Android (mobile) beta release notes

Plex Players Player Betas
101

Plex for Android 6.15.0.3964-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXEX:

  • Live TV sections may appear on incorrect servers.
  • [Mobile] Camera roll section content not displayed correctly.

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102

Plex for Android 6.15.0.3994-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • App can crash on startup.

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103

Plex for Android 6.15.0.4043-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • App could crash whilst scrolling hub lists.

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104

Plex for Android 6.16.0.4079-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • App crashes displaying lyrics under certain circumstances.
  • Long play queues don’t extend correctly.
  • ExoPlayer v2: support for playing videos with no audio stream.
  • ExoPlayer v2: ensure video size is supported on the decoder.
  • ExoPlayer v2: ensure software decoded videos are displayed at the correct size.
  • [Mobile] Changing orientation wouldn’t move offset to selected timed lyrics.

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105

Plex for Android 6.16.0.4112-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • News: app could crash when showing hub.

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106

Plex for Android 6.16.0.4129-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • Crash could occur when selecting local and synced content.
  • Home content never loads.

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107

Plex for Android 6.16.0.4240-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • App crashes displaying lyrics under certain circumstances.
  • Long play queues don’t extend correctly.
  • ExoPlayer v2: support for playing videos with no audio stream.
  • ExoPlayer v2: ensure video size is supported on the decoder.
  • ExoPlayer v2: ensure software decoded videos are displayed at the correct size.
  • [Mobile] Changing orientation wouldn’t move offset to selected timed lyrics.

BETA:

  • [Mobile] Home content never loads.
  • [Mobile] Live TV: Recording schedule tabs are missing.

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108

Plex for Android 6.16.0.4266-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • Sync badge too small on non-tablet devices.
  • Play and Shuffle actions are not available for synced content.

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109

Plex for Android 6.16.1.4428-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • ExoPlayer v2: improve seeking Live TV.
  • Sync: previous synced content could not be available after app update.

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110

Plex for Android 6.16.1.4497-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • Sync: notification could get stuck at app start.

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111

Plex for Android 6.17.0.4579-beta

Available on Google Play.

WHATS NEW:

  • Add more library sort options.
  • Display related content in TV Shows preplay.
  • Updated minimum server version to 1.3.

FIXES:

  • App can connect to servers with expired certificates.
  • ExoPlayer v2: update to v2.7.1.
  • ExoPlayer v2: improve seeking Live TV.
  • ExoPlayer v2: fix minor leak when playback started.
  • [Mobile] App would crash when displaying promoted hubs.
  • [Mobile] Improve scroll performance.
  • [Mobile] Fix unwatched badge inconsistencies.
  • [Mobile] App could crash if synced item has a metadata error.
  • Sync: app could crash at start.
112

Plex for Android 6.17.0.4740-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • App crashes opening preplay screen of an item without summary.
  • App crashes when changing Live TV recording options.
  • App could crash when playing music.
  • News: App crashes when a source is browsed.
  • Auto: App can crash when getting into a section.

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113

Plex for Android 6.17.0.4796-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • DVR: advanced recording settings should now work again.

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114

Plex for Android 6.18.0.4847-beta

Available on Google Play.

There are no new user features in this beta

115

Plex for Android 7.0.4.5617-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • App could be kept awake while in background, which could result in extra battery consumption.

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116

Plex for Android 7.1.0.5670-beta

Available on Google Play.

WHATS NEW:

  • [Mobile] Display media information in video preplay page.
  • [Mobile] Title and subtitle of selected source now displayed in two separate rows.
  • [Mobile] Use playback speed specified in Podcast settings.
  • [Mobile] Improve library and hub name visibility.
  • [Mobile] Improve server discovery.
  • [Mobile] Show unauthorized sources in the source list.

FIXES:

  • App could not play any video item.
  • After switching to TV layout, the app gets stuck in it with no possibility of switching back to mobile.
  • App could crash when starting Camera Upload in devices running Android >= 8.
  • [Mobile] Use correct theme for audio player screen.
  • [Mobile] Make sure source selector can be closed by tapping on the toolbar.
  • [Mobile] Correcly remove deleted PMS libraries from source selector.
  • [Mobile] ‘Shuffle’ action could be available for Program Guide episodes.
  • [Mobile] App crashes when opening search from “Open video file” screen.
  • [Mobile] Improve the error detection when a Plex Media Server becomes unavailable.
  • [Mobile] Removing a hub from home screen would sometimes not take effect.
  • [Mobile] Scroll position of home screen hubs would reset after a few seconds.
  • [Mobile] App could crash starting show preplay screen.
  • [Mobile] App could crash when resumed from recents if killed by the system.
  • [Mobile] App could sometimes get stuck in Offline mode.
  • [Mobile] Editing types order may sometimes end up in a wrong position.
  • [Mobile] Podcasts: ‘mark as unplayed’ action didn’t work.
  • [Mobile] Podcasts: various usability tweaks to ‘All Episodes’ view.
  • [Mobile] Correctly show spinner when discovering sources on first run.
  • [Mobile] App could crash discovering sources.
  • [Mobile] Podcasts: don’t show “Related Podcasts” section if it has no items.
  • [Mobile] Improve home hubs discovery.
  • [Mobile] Offline sources might not show up in the selector.
  • [Mobile] App could crash on startup.
  • [Mobile] Devices running custom ROMs could not play video items.
  • [Mobile] Podcasts: “Categories” screen display correct content.
  • [Mobile] Live TV would not always load on first run.
  • [Mobile] Podcasts: place “All episodes” button correctly in the podcast screen.
  • [Mobile] App could crash if put in background while in friends list screen.
  • [Mobile] App could crash when resuming from background.
  • [Mobile] App could crash after updating PMS from device.
  • [Mobile] Going back from reordering home hubs requires pressing back twice.
  • [Mobile] Add pull to refresh to home sections.
  • [Mobile] Podcasts: create correct PQ when starting playback from episode.
  • [Mobile] Library title wasn’t updated in certain conditions.
  • [Mobile] App could crash when loading content.
  • [Mobile] Watched status badge was not updating.
  • [Mobile] App could crash when displaying Live TV search results.

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117

Plex for Android 7.1.0.5713-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • App could crash when playing music on some devices like MiBox.
  • [Mobile] App could crash on startup.
  • [Mobile] App could crash when returning to the app from background.

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118

Plex for Android 7.1.0.5777-beta

Available on Google Play.

FIXES:

  • [Mobile] App could crash when displaying Post Play screen.

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119

Plex for Android 7.2.0.5871-beta

Available on Google Play.

WHATS NEW:

  • [Mobile] Display playback speed information in audio player screen.

FIXES:

  • Video playback could not start when Internet Streaming “Play smaller videos at original quality” preference is disabled.
  • Sync: app could crash when syncing content.
  • Rotten tomatoes icons were not correct for some ratings.
  • [Mobile] Add “pull to refresh” mechanism to the news screen.
  • [Mobile] App could crash after updating PMS from device.
  • [Mobile] Sources with synced content would not always show.
  • [Mobile] Source selector would change its selected source without user interaction when device went offline.
  • [Mobile] Improve multi server search.
  • [Mobile] Sign in with Google might not work if the app was installed from Amazon Appstore.
  • [Mobile] Podcasts: promoted hubs weren’t displayed on first run.

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120

Plex for Android 7.2.0.5882-beta

Available on Google Play.

BETA:

  • [Mobile] Reenable “Reorder Home Screen” action in home hubs.

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