Hello,
Here’s a full list of PRs that will land in the 3.0 release, based on a 2.7.1 - master commit comparison (develop already has changes that’ll land in 3.1), in order of merging.
Detailed table of PRs
| PR URL | (PR) Title | PR Author | type | function group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #6012 | Use downwards arrow icon to close player screen | dhruvpatidar359 | improvement | |
| #6029 | Change subscriptions icon from folder to grid view | ByteHamster | improvement | |
| #6032 | Use atd emulator image | ByteHamster | behind-the-scenes improvement | |
| #6031 | Make widget buttons fill all horizontal space | terminalmage | improvement | |
| #6030 | Rework smart shuffle | ByteHamster | improvement | |
| #6039 | Make statistics loading more efficient | ByteHamster | improvement | |
| #5864 | Home Screen | ByteHamster | new feature | Home |
| #6044 | Fix back icon when opening screens from home | ByteHamster | Home | |
| #6043 | Fix miniplayer sometimes showing toolbar | ByteHamster | bugfix | |
| #6045 | Clear search box when coming back from search | ByteHamster | improvement | |
| #6053 | Database optimizations | ByteHamster | improvement | |
| #6048 | Use dummy items instead of loading progress bar | ByteHamster | improvement | Dummy items |
| #6033 | Remove “inbox and unplayed” feed counter option | terminalmage | improvement | |
| #6056 | Multi-select to remove from inbox | ByteHamster | improvement | |
| #6067 | Fix shownotes/chapter buttons not properly displayed on some screen dimensions | ByteHamster | bugfix | |
| #6041 | Add ‘default screen’ setting (replaces ‘back button behavior’) | ByteHamster | improvement | |
| #6055 | Add swipe actions to home screen | ByteHamster | Home | |
| #6081 | Remove robotium-solo library | TacoTheDank | behind-the-scenes improvement | |
| #5990 | Clean up some existing viewbinding stuff | TacoTheDank | behind-the-scenes improvement | |
| #6073 | Implement “Downloaded and unplayed” subscription counter option | terminalmage | improvement | |
| #6006 | Add Quick Settings tile to play/pause from Android notifications | cliambrown | improvement | |
| #6086 | Fix loading views inconsistently showing cover | ByteHamster | bugfix | |
| #6002 | Material Design 3 | ByteHamster | improvement | MD3 |
| #6082 | Delete redundant round app icons | TacoTheDank | improvement | Logo refresh |
| #6057 | Rewrite include/exclude filter dialog | ByteHamster | improvement | |
| #6102 | Decrease margin around button in episode card | keunes | improvement | MD3 |
| #6112 | Extend splash blue to navigation bar | ByteHamster | improvement | Logo refresh |
| #6110 | Fix crash when dragging items in the queue | ByteHamster | bugfix | |
| #6090 | Remove old preDexLibs code in build.gradle | TacoTheDank | behind-the-scenes improvement | |
| #6115 | Fix crash while sharing media file | ByteHamster | bugfix | |
| #6121 | Use “Close” label for button to dismiss chapters dialog | terminalmage | improvement | |
| #6125 | Make cover on player screen slightly smaller | ByteHamster | Shownotes button (#6067) | |
| #6124 | Fix chapters dialog crashing | ByteHamster | bugfix | |
| #6137 | Fix crash when clicking cover icon when episode is not loaded yet | ByteHamster | bugfix | |
| #6109 | Tweak Queue section on home screen | ByteHamster | Home | |
| #6132 | remove card elevation | Lukmannudin | Home | |
| #6147 | Remove text colors from shownotes | ByteHamster | improvement | |
| #6139 | Add auto-complete to discovery country selection | Pinkolik | improvement | Discovery country selection |
| #6131 | Select all when focusing time in sleep timer | Lukmannudin | improvement | |
| #6153 | Speed up local folder refresh | ByteHamster | improvement | local feeds |
| #6155 | Fix filter dialog on rotated screen | Lukmannudin | bugfix | |
| #6159 | Fix queue sort order not being displayed | ByteHamster | Dummy items (#6048) | |
| #6160 | Fix toolbar on empty screen being set to scrolled state | ByteHamster | MD3 | |
| #6168 | Fix Inbox not default screen when set as such | liutng | bugfix | |
| #6166 | Do not print stacktrace for image loading errors | ByteHamster | behind-the-scenes improvement | |
| #6164 | Don’t print full stack trace when there is no vorbis comment | ByteHamster | behind-the-scenes improvement | |
| #6148 | Remove ‘seconds’ and ‘hours’ options from sleep timer | VishnuSanal | improvement | |
| #6173 | PlaybackService cleanup | ByteHamster | behind-the-scenes improvement | |
| #6174 | Move Glide config to its own module | ByteHamster | behind-the-scenes improvement | |
| #6176 | Decouple some classes | ByteHamster | behind-the-scenes improvement | |
| #6175 | Add confirmation dialog for clearing history | VishnuSanal | improvement | |
| #6178 | Move DownloadService-Interface to new module | ByteHamster | behind-the-scenes improvement | |
