Nostr Web Client

Vitor Pamplona 2y ago

### #Amethyst v0.70.0: Background Video Playback (alpha)

Now you can "pin" streams and videos to the background and keep using the app/the phone while watching/listening to it.

Keep an eye out for bugs, this is a massive restructuring of how the video playback system used to work

- Moves Video/Audio player to a foreground service.

- Migrates Feed, Stories, and Live Stream screens to use that service

- Blocks screen from going to sleep if a video is playing.

- Blocks WIFI from going to sleep if an online video is playing.

- Allows the app to pause while listening to media and continue playing

- Manages cache for up to 30 videos in parallel for each of the 3 categories: local, streaming, progressive content

- Activates the use of popups with artwork that points to the screen with the video

- Creates a button to allow any video to play while browsing the app/phone

- Moves app to SingleTop mode.

- Keeps viewed position cached for up to 100 videos.

- Restructures the starting screen from App Navigation

Download:

- [Play Edition](https://github.com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/releases/download/v0.70.0/amethyst-googleplay-universal-v0.70.0.apk)

- [F-Droid Edition](https://github.com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/releases/download/v0.70.0/amethyst-fdroid-universal-v0.70.0.apk)

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Discussion

⚡️🌱🌙 2y ago

How many people work at Vitor Pamplona?

ᑎOᔕTᖇ 2y ago

Thanks and keep the good work just a suggestion when share apks here always provide the check sum that we can verify the app was not tampered and for yourself reputation if someone's else now tampered with the app and share somewhere is not good for you.... providing the check sum prevents malicious actors.

Vitor Pamplona 2y ago

Isn't that automated for Android APKs? The phone doesn't install the app if it doesn't match the previous version's signing keys.

ᑎOᔕTᖇ 2y ago

Yes sure but nostr is growing did you think everyone have the app installed? 🤔

No stress its just a constructive criticism

Vitor Pamplona 2y ago

Well, I only make this particular app for Android. People can of course install others. I'd just would like to avoid the extra work if Android solves it for us :)

devsou.com 2y ago

Please, don't post alpha versions. Right now, my app is buggy and crasing all the time.

Vitor Pamplona 2y ago

Just go back to the previous version.

I am not sure what's crashing for you, but there is a bug fix coming up in a few minutes as well.

devsou.com 2y ago

Putting better, my app is crashing only when activating video menu.

Vitor Pamplona 2y ago

See if this version fixes it: https://github.com/vitorpamplona/amethyst/releases/tag/v0.70.1

devsou.com 2y ago

It works, everything seems normal.