ArchiveTune version history

- Added romanization and translation support for lyrics, plus YouLyPlus provider - Introduced global artist blocking and improved library download visibility - Expanded launcher icon customization with adaptive icon generation - Improved Discord Rich Presence reliability and Material UI refinements

# Changelog Focuses on playback reliability, Chromecast integration, Music Together improvements, onboarding, backup handling, update delivery, and broader UI stability. This release also includes performance improvements, internal refactors, localization updates, and build pipeline refinements. ## Major Highlights ### Playback, Player & Audio This release improves playback stability across multiple player styles, especially around CanvasArtwork, cached playback, fallback handling, and stream recovery. * Stabilized CanvasArtwork playback across V7 and compatible player styles. * Improved fallback playback, cached canvas reuse, and compatibility handling. * Disabled problematic audio decoding paths where needed to prevent playback crashes. * Improved recovery from invalid stream sessions, stale playback state, and cached playback span issues. * Fixed player queue access from player controls. * Fixed queue selection toolbar crashes, toolbar spacing, and selection count behavior. * Added a local song shuffle action for faster local playback control. * Improved open-ended read handling for WebM and Ogg playback streams. Contributors: @rukamori, @mikooochi Rela

# Changelog ## ✨ Major Highlights ### Playback, Player & Audio - Added CanvasArtwork support across V7/V8/V9 player styles, including V8/V9 artwork canvas URLs, V7 backdrop integration, animated canvas playback, blur refinement, canvas cache handling, and highest-bitrate canvas selection — @mikooochi, @rukamori - Improved V7 player backdrop rendering with dynamic palettes, custom `V7ColorBucket` extraction, native/RenderScript blur handling, gradient tuning, zoom scaling, canvas layout fixes, and better artwork color generation — @rukamori, @sang765, @Windowstechtips - Added audible playback recovery, mute recovery, crossfade handoff recovery, volume watchdog handling, system volume sync, normalized volume smoothing, and retryable playback exception handling — @rukamori, @mikooochi - Added YouTube playback watchtime tracking with `playedTimeMs`, elapsed playback parameters, and refined playback registration behavior — @rukamori - Added queue clear action, queue start index clamping, duplicate playlist-entry preservation, current-song header improvements, and better player bottom sheet/back press behavior (#824) — @rukamori, @mikooochi, @adam-adrian - Integrated Google

# Changelog ## ✨ Major Highlights ### 🎧 Playback, Player & Audio * Added V8 and V9 player styles with refined animations, morphing transitions, and improved playback interactions — @koiverse * Introduced V7 canvas artwork playback with YouTube-backed animated visuals and fallback artwork handling — @koiverse * Enhanced `MusicService` with resumable playback notifications, queue persistence improvements, crossfade stability, and offline cache optimizations (#662) — @koiverse * Added customizable AOD experience with artwork glow shadow support and improved metadata synchronization — @koiverse * Added sleep timer support for V7 mode — @koiverse * Implemented playback vibration and haptic feedback support across player controls and lyrics interactions — @nekohepott32 * Added playback widget system using Jetpack Glance with new themed widget layouts — @harshal20m, @koiverse ### 📝 Lyrics, Karaoke & AI * Added LRC bounce animations, dynamic scaling, instrumental break indicators, and smoother drift correction for Lyrics V2/Enhanced — @koiverse * Improved TTML parsing with better CJK handling, XML entity resolution, and enhanced compatibility for nested namespaced l

# Changelog v13.3.0 ## ✨ New Features ### 🎧 Player & Audio Engine * Added “Remove from queue” action directly inside the player menu with full Queue integration * Introduced undo support for both single and multi-song queue removals * Improved queue restoration handling with cancellation-aware recovery logic * Added persistent queue restoration logic from v12.4.1 behavior * Implemented `buildPlayNextShuffleOrder` for smarter shuffle playback behavior (#556 #552) * Added scheme-aware data source routing for more reliable playback handling (#552) * Enhanced caching logic to recover downloads with unknown content lengths * Improved playback recovery and cleanup handling in `MusicService` * Added malformed stream error handling with improved playback error messaging * Persist playback queue during play/pause events to restore the correct position after force-stop * Improved media notification creation for enhanced playback UX and Android dynamic island support * Enhanced player backdrop with dynamic artwork scaling, resizing, and color extraction * Added high-resolution artwork loading across player, notifications, thumbnails, and metadata (#562) ### 📝 Lyrics

