected when the playback state is restored
• Fixed issue where track numbers would not be shown in the native language's numeric format
• Fixed issue where the preference view would apply the M3 switches inconsistently
• Fixed issue where the now playing indicator on the playback screen would use an internal name

Dev/Meta:

• Removed 1.4.X compat
• Added new changelog document
• Reworked contribution info and templates

v2.1.0

What's New:

• Switched to a single queue system [i.e Play Next/Add to queue]
• Added ReplayGain support [Experimental]
• New russian translations [Courtesy of Vladimir Kosolapov]
• New chinese translations [Courtesy of cccClyde]
• Android 12L support
• Added option to round album covers for visual cohesion
• Added FLAC support for devices on Android Oreo and lower
• Added edge-to-edge support on devices on Android Oreo and lower

What's Improved:

• Increased mosaic quality
• Enabled black theme on Android 12+
• Content now fades when the playback view is expanding
• Improved layouts on small and large screens
• Improved how the app handles audio focus
• Improved how invalid years and durations are handled
• Use Material 3 switches in the settings menu

What's Fixed:

• Fixed issue where the playback view would be hard to swipe up to when using gesture navigation
• Band-aided completely broken layouts in split screen mode
• Fixed crash in the playback view when a song's duration was 0
• Fixed issue where apps like GadgetBridge would not detect Auxio

Dev/Meta:

• ExoPlayer is now a local dependency
• Added ExoPlayer metadata support for Ogg Vorbis and Opus

v2.0.1

What's Fixed:

• Fixed problem where the compact playback controls would not work
• Fixed unusable playback layout on small screens

v2.0.0

What's New:

• Auxio has a new look derived from Material 3
• Material You support on Android 12
• Library and song view have been merged into a unified view
• Shuffle can now be accessed everywhere
• Media indexer now supports album artists
• Accents are now more vibrant and varied
• One can now slide up the compact playback view to reveal the full playback view
• Redesigned widgets to respect album art and increase visual cohesion
• Added song sorting [#16]
• Added default tab customization [#12]
• Added album, artist, and year sorting options
• Added descending order to all sorting options
• Added czech translations [Courtesy of Fjuro]
• Fast scroller has been replaced with a scrollbar with fast scroll capabilities

What's Improved:

• Improved playback persistence [State will be wiped]
• Improved accessibility everywhere
• Streamlined the search UI
• Improved queue UI
• Improved detail UI
• Unified appbar behavior
• Songs with accented characters will now show up in search when using their non-accented counterparts
• Removed loading screen
• Artist/Genre images now respect the "Ignore MediaStore Covers" setting
• Ascending order now works properly with years
• Fixed poor UI on Lollipop devices

What's Fixed:

• Switched to a new play icon [Fixes seam/alignment issues]
• Fixed issue where notifications would not be colored on samsung phones
• Re-added the german translations that were accidentally removed in 1.4.2
• Fixed issue where links could not be opened on Android 11+
• Fix crash that would occur when rotating the dialog
• Fixed issue where cover art could not be loaded at all on some devices [#51]
• Fixed issue where widgets would have unusable UIs on certain device configurations
• Fixed issue where older launchers will not show a widget preview on android 12
• Fixed duplicate songs appearing on some devices

What's Changed:

• Removed colorize notification option
• Removed deep orange and blue grey accents

Dev/Meta:

• Migrated to material entirely
• Reworked UI dimensions to line up with material design
• Use color selectors in more places
• Eliminated legacy size classifiers
• Created new architecture document

v1.4.2

What's New:

• Added Widgets
• Android 12 support

What's Improved:

• Fast scroller now truncates more aggressively when there is not enough space
• Minor improvements to layout hierarchy
• Detail text/track numbers will no longer shrink
• Loading screen has been tweaked to line up with the rest of Auxio

What's Fixed:

• Fixed issue where the new about screen would be cut off in landscape mode
• Fixed issue where songs from two albums with the same year would be incorrectly shown in the artist view

Dev/Meta:

• Added license boilerplate

v1.4.1

What's New:

• Added black dark theme
• Added a fast-scroller to the library view
• Redesigned the about screen
• Added full spanish translations [Courtesy of tesphil]
• Added an option to pause when a song repeats [#29]

What's Improved:

• Article sort is now used everywhere
• Improved german translations [Courtesy of qwerty287]

What's Fixed:

• Fixed problem where cover art would disappear on the lock screen
• Fixed problem where playback controls would not work on the lock screen [#20]
• Fixed issue where fast-scroller indicators would not line up for titles starting with "An"

Dev/Meta:

• Updated ExoPlayer to 2.14.2
• Completely refactored UI styling
• Added permission documentation [#22]
• Removed the ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE permission [#22]
• Added icon to metadata [#25]

v1.4.0

What's New

• Artist view now shows a list of songs
• Loop functionality now has a new, more sensible behavior
• Dialogs have been revamped with a new style
• Added complete dutch translation [Courtesy of timnea]

What's Improved

• Changed the header font to be cleaner
• Completely rolled custom dialog system
• Blacklisted directories are now chosen through the built-in file picker
• Improved opening links in the about dialog
• Restore system now uses unique identifiers, increasing reliability and speed [Will wipe previous state]
• Grey accent in dark mode has been made more visible
• The queue will now reflect the current album/artist/genre sort
• Album/artist/genre sort is now remembered when the app restarts

