🔧 Bugfixes

• Downgrade AGP to v8.11.1 #5075, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix lyrics not synced on screensaver #5076, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix speechRecognizer not using BCP47 tag for language extra #5077, by @nielsvanvelzen

Contributors

• @nielsvanvelzen

This release has been replaced with v0.19.2 due to a critical playback issue.

From refreshed user interface elements to playback improvements, there are many changes across the board in this update of Jellyfin for Android TV. Read about all the highlights on our blog post or have a look through the full changelog below.

If you appreciate my work, you can show your support with a donation through Buy Me a Coffee or GitHub sponsors. Your support helps me continue improving and growing the app. Thank you!

🌟 Highlights

• Add button to report device profile to server for troubleshooting #4482, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add Rewind & FastForward buttons to AudioNowPlayingFragment #4503, by @conihorse
• Add still watching feature #4509, by @ConnorS1110
• New search design #4698, by @nielsvanvelzen

🏗️ Enhancements

• Display media runtime in hour minute format #4253, by @dtrexler
• Run LeanbackHelper onStop() to refresh home screen #4347, by @hdweiss
• update issue forms #4369, by @BotBlake
• Fix codec keys in new playback module #4411, by @dtrexler
• Subtitles background opacity #4423, by @owochle
• Update reported client name #4428, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Decouple external video playback from internal playback code #4438, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Rewrite PlaybackManager with SDK #4455, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Remove legacy Java ApiClient #4457, by @nielsvanvelzen
• fix: set max resolution for common video codecs #4470, by @ferrarimarco
• Add codec features, color formats and profile levels to device profile report #4508, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Rewrite media stream resolvers to be device profile based #4512, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Replace androidx.tv with own theme implementation #4523, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add Button composable #4530, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Rewrite NextUpFragment with Compose #4531, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Directplay VobSub and DVDSub #4550, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add season and episode numbers for Live TV programs #4558, by @vahtos
• Use OkHttp for networking in media3 #4560, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Rewrite toolbar in compose #4562, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add ButtonColors and colorScheme #4563, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Move activity opening out of navigation code #4591, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add hearing impaired indicator for subtitles (SDH) #4593, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Use playback launcher for launching audio #4595, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Drop leanback implementation of search #4605, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Replace leanback animations with our own definitions in CustomPlaybackOverlayFragment #4615, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Change screensaver to cycle through random selection and avoid repeats #4619, by @claireratigan
• Add experimental ASS direct play using libass #4630, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add intermediate model for image information #4635, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Use new intermediate model in most places #4638, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Improve status bar hiding behavior #4650, by @cani1see
• Change/Fix Resume Button Behaviour on Series #4679, by @osiris86
• Use overlay rendering for experimental SSA support #4685, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Display cover art of currently playing music via compose #4694, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Update SDK to 1.7.0-beta.3 #4710, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Keep same audio language while binge watching a series #4713, by @bin101
• Add option for bold subtitles (#4559) #4724, by @EMohlin7
• Add option to disable PGS direct play #4729, by @linkandzelda91
• Replace DefaultCardView with UserCard(View) #4738, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Rewrite ServerButtonView using compose #4751, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Start Live TV player when activating channel header #4777, by @kylep09
• Support removing items from playback queue #4780, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Refetch server information on authenticate when cached server version is unsupported #4783, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Redesign main toolbar #4792, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Differentiate client name for debug version in API authorization #4802, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Remove WebSocket subscriptions when process is inactive #4804, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Finer subtitle size control #4821, by @RubenTeixeira
• Add preference for subtitle position offset #4825, by @RubenTeixeira
• Update app build script for Gradle 9 compatibility #4832, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Use audio API for audio playback #4834, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Target Android 16 (API 36) #4835, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Remove Jellyfin logo from screensaver #4837, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add scrubbing API to PlayerState #4843, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add seekbar to music playback #4844, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add display information to playback report #4861, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add display HDR capabilities to device profile #4862, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add new video player UI #4865, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Remove libass preference in non-development builds #4876, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add popover composable #4878, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Trim whitespace from search query #4885, by @mkst
• Rewrite picture viewer in compose #4889, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Use transparent buttons in player controls #4891, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Disable BlurHash on low memory devices #4918, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add HDR capability checks for codecs in device profile #4942, by @clams4shoes
• Update client name for crash reports #4950, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Remove libass library #5032, by @nielsvanvelzen

💥 Crash fixes

• Query based on seriesId in FullDetailsFragmentHelper.getNextUpEpisode #4785, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Avoid NPE in JellyfinImage helpers #4909, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Don't show exception message as toast #5019, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add back lifecycle check in response callbacks #5022, by @nielsvanvelzen

🔧 Bugfixes

• Fix watch next row ordering, Change watch next row meta data #4298, by @hdweiss
• Use media3 MimeTypes in deviceProfile #4481, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix logo in next up too large #4532, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix missing coroutines dependency in playback:jellyfin module #4545, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix toolbar profile picture & time formatting #4565, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Always create boxset queues with default sorting instead of using sort names of individual items #4652, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add missing action for AndroidMediaService to manifest #4664, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix screensaver request loop when there are no items to showcase #4688, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix URL generation for user profile pictures #4697, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Use getEpisodes API for series/seasons in SdkPlaybackHelper #4727, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Don't attempt to load logo in screensaver when there is none #4737, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Create channels if they are missing in LeanbackChannelWorker #4740, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix LiveTV Guide Issue #2144 #4761, by @kylep09
• Fix retrieveAndPlay incorrectly using ticks instead of milliseconds as start position #4765, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Remove testStream parameter from MediaStreamResolver.getStream #4779, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix DreamViewModel retrieving showcase items over main thread #4784, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix AsyncImageView.load showing incorrect images on rapid changes #4786, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Catch API issues in StartupActivity when opening a library #4798, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Run Detekt from root module only #4814, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix wrong Trickplay thumbnail displayed while seeking #4819, by @tal-sarid
• Fix scaling of profile pictures in UserCardView #4869, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix seekbar getting stuck in seek mode #4875, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Only show music entries in now screensaver now playing #4877, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix focus always forced to first queue item in AudioNowPlayingFragment #4882, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix navigation issues in AudioNowPlayingFragment #4883, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Use JellyfinTheme in full compose fragments #4890, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix home navigation from rows to toolbar on older Android versions #4903, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix some languages using wrong code #4907, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Remove duplicate hebrew translations #4908, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix voice search cancellation showing error toast #4919, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix switching between baked and non-baked subtitles #4920, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix wrongly-cropped Trickplay images when video is vertical #4924, by @tal-sarid
• Improve focus switching between Compose and RowsSupportFragment #4927, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Avoid stopping speech recognizer when not active #4932, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix truncated labels under buttons in media view UI #4941, by @tal-sarid
• Fix logo constraints in DreamContentLibraryShowcase #4981, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Remove disableDirectPlay option from device profile #4982, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Only use 10.11 video range types on 10.11 servers #4983, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix DoVi/HDR10+ playback on certain Fire TV devices #4995, by @clams4shoes
• Fix direct play of external video sources like Live TV #4998, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix direct play and direct stream swapped in PlaybackController retry mechanic #4999, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Revert "Add Google TV Streamer to modelsWithDoViHdr10PlusBug" #5001, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix "shuffle all" not working for music album/artist #5018, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Flatten HDR codec profile conditions #5021, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix Live TV timers loaded on main thread #5030, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Refactor audio night mode implementation #5031, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Reset still watching state on confirmation #5052, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Refactor still watching behavior #5056, by @nielsvanvelzen

