2023.1.1
2023-05-12
REPEAT-1, CHINESE, NAVIDROME UPDATE, APP ICONS and more
REPEAT ONE TRACK
From the "What Took You So Long Department":
play:Sub now supports repeating a single song.
Thanks for the patience!
CHINESE TRANSLATION
play:Sub now has a Simplified Chinese translation thanks to the hard work of 张泰兴.
UPDATED NAVIDROME SUPPORT
play:Sub now supports bookmarks and radio station support with Navidrome.
NEW APP ICONS
Black and white app icons are now included.
OPTIONAL RESUME POINT MENU
You can now disable the "resume point menu" that has been driving some of you crazy for a while.
Go to Settings > User Interface Tweaks > Nitpicky Details > Disable Resume Point Menu
AOB
And of course no release notes are complete without mentioning the obligatory Bugfixes and Performance Improvements ;-)
For feature requests or issues:
please use the in-app form (play:Sub | Feedback),
or the contact form on http://michaelsapps.dk
2023.1
2023-05-05
REPEAT-1, CHINESE, NAVIDROME UPDATE, APP ICONS and more
REPEAT ONE TRACK
From the "What Took You So Long Department":
play:Sub now supports repeating a single song.
Thanks for the patience!
CHINESE TRANSLATION
play:Sub now has a Simplified Chinese translation thanks to the hard work of 张泰兴.
UPDATED NAVIDROME SUPPORT
play:Sub now supports bookmarks and radio station support with Navidrome.
NEW APP ICONS
Black and white app icons are now included.
OPTIONAL RESUME POINT MENU
You can now disable the "resume point menu" that has been driving some of you crazy for a while.
Go to Settings > User Interface Tweaks > Nitpicky Details > Disable Resume Point Menu
AOB
And of course no release notes are complete without mentioning the obligatory Bugfixes and Performance Improvements ;-)
For feature requests or issues:
please use the in-app form (play:Sub | Feedback),
or the contact form on http://michaelsapps.dk
2022.3
2022-09-08
BUGFIXES
Here's what's changed:
● Fixed an issue with playback stability/skipping tracks continuously. Mostly affecting servers using SSL.
● Fixed: Updated Chromecast support.
● Fixed: Sort order of tracks *not* containing trackno/discno metadata is now based on filenames instead of metadata-title (allowing for the filename to have a prefixed trackno)
● Fixed: Queue configured as tab was missing toolbar buttons (so editing wueue etc was not available.
● Various other bugfixes and improvements
For feature requests or issues:
please use the in-app form (play:Sub | Feedback),
or the contact form on http://michaelsapps.dk
2022.2
2022-06-03
PRIDE APP ICONS
Here's what's changed:
● New: Pride app icons.
For feature requests or issues:
please use the in-app form (play:Sub | Feedback),
or the contact form on http://michaelsapps.dk
2022.1.2
2022-05-31
SLEEPTIMER, BUGFIXES
Here's what's changed:
● New: In-app sleep timer available from the player screen,
● New: URL Scheme support for controlling sleep timer:
playsubapp://set?sleeptimer=15
playsubapp://set?sleeptimer=endoftrack
playsubapp://set?sleeptimer=off
● New: App now requires iOS 14+
● New: Updated Navidrome support to enable lyrics and server scan status.
● Fixed: Safari reader mode now follows dark/light theme of app.
● Fixed: Settings screens now follows dark/light theme of app.
● Fixed: NavigationBar message was truncated on some devices.
● Fixed: Crash on iPads when clearing audio or image cache.
● Fixed: On iOS 15, on iPad, the player screen could not be dismissed using the chevron-button (new multitasking took precedence)
● Fixed: Searchfield was hidden when using search as a tab on certeian phone models.
● Various other bugfixes and improvements
2022.1.2 Adds the following:
● Fixed: The URL scheme commands did not work in 2022.1
● New: Extra large icons are now possible in lists.
