Android (mobile) beta release notes

Plex Players Player Betas
223

Plex for Android 7.19.2.11778-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • Player: don’t stop remote playback when minimising the player.

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224

Plex for Android 7.20.0.11785-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • Live TV: fix app showing incorrect airing times.
  • Player: some devices would produce stuttering audio whilst in the background.
  • Player: ensure we correctly fallback to transcoding when direct play fails.
  • Home screen could incorrectly show items as offline.
  • Player: ensure MOV files can be correctly transcoded.
  • Flinging synced media to a remote player could fail.
  • [Mobile] Player: show thumbnails in play queue when possible.
  • [Mobile] Playback: album thumbnail was visible on top of the play queue after device rotation.
  • [Mobile] App could crash after purchasing a Plex Pass from ‘Account’ settings.
  • [Mobile] server unavailable message could show incorrectly.
  • [Mobile] Ensure podcasts can be removed from Home screen.

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225

Plex for Android 7.20.0.11867-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • [News] App could crash when displaying News.

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226

Plex for Android 7.20.0.11875-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

[Mobile] Player: crash could occur when adapting the player

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227

Plex for Android 7.20.0.11940-beta

Available on Google Play.

WHATS NEW:

  • [Mobile] Allow managing users, sharing and restrictions.

BETA:

  • [Mobile] Add confirmation dialogs when removing a friend or rejecting/cancelling an invitation.
  • [Mobile] New share push notifiaction actions didn’t always work.
  • [Mobile] App could crash trying to play an item if server was missing.

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228

Plex for Android 7.20.0.11964-beta

Available on Google Play.

This update only includes changes that impact TV.

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229

Plex for Android 7.21.0.12128-beta

Available on Google Play.

WHATS NEW:

  • Player: automatically choose the correct HDR or SDR version based on the display.
  • [Mobile] Web Shows now use the new and improved video player.

FIXES:

  • Crash could occur when the application is started in the background.
  • Live TV: improvements to channel switching and “Watch from start” functionality.
  • Playback: improve loading efficiency when starting at a given offset.
  • Player: various codecs would fail to software decode.
  • In some scenarios the app could treat an available server as ‘unauthorized’.
  • [Mobile] Sharing: ensure user invites by email are clickable.
  • [Mobile] Player: dismissing the notification could open the player.
  • [Mobile] Player: app could be brought to foreground when dismissing notification.
  • [Mobile] Player: crash could occur when loading the seek previews.
  • [Mobile] Player: audio playback could not be resumed after temporarily losing focus.
  • [Mobile] Auto: play podcasts content from correct initial offset.
  • [Mobile] Player: when seeking the offset and duration could be displayed incorrectly.
  • [Mobile] Cast: video playback might not start if server doesn’t support adaptative bitrate.

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230

Plex for Android 7.21.0.12194-beta

Available on Google Play.

TV changes only.

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231

Plex for Android 7.21.0.12255-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • App shows incorrect empty message for empty libraries.
  • [Mobile] Remove developer setting used for testing.

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232

Plex for Android 7.21.0.12295-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • [Mobile] Sources could duplicate and show as offline incorrectly.

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233

Plex for Android 7.22.0.12467-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • Navigating to a Related Podcasts item would fail sometimes.
  • Home and Recommended items would not always display items from the start after refresh
  • Player: race condition resulting in a crash when using the software video decoder.
  • Player: upgrade ExoPlayer to v2.10.3.
  • Player: playback of live tv could fail if server bandwidth limit is set.
  • Player: crash could occur when seeking on 32-bit devices.
  • [Auto] Music sources would sometimes not be displayed if Podcasts was disabled.
  • [Mobile] App could crash when editing the settings for notifications.
  • [Mobile] Clicking on syncing notification could bypass user PIN protection.
  • [Mobile] Sidebar would not always open when clicking the avatar.
  • [Mobile] App could crash when resuming on library screen.
  • [Mobile] Sharing: removing all libraries from a shared server in friend’s details would not work.
  • [Mobile] Sharing: libraries were saved for an existing user in the new share flow after going back.
  • [Mobile] Added “Go to show” item to overflow menus of all media types that are episodes.
  • [Mobile] Playback commands could not work when playing photo content over remote player.
  • [Mobile] Player: app could crash when casting music if visualizer was previously enabled.
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234

Plex for Android 7.22.0.12524-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • [Mobile] Player: ensure next video is played after the current has finished.

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235

Plex for Android 7.22.0.12535-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • Player: resolve issue preventing trailers and extras to be played.

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236

Plex for Android 7.22.0.12627-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • Android Auto: some music sections could be erroneously reported as empty.

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237

Plex for Android 7.22.0.12686-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • No changes affecting the mobile version of the app.

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238

Plex for Android 7.23.0.12762-beta

Available on Google Play.

WHATS NEW:

  • [Mobile] Live TV: TV guide is now available for mobile users.
  • [Mobile] Player: improve seeking whilst transcoding.
  • [Mobile] Sharing: added a confirmation screen after inviting a new friend.

FIXES:

  • Live TV: Selecting a recorded item in the DVR schedule would show incorrect information.
  • Live TV: DVR schedule and recording priority would show when user had restricted access.
  • [Mobile] App could crash when resumed with “Downloads & Sync” screen open.
  • [Mobile] Push notifications would not respect Samsung’s night mode.
  • [Mobile] App could crash when modifying restrictions.
  • [Mobile] ‘Delete’ action was shown by mistake for Camera Roll items.
  • [Mobile] App could crash when opening “Enable Camera Upload”.
  • [Mobile] Player: ensure tapping on the seekbar doesn’t show seek previews.
  • [Mobile] Player: user-interface stays hidden when starting playback.
  • [Mobile] Fix scrolling behavior in “Downloads & Sync” screen.
  • [Mobile] Long album title not being correctly dispalyed in preplay screen.

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239

Plex for Android 7.23.0.12770-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • App could crash trying to open player.

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240

Plex for Android 7.23.0.12806-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • [Mobile] Section toolbar was missing.

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241

Plex for Android 7.23.0.12902-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • [Mobile] Player: hiding the UI by tapping would keep the UI visible.
  • [Mobile] Player: seeking via gestures was not possible.
  • [Mobile] Crash when trying to connect to an offline server.
  • [Mobile] Player: after seeking the UI would remain visible.
  • [Mobile] App could crash when playing music in landscape.

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242

Plex for Android 7.23.0.12949-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • No user-facing changes on Mobile.

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