Good morning! I worked on the release notes for version 3.5. Full list of changes since version 3.4:
List of PRs & commits in this release
| Type | Merge date | URL | Title | Author | Type | Functionality group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PR | 2024-04-11T21:50:25Z | #7081 | Don’t spam the logs when doing unit tests | ByteHamster | Behind-the-scenes-improvement | |
| PR | 2024-04-13T08:04:03Z | #7088 | Fix detection of local-only refresh | ByteHamster | Behind-the-scenes-improvement | |
| PR | 2024-04-13T15:28:56Z | #7090 | Store download date in database | ByteHamster | Behind-the-scenes-improvement | |
| PR | 2024-04-13T17:18:13Z | #7091 | Add lazy loading to feed item list | ByteHamster | Behind-the-scenes-improvement | |
| PR | 2024-04-14T09:43:51Z | #7095 | Hide info views in multi-select | ByteHamster | improvement | |
| PR | 2024-04-14T09:45:12Z | #7087 | Optionally display subscriptions as a simple list | ByteHamster | New feature | |
| PR | 2024-04-15T17:24:06Z | #7100 | Show feed search results as soon as they are available | ByteHamster | improvement | |
| PR | 2024-04-15T17:28:10Z | #7094 | Show episode covers on podcast page | ByteHamster | improvement | |
| PR | 2024-04-16T06:14:59Z | #7085 | Nextcloud Gpodder sync using wrong url | tomhense | Bugfix | |
| PR | 2024-04-16T22:01:34Z | #7053 | playback: do not enable sleep mode in Android Auto | hades | improvement | |
| PR | 2024-04-21T17:50:20Z | #7122 | Improve about icons | flofriday | improvement | |
| PR | 2024-04-24T18:57:30Z | #7129 | Improve contributors licenses screens | flofriday | improvement | |
| PR | 2024-04-25T20:42:23Z | #7137 | Fix infinite refresh indicator | flofriday | Bugfix | |
| PR | 2024-04-27T08:05:59Z | #7140 | Switch Emulator CI to Ubuntu | ByteHamster | Behind-the-scenes-improvement | |
| PR | 2024-04-27T08:42:54Z | #7097 | Move ‘show subscription title’ setting to subscription page | ByteHamster | improvement | |
| PR | 2024-04-27T08:44:09Z | #7126 | Use multiple threads for refreshing feeds | 0x082c8bf1 | improvement | |
| PR | 2024-04-27T09:28:31Z | #7142 | Fix sharp corners on placeholders | flofriday | improvement | |
| PR | 2024-04-29T05:40:03Z | #7093 | Bottom multi-select | ByteHamster | improvement | |
| PR | 2024-05-01T09:36:15Z | #7152 | playback: remove special handling for Huawei | hades | Behind-the-scenes-improvement | |
| PR | 2024-05-03T19:42:14Z | #7161 | Show statistics above description on feed info page | ByteHamster | improvement | |
| PR | 2024-05-05T08:05:26Z | #7159 | Add support for parsing Nero M4A chapters | IsAvaible | New feature | |
| PR | 2024-05-06T20:04:24Z | #7163 | Fix inconsistent icons in the app toolbar. | flofriday | improvement | |
| PR | 2024-05-06T20:14:26Z | #7164 | Improve layout for missing chapter images | flofriday | improvement | |
| PR | 2024-05-08T05:46:25Z | #7169 | Fix settings toolbar having color | ByteHamster | improvement | |
| PR | 2024-05-08T21:27:04Z | #7167 | Update error message design | ByteHamster | improvement | |
| PR | 2024-05-09T09:44:26Z | #7098 | Add episodes without subscribing | ByteHamster | New feature | |
| PR | 2024-05-10T06:11:28Z | #7175 | NoRelayoutTextView: Enable requestLayout in more cases | ByteHamster | Behind-the-scenes-improvement | |
| PR | 2024-05-10T06:14:03Z | #7174 | Make it possible to scroll swipe actions dialog | ByteHamster | improvement | |
| PR | 2023-12-06T20:26:21Z | #6739 | Parse podcast:transcript url and store in SQLite | tonytamsf | New feature | |
| PR | 2024-01-01T12:06:01Z | #6797 | download and store transcript text | tonytamsf | New feature | |
| PR | 2024-02-04T20:43:00Z | #6852 | Transcript semantic parsing | tonytamsf | New feature | |
| PR | 2024-05-18T16:54:14Z | #7103 | Display transcript text and follow along the audio | tonytamsf | New feature | |
| PR | 2024-05-18T17:34:36Z | #7156 | Fix android auto resume on reconnect issues | hades | Bugfix | |
| PR | 2024-05-20T18:25:12Z | #7189 | Add new date format | ByteHamster | improvement | |
| PR | 2024-05-24T12:21:21Z | #7096 | Move auto-delete settings | ByteHamster | improvement | |
| PR | 2024-05-31T08:46:59Z | #7207 | Reorganize settings in the user interface | andre-m-dev | improvement | |
| PR | 2024-05-31T08:51:58Z | #7213 | Name of the sync server in error messages | andre-m-dev | improvement | |
| PR | 2024-05-31T19:05:38Z | #7214 | Option to switch app language | andre-m-dev | New feature | |
| PR | 2024-06-07T08:54:37Z | #7219 | Fix redundant hints on search screen | flofriday | improvement | |
| PR | 2024-06-09T08:04:59Z | #7215 | Support parsing vorbis comments spanning across pages | senventise | Bugfix | |
