3.7 release notes

loucasal · February 23, 2025, 3:46pm

Hey there! As the 3.7 release is getting nearer, it is time to prepare the release notes. This is the full list of changes:

List of PRs & commits in this release

Type	Merge date	URL	Title	Author	Type	Functionality group
PR	2024-11-17T11:17:53Z	#7505	Add badges to project readme	ByteHamster	project-management
PR	2024-11-24T19:52:51Z	#7517	Set show notes direction to auto	ebraminio	improvement	i18n
PR	2024-11-26T22:16:50Z	#7521	Support plurals for strings reported on Weblate	ByteHamster	improvement	i18n
PR	2024-11-27T21:38:17Z	#7530	Remove app source from issue template	ByteHamster	project-management
PR	2024-11-28T18:43:16Z	#7529	Upgrade AGP and Gradle for Java 23 support	ByteHamster	behind-the-scenes-improvement
PR	2024-12-10T20:01:13Z	#7539	More human-readable error when feed is invalid	ByteHamster	improvement	error-messages
PR	2024-12-12T21:20:04Z	#7548	Update proxy dialog to Material 3	ByteHamster	improvement	ui
PR	2024-12-12T22:18:46Z	#7549	Accessibility tweaks reported by Google Play	ByteHamster	improvement	accessibility
PR	2024-12-15T10:45:28Z	#7555	Add menu on statistics screen to bring back Echo	ByteHamster	improvement	echo
PR	2024-12-15T12:11:34Z	#7557	Fix arrow direction of home more links on RTL languages	ByteHamster	bugfix	i18n
PR	2024-12-15T12:13:23Z	#7556	More consistent display on RTL languages	ByteHamster	improvement	i18n
PR	2024-12-15T13:17:26Z	#7560	Remember ‘keep sorted’ when selecting random sort	ByteHamster	improvement	queue
PR	2024-12-15T14:50:35Z	#7558	Move Echo strings to main strings file	ByteHamster	behind-the-scenes-improvement	i18n
PR	2024-12-16T22:13:26Z	#7562	Restore playback speed on Chromecast	ByteHamster	bugfix	chromecast
PR	2024-12-20T16:40:16Z	#7565	Allow deleting tag by holding	anotherHoffmann	improvement	tags
PR	2025-01-01T19:46:49Z	#7589	Fix downloads sometimes running in notification only	ByteHamster	bugfix
PR	2025-01-03T12:24:49Z	#7590	Consistently not use full stops ByteHamster	improvement	ui
PR	2025-01-05T13:31:10Z	#7594	Prepare empty home screen for bottom navigation	ByteHamster	new feature	bottom-navigation
PR	2025-01-05T13:40:38Z	#7595	Disable ‘Back button opens drawer’ if Bottom menu is enabled	winkelnp	bugfix	bottom-navigation
PR	2025-01-05T16:56:11Z	#7600	Do not collapse player when pressing more in bottom nav	ByteHamster	bugfix	bottom-navigation
PR	2025-01-05T16:57:00Z	#7599	Fix crash when intent is redelivered	ByteHamster	bugfix
PR	2025-01-11T09:34:11Z	#7598	Fix stop of local mediaSession immediately cancelling Cast playback	ByteHamster	bugfix	chromecast
PR	2025-01-11T13:27:03Z	#7606	Update translation link in readme	ByteHamster	project-management
PR	2025-01-17T19:45:40Z	#7610	Split notification channels for downloading and refreshing	NWuensche	improvement	notifications
PR	2025-01-17T20:04:20Z	#7587	Make feed info page more similar to main list	ByteHamster	improvement	ui
