Android (mobile) beta release notes

Plex for Android 9.19.0.85-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

WHATS NEW:

  • Include “add/remove from preferred services” action in context menu of streaming service cards.
  • Search: new tab for streaming service results.
  • [Mobile] Downloads: show download speed estimate.

FIXES:

  • Showing the “error connecting to server” dialog could crash the app.
  • Deeplinks: app required 2 extra back presses when opening from a live tv deeplink.
  • Platform: fix image corners being clipped on low end devices…
  • People pages: exclude shows from “in your media libraries” hub if the person doesn’t have a main role.
  • App could crash when trying to sign in if the device can’t open webviews.
  • Search: selected tab continued to be selected after being removed.
  • People detail pages: don’t show library picker when selected item is available in a single library.
  • LiveTV: first timeline block in the TVGuide didn’t always display as “NOW”.
  • Detail pages: wrong initials were used for items in Cast row.
  • Use correct text for “mark as watched” confirmation dialog.
  • [Mobile] Search library picker could display wrong options for selected search result.
  • [Mobile] Player: prevent crash updating equalizer.
  • [Mobile] Detail pages: fix crash trying to show attribution logo.
  • [Mobile] App could crash trying to switch to a different tab in the selected library.
  • [Mobile] Downloads: transcode can fail if multiple clients download the same item concurrently
  • [Mobile] Downloads: no artwork displayed for season downloads.
  • [Mobile] Player: don’t show skip intro when OSD is shown.
  • [Mobile] Detail pages: background image was lost on device rotation.
  • [Mobile] Downloads: the failing of a pending download could impact the current download.
  • [Mobile] Fix crash during photo multi selection.
  • [Mobile] Feed: the reply action was not available when an activity was opened via a push notification.

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Plex for Android 9.19.1.487-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

FIXES:

  • Player: ensure auto play is advancing to the next episode.

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Plex for Android 9.20.0.619-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

FIXES:

  • LiveTV: TV Guide channel lineups wouldn’t load after switching users.
  • Player: ensure the original display mode is restored correctly when exiting playback.
  • LiveTV: TVGuide would sometimes show empty cells whilst in the background for long time.
  • LiveTV: TV Guide will scroll to the top when changing tabs.
  • Users with pin set, but without managed accounts wouldn’t be able to create them.
  • “Watch Together” sessions would sometimes not redirect to waiting room.
  • Player: crash could occur when switching to the next item on the post-play.
  • [Mobile] Downloads: large downloads not showing progress.
  • [Mobile] Selected filters were not displayed correctly for Watchlist section.
  • [Mobile] Some suubtitles were cut off when system font set to a large value.
  • [Mobile] Downloads: subscriptions with multiple items wouldn’t show speed estimate.
  • [Mobile] Downloads: resumed downloads of some file formats could fail to play.
  • [Mobile] Downloads: download menu item not shown on preplay screen on smaller devices.
  • [Mobile] Detail pages: display correct downloaded state of items initially.
  • [Mobile] Sidebar: a managed user’s avatar was incorrectly set as a click target.

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Plex for Android 9.20.0.789-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

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Plex for Android 9.20.1.890-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

FIXES:

  • The app could crash while in the background.

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Plex for Android 9.20.1.941-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

FIXES:

  • Player: prevent error dialog when loading Live TV channels.

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Plex for Android 9.21.0.982-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

FIXES:

  • Detail pages: ensure that toolbar buttons show the right state in all scenarios.
  • Optimize amount of memory used in some scenarios.
  • Plex Home: managed accounts were displayed in the Grant Access flow for non-admin users.
  • Search: movies with same title from same year were displayed as a single result.
  • App could fail to launch due to corrupt database.
  • [LiveTV] - Adding a favorite channel would not work for anonymous users
  • [Mobile] Make sure that person preplays look good in landscape orientation.
  • [Mobile] Preplay: ensure that navigating up works when device is offline.
  • [Mobile] Profile: rotating the device after updating the avatar would cause the original avatar to be displayed.

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Plex for Android 9.21.0.1059-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

FIXES:

  • Detail pages: ensure that toolbar buttons show the right state in all scenarios.
  • Optimize amount of memory used in some scenarios.
  • Plex Home: managed accounts were displayed in the Grant Access flow for non-admin users.
  • Search: movies with same title from same year were displayed as a single result.
  • App could fail to launch due to corrupt database.
  • [LiveTV] - Adding a favorite channel would not work for anonymous users
  • [Mobile] Make sure that person preplays look good in landscape orientation.
  • [Mobile] Preplay: ensure that navigating up works when device is offline.
  • [Mobile] Profile: rotating the device after updating the avatar would cause the original avatar to be displayed.