What's Fixed

• Fixed issue where the scroll thumb would briefly display on the Songs UI
• Fixed issue where fast scrolling could be triggered outside the bounds of the indicators
• Fixed issue where the wrong playing item would be highlighted if the names were identical
• Fixed a crash when the thumb was moved above the fast scroller [Back-ported to 1.3.3, included in this release officially]

Dev/Meta

• Migrated fully to material design
• Int preferences are now used everywhere
• Upgraded ExoPlayer to 2.13.3
• Eliminated dependence on JCenter
• Eliminated Material Dialogs and Browser dependencies

v1.3.3

What's Fixed

• Fixed crash that would occur when the app would shut down, preventing the playback state from being saved

Dev/Meta

• Explicitly declared dependencies
• Completely integrated fast-scroller code into codebase

v1.3.2

What's New

• Added the ability to exclude directories from indexing [#6]
• Accents have been redone to improve visibility and UI simplicity
• Enabled wake lock functionality

What's Improved

• Queue UI no longer navigates away when playing from a file
• Songs UI no longer keeps scroll momentum when fast scrolling
• Improved handling of old genre names
• Changed the header font to be cleaner
• Improved mosaic quality

What's Fixed

• Fixed issue where prominent genre would display incorrectly on artist view
• Fixed issue where AudioFocus would begin playback spontaneously
• Fixed issue where AudioFocus would not restore volume to 100% after ducking
• Fixed issue where the last item in the queue would be behind the navigation bar in edge-to-edge mode
• Fixed issues with the playback restore process (Current state will be wiped on update)
• Fixed buggy behavior when shuffle is toggled inside queue UI

Dev/Meta

• Updated exoplayer to 2.13.2
• Updated navigation to 2.3.4

v1.3.1

What's New

• Added the ability to play a song from a file
• Added ability to manually save the playback state

What's Improved

• Optimized icons
• Updated the animation of the compact controls to be faster
• Songs without genres are now placed into an unknown genre

What's Fixed

• Fixed issue where the music load would fail from repeated genre applications [#4]
• Fixed crash that would occur on the songs UI due to bad music loading [#5]

Dev/Meta

• New tagline and description
• Rewrote loading UI
• Rewrote notification code

v1.3.0

What's New:

• Added west-european translations [German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Portugese]
• Added east-european translations [Romanian, Greek, Russian, Ukranian, Polish, Hungarian]
• Added asian translations [Hindi, Indonesian, Chinese, Korean]
• Added middle-eastern translations [Turkish]

What's Improved:

• Optimized image loading even further
• Improved the UI on smaller tablets
• Updated the playback UIs to look better on all devices
• Improved the look of the play/pause button
• Compact controls slide up instead of fade in

What's Fixed:

• Fixed RTL layout issues
• Fixed elevation problems on the compact controls
• Fixed issue where a seam would show up on the play icon on certain displays
• Fixed issue where you could still collapse the toolbar on the search view with no results
• Fixed issue where an album would not show up as playing if played from the artist UI

Dev/Meta:

• Added fastlane metadata
• Updated Exoplayer to 2.12.3
• Updated Coil to 1.1.1
• Updated support libraries to 1.3.0
• Added architecture document
• Simplified themes

v1.2.0

What's New

• The detail UIs have been redesigned to show the Play and Shuffle options front-and-center
• The Toolbars on the detail UIs have been made more visually appealing
• Images on the detail UIs now have a shadow applied to them
• Albums now have a "Go to artist" option in their menu
• Navigation has been made much for fluid and straightforward
• Search has been moved to a dedicated tab
• Added option to filter searches by Song, Album, Artist, and Genre

What's Improved

• The sorting menu is now a dedicated menu instead of an overflow menu, improving accessibility
• Disk-Caching with Coil is now completely turned off
• Tablet layouts have been made more visually appealing
• Made the icons in the Playback UI look better
• Queues are now properly sorted when not shuffled

What's Fixed

• Fixed issue where audio focus would resume after an interruption even if explicitly paused by the user
• Fixed a crash that would occur when a song with no genre was played from its genre
• Fixed a crash that would occur from the settings being accessed before they were created
• Fixed an issue where the keyboard will stay visible when navigating to something
• Fixed multiple memory leaks
• Fixed problem where the fast scroll indicator on the Songs UI would be slightly off
• Fixed issue where rewinding wouldn't cause the playback to start again
• Fixed problem where the artist play action wouldn't work

What's Changed

• "Remember Shuffle" is now on by default

v1.1.0

What's New

• Rewrote the music loading system to be much faster
• Genres are now song-based instead of artist-based
• When an album is being played, that album will be highlighted in the artist UI
• If a song is playing from a genre, that song will be highlighted in the genre UI
• Switched to a new audio focus system that allows for volume reduction & auto-resuming
• Added option not to load cover art
• Added option to ignore MediaStore cover art
• Added option to play a song from its genre

What's Improved

• Made Genre/Artist/Album UIs more efficient
• Playback state restores are now more reliable if the music library changes
• Optimized ExoPlayer for audio playback
• Landscape support is now better for phones/tablets
• Optimized how Coil is used
• Items are now shown in two columns instead of three when a phone is in landscape

What's Fixed

• Stop the play/pause button from animating on the Now Playing screen
• Stopped coil from increasing the app size over time due to needless disk caching
• Enabled constant bitrate seeking, allowing for AAC/certain MP3s to be seekable

What's Changed

• Rewind threshold option has been removed
• "Play from artist", "Play from album", and "Play from All Songs" have been removed from the song menu in favor of "Go to artist" and "Go to album"
• The currently playing song on the Album UI will now only show if the song is actually playing from the album

v1.0.0

• Initial release