Android alpha/beta thread

gravelldgravelld Administrator
edited November 2023 in Astiga app

A new thread to consolidate news of alpha and beta releases for the Astiga Android app.

We use the alpha track for testing releases that have cleared our own internal testing. This means they are broadly stable, but haven't been tested with the full range of different Android hardware, firmware, bundled software and OS variants.

We use the beta track for testing releases which have had exposure to more devices and are essentially expected to be production ready. The beta track gives us more statistically significant numbers by which we can judge the stability and reliability of a given release.

We have a tighter group of alpha testers, as opposed to the beta testing track which is "open" testing. If you'd like to be an alpha tester, drop a reply here. If your email address in Astiga is different to Google Play, you'll have to supply your Google play email address (you can do that by emailing us at info@asti.ga ). If you'd like to be a beta tester, you should be able to sign up via Google Play.

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  • gravelldgravelld Administrator

    1.5.31

    We've noticed some crashes for users of Android 12+ when the app is in the background and battery optimisation or some other process causes the playback service to be destroyed. When the app is resumed, but still in the background, we attempted to start the service in the foreground again, which is no longer permitted and caused a crash. This build fixes one of these cases (hopefully!).

  • gravelldgravelld Administrator

    1.5.31 has been promoted to the beta track.

  • gravelldgravelld Administrator

    Into the alpha track...

    1.5.32

    Some more improvements around foreground/background operation on Android 12+ to reduce crashes:

    • When brought to the foreground, start the playback service in the foreground but do so in a different thread, and check we're running in the foreground before doing so.
    • Guard against the "remote control" API being unset, which might happen when coming to/from the background.
  • gravelldgravelld Administrator

    1.5.32 is now in beta.

  • gravelldgravelld Administrator

    1.5.33

    ... just released to open testing (for beta testers) and has been pushed, but not released yet to closed testing (alpha testers) - yes, I realise this is the wrong way around... but hopefully alpha testers should get this in the next 24 hours...

    The change in this build is a new option to delete your account from the Astiga service, if you want to. This is to comply with Google Play’s app account deletion requirements.

  • gravelldgravelld Administrator
    edited June 20

    1.5.34

    A new build has just been accepted into the alpha testing stream. We've incorporated a few upstream changes from the D-Sub project, specifically:

    • Fix replaygain selection logic
    • Add song suffix as details of list song item (with an option)
    • Fix album sort with duplicate track numbers
    • Fixed Android Auto library browsing if Browse By Tag is enabled
    • Allow artists to be listed in Android Auto
    • Fix fullscreen layout not actually be fullscreen anymore

    We'll be promoting this through beta and then release in the coming days.

    Update: this is now in beta.

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  • gravelldgravelld Administrator

    1.5.36

    • Fixes a crash when displaying the app in full screen mode.
  • gravelldgravelld Administrator

    1.5.37

    • Fixes a crash when enabling DLNA casting.

    In beta now...

  • gravelldgravelld Administrator

    Just sent this for review to Google, for the alpha track only:

    1.5.38

    • Target API 34

    This is required to release new versions of the app. I've tested this but due to the fundamental nature of the change there might be different devices that exhibit different behaviour, hence the slower rollout to the alpha track first.

    The new version has not hit the track yet, but may do so in the next 24 hours.

  • gravelldgravelld Administrator
    edited September 11

    1.5.38 was found to have issues so...

    1.5.39

    • Specify export flags when registering context-registered receivers.
    • Declare foreground service type correctly.

    The new version has not hit the track yet, but may do so in the next 24 hours.

    [Edit] This has now been pushed to open testing (beta). Expect it to hit in the next 24 hours.

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