🔃 Refactoring

• Centralize requested item fields #4341, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Replace Icons.Default.Done with ic_check in ConnectHelpAlertFragment #4355, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Use color type in OptionsColorList #4480, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix a lot of networking on main thread issues #4548, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix some more API calls being made on main thread #4551, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix nullability issues in presenter usages #4667, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix compose focus deprecations #4668, by @nielsvanvelzen
• KGP: replace kotlinOptions with compilerOptions #4745, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Prefer imageVector painting for icon drawables #4797, by @nielsvanvelzen

📈 Dependency updates

• Update aboutlibraries by renovate[bot] v12.2.4 #4766, v12.2.3 #4717, v12.2.1 #4707, v12.2.0 #4693, v12.1.2 #4642, v12.1.1 #4641, v12.1.0 #4637, v12.0.1 #4620, v12 (major) #4602, v11.6.3 #4469, v11.6.2 #4419, v11.4.0 #4374
• Update com.android.tools.build:gradle by renovate[bot] v8.13.0 #4896, v8.12.2 #4888, v8.12.1 #4870, v8.12.0 #4830, v8.11.1 #4746, v8.10.1 #4689, v8.10.0 - autoclosed #4609, v8.9.1 #4542, v8.9.0 #4499, v8.8.2 - autoclosed #4485, v8.8.1 #4456, v8.8.0 #4392
• Update io.mockk:mockk by renovate[bot] v1.14.6 #4979, v1.14.5 #4793, v1.14.4 #4742, v1.14.2 #4629, v1.14.0 #4573, v1.13.17 #4490, v1.13.16 #4395
• Update androidx.activity:activity by renovate[bot] v1.10.1 #4484, v1.10.0 #4406
• Update dependency androidx.recyclerview:recyclerview to v1.4.0 #4407, by renovate[bot]
• Update koin by renovate[bot] v4.1.1 #4900, v4.1.0 #4712, v4.0.4 #4557, v4.0.3 #4546, v4.0.2 #4414
• Update gradle by renovate[bot] v9 #4831, v8.14.3 #4769, v8.14.2 #4708, v8.14.1 #4678, v8.14 #4622, v8.13 #4478, v8.12.1 #4418
• Update androidx.compose.foundation:foundation by renovate[bot] v1.8.3 #4732, v1.8.2 #4676, v1.7.8 #4452, v1.7.7 #4429
• Update androidx.compose.ui:ui-tooling by renovate[bot] v1.8.3 #4730, v1.8.2 #4670, v1.7.8 #4453, v1.7.7 #4430
• Update androidx.fragment by renovate[bot] v1.8.8 #4700, v1.8.7 #4669, v1.8.6 #4451
• Update appleboy/ssh-action action to v1.2.1 #4468, by renovate[bot]
• Update dependency io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt to v1.23.8 #4473, by renovate[bot]
• Update dependency com.android.tools:desugar_jdk_libs to v2.1.5 #4479, by renovate[bot]
• Update dependency androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout to v2.2.1 #4486, by renovate[bot]
• Update org.jellyfin.sdk:jellyfin-core by renovate[bot] v1.7.1 #4993, v1.7.0 #4968, v1.7.0-beta.6 #4901, v1.7.0-beta.5 #4863, v1.7.0-beta.4 #4858, v1.6.7 #4556
• Update androidx.tvprovider:tvprovider by renovate[bot] v1.1.0 #4645, v1.1.0-beta01 #4575
• Update androidx.core:core-ktx by renovate[bot] v1.17.0 #4857, v1.16.0 #4576
• Update github/codeql-action action by renovate[bot] v4.31.0 #5024, v4.30.8 #5009, v4 #5000, v3.30.6 #4974, v3.30.5 #4967, v3.30.3 #4928, v3.30.1 #4904, v3.30.0 #4895, v3.29.11 #4874, v3.29.10 #4868, v3.29.9 #4845, v3.29.8 #4842, v3.29.5 #4824, v3.29.4 #4813, v3.29.3 #4809, v3.29.2 #4764, v3.29.1 #4753, v3.28.19 #4699, v3.28.17 #4639, v3.28.16 #4611
• Update androidx.leanback to v1.2.0 #4613, by renovate[bot]
• Update androidx.work:work-runtime by renovate[bot] v2.10.5 - autoclosed #4964, v2.10.4 #4926, v2.10.3 #4826, v2.10.2 #4733, v2.10.1 #4616
• Update androidx.compose by renovate[bot] v1.9.4 #5042, v1.9.3 #5004, v1.9.2 #4963, v1.9.1 #4925, v1.9.0 #4854, v1.8.1 #4644, v1.8.0 #4618
• Update androidx.lifecycle by renovate[bot] v2.9.4 #4943, v2.9.3 #4887, v2.9.2 #4795, v2.9.1 #4701, v2.9.0 #4646
• Update coil by renovate[bot] v3.3.0 #4810, v3.2.0 #4657
• Update dependency androidx.window:window to v1.4.0 #4671, by renovate[bot]
• Update dependency androidx.appcompat:appcompat to v1.7.1 #4702, by renovate[bot]
• Update Kotlin by renovate[bot] v2.2.21 #5044, v2.2.20 #4923, v2.2.10 #4856, v2.2.0 #4744
• Update dependency org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-serialization-json to v1.9.0 #4754, by renovate[bot]
• Update gradle/actions action by renovate[bot] v5 #4980, v4.4.2 #4840
• Update actions/checkout action to v5 #4846, by renovate[bot]
• Update dependency androidx.fragment:fragment-ktx to v1.8.9 #4853, by renovate[bot]
• Update dependency io.github.peerless2012:ass-media to v0.3.0-rc03 - autoclosed #4855, by renovate[bot]
• Update kotest by renovate[bot] v6.0.4 #5020, v6.0.3 #4916, v6.0.2 #4898, v6.0.1 #4879, v6 (major) #4867
• Update actions/setup-java action to v5 #4873, by renovate[bot]
• Update actions/stale action by renovate[bot] v10.1.0 #4992, v10 #4902
• Update androidx.activity to v1.11.0 #4929, by renovate[bot]
• Update Gradle to v9.1.0 #4945, by renovate[bot]
• Update acra to v5.13.1 #4971, by renovate[bot]
• Update actions/upload-artifact action to v5 #5048, by renovate[bot]
• Update Kotlin #4250, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies #4386, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies #4413, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies #4425, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies #4431, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies #4474, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies #4506, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies #4529, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies #4541, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies #4570, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies #4661, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies #4719, by renovate[bot]
• Update androidx.media3 #4817, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies #4917, by renovate[bot]

Contributors

• @nielsvanvelzen
• @tal-sarid
• @dtrexler
• @hdweiss
• @kylep09
• @RubenTeixeira
• @clams4shoes
• @BotBlake
• @owochle
• @ferrarimarco
• @conihorse
• @ConnorS1110
• @vahtos
• @claireratigan
• @cani1see
• @osiris86
• @bin101
• @EMohlin7
• @linkandzelda91
• @mkst

This is the final beta before the stable release of v0.19.0. The main change in this beta is, once again, handling of HDR/DoVi formats.

If you appreciate my work, you can show your support with a donation through Buy Me a Coffee or GitHub sponsors. Your support helps me continue improving and growing the app. Thank you!

🐛 Beta information

Beta versions are not guaranteed to work as expected. We encourage users to create detailed bug reports if any problems arise. Read our blog post for more information about our Android beta programs.

💥 Crash fixes

• Don't show exception message as toast #5019, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add back lifecycle check in response callbacks #5022, by @nielsvanvelzen

🔧 Bugfixes

• Fix "shuffle all" not working for music album/artist #5018, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Flatten HDR codec profile conditions #5021, by @nielsvanvelzen

📈 Dependency updates

• Update github/codeql-action action to v4.30.8 #5009, by renovate[bot]
• Update kotest to v6.0.4 #5020, by renovate[bot]

Contributors

• @nielsvanvelzen

This beta release addresses DoVi/HDR10+ playback issues on certain Fire TV devices, and a bug that made Live TV fail to direct play.