For feature requests or issues:
please use the in-app form (play:Sub | Feedback),
or the contact form on http://michaelsapps.dk
2022.1
2022-05-25
SLEEPTIMER, BUGFIXES
Here's what's changed:
● New: In-app sleep timer available from the player screen,
● New: URL Scheme support for controlling sleep timer:
playsubapp://set?sleeptimer=15
playsubapp://set?sleeptimer=endoftrack
playsubapp://set?sleeptimer=off
● New: App now requires iOS 14+
● New: Updated Navidrome support to enable lyrics and server scan status.
● Fixed: Safari reader mode now follows dark/light theme of app.
● Fixed: Settings screens now follows dark/light theme of app.
● Fixed: NavigationBar message was truncated on some devices.
● Fixed: Crash on iPads when clearing audio or image cache.
● Fixed: On iOS 15, on iPad, the player screen could not be dismissed using the chevron-button (new multitasking took precedence)
● Fixed: Searchfield was hidden when using search as a tab on certeian phone models.
● Various other bugfixes and improvements
For feature requests or issues:
please use the in-app form (play:Sub | Feedback),
or the contact form on http://michaelsapps.dk
2021.2
2021-06-22
WIDGETS, TURKISH, BUGFIXES
Here's what's changed:
● New: Homescreen widgets for iOS 14+
● New:Turkish translation
● New: Server configurations can now be shared/exported.
● Fixed: replay gain was not properly determined for some m4a files.
● Fixed: a problem with starting playback in rare conditions.
● Fixed: rare crashes during shutdown of the app.
● Fixed: Random songs are always fetched from the server when the app is online.
● Fixed: a problem with playback resume position when the server reports 0 as track duration. Booksonic is known to do this.
● Fixed: localization fixes.
For feature requests or issues:
please use the in-app form (play:Sub | Feedback),
or the contact form on http://michaelsapps.dk
2021.1
2021-02-16
A small update to kick off 2021 with. Here's what's changed:
● New: Frequently Played Albums can now be placed as a toplevel tab.
● Fixed: a problem with setting the resume position when the server reports zero duration for a track. Known to affect some Booksonic versions.
For feature requests or issues:
please use the in-app form (play:Sub | Feedback),
or the contact form on http://michaelsapps.dk
2020.4.4
2021-01-20
Here's what's changed:
● 2020.4.4 Workaround for Subsonic server not returning random songs from genres with "/" in the genre name.
● 2020.4.4 Fixed a crash related to syncing removal of artist/albums from the server.
● 2020.4.4 Fixed a crash when loading artist information from Ampache servers.
● 2020.4.3 Fixed crash when entering an artist when running against some server variants.
● 2020.4.3 Fixed Sorting of albums did not properly handle when track-names contained path-separators ("/").
● 2020.4.3 Fixed When "Search" is configured as a tab, the initial searchbar was not laid out correctly.
● 2020.4.2 Fixed a problem where trying to play a song from the Random Songs list would result in another song being played.
● 2020.4.2 Fixed a few rare crashes.
● 2020.4.1 Fixed browsing issue where you could not enter a sub-folder.
● 2020.4.1 Fixed layout issue on iPads in landscape orientation.
● French localization. Merci Gregory, Herve et Jonathan!
● Fixed some crashes that many of you ran into.
● Fixed use of RadioBrowser API, so radio stations can again be added from the app.
● Fixed some layout bugs and tweaked some minor parts of the user interface.
● Fixed some german translations.
● Further Gonic compatibility.
For feature requests or issues:
please use the in-app form (play:Sub | Feedback),
or the contact form on http://michaelsapps.dk
2020.4.3
2021-01-11
Here's what's changed:
● 2020.4.3 Fixed crash when entering an artist when running against some server variants.
● 2020.4.3 Fixed Sorting of albums did not properly handle when track-names contained path-separators ("/").
● 2020.4.3 Fixed When "Search" is configured as a tab, the initial searchbar was not laid out correctly.
● 2020.4.2 Fixed a problem where trying to play a song from the Random Songs list would result in another song being played.
