Release Notes

We're introducing an enhanced OfflineDrmManager, now called OfflineDownloadManager. Additionally, bugs such as null pointer exceptions have been addressed in the ViewModelManager and DeviceOrientationDelegate. 

New Features

• OfflineDrmManager has been renamed OfflineDownloadManager and includes expanded functionality to support non-DRM use cases.
• Additionally, OfflineDownloadManager allows developers to download video, audio, and in-manifest text renditions.
• Developers can now handle offline downloads with the new abstract class, OfflineDelegate.

Bug Fixes

• The SDK supports multiple downloads for offline DRM.
• The null pointer exceptions caused by ViewModelManager and DeviceOrientationDelegate have been resolved.

The latest update brings improved chapter functionality.

New Feature

• A generic chapter header appears on the control bar when a stream has chapters defined, even if no specific chapter is active.

Bug Fix

• Chapters now reload when reentering an Activity.

In this update, we've improved the Display Aspect Ratio calculation, exposed the JsonHelper class, and made several other improvements. We have also removed several deprecated APIs and events.

New Features

• Using the newly exposed JsonHelper class, playlists and media from the Delivery API and JSON player configs can be easily parsed.

Bug Fixes

• The Display Aspect Ratio (DAR) is now correctly calculated.
• For VAST, friendly obstructions are added to the AdSession for OMID.
• The built-in FullscreenHandler recognizes the screenOrientation settings defined in the manifest.
• The ContextThemeWrapper does not cause a class cast exception.

Deprecations

• Deprecated CustomButton and Sharing APIs and events have been removed.

Our latest release has resolved a DRM playback issue, refined caption selection with HLS, and applied various patches.

New Features

• The captions auto-selection process has been improved for HLS streams.
• Multiple miscellaneous patches have been released to address minor issues and optimize overall performance.

Bug Fix

• DRM-protected content continues playback after a midroll without an error screen appearing.

Service release. No new features. 

We've released experience-enhancing functionality and improved performance with the latest Android SDK updates, including player state retention, cleared rendered captions, caption-related bug fixes, and several Recommendations patches.

Bug Fixes

• If paused before opening a menu, the player maintains this state when closing a menu.
• Between calls to setup(), rendered captions are cleared.
• A captions-related race condition has been corrected.
• Several Recommendations patches have been released.

With 4.10.2, fixes for quality, ads, and casting have been released.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where OnLevelChanged did not fire when switching quality to auto.
• Fixed an issue that could cause a crash when calling pauseAd with googima.
• Fixed an issue where the cast menu was not scrollable when in NestScrollsView.

Service release. No new features. 

Android v4.10.0 introduces ad companion support and addresses several issues.

New Feature

• Added support for Ad Companions. (Check implementation in the Best Practice App).

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue with methods openRelated Overlay and closeRelatedOverlay not functioning.
• Fixed an issue where calling onLevelsChanged would crash.
• Fixed an issue causing a null reference in CenterControlsViewModelImpl via the setPipActivity.
• Fixed an issue where changing the language to Portuguese language caused crashes when casting.
• Fixed a memory leak issue when destroying the player with IMA.
• Fixed an issue that cause ads to play in the background when an app is closed.

Android 4.9.1 addresses an offline DRM issue.

Bug Fix

• Addressed an issue where one of the Offline DRM classes was obfuscated.