If you appreciate my work, you can show your support with a donation through Buy Me a Coffee or GitHub sponsors. Your support helps me continue improving and growing the app. Thank you!

🐛 Beta information

Beta versions are not guaranteed to work as expected. We encourage users to create detailed bug reports if any problems arise. Read our blog post for more information about our Android beta programs.

🔧 Bugfixes

• Fix DoVi/HDR10+ playback on certain Fire TV devices #4995, by @clams4shoes
• Fix direct play of external video sources like Live TV #4998, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix direct play and direct stream swapped in PlaybackController retry mechanic #4999, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Revert "Add Google TV Streamer to modelsWithDoViHdr10PlusBug" #5001, by @nielsvanvelzen

📈 Dependency updates

• Update actions/stale action to v10.1.0 #4992, by renovate[bot]
• Update github/codeql-action action to v4 #5000, by renovate[bot]
• Update androidx.compose to v1.9.3 #5004, by renovate[bot]

Contributors

• @nielsvanvelzen
• @clams4shoes

Video direct play now works again on Jellyfin 10.10 servers and the app no longer crashes on Android 6 and older.

If you appreciate my work, you can show your support with a donation through GitHub sponsors (Credit card only) or through Buy Me a Coffee. Your support helps me continue improving and growing the app. Thank you!

🐛 Beta information

Beta versions are not guaranteed to work as expected. We encourage users to create detailed bug reports if any problems arise. Read our blog post for more information about our Android beta programs.

🔧 Bugfixes

• Only use 10.11 video range types on 10.11 servers #4983, by @nielsvanvelzen

📈 Dependency updates

• Update github/codeql-action action to v3.30.6 #4974, by renovate[bot]
• Update dependency org.jellyfin.sdk:jellyfin-core to v1.7.1 #4993, by renovate[bot]

Contributors

• @nielsvanvelzen

If you appreciate my work, you can show your support with a donation through GitHub sponsors (Credit card only) or through Buy Me a Coffee. Your support helps me continue improving and growing the app. Thank you!

🐛 Beta information

Beta versions are not guaranteed to work as expected. We encourage users to create detailed bug reports if any problems arise. Read our blog post for more information about our Android beta programs.

🔧 Bugfixes

• Fix logo constraints in DreamContentLibraryShowcase #4981, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Remove disableDirectPlay option from device profile #4982, by @nielsvanvelzen

📈 Dependency updates

• Update androidx.compose to v1.9.2 #4963, by renovate[bot]
• Update dependency androidx.work:work-runtime to v2.10.5 - autoclosed #4964, by renovate[bot]
• Update github/codeql-action action to v3.30.5 #4967, by renovate[bot]
• Update dependency org.jellyfin.sdk:jellyfin-core to v1.7.0 #4968, by renovate[bot]
• Update acra to v5.13.1 #4971, by renovate[bot]
• Update dependency io.mockk:mockk to v1.14.6 #4979, by renovate[bot]
• Update gradle/actions action to v5 #4980, by renovate[bot]

Contributors

• @nielsvanvelzen

If you appreciate my work, you can show your support with a donation through GitHub sponsors (Credit card only) or through Buy Me a Coffee. Your support helps me continue improving and growing the app. Thank you!

For the previous changelogs see v0.19.0-beta.1 and v0.19.0-beta.2.

🐛 Beta information

Beta versions are not guaranteed to work as expected. We encourage users to create detailed bug reports if any problems arise. Read our blog post for more information about our Android beta programs.

🏗️ Enhancements

• Add HDR capability checks for codecs in device profile #4942, by @clams4shoes
• Update client name for crash reports #4950, by @nielsvanvelzen

🔧 Bugfixes

• Avoid stopping speech recognizer when not active #4932, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix truncated labels under buttons in media view UI #4941, by @tal-sarid

📈 Dependency updates

• Update androidx.lifecycle to v2.9.4 #4943, by renovate[bot]
• Update Gradle to v9.1.0 #4945, by renovate[bot]

Contributors

• @nielsvanvelzen
• @tal-sarid
• @clams4shoes

This is the second beta release for 0.19! ✨ This beta solves multiple problems. Including some crashes preventing the app from being used. As always, the full changelog is below. For the previous changelog see v0.19.0-beta.1.

If you appreciate my work, you can show your support with a donation through GitHub sponsors (Credit card only) or through Buy Me a Coffee. Your support helps me continue improving and growing the app. Thank you!

🐛 Beta information

Beta versions are not guaranteed to work as expected. We encourage users to create detailed bug reports if any problems arise. Read our blog post for more information about our Android beta programs.

🏗️ Enhancements

• Disable BlurHash on low memory devices #4918, by @nielsvanvelzen

💥 Crash fixes

• Avoid NPE in JellyfinImage helpers #4909, by @nielsvanvelzen

🔧 Bugfixes

• Fix some languages using wrong code #4907, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Remove duplicate hebrew translations #4908, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix voice search cancellation showing error toast #4919, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix switching between baked and non-baked subtitles #4920, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix wrongly-cropped Trickplay images when video is vertical #4924, by @tal-sarid
• Improve focus switching between Compose and RowsSupportFragment #4927, by @nielsvanvelzen

📈 Dependency updates

• Update kotest to v6.0.3 #4916, by renovate[bot]
• Update Kotlin to v2.2.20 #4923, by renovate[bot]
• Update androidx.compose to v1.9.1 #4925, by renovate[bot]
• Update dependency androidx.work:work-runtime to v2.10.4 #4926, by renovate[bot]
• Update github/codeql-action action to v3.30.3 #4928, by renovate[bot]
• Update androidx.activity to v1.11.0 #4929, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies #4917, by renovate[bot]

Contributors

• @nielsvanvelzen
• @tal-sarid

Welcome to the first beta of Jellyfin for Android TV 0.19! ✨

Some of the primary changes include: an improved networking layer, a redesigned search with voice input, the introduction of a new navigation experience across the app, support for seeking music and better queue management, a new 'Are you still watching?' prompt, and many performance and stability improvements under the hood.
Additionally, the photo viewer has been redesigned to align with the new video player’s design, which will be introduced in a future update.

This version is compatible with Jellyfin server 10.10.0 and 10.11.0.

If you appreciate my work, you can show your support with a donation through GitHub sponsors or buy me a bug. Your support helps me continue improving and growing the app. Thank you!

🐛 Beta information

Beta versions are not guaranteed to work as expected. We encourage users to create detailed bug reports if any problems arise. Read our blog post for more information about our Android beta programs.

This beta program will slowly rollout on Google Play in the coming weeks.