● 2020.4.2 Fixed a few rare crashes.
● 2020.4.1 Fixed browsing issue where you could not enter a sub-folder.
● 2020.4.1 Fixed layout issue on iPads in landscape orientation.
● French localization. Merci Gregory, Herve et Jonathan!
● Fixed some crashes that many of you ran into.
● Fixed use of RadioBrowser API, so radio stations can again be added from the app.
● Fixed some layout bugs and tweaked some minor parts of the user interface.
● Fixed some german translations.
● Further Gonic compatibility.
For feature requests or issues:
please use the in-app form (play:Sub | Feedback),
or the contact form on http://michaelsapps.dk
2020.4.2
2021-01-07
With 2020 finally coming to an end, here is a small update to celebrate that.
Here's what's changed:
● 2020.4.2 Fixed a problem where trying to play a song from the Random Songs list would result in another song being played.
● 2020.4.2 Fixed a few rare crashes.
● 2020.4.1 Fixed browsing issue where you could not enter a sub-folder.
● 2020.4.1 Fixed layout issue on iPads in landscape orientation.
● French localization. Merci Gregory, Herve et Jonathan!
● Fixed some crashes that many of you ran into.
● Fixed use of RadioBrowser API, so radio stations can again be added from the app.
● Fixed some layout bugs and tweaked some minor parts of the user interface.
● Fixed some german translations.
● Further Gonic compatibility.
For feature requests or issues:
please use the in-app form (play:Sub | Feedback),
or the contact form on http://michaelsapps.dk
2020.4.1
2021-01-02
With 2020 finally coming to an end, here is a small update to celebrate that.
Here's what's changed:
● 2020.4.1 Fixed browsing issue where you could not enter a sub-folder.
● 2020.4.1 Fixed layout issue on iPads in landscape orientation.
● French localization. Merci Herve et Jonathan!
● Fixed some crashes that many of you ran into.
● Fixed use of RadioBrowser API, so radio stations can again be added from the app.
● Fixed some layout bugs and tweaked some minor parts of the user interface.
● Fixed some german translations.
● Further Gonic compatibility.
For feature requests or issues:
please use the in-app form (play:Sub | Feedback),
or the contact form on http://michaelsapps.dk
2020.4
2020-12-30
With 2020 finally coming to an end, here is a small update to celebrate that.
Here's what's changed:
● French localization. Merci Herve et Jonathan!
● Fixed some crashes that many of you ran into.
● Fixed use of RadioBrowser API, so radio stations can again be added from the app.
● Fixed some layout bugs and tweaked some minor parts of the user interface.
● Fixed some german translations.
● Further Gonic compatibility.
For feature requests or issues:
please use the in-app form (play:Sub | Feedback),
or the contact form on http://michaelsapps.dk
2020.3
2020-11-04
● TWEAKS AND FIXES
- New Explicit Gonic support.
- New Improved image loading support across various server types.
- Fixed A few German localization bugs.
- More tweaks to the player screen
- A few crash fixes.
● TWEAKS AND FIXES 2020.2
- New The player screen layout got some slight tweaks.
- New Starred lists can now be sorted either alphabetiacally or by starring date.
- New Podcasts can now be sorted on ascending or descending episode order.
- New Recently added list is now sectioned on dates on iPads.
- New Recently added list now has both album mode and folder mode (matching Subsonic server).
- New Subsonic name now include device name per default. Use settings to use 'playSub' as Subsonic name.
- Fix Allow username and password completions in the initial setup wizard.
- Fix Remove support for loading images from last.fm, as these are no longer freely available.
- The ususal performance tweaks and stability improvements.
For feature requests or issues:
please use the in-app form (play:Sub | Feedback),
or the contact form on http://michaelsapps.dk
2020.2
2020-10-29
● TWEAKS AND FIXES
- New The player screen layout got a refresh.
- New Starred lists can now be sorted either alphabetiacally or by starring date.
- New Podcasts can now be sorted on ascending or descending episode order.