# Changelog v13.2.0 ## ✨ New Features ### ArchiveTune Now Supports Local Music Playback! ### 🎧 Player & Audio Engine * Added **audio route recovery** to restore playback after device changes (#443) * Implemented **playback history tracking system** with caching and URL registration * Added **PlaybackStreamRecoveryTracker** for retry handling and stream failure recovery * Improved **foreground service management** with enhanced notification handling * Added **multi-URL fallback** and retry logic for more reliable playback * Implemented **voice query support** for both offline and online search * Added **queue auto-expansion** when infinite queue is disabled * Added **loading indicator** for queue initialization ### 🎵 Library, Playlists & Sync * Introduced **multi-song like with sync support** (#430) * Added **remote sync for library & playlist actions** * Improved **playlist removal consistency** with remote-first handling * Added **playlist suggestion system** with query builder customization * Enhanced **search capabilities** with result count queries and pagination (#453) * Integrated **YouTube online search** into media session (#456) ### 📝 Ly

# Changelog v13.1.0 ## ✨ New Features ### Player & Audio Engine * Introduced **V7 player styles** with enhanced layout and modular backdrop system * Added **toggle-based playback controls** for improved interaction state handling * Implemented **modules effect** and improved blur/artwork scaling in V7 backdrop * Added **Bluetooth auto-start playback** and audio device callback handling * Enabled **audio capture support** via `ALLOW_CAPTURE_BY_ALL` configuration (#396) * Improved **playback error handling** with refined request identity and messaging * Added **playback resumption system** with persisted queue restoration (#390) * Implemented **login context recovery** and authentication-aware playback handling (#418) ### User Interface & Theming * Full migration to **Material 3 Expressive components** across all UI * Redesigned **buttons, list items, and player layout system-wide** * Introduced **Floating Navigation Toolbar (responsive + slim mode)** * Added **Floating Action Button (FAB)** for playlist creation in Library * Added **blur density sliders** and enhanced preference components * Improved **MiniPlayer layout, controls, and artwork rendering**

# Changelog ## 🚀 Highlights This release focuses on **major UI upgrades, playback improvements, lyrics enhancements, and the introduction of new core systems** like Music Together and Music Recognition. Stability, performance, and internal architecture have also been significantly refined. --- ## ✨ Features ### 🎧 Player & Playback * Introduced **V5 and V6 player styles**, with improved layouts and interaction design * Added **permanent shuffle mode** and enhanced repeat/shuffle controls * New **gesture controls**: * Double-tap to skip * Vertical drag to seek * Added **streams options** and improved codec visibility * Enhanced **seekbar behavior** and playback interaction handling * Added **keyboard controls** and **landscape lock support** * Improved **automix system** with smarter filtering and recommendations * Added **pause on device mute** and **Bluetooth auto-play** ### 🎨 UI / UX * Major redesign of **Settings**, **Experimental Settings**, and overall UI consistency * Added **Floating Navigation Toolbar** with improved interaction and animations * Improved **menus** with card-based and sectioned layouts * Added **search inside Setti

# Changelog v12.4.7 ## ✨ New Features ### **Player & Audio Engine** * **High Fidelity Audio:** Added "Very High" and "Highest" audio quality options to settings. * **Audio Normalization:** Implemented `perceptualLoudnessDb` schema to support more accurate audio normalization. * **Audio Offload:** Introduced a new preference key and ExoPlayer configuration to support audio offloading for better battery efficiency during playback. * **Player V4 Design:** Added a new "V4" player design style, alongside a new "Glow" background animation style. * **Playback Control:** * Added custom shuffle and repeat mode commands to the Media Session callback. * Added specific "Start Mix" buttons for both Local and Online playlists. * Added a loading progress bar state when the player is buffering. ### **Lyrics Experience** * **Visual Overhaul:** Completely overhauled lyrics animations, specifically implementing a "BetterLyrics-style" karaoke animation that features improved gradients, glow effects, and smoother transitions. * **TTML Support:** Added full parsing support for TTML lyrics, including handling for background vocals and precise end-times. * **Styling Options:**

## ✨ New Features & Enhancements * Added Last.fm and ListenBrainz scrobbling support and new preference keys for enabling/disabling scrobbling and storing user session data. * Refactored `DebugActivity` to use Jetpack Compose for a more modern, maintainable, and visually appealing crash log screen. * Improved animation specs for navigation bar and bottom sheets to use non-bouncy springs, providing a smoother user experience. * Enhanced service start logic in `MainActivity` to use `startForegroundService` on Android O+ for better compatibility and added exception handling for robustness. * Ensured `onNewIntent` updates the activity intent before handling deep links, addressing potential navigation issues. * Improved search and top app bar behavior to better handle navigation between top-level screens and provide a more consistent UI. * Improved Lyrics and UI by @Windowstechtips in https://github.com/koiverse/ArchiveTune/pull/62 * New changes by @Windowstechtips in https://github.com/koiverse/ArchiveTune/pull/65 ## New Contributors * @Windowstechtips made their first contribution in https://github.com/koiverse/ArchiveTune/pull/62 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com