🌟 Highlights

• Add button to report device profile to server for troubleshooting #4482, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add Rewind & FastForward buttons to AudioNowPlayingFragment #4503, by @conihorse
• Add still watching feature #4509, by @ConnorS1110
• New search design #4698, by @nielsvanvelzen

🏗️ Enhancements

• Display media runtime in hour minute format #4253, by @dtrexler
• Run LeanbackHelper onStop() to refresh home screen #4347, by @hdweiss
• update issue forms #4369, by @BotBlake
• Fix codec keys in new playback module #4411, by @dtrexler
• Subtitles background opacity #4423, by @OwOchle
• Update reported client name #4428, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Decouple external video playback from internal playback code #4438, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Rewrite PlaybackManager with SDK #4455, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Remove legacy Java ApiClient #4457, by @nielsvanvelzen
• fix: set max resolution for common video codecs #4470, by @ferrarimarco
• Add codec features, color formats and profile levels to device profile report #4508, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Rewrite media stream resolvers to be device profile based #4512, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Replace androidx.tv with own theme implementation #4523, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add Button composable #4530, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Rewrite NextUpFragment with Compose #4531, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Directplay VobSub and DVDSub #4550, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add season and episode numbers for Live TV programs #4558, by @vahtos
• Use OkHttp for networking in media3 #4560, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Rewrite toolbar in compose #4562, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add ButtonColors and colorScheme #4563, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Move activity opening out of navigation code #4591, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add hearing impaired indicator for subtitles (SDH) #4593, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Use playback launcher for launching audio #4595, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Drop leanback implementation of search #4605, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Replace leanback animations with our own definitions in CustomPlaybackOverlayFragment #4615, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Change screensaver to cycle through random selection and avoid repeats #4619, by @claireratigan
• Add experimental ASS direct play using libass #4630, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add intermediate model for image information #4635, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Use new intermediate model in most places #4638, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Improve status bar hiding behavior #4650, by @cani1see
• Change/Fix Resume Button Behaviour on Series #4679, by @osiris86
• Use overlay rendering for experimental SSA support #4685, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Display cover art of currently playing music via compose #4694, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Update SDK to 1.7.0-beta.3 #4710, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Keep same audio language while binge watching a series #4713, by @bin101
• Add option for bold subtitles (#4559) #4724, by @EMohlin7
• Add option to disable PGS direct play #4729, by @linkandzelda91
• Replace DefaultCardView with UserCard(View) #4738, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Rewrite ServerButtonView using compose #4751, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Start Live TV player when activating channel header #4777, by @kylep09
• Support removing items from playback queue #4780, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Refetch server information on authenticate when cached server version is unsupported #4783, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Redesign main toolbar #4792, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Differentiate client name for debug version in API authorization #4802, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Remove WebSocket subscriptions when process is inactive #4804, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Finer subtitle size control #4821, by @RubenTeixeira
• Add preference for subtitle position offset #4825, by @RubenTeixeira
• Update app build script for Gradle 9 compatibility #4832, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Use audio API for audio playback #4834, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Target Android 16 (API 36) #4835, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Remove Jellyfin logo from screensaver #4837, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add scrubbing API to PlayerState #4843, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add seekbar to music playback #4844, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add display information to playback report #4861, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add display HDR capabilities to device profile #4862, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add new video player UI #4865, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Remove libass preference in non-development builds #4876, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add popover composable #4878, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Trim whitespace from search query #4885, by @mkst
• Rewrite picture viewer in compose #4889, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Use transparent buttons in player controls #4891, by @nielsvanvelzen

💥 Crash fixes

• Query based on seriesId in FullDetailsFragmentHelper.getNextUpEpisode #4785, by @nielsvanvelzen

🔧 Bugfixes

• Fix watch next row ordering, Change watch next row meta data #4298, by @hdweiss
• Use media3 MimeTypes in deviceProfile #4481, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix logo in next up too large #4532, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix missing coroutines dependency in playback:jellyfin module #4545, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix toolbar profile picture & time formatting #4565, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Always create boxset queues with default sorting instead of using sort names of individual items #4652, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add missing action for AndroidMediaService to manifest #4664, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix screensaver request loop when there are no items to showcase #4688, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix URL generation for user profile pictures #4697, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Use getEpisodes API for series/seasons in SdkPlaybackHelper #4727, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Don't attempt to load logo in screensaver when there is none #4737, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Create channels if they are missing in LeanbackChannelWorker #4740, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix LiveTV Guide Issue #2144 #4761, by @kylep09
• Fix retrieveAndPlay incorrectly using ticks instead of milliseconds as start position #4765, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Remove testStream parameter from MediaStreamResolver.getStream #4779, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix DreamViewModel retrieving showcase items over main thread #4784, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix AsyncImageView.load showing incorrect images on rapid changes #4786, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Catch API issues in StartupActivity when opening a library #4798, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Run Detekt from root module only #4814, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix wrong Trickplay thumbnail displayed while seeking #4819, by @tal-sarid
• Fix scaling of profile pictures in UserCardView #4869, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix seekbar getting stuck in seek mode #4875, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Only show music entries in now screensaver now playing #4877, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix focus always forced to first queue item in AudioNowPlayingFragment #4882, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix navigation issues in AudioNowPlayingFragment #4883, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Use JellyfinTheme in full compose fragments #4890, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix home navigation from rows to toolbar on older Android versions #4903, by @nielsvanvelzen

🔃 Refactoring

• Centralize requested item fields #4341, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Replace Icons.Default.Done with ic_check in ConnectHelpAlertFragment #4355, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Use color type in OptionsColorList #4480, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix a lot of networking on main thread issues #4548, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix some more API calls being made on main thread #4551, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix nullability issues in presenter usages #4667, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix compose focus deprecations #4668, by @nielsvanvelzen
• KGP: replace kotlinOptions with compilerOptions #4745, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Prefer imageVector painting for icon drawables #4797, by @nielsvanvelzen

📈 Dependency updates

• Update aboutlibraries by renovate[bot] v12.2.4 #4766, v12.2.3 #4717, v12.2.1 #4707, v12.2.0 #4693, v12.1.2 #4642, v12.1.1 #4641, v12.1.0 #4637, v12.0.1 #4620, v12 (major) #4602, v11.6.3 #4469, v11.6.2 #4419, v11.4.0 #4374
• Update com.android.tools.build:gradle by renovate[bot] v8.13.0 #4896, v8.12.2 #4888, v8.12.1 #4870, v8.12.0 #4830, v8.11.1 #4746, v8.10.1 #4689, v8.10.0 - autoclosed #4609, v8.9.1 #4542, v8.9.0 #4499, v8.8.2 - autoclosed #4485, v8.8.1 #4456, v8.8.0 #4392
• Update io.mockk:mockk by renovate[bot] v1.14.5 #4793, v1.14.4 #4742, v1.14.2 #4629, v1.14.0 #4573, v1.13.17 #4490, v1.13.16 #4395
• Update androidx.activity:activity by renovate[bot] v1.10.1 #4484, v1.10.0 #4406
• Update dependency androidx.recyclerview:recyclerview to v1.4.0 #4407, by renovate[bot]
• Update koin by renovate[bot] v4.1.1 #4900, v4.1.0 #4712, v4.0.4 #4557, v4.0.3 #4546, v4.0.2 #4414
• Update gradle by renovate[bot] v9 #4831, v8.14.3 #4769, v8.14.2 #4708, v8.14.1 #4678, v8.14 #4622, v8.13 #4478, v8.12.1 #4418
• Update androidx.compose.foundation:foundation by renovate[bot] v1.8.3 #4732, v1.8.2 #4676, v1.7.8 #4452, v1.7.7 #4429
• Update androidx.compose.ui:ui-tooling by renovate[bot] v1.8.3 #4730, v1.8.2 #4670, v1.7.8 #4453, v1.7.7 #4430
• Update androidx.fragment by renovate[bot] v1.8.8 #4700, v1.8.7 #4669, v1.8.6 #4451
• Update appleboy/ssh-action action to v1.2.1 #4468, by renovate[bot]
• Update dependency io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt to v1.23.8 #4473, by renovate[bot]
• Update dependency com.android.tools:desugar_jdk_libs to v2.1.5 #4479, by renovate[bot]
• Update dependency androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout to v2.2.1 #4486, by renovate[bot]
• Update org.jellyfin.sdk:jellyfin-core by renovate[bot] v1.7.0-beta.6 #4901, v1.7.0-beta.5 #4863, v1.7.0-beta.4 #4858, v1.6.7 #4556
• Update androidx.tvprovider:tvprovider by renovate[bot] v1.1.0 #4645, v1.1.0-beta01 #4575
• Update androidx.core:core-ktx by renovate[bot] v1.17.0 #4857, v1.16.0 #4576
• Update github/codeql-action action by renovate[bot] v3.30.1 #4904, v3.30.0 #4895, v3.29.11 #4874, v3.29.10 #4868, v3.29.9 #4845, v3.29.8 #4842, v3.29.5 #4824, v3.29.4 #4813, v3.29.3 #4809, v3.29.2 #4764, v3.29.1 #4753, v3.28.19 #4699, v3.28.17 #4639, v3.28.16 #4611
• Update androidx.leanback to v1.2.0 #4613, by renovate[bot]
• Update androidx.work:work-runtime by renovate[bot] v2.10.3 #4826, v2.10.2 #4733, v2.10.1 #4616
• Update androidx.compose by renovate[bot] v1.9.0 #4854, v1.8.1 #4644, v1.8.0 #4618
• Update androidx.lifecycle by renovate[bot] v2.9.3 #4887, v2.9.2 #4795, v2.9.1 #4701, v2.9.0 #4646
• Update coil by renovate[bot] v3.3.0 #4810, v3.2.0 #4657
• Update dependency androidx.window:window to v1.4.0 #4671, by renovate[bot]
• Update dependency androidx.appcompat:appcompat to v1.7.1 #4702, by renovate[bot]
• Update Kotlin by renovate[bot] v2.2.10 #4856, v2.2.0 #4744
• Update dependency org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-serialization-json to v1.9.0 #4754, by renovate[bot]
• Update gradle/actions action to v4.4.2 #4840, by renovate[bot]
• Update actions/checkout action to v5 #4846, by renovate[bot]
• Update dependency androidx.fragment:fragment-ktx to v1.8.9 #4853, by renovate[bot]
• Update dependency io.github.peerless2012:ass-media to v0.3.0-rc03 - autoclosed #4855, by renovate[bot]
• Update kotest by renovate[bot] v6.0.2 #4898, v6.0.1 #4879, v6 (major) #4867
• Update actions/setup-java action to v5 #4873, by renovate[bot]
• Update actions/stale action to v10 #4902, by renovate[bot]
• Update Kotlin #4250, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies #4386, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies #4413, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies #4425, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies #4431, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies #4474, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies #4506, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies #4529, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies #4541, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies #4570, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies #4661, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies #4719, by renovate[bot]
• Update androidx.media3 #4817, by renovate[bot]