- New Recently added list is now sectioned on dates on iPads.
- New Recently added list now has both album mode and folder mode (matching Subsonic server).
- New Subsonic name now include device name per default. Use settings to use 'playSub' as Subsonic name.
- Fix Allow username and password completions in the initial setup wizard.
- Fix Remove support for loading images from last.fm, as these are no longer freely available.
- The ususal performance tweaks and stability improvements.
For feature requests or issues:
please use the in-app form (play:Sub | Feedback),
or the contact form on http://michaelsapps.dk
2020.1.3
2020-05-14
NEW Support for webm audio.
FIX Removed albums and tracks would continue to show in play:Sub after being removed from the server.
FIX Properly handle when the same artist is present in multiple mediafolders.
FIX WiFi bitrate exceptions required location permissions to work on iOS13.
For feature requests or issues:
please use the in-app form (play:Sub | Feedback),
or the contact form on http://michaelsapps.dk
2020.1.2
2020-04-20
Just a little bug fix:
- FIX Removed albums and tracks would continue to show in play:Sub after being removed from the server.
For feature requests or issues:
please use the in-app form (play:Sub | Feedback),
or the contact form on http://michaelsapps.dk
2020.1.1
2020-04-13
Just some minor additions and a few bug fixes:
- NEW CarPlay: Playlists available in the "home" tab.
- NEW Navidrome server support.
- FIX play:Sub us now much less likely to be shut down by iOS when in background.
- FIX Reorder handles in when editing playlist/queue was nearly invisible in dark/black mode.
- FIX Toast messages was overlaid by the status bar content and therefore unreadable.
For feature requests or issues:
please use the in-app form (play:Sub | Feedback),
or the contact form on http://michaelsapps.dk
2020.1
2020-02-22
CarPlay, VoiceOver, ...
● CARPLAY SUPPORT
This version brings the full play:Sub experience to CarPlay radios.
Access all of your medie collection in the car.
Configure the content you prefer for the CarPlay tabs for easy access.
● VOICEOVER SUPPORT
VoiceOver support for visually impaired persons have been significantly enhanced in this version.
● TWEAKS AND FIXES
- New Browse all songs by artist, sorted by chronologically or alphabetically.
- New Screensleep now has 3 possible modes: "follow system", "disable" and "disable when connected to power source".
- New Configured quick actions are now listed first in the "Play something for me..." list.
- New Quick action: "Random New Songs"
- New Configurable "Now Playing" controls, pick the controls you prefer for the lock screen.
- Changed Bookmarks are now allowed at position 0:0. Automatic bookmarks are deleted on playing to completion or skipping in play queue.
- Changed App now saves resume position every 15-30 seconds.
- Fixed Theme colours didn't play nice with iOS 13.
- Fixed HTTP basic auth headers was not always sent.
- Fixed App no longer displays "star placeholder images" from last.fm.
- AOB Chromecast SDK update.
For feature requests or issues:
please use the in-app form (play:Sub | Feedback),
or the contact form on http://michaelsapps.dk
2019.2.1
2019-09-13
Multiple servers, variable playback speed, deeplinking, ...
● MULTIPLE SERVER SUPPORT
Configure multiple servers and switch between them easily.
● VARIABLE PLAYBACK SPEED
Slow down or speed up the playback: 0.5-2x supported. Longpress the playback-speed button on the player to toggle between normal and the last used custom playyback speed.
● DEEP LINKING
Integrate play:Sub into automation workflows using URL commands: for example playsubapp://play?artist=david bowie. Read about all the possible commands here: http://michaelbechhansen.github.io/...
● TWEAKS AND FIXES
- New Added cached audiobooks and cached genre views of the collection.
- New Configurable app icon.
- New Configurable homescreen app shortcuts.
- New "Play something for me" now allows for other things than random songs.
- New Manage serverside download of podcast episodes from the app.
- New Tips and Tricks section on the play:Sub tab.
- Fixed a crash when radiostation icon name was in an unexpected format.
