Releases: TortugaPower/BookPlayer
Now-Playing-View Improvements
Improvements
- Smooth transition to the Now-Playing-View in the Watch App (it also shows the clock now).
Support
For help and ways to contribute to the project, see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer or visit www.bookplayer.app
Apple Watch and Widget extension
Introducing: BookPlayer Watch App
Navigate your library and change the book you're listening to directly from your Apple Watch!. This first version is aimed to be a companion app of the iOS app, and will serve as a base for future versions. A stand-alone app will come later down the road.
New features & Improvements
- Watch app
- Add Widget extension to quickly start playing your last book
- Add option to disable autolock only when the device is charging.
Bugfixes
- Fixed a crash when importing some mp3 books that contained artworks
- Fixed book's playback time being set to 0 when started from a Siri shortcut
- Disable folder support, we recommend zipping the folder before importing it into the app
- Lower shadow opacity for skip controls
Support for folders & bugfixes
Bugfixes & Improvements
- Added support for importing folders
- Zip files are now erased properly after processing
- Interaction with the theme-brightness slider was improved
- Playback no longer stops after launching the app via a 3d-touch quick action from the home screen
- The screen won't lock as long as you're in the file-importer view
- Fixed multiple crashes, among those, one affecting iOS 10 devices when trying to import files
- Track time spent listening in the app (locally)
Support
For help and ways to contribute to the project, see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer or visit www.bookplayer.app
Tip jar, dark mode & more
Introducing: BookPlayer Plus
Support BookPlayer development and unlock more design options
- Colorful App Icon alternatives
- Additional color themes
- More extras will be added to future releases without the need for additional purchases.
BookPlayer will remain free and the free version will retain all features forever. We believe in Open Source and in free software. We also hope you enjoy it as much as we do and consider a donation to keep the lights on.
New features & Improvements
- Dark Mode
- Bulk edit the items in your library and playlists
- New layout and interaction for skip controls in the player
- 3D Touch Quick Actions for fast access to the most recent book
- Completion of a book is now tracked independently from a book’s progress
- More options are available by swiping left on a cell in both Library and Playlists
- Optional creation of a new Playlist when importing books while inside a playlist
- Stop at chapter boundaries when skipping
- Tip Jar
Bugfixes
- Fixed a cancelled on-chapter-end sleep timer
- Fixed the layout of the book title and the author Miniplayer layout title issues
- Accessibility improvements inside the player interface
Support
For help and ways to contribute to the project, see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer or visit www.bookplayer.app
Playback speed, sleep timer & more
New features & Improvements
- New ‘End of Chapter’ option for the sleep timer
- The list of a book’s chapters starts scrolled to the current chapter
- Playback speed will be the same across all the books inside a playlist
- 1.75x playback speed now available
Bugfixes
- Sorting now works as expected
Support
For help and ways to contribute to the project, see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer or visit www.bookplayer.app
Sort, Share, Zip support & Siri shortcut
New features & Improvements
- Sort button for library and playlists
- Share books from the Library
- Siri shortcut for the last played book
- Importing Zip archives containing audio files
- Basic Url scheme bookplayer:// – only action available is play last played book
Bugfixes
- Autoplay for new files when device is locked
- Clarified labelling in chapter list
Support
For help and ways to contribute to the project see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer or visit www.bookplayer.app
Thank you!
If you enjoy BookPlayer, we would be glad if you consider writing a review.
Support has arrived. Again.
Bugfixes
- Reconnected table cells in support section
Support
For help and ways to contribute to the project see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer or visit www.bookplayer.app
Thank you!
If you enjoy BookPlayer, we would be glad if you consider writing a review.
Improved import & more
Files are now imported in a queue, making sure nothing is missing and the order stays the same.
A few other bugs were fixed along the way as well.
New features & changes
- Import queue
- Added AirPlay device picker
- Autoplay for the whole Library is back
- VoiceOver support (thanks to @ryantstone)
- Option to prevent screen lock in Player
- Tapping the middle label below the progress bar toggles between total time and current chapter time
- Tapping the right label below the progress bar toggles between total time and time left
Bugfixes
- Boost Volume setting behaves as expected
- Files added via iTunes are now reliably detected
- Now playing info widget matches the player properly
- Artwork color extraction is more reliable
- Tapping an empty playlist no longer crashes the app
- List views make room for the mini player
- Empty playlists are deleted without confirmation
- Settings labels are no longer shortened when using bold text
Support
For help and ways to contribute to the project see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer or visit www.bookplayer.app
Thank you!
If you enjoy BookPlayer, we would be glad if you consider writing a review.
Playlists and a new look
Organize your Library using drag & drop to create new Playlists from your files! This makes it easy to combine books that are split in multiple files or to listen to your favorite anthology without searching for the next volume.
Enjoy playing your books in full color! The new player view matches your book's artwork. The new controls for jumping back and forth are just one swipe of the cover away and you can adjust their intervals in the Settings!
New features & changes
- Sort and reorder files via drag & drop
- Create and rename playlists
- Move files from and to playlists
- Play the first unfinished file by tapping the playlist artwork
- Graphical indicator for book progress
- The playing book is now highlighted in lists
- Player view extracts colors from artwork
- Adjust forward & rewind intervals
- Jump intervals by dragging the album artwork
- Progress slider limited to the current chapter
- Improved progress slider accuracy
- Improved chapter selection
- Sleep timer duration in the toolbar when active
- Mini player can be dismissed when book is paused
- Smart rewind is calculated in relation to the time passed
- Support contact and Credits in Settings
- All new custom made icons
Bugfixes
- Spaces in book meta information are no longer replaced by underscores
- Player pauses and resumes after external events like direction messages in Maps
- Importing multiple files at once no longer crashes the app
- Status bar style now matches the player colors
Support
For help and ways to contribute to the project see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer or visit www.bookplayer.app
Thank you!
If you enjoy BookPlayer, we would be glad if you consider writing a review.