6-pre-release

apk is at 6.0.5 pre-release

5.5.2

• another minor release for better migration to Podcini 6
• in wifi sync and episode progress export/import, included favorites info for episodes

5.5.1

• a minor release for better migration to Podcini 6
• in wifi sync and episode progress export/import, included the info for episodes not played or not finished playing but marked as played

5.5.0

• likely fixed Nextcloud Gpoddersync fails
• fixed text not accepted issue in "add podcast using rss feed"
• removed kotlin-stdlib dependency to improve build speed
• cleaned out the commented-out RxJava code
• added export/import of episode progress for migration to future versions. the exported content is the same as with instant sync: all the play progress of episodes (completed or not)
• this is likely the last release of Podcini 5, sauf perhaps any minor bugfixes.
• the next Podcini overhauls the entire DB routines, SQLite is replaced with the object-based Realm, and is not compatible with version 5 and below.

5.4.2

• likely fixed crash issue when the app is restarted after long idle
• fixed null pointer crash issue in when trying to report player error
• fixed null pointer crash issue when open player detailed view with online episode
• likely fixed the audio break issue when streaming some podcasts, particularly those related to "iHeart" (actually the server has some invalid settings, someone should notify them).
  this should take effect with episodes in both subscribed or online feeds

5.4.1

• fixed occasional crash of detecting existing OPML file for new install
• should have fixed the mal-functioning earphone buttons

5.4.0

• replaced thread with coroutines in DBWrite
• reduced startup lags of the app, various views, and media playing
• tidied up preferences accesses
• updated SwipeActions to the new DefaultLifecycleObserver
• added more options for default page
• added link info in episode info view

5.3.1

• fixed crash issue on some device when attempting to remove item from queue multiple times
• improved efficiency of getNextInQueue in DBReader

5.3.0

• changed normal scope to life cycle scope when possible
• replaced EventBus with Kotlin SharedFlow, be mindful of possible issues
• added sort order based on episode played or completed times, accessible from various episodes' list views
• in history view, dates shown on items are last-played dates
• in history view added sort and date filter
• more conversion of RxJava routines to Kotlin coroutines
• fixed crash issue sometimes when importing OPML files
• fixed crash issue in About view

5.2.1

• fixed issue of play/pause button not correctly updated in Queue