Contributors

• @nielsvanvelzen
• @dtrexler
• @hdweiss
• @kylep09
• @RubenTeixeira
• @BotBlake
• @OwOchle
• @ferrarimarco
• @conihorse
• @ConnorS1110
• @vahtos
• @claireratigan
• @cani1see
• @osiris86
• @bin101
• @EMohlin7
• @linkandzelda91
• @tal-sarid
• @mkst

If you appreciate my work, you can show your support with a donation through GitHub sponsors or buy me a bug. Your support helps me continue improving and growing the app. Thank you!

🔧 Bugfixes

• Allow Exoplayer to invalidate the track selection on capabilities change #4686, by @RyuzakiKK
• Clear skip overlay before applying media segments #4722, by @dtrexler
• Fix retrieveAndPlay incorrectly using ticks instead of milliseconds as start position #4768, by @nielsvanvelzen

Contributors

• @RyuzakiKK
• @dtrexler
• @nielsvanvelzen

This release fixes an issue where the user interface could be duplicated in certain situations, making the app nearly unusable.

🔧 Bugfixes

• Fix DestinationFragmentView not replacing existing fragment on resume #4706, by @nielsvanvelzen

Contributors

• @nielsvanvelzen

💥 Crash fixes

• Fix crash in CustomPlaybackOverlayFragment.prepareChannelAdapter when Live TV channels are not loaded #4606, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix crash on startup #4640, by @DreierF

🔧 Bugfixes

• Fix "favorites" playlist not showing when the user has no playlists #4592, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add missing action for AndroidMediaService to manifest #4664, by @nielsvanvelzen

📈 Dependency updates

• Update androidx.media3 to v1.6.1 #4594, by renovate[bot]
• Update jellyfin-androidx-media to 1.6.1+1 #4680, by @nielsvanvelzen

Contributors

• @nielsvanvelzen
• @DreierF

If you appreciate my work, you can show your support with a donation through GitHub sponsors. Your support helps me continue improving and growing the app. Thank you!

💥 Crash fixes

• Fix experimental audio night mode feature crashing the app #4582, by @nielsvanvelzen

🔧 Bugfixes

• Do not set audio session to pipeline on create #4584, by @nielsvanvelzen

Contributors

• @nielsvanvelzen

This is a small release to improve compatibility with the upcoming Jellyfin 10.11 release.

💥 Crash fixes

• Fix crash when trying to update detached AudioNowPlayingFragment #4538, by @nielsvanvelzen

🔧 Bugfixes

• Fix ItemRowAdapter failures never logged #4547, by @nielsvanvelzen

📈 Dependency updates

• Update androidx.media3 to v1.6.0 #4549, by renovate[bot]
• Update dependency org.jellyfin.sdk:jellyfin-core to v1.6.8 #4564, by renovate[bot]

Contributors

• @nielsvanvelzen

This is a hotfix to solve the image loading problems that started in the 0.18.z releases. If you appreciate my work, you can show your support with a donation through GitHub sponsors. Your support helps me continue improving and growing the app. Thank you!

🏗️ Enhancements

• Enable logging for Coil #4511, by @nielsvanvelzen

🔧 Bugfixes

• Add custom connectivity checker for Coil that always claims to be connected #4513, by @nielsvanvelzen

Contributors

• @nielsvanvelzen

This is a small release while progress is slowly made on the next version.

If you appreciate my work, you can show your support with a donation through GitHub sponsors. Your support helps me continue improving and growing the app. Thank you!

🏗️ Enhancements

• Trust user added CA certificates #4397, by @smarthome-abc

💥 Crash fixes

• Fix crash when switching subtitle track to non existent index #4491, by @nielsvanvelzen

🔧 Bugfixes

• Fix progress bar calculation #4483, by @lukas-fichtner
• Fix filtering not working in collections view #4492, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Revert "Fix filtering not working in collections view" #4496, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix filtering not working in collections view (v2) #4497, by @nielsvanvelzen

📈 Dependency updates

• Update org.jellyfin.sdk:jellyfin-core by renovate[bot] v1.6.6 #4464, v1.6.5 #4424, v1.6.4 #4417
• Update coil to v3.1.0 #4439, by renovate[bot]

Contributors

• @nielsvanvelzen
• @smarthome-abc
• @lukas-fichtner

First release of the year! 🎉🎉

If you appreciate my work, you can show your support with a donation through GitHub sponsors. Your support helps me continue improving and growing the app. Thank you!

🏗️ Enhancements

• Enable audio focus for music playback #4352, by @nielsvanvelzen

💥 Crash fixes

• Fix app crashing when playback reporting fails #4362, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Dismiss playback actions popups on fragment detach #4365, by @Olaren15
• Prevent seeking from crashing app if video info is not initialized yet #4377, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix crash when favoriting Live TV program while loading additional channels in the guide #4385, by @nielsvanvelzen

🔧 Bugfixes

• Fix Live TV remux fail-over not working #4357, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix focus issues on older Android versions #4376, by @nielsvanvelzen

Contributors

• @nielsvanvelzen
• @Olaren15

This is the 23rd and final (non-beta) release of the year! A big thank you to our hundreds of thousands of users for choosing a free and open ecosystem for their media server, with exciting changes to come in 2025!

If you appreciate my work, you can show your support with a donation through GitHub sponsors. Your support helps me continue improving and growing the app. Thank you!