PR	2025-01-17T20:19:33Z	#7613	Limit “check your classics” to the last 3 years	NWuensche	improvement	home
PR	2025-01-17T20:33:26Z	#7569	Add option to have Play/Pause button in Downloads	RihardsT	new feature	downloads
PR	2025-01-17T20:48:21Z	#7568	Update linear progressbars to new material design	flofriday	improvement	ui
PR	2025-01-18T11:31:45Z	#7458	Convert autodownloads from master switch to per-podcast setting	newhinton	new feature	autodownload
PR	2025-01-23T20:53:52Z	#7597	Support closing miniplayer by swiping down	ByteHamster	new feature	ui
PR	2025-01-25T07:16:48Z	#7626	Target Android 15	ByteHamster	behind-the-scenes-improvement
PR	2025-01-25T08:08:30Z	#7625	Shorter names for bottom navigation items	ByteHamster	improvement	bottom-navigation
PR	2025-01-28T21:11:03Z	#7629	Show website title in ‘server sent a website’ error	ByteHamster	improvement	error-messages
PR	2025-01-30T22:03:02Z	#7634	Fix system bar background in black theme	ByteHamster	bugfix	ui
PR	2025-01-30T22:04:05Z	#7633	Tweak error messages related to feed types again	ByteHamster	improvement	error-messages
PR	2025-01-31T16:32:36Z	#7614	Fix multiselect all below not working on podcast page	NWuensche	bugfix	multiselect
PR	2025-02-02T16:18:14Z	#7638	Fix transcript type not getting updated	ByteHamster	bugfix	transcripts
PR	2025-02-02T16:21:10Z	#7636	Reduce font size of bottom navigation	ByteHamster	improvement	bottom-navigation
PR	2025-02-02T18:28:23Z	#7627	Add option to automatically download queue	ByteHamster	new feature	autodownload
PR	2025-02-06T12:00:25Z	#7642	Merge weblate	ByteHamster	project-management	l10n
Commit	2025-02-08T10:32:28Z	c2d5b78	Translated using Weblate	ByteHamster	project-management l10n
Commit	2025-02-08T11:12:24Z	27af031	Update contributors	ByteHamster	project-management
Commit	2025-02-08T11:15:41Z	a1dec4b	Bump version to 3.7.0-beta1	ByteHamster	project-management
PR	2025-02-11T21:16:43Z	#7650	Fix crash on feed settings page	ByteHamster	bugfix
PR	2025-02-11T21:42:40Z	#7651	Translations update from Hosted Weblate	weblate	project-management	l10n
Commit	2025-02-11T21:50:44Z	f4f7dc7	Bump version to 3.7.0-beta2	ByteHamster	project-management
PR	2025-02-15T13:16:54Z	#7656	Upgrade SearchPreference and use our own ‘more’ string	ByteHamster	improvement	bottom-navigation
PR	2025-02-18T22:33:13Z	#7661	Translations update from Hosted Weblate	weblate	project-management	l10n
PR	2025-02-18T22:49:48Z	#7662	Mention that ‘new episode action’ disables autodownload	ByteHamster	improvement	autodownload
PR	2025-02-21T19:37:16Z	#7663	Enable bottom navigation for beta users	ByteHamster	new feature	bottom-navigation
PR	2025-02-21T20:00:57Z	#7666	Enable 3-state auto-download setting in multi-select	ByteHamster	new feature	autodownload
PR	2025-02-21T21:21:40Z	#7668	Translations update from Hosted Weblate	weblate	project-management	l10n
Commit	2025-02-21T21:30:03Z	b53ce2e	Bump version to 3.7.0-beta3	ByteHamster	project-management

