List phones use space better on phones that are longer than normal
Version 5.13
USB-C headphone support
Bluetooth fast-forward and rewind support
Samsung users on Android 10 get forced rescans to help with metadata issues
Fix repetitive dialog for some users
Fix playlist re-ordering bug
Samsung users on Android 10 get forced rescans to help with metadata issues
Samsung users on Android 10 get forced rescans to help with metadata issues
Version 5.12
Fixed some translations
Fixed issue with Pixel phones and bad files skipping
CCPA work
Version 5.11
Fixed a hang
Headset button fix
Shuffle tweak
Move to WorkManager for background scanner
Crash fix for some menu item clicks on some phones
Shrunk overflow menu button just a bit to be closer to spec
Various Android Q fixes
Version 5.10
Faster startup
Prepare for Gracenote to stop providing album art
Fixed issue where sometime iSyncr data doesn't successfully import
Version 5.9
Re-re-wrote the folder view
Fix playlist re-ordering bug
Version 5.8
Chromecast fixes
Fix media scanner
Version 5.7
Resizable widgets
Configurable widgets
Smoother scrolling
Version 5.6
Chromecast album art fix
Downloading album art on Android 9.0 fix
Theme previews on Android 9.0 fix
Speed up the shuffle algorithm in some cases
Crash fixes
Version 5.5
Fixes 5.4's unresponsiveness
Version 5.4
Fixed folder jumping bug
Fixed slow starting play in the songs tab
Version 5.3
New adaptive icon
Fix audio focus on Android 8.0
Add support for using the default album art
Too many bug fixes to list
Version 5.2
New: New icon!
Version 5.1
New: Slightly more random shuffle
New: Begin play on connect for wired headsets on Oreo. Requires leaving the Rocket Player notification running. (This doesn't consume more battery, but some battery managers will report that Rocket Player is running all the time)
Version 5.0
New: UI Tweaks
Fixed: Headset button presses
Version 4.8
New: Mono support!
Fixed: UI bugs
Version 4.7
New:
Android Auto lists are now limited! If RP returns too many items to the Android Auto app, it hangs. RP returns items to AA in under 200ms. It takes ages to process it!! If you use the 2.7 version of Android Auto the application will operate better, report 2.8 to Google here!
Media player crash fixes
Better "Now Playing" saving code. Sometimes my now playing list disappears, and I'm trying to figure out why. So I rewrote part of the code to be cleaner.
Another Bluetooth receiver fix
A couple of crash fixes based on 4.7 usage
Made now playing bar progress indicator more responsive
Unified now playing bar code so any future fixes help all activities
Fixed not being able to remove items from playlists
Fixed Oreo auto scanning code
Another Bluetooth receiver fix
Multiple fixes for battery drain caused by Android Wear/Android Auto bugs. No finger pointing needed, just workaround/fixes!
Begin reporting stats for when are wakelock hangs so I'll be more sensitive to this in the future
Fixes for tag scanning. Some unicode MP3 tags haven't been scanning properly for years.
Random crash fixes
Updates for Oreo: Unfortunately, this removes the setting "Begin Play on Connect" if you are on an Android 8.0+ device
Version 4.6
New: Filter bar on all tabs
Attempt to fix hang when starting the audio service resulting in ANR
Fix number 513 for wrong sample rate detected (wrong audio speed)
Updated to Support Library 26.02
Fixed ever crash reported with the last build
Fixed slow rendering for many, many customers! Unfortunately, we no longer have alphabetical (A-Z) letter breaks in tabs
Version 4.5
New: Released Cloud features to backup play counts & ratings
New: tabs will be adjusted (moved left) base on usage
Fix: Multiple hangs that occur with slow networks
Version 4.4
New: Beta support for backing up your ratings and play-counts to the cloud
Version 4.3
New: Android Auto support
New: Improved Android Wear support
New: Double tap forward or back buttons to skip 30 seconds when listening to a podcast
New: Option to filter duplicates from being added to a playlist
Fixes a possible battery issue fix
Fixes some crashes on MP4 files
Fixes editing MP4 file on 5.0+ SD cards
Fixes using the "X" button to close Rocket Player from a notification
Fixes some scanning folder selection issues
Version 4.2
New: Android 7.0 (Nougat) support
New: Audio engine updates
New: Marshmallow permission support
Version 4.1
New: Add duplicate prevention dialog for adding songs to playlists
New: Re-add launch player operational settings
Fixed: 4.0 has several performance issues that 4.1 fixes
Version 4.0
New: The default theme is changed to be a color shifting theme based on the artwork of the song you are playing
New: Player view now slides up from the bottom
New: Multi-select (Batch) mode for playlists!
New: Android wear support setting in “Operations” (May disrupt bluetooth info on 5.0+ devices)
New: Force the app language to be English
New: Cloud features require and expansion app so we can update/fix cloud issues seperately from the Rocket Player application
Fixed: Several storage access issues in Android 5.0+
Version 3.4.1
New: Get Info screen for songs
New: Ability to turn off lockscreen art on Lollipop via new setting
New: Scrolling text in player view
New: New: Android wear support setting in “Operations” (May disrupt bluetooth info on 5.0+ devices)
Support for more audio formats with premium unlocker: Apple Lossless (alac), APE (ape), Musepack (mpc), Free Lossless Audio Codec (flac), True Audio (tta), Waveform Audio File (wav), and Windows Media Audio Non-Lossless (wma)
Fixes genre issues with some devices
Better artist/album sorting
Version 1.2.7
Keep Notification - Toggle whether you want to keep Rocket Player in the notification bar or not.
Support Volume Controls - Toggle whether to adjust volume on your headset
Audio Focus - Settings to determine how Rocket Player reacts when another application interrupts playback
Version 1.2.6
Fixes songs playing slowly on some Samsung phones
Fixes widget size issues
Removes podcasts from songs tab
Version 1.2.5
Adds Jelly Bean support for advanced features
Version 1.2.4
Adds Replay Gain support to Rocket Player Premium
Adds Limiter support to the Rocket Player Premium equalizer
Adds "Prefer ID3 artwork" for those having artwork issues
Version 1.2.3
Yet more small bug fixes as we continue work on the next big release
Adds new permission "Get Accounts". We use this for our new feature of unlock codes. Follow us on Twitter for your chance to win.
Version 1.2.2
Small bug fixes as we continue work on the next big release
Version 1.2.1
Small bug fixes as we continue work on the next big release
Version 1.2.0
New: Updated icon
New: Explicit setting of gapless playback in the premium version
New: ICS default lockscreen support
New: Auto play on plug in support
New: Headset support can be completely turned off
Version 1.1.2
Bug Fix: Widget crashing for some users
Bug Fix: Home button no longer bypasses the lock screen if it is on
Bug Fix: Volume buttons should not turn the screen on anymore
Bug Fix: Users are no longer required to wait on the media scanner to finish (but all of the music may not be present until it does)
Bug Fix: Editing of the "Now Playing" playlist works more fluidly