- Fixed When player is configured as a tab, the fullscreen player was presented when selecting playback from lists.
- Fixed When player is configured as a tab, tapping on the player-tab now sets the players active page to the player (scrolls away info or queue).
- 2019.2.1 Fixed a crash related to ID3-tag parsing, occurring when switching tracks,
For feature requests or issues:
please use the in-app form (play:Sub | Feedback),
or the contact form on http://michaelsapps.dk
2019.2
2019-08-09
Multiple servers, variable playback speed, deeplinking, ...
● MULTIPLE SERVER SUPPORT
Configure multiple servers and switch between them easily.
● VARIABLE PLAYBACK SPEED
Slow down or speed up the playback: 0.5-2x supported. Longpress the playback-speed button on the player to toggle between normal and the last used custom playyback speed.
● DEEP LINKING
Integrate play:Sub into automation workflows using URL commands: for example playsubapp://play?artist=david bowie. Read about all the possible commands here: http://michaelbechhansen.github.io/...
● TWEAKS AND FIXES
- New Added cached audiobooks and cached genre views of the collection.
- New Configurable app icon.
- New Configurable homescreen app shortcuts.
- New "Play something for me" now allows for other things than random songs.
- New Manage serverside download of podcast episodes from the app.
- New Tips and Tricks section on the play:Sub tab.
- Fixed a crash when radiostation icon name was in an unexpected format.
- Fixed When player is configured as a tab, the fullscreen player was presented when selecting playback from lists.
- Fixed When player is configured as a tab, tapping on the player-tab now sets the players active page to the player (scrolls away info or queue).
- Fixed a crash when running on iOS betas.
For feature requests or issues:
please use the in-app form (play:Sub | Feedback),
or the contact form on http://michaelsapps.dk
1.11.3
2019-04-01
Internet Radio, Funkwhale, bugfixes
● INTERNET RADIO ●
play:Sub supports Subsonic internet radiostations configured on your Subsonic server.
Add radiostions from a 20000+ radiostion directory, powered by radiobrowser.info.
Stations may be shared on the Subsonic server (Subsonic 6.1.2+), or stored locally on device.
● FUNKWHALE SUPPORT ●
play:Sub now adapts to the capabilities of Funkwhale, a new Subsonic API compatible server.
Goto https://funkwhale.audio for details about Funkwhale.
● TWEAKS AND FIXES ●
New Support "ignored articles" as configured on the Subsonic server.
New Start serverside media rescan on compatible servers (requires Subsonic 6.1+ or compatible server).
New Support for newest Subsonic server versions.
Fixed iPhone status bar was sometimes not legible on player screen in light UI theme.
Fixed Mini message didnt extend below the notch for other notch device than the original X.
Fixed Occasionally it would take a long time before new serverside media was detected.
Fixed Resuming audiobooks not working properly.
Fixed Loading large folders (6000+ tracks) would time out.
Fixed Selecting tracks from a shuffled play queue did not work.
Fixed Deleting multiple songs from a playlist not possible.
1.11.1 Fixed list sorting so f.ex. The Beatles again sorts under B instead of T.
1.11.2 Fixed Improved radio stream recovery.
1.11.2 Fixed Remove "all songs in genre" list, as loading it from the server was unbearably slow on large collections.
1.11.3 Fixed Set User-Agent for internet radio streaming.
For feature requests or issues:
please use the in-app form (play:Sub | Feedback),
or the contact form on http://michaelsapps.dk
1.11.2
2019-03-29
Internet Radio, Funkwhale, bugfixes
● INTERNET RADIO ●
play:Sub supports Subsonic internet radiostations configured on your Subsonic server.
Add radiostions from a 20000+ radiostion directory, powered by radiobrowser.info.
Stations may be shared on the Subsonic server (Subsonic 6.1.2+), or stored locally on device.
● FUNKWHALE SUPPORT ●
play:Sub now adapts to the capabilities of Funkwhale, a new Subsonic API compatible server.