🏗️ Enhancements

• Use Android SDK 35 (Android 15) #4144, by @nielsvanvelzen

🔧 Bugfixes

• Fix external subtitles not added to external player #4311, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Prevent AudioNowPlayingFragment from showing without active queue #4321, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix UI audio queue order when shuffling #4322, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix playing next audio item while shuffling #4323, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix QueueService.getNextIndices returning one item too many when using REPEAT_ENTRY_ONCE #4324, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix music play action not working after queue has ended #4329, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix repeat mode not working #4330, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Infer subtitle codec from delivery URL if unknown #4338, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix crash when starting progress report loop without active stream in video player #4339, by @nielsvanvelzen

💡 Everything else

• Update androidx.media3 to 1.5.0 #4294, by @nielsvanvelzen

📈 Dependency updates

• Update dependency androidx.core:core-ktx to v1.15.0 #4128, by renovate[bot]
• Update dependency androidx.work:work-runtime to v2.10.0 #4129, by renovate[bot]
• Update androidx.media3 to v1.5.1 #4244, by renovate[bot]
• Update github/codeql-action action by renovate[bot] v3.28.0 #4325, v3.27.9 #4290, v3.27.7 #4282
• Update dependency androidx.compose.foundation:foundation to v1.7.6 #4283, by renovate[bot]
• Update dependency androidx.compose.ui:ui-tooling to v1.7.6 #4284, by renovate[bot]
• Update dependency com.android.tools:desugar_jdk_libs to v2.1.4 #4318, by renovate[bot]
• Update dependency io.mockk:mockk to v1.13.14 - autoclosed #4319, by renovate[bot]
• Update dependency gradle to v8.12 #4320, by renovate[bot]
• Update dependency io.insert-koin:koin-androidx-compose to v4.0.1 #4335, by renovate[bot]
• Update koin to v4.0.1 #4336, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies - autoclosed #4312, by renovate[bot]

Contributors

• @nielsvanvelzen

This update fixes some more issues reported after the 0.18.1 release.

💥 Crash fixes

• Fix ItemRowAdapterHelper.refreshItem using wrong thread when invoking callback #4275, by @nielsvanvelzen

🔧 Bugfixes

• Always call notifyInteraction on navigation #4271, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Make playbackController reference optional in ReportingHelper #4276, by @nielsvanvelzen

Contributors

• @nielsvanvelzen

This update fixes all crashes reported since the 0.18.0 release.

If you appreciate my work, you can show your support with a donation trough GitHub sponsors. Your support helps me continue improving and growing the app. Thank you!

💥 Crash fixes

• Fix crash when restoring DestinationFragmentView state #4268, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix crash when viewing audio now playing while using Emerald theme #4269, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix crash when trying to report playback progress when there is no current stream #4270, by @nielsvanvelzen

📈 Dependency updates

• Update dependency com.android.tools.build:gradle to v8.7.3 #4256, by renovate[bot]
• Update github/codeql-action action to v3.27.6 #4259, by renovate[bot]

Contributors

• @nielsvanvelzen

Exciting features like lyrics and media segments are now available, along with significant improvements to subtitles and more in version 0.18 of the Jellyfin for Android TV app. Read the blog post to learn about the changes in this release, or read the changelog below.

If you appreciate my work, you can show your support with a donation trough GitHub sponsors. Your support helps me continue improving and growing the app. Thank you!

🌟 Highlights

• Remove custom subtitle renderer #3825, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Implement My media (small) home section #4011, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Implement media segments #4052, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Rewrite all subtitle behavior #4094, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Implement lyrics #4107, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add experimental Trickplay implementation #4172, by @nielsvanvelzen

🏗️ Enhancements

• Upgrade ConnectHelpAlertFragment to Jetpack Compose #3596, by @pascalwei
• Add option to customize seek time #3794, by @kabel2
• Add developer preference to prefer FFmpeg for audio decoding #3818, by @rickysixx
• Support float preferences #3824, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Rewrite media queuing #3833, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Set seek parameter for D-Pad to 10 seconds #3928, by @ericleb010
• Add resolution codec check #3953, by @MichaelRUSF
• Avoid baking subtitles when transcoding #3980, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Increase amount of home sections from 7 to 10 #4012, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add preference for default zoom mode #4020, by @JagerSprinkles
• Add preference to delay start of video #4025, by @JagerSprinkles
• Add flow support for elements #4031, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Rewrite NowPlayingView in compose #4033, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Initial Jellyfin 10.10 support #4040, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Don't skip media segments shorter than 1 second #4064, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add "ask to skip" media segment action #4068, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Use "Ask to skip" by default for intros and outros #4111, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Hide video player controls by default #4119, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Consider artist images before album artist images #4142, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Consider artist names before album artist names #4143, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add additional information to PlaybackStartInfo #4147, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Use percentage seekbar for subtitle text size #4175, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Upgrade to Coil 3 #4190, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Unset playing item once the playback queue ends #4221, by @nielsvanvelzen

💥 Crash fixes

• Fix player crashing when playback failed #4150, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Catch errors when reporting playback state #4171, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix ImageProvider always throwing #4195, by @nielsvanvelzen

🔧 Bugfixes

• Fix RewriteMediaManager emitting onQueueStatusChanged with a queue when there is no audio items available #3839, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix queue not advancing #4030, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix VLC marked as watched #4032, by @MichaelRUSF
• Fix Detekt max line length not matching Editorconfig #4058, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix skipping to next episode #4072, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix PlaybackController not always disabling default track #4098, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Automatically disable subtitles when baking fails #4112, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix adding music to existing queue #4117, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Sync custom controls with built-in controls in leanback overlay #4118, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix video restarting immediately when baking subtitles #4122, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix some issues with lyrics #4134, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix getSubtitleDeliveryMethod in StreamInfo always returning "Encoding" #4148, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix audio track selection when baking subtitles #4154, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix exo track id parsing for format change. #4164, by @reacocard
• Fix position on playback stop reporting when skipping to playback end #4167, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix sorting TV shows by last played #4168, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Catch errors when loading MediaSessionService artwork #4170, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix skipping to end of video reports wrong end time #4189, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix subtitle menu not always showing "None" as first item #4196, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix skipping to end of video reports wrong end time #4197, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Use relative index matching for subtitle selection #4201, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Never load PGS externally #4202, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix player UI not hiding automatically #4203, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Really never load PGS externally #4206, by @MichaelRUSF
• Refactor subtitle profiles to be more readable #4210, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix background of album in now playing screen when lyrics are displaying #4211, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix audio now playing screen always showing "1 of x" instead of the actual queue position #4217, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Specify fields in resumePlayback() API request #4248, by @nielsvanvelzen

🔃 Refactoring

• Fix typos #3811, by @starsep
• Use device profile builder in jellyfinPlugin #3893, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Remove DeviceUtils #4071, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Update package for Koin viewModel import #4082, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Rewrite usages of QueueEntry in UI #4110, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Rewrite reporting helper with SDK #4115, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Remove runBlocking usage in HomeRowsFragment #4169, by @nielsvanvelzen

💡 Everything else

• Update dependency org.jellyfin.sdk:jellyfin-core to v1.6.3 #4228, by @nielsvanvelzen

