The latest Android TV app release features enhanced stability, improved navigation with a new home button, and an updated screensaver with age rating filters. Read the blog post to learn about the changes in this release, or read the changelog below.

🌟 Highlights

• Add home button when away from home view #3262, by @VizuaaLOG
• Add preferences for screensaver age rating #3513, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Implement normalization gain for music tracks #3660, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add media logo to screensaver #3680, by @haydenzeller

🏗️ Enhancements

• Watched indicator settings string clarity improvements #2997, by @DoggoOfSpeed
• Add ability to sort by runtime #3084, by @bathompson
• Add more item types to search #3266, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Support setting audio and subtitle streams via remote control #3288, by @3l0w
• Show specials for seasons #3292, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Show specials for series #3301, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Remove "auto" max bit rate and add additional values #3372, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Rewrite BaseItemInfoRow with Compose #3379, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Remove "automatically choose" option from video player preference #3407, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add "clear image cache" button to developer preferences #3409, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add fallthrough to media3 MimeTypes in codec->mime type mapping #3410, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Enable Vorbis audio in video direct play #3417, by @MichaelRUSF
• Remove non-profile usages of DeviceUtils #3425, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Improve info row colors #3448, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Update to Kotlin SDK 1.5.0-beta.1 (Jellyfin 10.9) #3472, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Update SDK to 1.4.7 (10.8 with enum backports) #3478, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add button to pick a random item to the smart screen #3487, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Split playback preferences into normal and advanced screens #3497, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Remove leakcanary #3523, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Refactor QueueEntry design #3554, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Cache computed PlayableMediaStream in QueueEntry element #3555, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Initial video support in playback rewrite #3557, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Initial subtitle support in playback rewrite #3564, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add initial video codec testing #3565, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add media source selection #3566, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Remove unused "Offline" item location #3603, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Migrate to androidx.tv.material #3611, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Reordering the trailer button #3648, by @efreet7
• Change 'Queue all subsequent episodes' setting to queue all episodes in a series #3658, by @ConnorS1110
• Simplify video player preference #3663, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add a blur to backdrop images #3674, by @haydenzeller
• Use ViewModel in DreamService #3692, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Remove hasPassword support #3710, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Shrink BaseItemInfoRowRuntime size #3724, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Rewrite details row with constraint layout #3729, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add direct play support for WAV audio #3737, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Improve BlurHash decoding performance #3753, by @cbeyls
• Increase ExoPlayer HTTP timeouts #3759, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Update editor config #3760, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Update debug media details #3783, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Remove unused dtsEnabled preference #3785, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add PCM_S16LE, PCM_S20LE and PCM_S24LE to supported audio codecs #3788, by @Bond-009
• Update targetSdk to 34 #3807, by @nielsvanvelzen

💥 Crash fixes

• Fix ModelCompat crash for media type #3607, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix app crash in EditServerScreen #3615, by @pascalwei
• Fix JSON decode crash in PictureViewerFragment #3627, by @pascalwei
• Fix crash when re-opening app during music playback #3713, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Catch errors in ExoPlayerAudioPipeline #3716, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix crash when refreshing current item #3723, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix crash when item has no media sources #3731, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Refactor Live TV popups #3733, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix various Live TV issues #3743, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix nullability in copyWith[Series]TimerId functions #3803, by @nielsvanvelzen

🔧 Bugfixes

• android tv hls playback direct play fix #3348, by @mnsrulz
• Specify BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION for r0adkll/sign-android-release step in publish workflow #3369, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix screensaver and media manager displaying video entries #3558, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Refactor BaseRowItem to use inheritance #3598, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix resumable episodes showing up twice in "Play next" integration #3625, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix unchecked warning in FullDetailsFragment #3629, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix login with pruned sessions #3632, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Start series from first unwatched in "play next up" #3633, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix now playing fragment not using string resource for current queue title #3638, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix start letter & favorite playlist implementations for item row #3653, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix QuickConnect sticky login state #3656, by @pascalwei
• Fix play after pause in MediaManager implementation #3661, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Various small bug fixes #3666, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix version selection #3677, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Improve "continue listening" row #3684, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix Live TV not playing video streams #3687, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Use Enum.name instead of Enum.toString in preference stores #3707, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix skip to previous/next playback actions #3708, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix header position in BrowseFolderFragment #3709, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix PlaySessionService no longer reporting to server #3712, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix refreshing current playing item hiding play icon #3715, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix isPlayingAudio behavior #3720, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix authorization for transcoding #3735, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix "Next episode(s)" row not showing #3746, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix race condition in player backdrop #3751, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix AudioNowPlayingFragment showing "From null" when there is no album name #3752, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix timezone issues in Live TV guide #3761, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix FullDetailsFragment duplicating buttons on resume #3774, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Disable tunneling #3786, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix NPE when opening Live TV guide for the first time #3790, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix "other" items in ByLetterFragment #3802, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix record buttons in LiveProgramDetailPopup swapped #3808, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix Live TV program popup not populating when opening early #3809, by @nielsvanvelzen

🔃 Refactoring

• Remove unnecessary OptIn annotations #3235, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Remove legacy media manager implementation #3321, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Simplify MediaManager interface #3322, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Remove baseline workaround #3333, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Use data object when applicable #3350, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Replace deprecated rememberKoinInject with koinInject #3408, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Remove non existent "SeriesTimers" collection type #3493, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Use UUID for "itemId" parameters #3494, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Remove PlayAccess checks #3507, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Use androidx fragment-compose #3549, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Migrate from java.util.Date to java.time #3550, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Replace PlaybackForwardingActivity with PlaybackRewriteFragment #3559, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Use dependency injection for ItemLauncher, KeyProcessor and ReportingHelper #3572, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fully migrate ItemListFragment to use SDK #3574, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Remove FakeBaseItem hack #3581, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Refactor PlaybackHelper to use dependency injection #3584, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Rewrite PlaybackHelper to use the SDK #3586, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Remove ImageUtils #3587, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Remove unused code branch in BrowseViewFragment #3589, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Refactor FullDetailsFragment to use SDK #3591, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Migrate "next up" row to SDK #3624, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Remove some unused code related to ItemRowAdapter #3637, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Remove LibVLC #3639, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Migrate "Recently added" to SDK #3640, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Migrate various item rows to SDK #3643, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Migrate Live TV rows to SDK #3644, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Migrate (album) artists and live tv channel rows to SDK #3647, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Replace ItemQuery with GetItemsRequest #3654, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Migrate "Play first unwatched" to SDK #3655, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Send QueueEntry to playback backend #3657, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Use SDK for FilterOptions #3665, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Move media session implementation to exoplayer module #3670, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Migrate Live TV code to SDK #3691, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Improve intro loading in SdkPlaybackHelper #3755, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Remove unused compat streaminfo code #3762, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Replace all left-over Date usages with java.time #3767, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Split "playback/exoplayer" Gradle module into two #3781, by @nielsvanvelzen

Contributors

• @nielsvanvelzen
• @pascalwei
• @haydenzeller
• @DoggoOfSpeed
• @bathompson
• @VizuaaLOG
• @3l0w
• @mnsrulz
• @MichaelRUSF
• @efreet7
• @ConnorS1110
• @cbeyls
• @Bond-009