| PR | 2024-06-09T17:06:02Z | #7230 | Add pull to refresh to Downloads screen | VishnuSanal | New feature | |
| PR | 2024-06-09T17:07:05Z | #7228 | Update info bar when changing playback speed | ByteHamster | improvement | |
| PR | 2024-06-09T18:47:49Z | #7204 | Spotbugs cleanup part 2 | TacoTheDank | Behind-the-scenes-improvement | |
| PR | 2024-06-09T18:48:22Z | #7232 | Make swiping out easier | ByteHamster | improvement | |
| PR | 2024-06-13T06:23:26Z | #7238 | Fix error icon in the drawer | flofriday | improvement | |
| PR | 2024-06-14T15:42:23Z | #7248 | Make issue template easier to use | ByteHamster | Behind-the-scenes-improvement | |
| PR | 2024-06-18T20:57:54Z | #7252 | “Remove all from inbox” added to the overflow menu of a single subscription | andre-m-dev | improvement | |
| PR | 2024-06-19T19:14:20Z | #7255 | Configure IntelliJ Idea IDE automatically | ByteHamster | Behind-the-scenes-improvement | |
| PR | 2024-06-22T11:18:26Z | #7260 | Update strings | keunes | improvement | |
| PR | 2024-06-22T11:38:18Z | #7240 | Refactor ToolbarIconTintManager to a simpler API | flofriday | Behind-the-scenes-improvement | |
| PR | 2024-06-23T12:13:22Z | #7261 | Fix show notes link color | flofriday | improvement | |
| PR | 2024-06-30T09:18:45Z | #7268 | Fix useless refresh on welcome home screen | flofriday | improvement | |
| PR | 2024-07-01T10:25:36Z | #7249 | Improve search bar design on add podcast screen | flofriday | improvement | |
| PR | 2024-07-01T10:31:24Z | #7264 | Fix search view regression | flofriday | Bugfix | |
| PR | 2024-07-10T19:30:32Z | #7277 | Improve collapsing toolbar collapse state | flofriday | improvement | |
| PR | 2024-07-18T19:08:58Z | #7289 | Echo 2024 bringup | ByteHamster | ||
| PR | 2024-07-18T20:49:45Z | #7293 | Backport GlobalSign R6 certificate | ByteHamster | Behind-the-scenes-improvement | |
| PR | 2024-07-18T21:15:00Z | #7272 | Announce episode download start/end with Talkback | teleoflexuous | New feature | |
| PR | 2024-07-18T21:15:45Z | #7294 | Fix blue theme sometimes showing partially dynamic | ByteHamster | Bugfix | |
| PR | 2024-07-19T21:49:55Z | #7295 | Fix subscription deeplink | ByteHamster | Behind-the-scenes-improvement | |
| PR | 2024-07-20T14:18:21Z | #7286 | Remove support for deeplinking apple podcasts and SubscribeOnAndroid | ByteHamster | Behind-the-scenes-improvement | |
| PR | 2024-07-20T14:19:26Z | #7296 | Hide ‘Not subscribed’ message the first time we show preview | ByteHamster | improvement | |
| PR | 2024-07-20T16:31:32Z | #7298 | Fix crash when accessing feed of dummy item | ByteHamster | Bugfix | |
| PR | 2024-07-27T15:42:25Z | #7303 | Add back SubscribeOnAndroid deeplinking | keunes | improvement | |
| Commit | 2024-07-27T17:22:36Z | 648593d | Update translations | ByteHamster | Behind-the-scenes-improvement | |
| Commit | 2024-07-27T17:22:42Z | 2a7824e | Update contributors | ByteHamster | Behind-the-scenes-improvement | |
| Commit | 2024-07-27T17:50:04Z | be3ad79 | Bump version to 3.5.0-beta1 | ByteHamster | Behind-the-scenes-improvement | |
| PR | 2024-08-01T20:06:49Z | #7309 | Android 14 on Lenovo tablets does not intialize this AudioEffect. | gregsimon | Bugfix | |
| PR | 2024-08-01T20:09:09Z | #7312 | Update empty_view_layout.xml | getgo-nobugs | improvement | |
| PR | 2024-08-01T20:51:37Z | #7314 | Some languages use the quantity ‘one’ also for 11, 21, etc | ByteHamster | Behind-the-scenes-improvement | |
| PR | 2024-08-24T07:37:47Z | #7335 | Ignore new episodes action for non-subscribed feeds | ByteHamster | improvement | |
| PR | 2024-08-24T08:52:33Z | #7342 | Fix paddings in online feed preview | ByteHamster | improvement | |
| PR | 2024-08-24T08:54:08Z | #7334 | Fix feed counters including non-subscribed podcasts | ByteHamster | Bugfix | |
| Commit | 2024-08-26T19:39:51Z | aa28a65 | Bump version to 3.5.0-beta2 | ByteHamster | Behind-the-scenes-improvement | |
| PR | 2024-08-30T16:07:59Z | #7361 | Fix snackbar crash when on old Android version | ByteHamster | Bugfix | |
| PR | 2024-08-30T16:11:26Z | #7362 | Increase buffer duration | ByteHamster | improvement |
Based on this I’d suggest the following change-log (495 characters):
∙ Add episodes without subscribing to a podcast (@ByteHamster)
∙ Pull-to-refresh on Downloads screen (@VishnuSanal)
∙ Switch app language (@andre-m-dev)
∙ Display subscriptions as a simple list (@ByteHamster)
∙ Improved feed refresh speed (@0x082c8bf1)
∙ Display transcript text and follow along the audio (@tonytamsf)
∙ Announce episode download start/end with Talkback (@teleoflexuous)
∙ Support for parsing Nero M4A chapters (@IsAvaible)
∙ Various bug-fixes to improve stability and usability
Please let me know if it needs updating or if you think it’s good to go.
CC @ByteHamster @keunes