📈 Dependency updates

• Update actions/setup-java action by renovate[bot] v4.5.0 #4105, v4.3.0 #3979, v4.2.2 #3832
• Update Kotlin by renovate[bot] v2.0.21 #4066, v1.9.0 - autoclosed #3989, v2.0.10 #3843
• Update gradle/actions action by renovate[bot] v4.2.1 #4227, v4.0.1 #3938, v4 #3857
• Update com.android.tools.build:gradle by renovate[bot] v8.7.2 #4135, v8.7.1 #4042, v8.6.1 #3998, v8.6.0 #3948, v8.5.2 #3866
• Update gradle by renovate[bot] v8.11.1 #4236, v8.11 #4194, v8.10.2 #4017, v8.10.1 - autoclosed #3976, v8.10 #3897
• Update github/codeql-action action by renovate[bot] v3.27.5 #4237, v3.27.2 #4200, v3.27.1 #4184, v3.26.13 #4075, v3.26.8 #4008, v3.26.5 #3927, v3.26.4 #3920, v3.26.3 #3912
• Update aboutlibraries to v11.2.3 #3925, by renovate[bot]
• Update com.android.tools:desugar_jdk_libs by renovate[bot] v2.1.3 #4181, v2.1.2 #3960, v2.1.1 #3944, v2.1.0 #3935
• Update org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-serialization-json by renovate[bot] v1.7.3 #4009, v1.7.2 #3945
• Update androidx.fragment by renovate[bot] v1.8.5 #4123, v1.8.4 - autoclosed #4043, v1.8.3 #3962
• Update androidx.lifecycle by renovate[bot] v2.8.7 #4124, v2.8.6 #4001, v2.8.5 #3963
• Update androidx.activity:activity by renovate[bot] v1.9.3 #4083, v1.9.2 #3964
• Update androidx.compose.foundation:foundation by renovate[bot] v1.7.5 #4125, v1.7.4 #4084, v1.7.3 #4044, v1.7.2 #4002, v1.7.1 #3982, v1.7.0 #3965
• Update androidx.compose.ui:ui-tooling by renovate[bot] v1.7.5 #4126, v1.7.4 #4087, v1.7.3 #4045, v1.7.2 - autoclosed #4003, v1.7.1 #3983, v1.7.0 #3966
• Update dependency io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt to v1.23.7 #3974, by renovate[bot]
• Update acra by renovate[bot] v5.12.0 #4153, v5.11.4 #3990
• Update koin to v4 (major) #3996, by renovate[bot]
• Update dependency androidx.startup:startup-runtime to v1.2.0 #4004, by renovate[bot]
• Update dependency ubuntu to v24 #4024, by renovate[bot]
• Update actions/upload-artifact action to v4.4.3 #4061, by renovate[bot]
• Update dependency io.mockk:mockk to v1.13.13 #4063, by renovate[bot]
• Update org.jellyfin.sdk:jellyfin-core by renovate[bot] v1.6.2 #4222, v1.6.1 #4152, v1.6.0 #4108
• Update dependency androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout to v2.2.0 #4127, by renovate[bot]
• Update dependency io.coil-kt.coil3:coil-gif to v3.0.3 #4215, by renovate[bot]
• Update appleboy/ssh-action action to v1.2.0 #4223, by renovate[bot]
• Update coil to v3.0.4 #4247, by renovate[bot]
• chore(deps): update ci dependencies #3814, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies #3847, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies #3947, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies #3987, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies #4019, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies #4036, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies #4102, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies #4204, by renovate[bot]

Contributors

• @nielsvanvelzen
• @MichaelRUSF
• @JagerSprinkles
• @pascalwei
• @kabel2
• @starsep
• @rickysixx
• @ericleb010
• @reacocard

Version 0.18 is the upcoming release of Jellyfin for Android TV. Exciting features like lyrics, trickplay and media segments are now available, together with significant improvements to subtitles and more. Jellyfin 10.10.0 or newer is required.

If you appreciate my work, you can show your support with a donation trough GitHub sponsors. Your support helps me continue improving and growing the app. Thank you 👐!

🐛 Beta information

Beta versions are not guaranteed to work as expected. We encourage users to create detailed bug reports if any problems arise. Read our blog post for more information about our Android beta programs.

🏗️ Enhancements

• Unset playing item once the playback queue ends #4221, by @nielsvanvelzen

🔧 Bugfixes

• Really never load PGS externally #4206, by @MichaelRUSF
• Refactor subtitle profiles to be more readable #4210, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix background of album in now playing screen when lyrics are displaying #4211, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix audio now playing screen always showing "1 of x" instead of the actual queue position #4217, by @nielsvanvelzen

💡 Everything else

• Update dependency org.jellyfin.sdk:jellyfin-core to v1.6.3 #4228, by @nielsvanvelzen

📈 Dependency updates

• Update dependency io.coil-kt.coil3:coil-gif to v3.0.3 #4215, by renovate[bot]
• Update dependency org.jellyfin.sdk:jellyfin-core to v1.6.2 #4222, by renovate[bot]
• Update appleboy/ssh-action action to v1.2.0 #4223, by renovate[bot]
• Update gradle/actions action to v4.2.1 #4227, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies #4204, by renovate[bot]

Contributors

• @nielsvanvelzen
• @MichaelRUSF

Version 0.18 is the upcoming release of Jellyfin for Android TV. Exciting features like lyrics, trickplay and media segments are now available, together with significant improvements to subtitles and more. Jellyfin 10.10.0 or newer is required.

If you appreciate my work, you can show your support with a donation trough GitHub sponsors. Your support helps me continue improving and growing the app. Thank you!

🐛 Beta information

Beta versions are not guaranteed to work as expected. We encourage users to create detailed bug reports if any problems arise. Read our blog post for more information about our Android beta programs.

🏗️ Enhancements

• Add option to customize seek time #3794, by @kabel2
• Use percentage seekbar for subtitle text size #4175, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Upgrade to Coil 3 #4190, by @nielsvanvelzen

💥 Crash fixes

• Fix ImageProvider always throwing #4195, by @nielsvanvelzen

🔧 Bugfixes

• Fix skipping to end of video reports wrong end time #4189, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix subtitle menu not always showing "None" as first item #4196, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix skipping to end of video reports wrong end time #4197, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Use relative index matching for subtitle selection #4201, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Never load PGS externally #4202, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix player UI not hiding automatically #4203, by @nielsvanvelzen

📈 Dependency updates

• Update dependency com.android.tools:desugar_jdk_libs to v2.1.3 #4181, by renovate[bot]
• Update github/codeql-action action by renovate[bot] v3.27.2 #4200, v3.27.1 #4184
• Update dependency gradle to v8.11 #4194, by renovate[bot]

Contributors

• @nielsvanvelzen
• @kabel2

Version 0.18 is the upcoming release of Jellyfin for Android TV. Exciting features like lyrics, trickplay and media segments are now available, together with significant improvements to subtitles and more. Jellyfin 10.10.0 or newer is required.

If you appreciate my work, you can show your support with a donation trough GitHub sponsors. Your support helps me continue improving and growing the app. Thank you!

🐛 Beta information

Beta versions are not guaranteed to work as expected. We encourage users to create detailed bug reports if any problems arise. Read our blog post for more information about our Android beta programs.

🌟 Highlights

• Add experimental TrickPlay implementation #4172, by @nielsvanvelzen

💥 Crash fixes

• Fix player crashing when playback failed #4150, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Catch errors when reporting playback state #4171, by @nielsvanvelzen

🔧 Bugfixes

• Fix audio track selection when baking subtitles #4154, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix exo track id parsing for format change. #4164, by @reacocard
• Fix position on playback stop reporting when skipping to playback end #4167, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix sorting TV shows by last played #4168, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Catch errors when loading MediaSessionService artwork #4170, by @nielsvanvelzen

🔃 Refactoring

• Remove runBlocking usage in HomeRowsFragment #4169, by @nielsvanvelzen

📈 Dependency updates

• Update dependency org.jellyfin.sdk:jellyfin-core to v1.6.1 #4152, by renovate[bot]
• Update acra to v5.12.0 #4153, by renovate[bot]

Contributors

• @nielsvanvelzen
• @reacocard

Version 0.18 is the upcoming release of Jellyfin for Android TV. Exciting features like lyrics and media segments are now available, together with significant improvements to subtitles and more changes listed in the complete changelog below. Jellyfin 10.10.0 or newer is required.