BETA:

  • The app could crash switching tabs inside the Discover source.

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Plex for Android 9.21.1.1156-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

FIXES:

  • Detail pages: ensure that toolbar buttons show the right state in all scenarios.
  • Optimize amount of memory used in some scenarios.
  • Plex Home: managed accounts were displayed in the Grant Access flow for non-admin users.
  • Search: movies with same title from same year were displayed as a single result.
  • App could fail to launch due to corrupt database.
  • Cast: casting could cause some devices to reboot.
  • [LiveTV] - Adding a favorite channel would not work for anonymous users
  • [Mobile] Make sure that person preplays look good in landscape orientation.
  • [Mobile] Preplay: ensure that navigating up works when device is offline.
  • [Mobile] Profile: rotating the device after updating the avatar would cause the original avatar to be displayed.

BETA:

  • The app could crash switching tabs inside the Discover source.

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Plex for Android 9.23.0.1452-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

WHATS NEW:

  • Discover: include link to preferred services in preplay location picker.

FIXES:

  • Search: hide the Movies & TV tab if there are no sources of that type.
  • Live TV: increase pause timeout to 30 minutes.
  • Preplay: deep links to external services would fail to open correctly sometimes.
  • Player: move subtitles to top position when UI is visible.
  • Player: subtitles would fail to select for cloud content.
  • [Mobile] Navigating up from a single shared item would sometimes fail.
  • [Mobile] Platform: pull to refresh might shift on load.
  • [Mobile] Media Access: downloads and live TV restrictions would not be saved for managed accounts.
  • [Mobile] Downloads: app could crash when deleting a download.
  • [Mobile] Search: improve background of settings screen.

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Plex for Android 9.23.0.1579-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

BETA:

  • Player: app could crash after playback ends.
  • [Mobile] Deep linking to URLs containing “list” or “watchlist” could fail.

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Plex for Android 9.23.0.1644-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

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Plex for Android 9.23.0.1702-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

FIXES:

  • [Mobile] Removing a managed account in Plex Home would result in an error.

BETA:

  • Player: allow cloud subtitles to have their positions modified.
  • [Mobile] App can crash browsing the activity feed or Plex Home users list.

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Plex for Android 9.24.0.1908-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

FIXES:

  • App could crash when opening playlists while server offline.
  • Player: prevent crash parsing subtitles with an image.
  • Platform: app could crash initialising on certain devices.
  • Player: allow transcoded subtitles to be styled.
  • Player: content would not resume from offset when playing from an unclaimed server.
  • Search: improve stability of settings UI.
  • [Mobile] Removing media access invites to an email address would fail.
  • [Mobile] App could crash trying to navigate to search results.
  • [Mobile] Downloads: playback could get stuck in loading when on remote connection.

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Plex for Android 9.24.0.2018-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

FIXES:

  • [Mobile] Going into notification settings would sometimes result in an error.

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Plex for Android 9.25.0.2220-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

FIXES:

  • Ensure folder navigation works correctly.
  • Player: ensure VOBSUB subtitles appear for 576p content.
  • Player: ensure artist radio fetches more than 5 tracks.
  • Platform: app could crash when closing the player.

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Plex for Android 9.25.0.2228-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

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Plex for Android 9.25.0.2253-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

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Plex for Android 9.25.0.2355-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

BETA:

  • Friends list would not scroll to the bottom.

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Plex for Android 9.26.0.2526-beta

Available on Google Play, beta access can now be joined (or removed) directly from the Google Play store listing.

WHATS NEW:

  • [Mobile] Implement a new library access invite indicator in the sidebar.

FIXES:

  • Preplay: show the “Watch from these locations” section for unreleased titles that are available on a server.
  • Player: update burn-in subtitle settings to allow ASS subtitles to be burnt in (through the Only Advanced Formats setting).
  • Search: start playback of track results directly.
  • Search: app could crash opening some search results.
  • Search: improve header of location picker for genre results.
  • Preplay: the app could crash displaying the preplay activity feed.
  • [Mobile] Preplay: ensure that share action is visible in all scenarios.
  • [Mobile] App would crash when navigating to the home section on some devices.
  • [Mobile] Preplay: display thumbnails of extra elements correctly.

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