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
• fixed feed sorting "unread publication date"
• 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

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 thought 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