This first beta release will be available on the Google Play beta track after a short delay of about a week.

If you appreciate my work, you can show your support with a donation trough GitHub sponsors. Your support helps me continue improving and growing the app. Thank you!

🐛 Beta information

Beta versions are not guaranteed to work as expected. We encourage users to create detailed bug reports if any problems arise. Read our blog post for more information about our Android beta programs.

🌟 Highlights

• Remove custom subtitle renderer #3825, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Implement My media (small) home section #4011, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Implement media segments #4052, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Rewrite all subtitle behavior #4094, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Implement lyrics #4107, by @nielsvanvelzen

🏗️ Enhancements

• Upgrade ConnectHelpAlertFragment to Jetpack Compose #3596, by @pascalwei
• Add developer preference to prefer FFmpeg for audio decoding #3818, by @rickysixx
• Support float preferences #3824, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Rewrite media queuing #3833, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Set seek parameter for D-Pad to 10 seconds #3928, by @ericleb010
• Add resolution codec check #3953, by @MichaelRUSF
• Avoid baking subtitles when transcoding #3980, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Increase amount of home sections from 7 to 10 #4012, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add preference for default zoom mode #4020, by @JagerSprinkles
• Add preference to delay start of video #4025, by @JagerSprinkles
• Add flow support for elements #4031, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Rewrite NowPlayingView in compose #4033, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Initial Jellyfin 10.10 support #4040, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Don't skip media segments shorter than 1 second #4064, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add "ask to skip" media segment action #4068, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Use "Ask to skip" by default for intros and outros #4111, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Hide video player controls by default #4119, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Consider artist images before album artist images #4142, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Consider artist names before album artist names #4143, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Add additional information to PlaybackStartInfo #4147, by @nielsvanvelzen

🔧 Bugfixes

• Fix RewriteMediaManager emitting onQueueStatusChanged with a queue when there is no audio items available #3839, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix queue not advancing #4030, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix VLC marked as watched #4032, by @MichaelRUSF
• Fix Detekt max line length not matching Editorconfig #4058, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix skipping to next episode #4072, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix PlaybackController not always disabling default track #4098, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Automatically disable subtitles when baking fails #4112, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix adding music to existing queue #4117, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Sync custom controls with built-in controls in leanback overlay #4118, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix video restarting immediately when baking subtitles #4122, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix some issues with lyrics #4134, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Fix getSubtitleDeliveryMethod in StreamInfo always returning "Encoding" #4148, by @nielsvanvelzen

🔃 Refactoring

• Fix typos #3811, by @starsep
• Use device profile builder in jellyfinPlugin #3893, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Remove DeviceUtils #4071, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Update package for Koin viewModel import #4082, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Rewrite usages of QueueEntry in UI #4110, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Rewrite reporting helper with SDK #4115, by @nielsvanvelzen

📈 Dependency updates

• Update actions/setup-java action by renovate[bot] v4.5.0 #4105, v4.3.0 #3979, v4.2.2 #3832
• Update Kotlin by renovate[bot] v2.0.21 #4066, v1.9.0 - autoclosed #3989, v2.0.10 #3843
• Update gradle/actions action by renovate[bot] v4.0.1 #3938, v4 #3857
• Update com.android.tools.build:gradle by renovate[bot] v8.7.2 #4135, v8.7.1 #4042, v8.6.1 #3998, v8.6.0 #3948, v8.5.2 #3866
• Update gradle by renovate[bot] v8.10.2 #4017, v8.10.1 - autoclosed #3976, v8.10 #3897
• Update github/codeql-action action by renovate[bot] v3.26.13 #4075, v3.26.8 #4008, v3.26.5 #3927, v3.26.4 #3920, v3.26.3 #3912
• Update aboutlibraries to v11.2.3 #3925, by renovate[bot]
• Update com.android.tools:desugar_jdk_libs by renovate[bot] v2.1.2 #3960, v2.1.1 #3944, v2.1.0 #3935
• Update org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-serialization-json by renovate[bot] v1.7.3 #4009, v1.7.2 #3945
• Update androidx.fragment by renovate[bot] v1.8.5 #4123, v1.8.4 - autoclosed #4043, v1.8.3 #3962
• Update androidx.lifecycle by renovate[bot] v2.8.7 #4124, v2.8.6 #4001, v2.8.5 #3963
• Update androidx.activity:activity by renovate[bot] v1.9.3 #4083, v1.9.2 #3964
• Update androidx.compose.foundation:foundation by renovate[bot] v1.7.5 #4125, v1.7.4 #4084, v1.7.3 #4044, v1.7.2 #4002, v1.7.1 #3982, v1.7.0 #3965
• Update androidx.compose.ui:ui-tooling by renovate[bot] v1.7.5 #4126, v1.7.4 #4087, v1.7.3 #4045, v1.7.2 - autoclosed #4003, v1.7.1 #3983, v1.7.0 #3966
• Update dependency io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt to v1.23.7 #3974, by renovate[bot]
• Update acra to v5.11.4 #3990, by renovate[bot]
• Update koin to v4 (major) #3996, by renovate[bot]
• Update dependency androidx.startup:startup-runtime to v1.2.0 #4004, by renovate[bot]
• Update dependency ubuntu to v24 #4024, by renovate[bot]
• Update actions/upload-artifact action to v4.4.3 #4061, by renovate[bot]
• Update dependency io.mockk:mockk to v1.13.13 #4063, by renovate[bot]
• Update dependency org.jellyfin.sdk:jellyfin-core to v1.6.0 #4108, by renovate[bot]
• Update dependency androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout to v2.2.0 #4127, by renovate[bot]
• chore(deps): update ci dependencies #3814, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies #3847, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies #3947, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies #3987, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies #4019, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies #4036, by renovate[bot]
• Update CI dependencies #4102, by renovate[bot]

Contributors

• @nielsvanvelzen
• @MichaelRUSF
• @JagerSprinkles
• @pascalwei
• @starsep
• @rickysixx
• @ericleb010

🏗️ Enhancements

• Change upcomingMinimumServerVersion to 10.10.0 to warn about upcoming 10.10 requirement #4041, by @nielsvanvelzen

🔧 Bugfixes

• Add missing audioCodec to music transcode #4136, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Don't close player with invalid state in onCreate #4138, by @nielsvanvelzen

🔃 Refactoring

• Use Java 21 in jvm toolchain #4080, by @nielsvanvelzen

Contributors

• @nielsvanvelzen

This is a special release based on v0.17.8 to inform our beta users about an upcoming requirement for Jellyfin 10.10.0. It will be published on the Google Play beta channel only.

The first beta for version 0.18, which will introduce the Jellyfin 10.10.0 requirement, is expected to launch in about two to four weeks from now.

🐟 Changelog

• Change upcomingMinimumServerVersion to 10.10.0 to warn about upcoming 10.10 requirement #4041, by @nielsvanvelzen

Contributors

• @nielsvanvelzen

🔧 Bugfixes

• Use parcelable array list in DestinationFragmentView saved state #4081, by @nielsvanvelzen
• (0.17.z) Fix playing subsequent episode not working #4090, by @nielsvanvelzen

Contributors

• @nielsvanvelzen

🔧 Bugfixes

• Fix video player not closing when fragment is stopped #4057, by @nielsvanvelzen
• Restore forced aspect ratio for poster types on video items #4065, by @nielsvanvelzen

Contributors

• @nielsvanvelzen