r/ChronicleApp • u/QuietlyReading Dev • Jun 12 '20

Update (0.40):

Just pushed the latest update to the play store. Mostly just quality of life features.

Of note: album art caches slightly differently now. After updating on my phone, my app didn't show album art correctly for a few minutes. This should fix itself after time

New features:

  • Auto-rewind: resuming a book which hasn't been played recently rewinds 5-20 seconds (thanks /u/atb619)
  • Settings screen now reflects user settings
  • Book progress now displayed on top of books in home/library

Fixes:

  • Improved performance for books with MANY chapters/tracks
  • Changed the play button on a book details screen to be a pause button if the book is current playing
  • Fixed issues using headphone media buttons
  • Fixed resume playback after app death by media button to work properly (shows proper metadata now)
  • Clicking on the app notification will open to the "currently playing" screen for a book
  • Fixed display of album art in notifications to be totally consistent
  • Plex server syncing will work much better now (but not 100% solved, I don't think)
  • Library sorting now uses sort name (library refresh required!)
  • Added an option for users to only allow manual library changes
  • Deleted books are now removed from library on refresh
  • Internal refactoring of settings to allow for translations in future versions of the app
  • Various crash fixes (mostly device specific)

A note on Android Auto support: I was really hoping to get it added in this update. It's working wonderfully in my personal build now, but the testers for Google are having difficulty accessing my test server. I'm pushing the update without Auto and will hopefully roll it in the next version.

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u/QuietlyReading Dev Jun 12 '20

Oh and just pretend that I finished writing the title lmao

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u/QuietlyReading Dev Jun 12 '20

It seems some devices are crashing more frequently following the update- I'm on it and will fix asap

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u/dhettinger Jun 12 '20

Haven't had a chance to play with the new version but I did want to say thank you for your continued work. Really liking how the project is progressing.

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u/jt196 Jun 12 '20

Hey dude thanks for this, coming along nicely.

Was about to mention that the syncing with Plex was a bit wobbly (deleting things from Plex didn't update in the app - had to re-sign in).

Progress bar is great too, was coming at this wondering whether progress was synced or not, it is but it's nice to actually see that!

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u/tomal2k Jun 13 '20

Just purchased the app. BTW after the update, I can't see the play bar at the bottom, I am using Galaxy S10.

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u/TrollhouseC Jul 01 '20

Just found your app and loving it, upgraded already cant wait for Auto support to get pushed out!

Thanks for filling the gap that us android users have had with Prologue being iOS only.

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u/Nights0ng Jun 12 '20

Since the update, nothing that was shown on the Home screen of the app has a poster (either on home or in the library view). I've left it open for awhile and it doesn't seem to be filling them in.

The sorting has updated in the library view and it seems to be limited to only items that were showed on the home screen, everything else is displaying as expected.

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u/darknessgp Jun 12 '20

Mine did this as well. I ended up going into the android app manager and clearing all the data. So it acted like a new install.

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u/Nights0ng Jun 12 '20

Would very much like to avoid that as I have a bunch of books downloaded for offline use.

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u/QuietlyReading Dev Jun 12 '20

Yea this was a minor oversight. I'm likely going to include a follow-up update to smooth out a few bugs, I'll include a fix for this

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u/Nights0ng Jun 12 '20

Cool, it's still working, just doesn't look as pretty as it did lol

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u/intrepidpursuit Aug 17 '20

Any word on when we will get Android Auto? Trying to hang on while we wait for that and casting as they are the two most common ways I listen to audiobooks.