Goto https://funkwhale.audio for details about Funkwhale.
● TWEAKS AND FIXES ●
New Support "ignored articles" as configured on the Subsonic server.
New Start serverside media rescan on compatible servers (requires Subsonic 6.1+ or compatible server).
New Support for newest Subsonic server versions.
Fixed iPhone status bar was sometimes not legible on player screen in light UI theme.
Fixed Mini message didnt extend below the notch for other notch device than the original X.
Fixed Occasionally it would take a long time before new serverside media was detected.
Fixed Resuming audiobooks not working properly.
Fixed Loading large folders (6000+ tracks) would time out.
Fixed Selecting tracks from a shuffled play queue did not work.
Fixed Deleting multiple songs from a playlist not possible.
1.11.1 Fixed list sorting so f.ex. The Beatles again sorts under B instead of T.
1.11.2 Fixed Improved radio stream recovery.
1.11.2 Fixed Set User-Agent for internet radio streaming.
1.11.2 Fixed Remove "all songs in genre" list, as loading it from the server was unbearably slow on large collections.
For feature requests or issues:
please use the in-app form (play:Sub | Feedback),
or the contact form on http://michaelsapps.dk
1.11.1
2019-03-12
Internet Radio, Funkwhale, bugfixes
● INTERNET RADIO ●
play:Sub supports Subsonic internet radiostations configured on your Subsonic server.
Add radiostions from a 20000+ radiostion directory, powered by radiobrowser.info.
Stations may be shared on the Subsonic server (Subsonic 6.1.2+), or stored locally on device.
● FUNKWHALE SUPPORT ●
play:Sub now adapts to the capabilities of Funkwhale, a new Subsonic API compatible server.
Goto https://funkwhale.audio for details about Funkwhale.
● TWEAKS AND FIXES ●
New Support "ignored articles" as configured on the Subsonic server.
New Start serverside media rescan on compatible servers (requires Subsonic 6.1+ or compatible server).
New Support for newest Subsonic server versions.
Fixed iPhone status bar was sometimes not legible on player screen in light UI theme.
Fixed Mini message didnt extend below the notch for other notch device than the original X.
Fixed Occasionally it would take a long time before new serverside media was detected.
Fixed Resuming audiobooks not working properly.
Fixed Loading large folders (6000+ tracks) would time out.
Fixed Selecting tracks from a shuffled play queue did not work.
Fixed Deleting multiple songs from a playlist not possible.
1.11.1 Fixed list sorting so f.ex. The Beatles again sorts under B instead of T.
For feature requests or issues:
please use the in-app form (play:Sub | Feedback),
or the contact form on http://michaelsapps.dk
1.11
2019-02-19
Internet Radio, Funkwhale, bugfixes
● INTERNET RADIO ●
play:Sub supports Subsonic internet radiostations configured on your Subsonic server.
Add radiostions from a 20000+ radiostion directory, powered by radiobrowser.info.
Stations may be shared on the Subsonic server (Subsonic 6.1.2+), or stored locally on device.
● FUNKWHALE SUPPORT ●
play:Sub now adapts to the capabilities of Funkwhale, a new Subsonic API compatible server.
Goto https://funkwhale.audio for details about Funkwhale.
● TWEAKS AND FIXES ●
New Support "ignored articles" as configured on the Subsonic server.
New Start serverside media rescan on compatible servers (requires Subsonic 6.1+ or compatible server).
New Support for newest Subsonic server versions.
Fixed iPhone status bar was sometimes not legible on player screen in light UI theme.
Fixed Mini message didnt extend below the notch for other notch device than the original X.
Fixed Occasionally it would take a long time before new serverside media was detected.
Fixed Resuming audiobooks not working properly.
Fixed Loading large folders (6000+ tracks) would time out.
Fixed Selecting tracks from a shuffled play queue did not work.
Fixed Deleting multiple songs from a playlist not possible.
For feature requests or issues:
please use the in-app form (play:Sub | Feedback),
or the contact form on http://michaelsapps.dk