Which I have summarised as follows (in 463 characters):

∙ Convert autodownloads from master switch to per-podcast setting (@newhinton)
∙ Add option to automatically download queue (@ByteHamster)
∙ Add option to have play/pause button in Downloads (@RihardsT)
∙ Split notification channels for downloading and refreshing (@NWuensche)
∙ Allow deleting tag by holding (@anotherHoffmann)
∙ Support closing miniplayer by swiping down (@ByteHamster)
∙ Bottom navigation improvements (@ByteHamster)
∙ Various bug fixes & improvements

@keunes, @ByteHamster: any suggested changes?

ByteHamster · February 23, 2025, 4:02pm

Thanks a lot for preparing! Splitting the notification channels is probably only interesting for a small number of users. I think I would leave that one out.

loucasal · February 23, 2025, 5:40pm

Thanks! In that case, we have a bit more space to elaborate on the misc. improvements (precisely 500 characters):

∙ Convert autodownloads from master switch to per-podcast setting (@newhinton)
∙ Add option to automatically download queue (@ByteHamster)
∙ Add option to have play/pause button in Downloads (@RihardsT)
∙ Allow deleting tag by holding (@anotherHoffmann)
∙ Support closing miniplayer by swiping down (@ByteHamster)
∙ Bottom navigation improvements (@ByteHamster)
∙ Various bug fixes & improvements, including on casting, accessibility, error messages and support for RTL languages (@ByteHamster, @ebraminio)

keunes · February 23, 2025, 5:50pm

While you updated the proposal I was also typing up some suggestions to make use of the space

Allow deleting tag by holding → Allow delete a tag by long-pressing
Add option to have play/pause button in Downloads → Add option to have play/pause button in Downloads screen

On the last one, I think we can remove ‘accessibility’ because they are rather small changes (and error messages can go also if need be I think).

Looks good otherwise!

loucasal · February 23, 2025, 6:06pm

Alright, this should be it then (500 characters):

∙ Convert autodownloads from master switch to per-podcast setting (@newhinton)
∙ Add option to automatically download queue (@ByteHamster)
∙ Add option to have play/pause button on Downloads screen (@RihardsT)
∙ Allow to delete tags by long-pressing (@anotherHoffmann)
∙ Support closing miniplayer by swiping down (@ByteHamster)
∙ Bottom navigation improvements (@ByteHamster)
∙ Various bug fixes & improvements, including on casting, error messages and support for RTL languages (@ByteHamster, @ebraminio)

ByteHamster · February 26, 2025, 9:32am

A post was split to a new topic: Bottom navigation feedback

ByteHamster · March 5, 2025, 6:53pm

Hmm, apparently Google counts characters differently than me. They just blocked the upload because the changelog is too long. I changed the wording a bit. I think in the future, we should stay below 480 characters, just to be safe.

keunes · March 6, 2025, 8:53pm

I also count 520 characters in Notepad++:

@loucasal which tool did you write/count characters in?

Let’s try and find a tool that correctly counts characters. Would be a shame to lose an additional few characters because we’re not counting right

loucasal · March 6, 2025, 9:07pm

I used LibreOffice Writer.

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ByteHamster · March 6, 2025, 9:41pm

I used some random website and got 500 as well. I think the key point might be that these bullet points are multi-byte characters. Also, because text files by definition end with a line break, there might be a discrepancy about whether it counts the last line break.

keunes · March 7, 2025, 8:08am

More detailed view from Notepad++:

The dot + space is already 4 characters according to Notepad++:

This one gives 506 characters: Free Online Word Counter Tool (probably counting a multibyte as one, and also End Of Line as one).

@ByteHamster Which was the text that you provided to Google, which was accepted? (So we can count back.)

loucasal · March 7, 2025, 8:29am

Funnily enough, I get the same count in LibreOffice if I copy the Discourse output (is that what you did?), but only 500 if I copy the actual input. What a rabbit hole!

ByteHamster · March 9, 2025, 10:10am

I removed more than absolutely necessary, so we can’t really count back. I did that to make sure that the second try gets accepted. Retrying with a different changelog is a bit of a hassle because I have to commit everything and then go back. Here is the state that was accepted: StoreMetadata/release-notes/en-US/default.txt at main · AntennaPod/StoreMetadata · GitHub

keunes · March 10, 2025, 7:23am

Oh my. I did indeed copy from Discourse. When copying Raw file from GitHub, I get the following:

Latest one (accepted):

From this at least we can conclude that ‘Document length’ in Notepad++ is not the value to look at; it is beyond the maximum and still accepted.

Previous one (rejected):

From this we can conclude that ‘Characters without line endings’ in Notepad++ is not the (only) thing to look at; it was under the maximum but got rejected.

Based on this, my next guess would be now that it’s ‘Characters’ plus the number of line endings.

system · July 8, 2025, 7:23am

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