| #6179 | Check Lint recursively from the :app module | ByteHamster | behind-the-scenes improvement | |
| #6181 | Hide iTunes suggestions by default in F-Droid version | ByteHamster | improvement | |
| #6180 | Move preferences to a new module | ByteHamster | behind-the-scenes improvement | |
| #6177 | Add button to refresh episode chapters | LukasBrilla5 | improvement | Chapters |
| #6190 | Target API 31 | ByteHamster | behind-the-scenes improvement | |
| #6185 | Add option to edit feed URL | ricardoborgesjr | improvement | |
| #6195 | Fix crash on Android 12 | ByteHamster | bugfix | |
| #6111 | Switch back to non-transparent navigation bar | ByteHamster | MD3 | |
| #6198 | Refresh home sections when resuming | ByteHamster | Home | |
| #6199 | Add pull-to-refresh to home screen | ByteHamster | Home | |
| #6204 | Various tweaks | ByteHamster | Home; MD3 | |
| #6170 | Fixed bug that causes “skip” button to be unresponsive | Jared234 | bugfix | |
| #6186 | Remember decision option for “Remove all from inbox” dialog | liutng | improvement | |
| #6200 | Show human readable error message on details dialog | ByteHamster | improvement | |
| #6208 | Hide progress bar when there is no progress | ByteHamster | improvement | |
| #6206 | Hide started episodes from ‘random episodes’ screen | ByteHamster | Home | |
| #6207 | Support for multi-line home section titles | ByteHamster | Home | |
| #6218 | Show skip button even if ‘continuous playback’ is disabled | ByteHamster | improvement | |
| #6217 | Fix Nextcloud Gpodder sync for domains with special characters (e.g. umlaut) | ByteHamster | bugfix | |
| #6215 | Fix dummy list items crashing Android 9 | ByteHamster | Dummy items | |
| #6230 | Make layout of home sections more clean and easy | ByteHamster | Home | |
| #6232 | Remove non-functional end icon of country selector | ByteHamster | Discovery country selection | |
| #6231 | Do not animate dummy views | ByteHamster | Dummy items | |
| #6223 | Migrate ListPreference to Material Design 3 | ByteHamster | improvement | MD3 |
| #6239 | Rename ‘country’ to ‘select country’ | ByteHamster | improvement | Discovery country selection |
| #6240 | Multi-select using background instead of checkbox | ByteHamster | improvement | |
| #6237 | Add support for Material You tinted theme | ByteHamster | improvement | MD3 |
| #6246 | Revert back to showing progress bars while loading | ByteHamster | Dummy items | |
| #6247 | Fix resuming after interruption when screen is locked on Android 12 | ByteHamster | bugfix | |
| #6236 | Refresh Feed after Credentials Change | patrickdemers6 | improvement | |
| #6255 | Prevent rate dialog from showing on debug variant | VishnuSanal | behind-the-scenes improvement | |
| #6184 | Possibility to remove a single episode from playback history | VishnuSanal | improvement | |
| #6146 | Branding upgrade | ByteHamster | improvement | Logo refresh |
| #6263 | Use exactly those insets that we mark as consumed | ByteHamster | ?? bugfix specific following MD3 changes? | |
| #6264 | Make dark background of preview more consistent | ByteHamster | improvement | MD3 |
| #6265 | Fix downloads when feeds with same name have items with the same name | ByteHamster | bugfix | |
| #6213 | Synchronisation label changes | keunes | improvement | |
| #6283 | Make description of tinted theme more clear | ByteHamster | MD3 | |
| #6282 | Work around Android’s AlertDialog pushing out buttons when content gets large | ByteHamster | bugfix | |
| #6287 | Use rasterized icon on splash | ByteHamster | Logo refresh | |
| #6290 | Reduce padding of horizontal home sections to better align them with the titles | ByteHamster | Home | |
| #6292 | Avoid icons leaking below the miniplayer | ByteHamster | ?? bugfix specific following MD3 changes? | |
| #6293 | Fix failing to start next episode in background | ByteHamster | bugfix | |
| #6301 | Use nicer animation when sliding up player | ByteHamster | improvement | MD3 |
| #6295 | Fix when playback is started from MediaSessionCompat.Callback | ByteHamster | fix on #6293 | |
| #6315 | Fix current chapter having the same color as the dialog background | ByteHamster | improvement | Chapters; UI |
| #6321 | Fix Chromecast on Android 12, use styled receiver | ByteHamster | bugfix | Logo refresh |
| #6327 | Ensure that the context is non-null when loading the shownotes | ByteHamster | bugfix |
Based on it, I would suggest the following release notes (now 497/500 characters):
* Add Home screen, with quick access to the queued and latest episodes, favourite podcasts and surprise suggestions (@ByteHamster)
* Apply Material Design 3, including a theme colour based on your wallpaper [Android 12+ only] (idem)
* Better spread episodes while using smart shuffle (idem)
* Enable multi-select in Inbox (idem)
* Other improvements (e.g. for local feeds) and bugfixes (idem)
* Refreshed icon/branding (Ryan Gorley/Freehive)
* Allow editing podcast feed URLs (@ricardoborgesjr)
