v1.1

Feature Highlights

• Apple videos can now show points of interest (Settings > Interface > Choose a video title style). Thanks to @Hofferic for his work on this feature
• Additional SMB settings, fixes and an improved 'test connection' feature, ability to import/export SMB settings

For a full list of fixes, check out the changes in Beta 1 and Beta 2

v1.1 Beta 2

New features

• Added ability to Import/Export SMB credentials (saves or loads a config file from /Downloads folder)
• Added more SMB settings such as the ability to select dialect/protocol version (Settings > Performance & Debug)

If you are not using the SMB features of Aerial Views, feel free to skip this version.

v1.1 Beta 1

New features

• Apple videos can now show points of interest (Settings > Interface > Choose a video title style). Thanks to @Hofferic for his work on this feature
• WebM files (.webm file extension) are now recognised
• Added data usages estimates for remote Apple videos

Fixes and improvements

• Capabilities - screen resolution should be properly detected on 4K Sony TVs
• Fixes to permission handling when permission is revoked later by user
• Updates for targeting Android 12
• Updated beta icon
• Some bug fixes

If you're using v1.0 from GitHub, this beta version will replace it but keep all your settings.

v1.0

Aerial Views finally reaches v1.0 🥳

This release only contain a few minor changes...

• Small tweak to the icon for Android TV certification on Google Play Store
• Improvements to Capabilities screen - codec detection and labelling
• Updates to some internal libraries (Kotlin, Firebase, etc)

The app will continue to be available here as an APK and on the Google Play Store

And thanks again for everyone's support! ... enjoy using the app! 😊

v0.99.1 Preview

This minor release contains more fixes and one new feature...

• You can now skip to the next or previous video
• More tweaks to Capabilities screen to show more info, make things a little clearer
• Fixed a few rare crashes reported by Firebase
• Fixed a bug where duplicate videos weren't removed properly. Local videos should be chosen over remote versions if they use the same filename

Assuming no issues, this should be the final preview before releasing to the Play Store.

Thank you to everyone who downloaded the app, continues to use it, gave feedback, and reported bugs! 🥳

v0.99 Preview

This is a big release so please take 30 seconds to read about the changes below...

Major changes

• This fork of the app is now called Aerial Views so it can be released in the Play Store
• Aerial Views installs as a new app, so please double check all the settings again
• There will be a new icon but it’s not ready yet, so a boring temporary icon is being used (apologies!)
• The menus have been re-organised a bit, hopefully simpler and the grouping makes sense

New features

• "Skip Next" feature can be disabled which means any button press will exit the screensaver
• Media buttons will exit the screensaver and be passed to the app in the background
• Added tvOS 15 videos. All the older videos plus 16 new ones!
• Locations will be displayed for Apple videos stored on a network share (only local storage was supported previously)
• Locations will be shown for older versions of videos too (ie. tvOS 12, 13, etc)
• Ability to change playback speed (1x, 2x etc) . Thanks to @marcopar for his work on this!

Fixes and improvements

• Fixed a few crashes reported via Firebase
• Capabilities should be easier to understand (Settings > Performance & Debug > Capabilities)

v0.98.2 Preview

This minor release contains more fixes...

• Fixes to how network credentials are parsed and used, plus more logging
• Fixed issues with anonymous (ie. no username and password) network access
• If the screensaver activates over a video app (eg. Plex, Netflix, etc), pressing play on a remote will now quit the screensaver and resume video playback of the video app
• Fixed a couple of rare exceptions that can happen but shouldn't crash the app itself

NOTE: If you are still having issues with certain features or the app crashes sometimes - please do get in touch!

v0.98.1 Preview

This is a minor release with a few fixes...

• App is now built against API level 30 for future Play Store releases
• Fixes a crash that happens when going back and forth between certain Prefs screens

v0.98 Preview

• Added a feature to show the detected capabilities of the TV and codecs installed on the device. This will help diagnose HDR (Dolby Vision) playback issues
• Some bug fixes

v0.97 Preview

• Ability to play videos from a local network (SMB/Samba) shares
• Some bug fixes