This Patch

What's New

• Re-added the pre-v4.0.0 MediaStore backend, enabling faster loading without a file manager the cost of reliability.
• All of the loading options added prior have been consolidated into a single "music sources" dialog

Date Added

• Date added now reflects FileSystem date added

What's Fixed

• Fixed playlist songs incorrectly updating when resorting
• Fixed artists without songs having enabled play/pause toolbar options
• Fixed library unnecessarily refreshing when reloading

Primary Changelog

What's New

• A total user interface refresh based on the latest Material Design specs
  • New theme palettes
  • Improved designs for playback and detail views
  • New app branding and icon
  • Refreshed round mode
  • Less intrusive music loading indicators
• Musikr, a brand new music loading system
  • Directly accesses user files rather than unreliable media database
  • Uses faster and more capable native tag parsing
  • Stores cover data on-device for fast and high-quality access
  • New interpretation system with many quality-of-life improvements
• Android 15 support

What's Improved

• Initial music loading is significantly faster and less resource intensive
• Album grouping no longer done with artist
• MusicBrainz IDs will no longer split albums/artists in less tagged libraries
• M3U playlist file name is now proposed if one cannot be found within the file
• Duration is now parsed from certain files that previously could not be parsed
• ID3v2 tags are now parsed from WAV files
• NN/TT tracks/discs are now handled in Vorbis
• Music library will is less likely to fail to respond to updates
• Hidden audio files can now be loaded
• Sorting songs by date now uses songs date first, before the earliest album date
• Added working layouts for small split-screen form factors
• Added fast scrolling in detail views
• Added ability to make issues and make feedback e-mails in-app

What's Fixed

• Fixed playback sheet flickering on warm start
• No longer possible to save a sort with no direction specified
• Fixed inconsistent corner radii in widget
• Possibly fixed foreground start music loading failures
• Fixed playlist view not exiting on deletion

What's Changed

• Date added is now local to when the app discovers the file and will not persist long-term
• Songs with no album are now "Unknown album" rather than folder name
• Tab layout no longer changes depending on device configuration
• Round mode is now on by default

Dev/Meta

• No longer using custom logging setup
• Music loading split off into separate musikr module

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