Retro Changelog - Retromusicplayer

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Oct 28, 2025

v6.6.0

Remove legacy notification as almost every device supports the android media notification
Fix repeat mode
Update play billing
Update photo picker
Small fixes

Aug 02, 2025

v6.5.0

Fix chromecast playback if port is already used
Rework music scanning UI in folder view

June 09, 2025

v6.4.0

App now uses ExoPlayer instead of MediaPlayer

May 05, 2025

v6.3.0

What's New

App now targets Android 15
Playlists can be searched for songs
Add option to show player interface when phone is locked

Fixed

Fixed crash when adding album art
Fixed starting playback from widget

March 30, 2023

v6.1.0

What's New

App now targets Android 13, support for Granular media permissions, Photo picker, Per-app language preferences & Predictive back gesture

Fixed

Fixed playlist reordering crash
Other minor bugs fixes and improvements

March 13, 2023

v6.0.4

What's New

Minor redesign in Playlist details screen
Updated translations

Fixed

Fixed file popup menu actions in Folders tab
Fixed playlist image loading
Fixed blurry album art in Android 13
Minor bug fixes and improvements

July 10, 2022

v6.0.3_Beta_

Fixed

Migrated icons to Material symbols

June 21, 2022

v6.0.2_Beta_

Fixed

Minor bug fixes and improvements

June 13, 2022

v6.0.1_Beta_

Fixed

Fixed ChromeCast crash
Fixed Slider crashes
Fixed storage related crashes on Android 10
Fixed CrossFade not working Fade Audio is not working

June 7, 2022

v6.0.0_Beta_

What's New

Better Cast
Mini player in settings screen
Changed Seekbar with Sliders
Added NavigationRailView for Landscape
Show remaining time in Sleep timer dialog

Fixed

Fixed Top/Recent Artists/Albums not updating (Wrong sort order)
Fixed all Blacklist related crashes
Fix restart button not working in crash activity

May 13, 2022

v5.8.4

What's New

Added a toggle to enable/disable swipe down to dismiss mini player

Fixed

Fixed Playback speed and pitch not working when CrossFade is enabled
Fixed crash when adding folders to blacklist
Fix bugs in MD3 theme

May 07, 2022

v5.8.3

What's New

Added a new MD3 now playing theme
Swipe down to dismiss Mini player
Add support for Just Black with Material You

Fixed

Fixed sharing of files from SD Card
Fix ChromeCast crash and bugs
Fix Audio Crossfade
Tried to fix incorrect song data in notification

April 8, 2022

v5.8.0

What's New

Updated translations

Fixed

Fixed Classic Notification crash
Fixed crash when clicking on Playlist in the Search Tab
Fixed settings change not reflecting immediately
Fixed shuffle
Fixed Song duration not visible in Card & Blur card themes
Fixed some Album skip styles
Minor bug fixes & UI improvements

March 13, 2022

v5.7.3

What's New

Added adaptive color in Material now playing theme
Added an option to share crash report
Added options to clear, pause history

Fixed

Adapt Wallpaper accent for better readability
Optimized search
Made sleep timer precise

February 13, 2022

v5.7.2_Beta_

What's New

Animated splash screen on Android 12 devices

Fixed

Fixed crash when removing song from Playing queue
Fixed lyrics editing crash
Fixed shuffle button not working
Fixed crash on song deletion

February 1, 2022

v5.7.1_Beta_

What's New

Added option to disable changing song by swiping anywhere on the now playing screen

Fixed

Fixed Playlist save on A11+
Fixed Just Black theme
Fixed some UI issues

Improved

Improvements to search

January 25, 2022

v5.7.0_Beta_

What's New

Added Android Auto
Added accent color extraction on Android 8.1+ devices
Added new Circle widget
Added Collapsing appbar to library tabs with an option to switch back to simple appbar
Added Search tab
Added option to use circular play button
Added lyrics editing on A11+ devices again
Added Long Press to forward, rewind current song
Added ability to set Playback speed and pitch
Added option to show lyrics over Cover
Added option to keep screen on when showing lyrics
Added option to switch to Manrope font

Fixed

Fixed Gapless Playback
Fixed Shuffle FAB going behind Mini Player
Fixed crashes on Pre-marshmallow devices
Blacklisted songs can't be played after opening from outside the app
Fixed various small bugs and some minor improvements

January 1, 2021

v5.6.1

Fixed

Fixed artist covers not updating and showing album cover images.
Fixed FAB's not visible (Shuffle, Save, etc.)
Fixed a crash when a Song is deleted in Artist Details
Fixed Snowfall effect
Fixed empty notification when queue is cleared

December 25, 2021

v5.6.0_Beta_

What's New

Added Artwork editing for songs
Circle theme has album art now
Upgraded tag editor library, we should support reading tags of more formats now e.g. opus.
Added Snowfall effect
Crossfade effect for background when Song is changed for Blur, Blur card themes
Album art is hidden when Show lyrics is enabled
Added fastscroll in Playlists tab
Added Chooser to choose what to restore
Hide BottomNavigation when only one tab is selected in Library Categories(This was already there but when changing screens it was getting visible)

Fixed

Fixed Ringtone crash
Fixed blank album cover bug
Fixed bottom navigation visible in Playing Queue
Fixed lockscreen dragging glitch
Fixed incorrect colors when no cover art is available
Fixed favorite not updating when song is changed
Fixed playlist not getting created & playlist creation crash with same name
Fixed a bug in "Plain" Now playing theme where onClick event is consumed by the views behind the bottom sheet

December 6, 2021

v5.4.2_Beta_

Fixed

Bug Fixes

December 1, 2021

v5.4.1_Beta_

What's New

Added file selection from system file picker for restore
Added Grid size selection for Playlists

Improved

Enable Material You by default on Android 12
Reworked Grid Style saving
Improved Playlist preview images
UI improvements

Improved

Fixed File deletion on Android 10
Fixed Sleep Timer crash
Fixed Bottom Toolbar not clickable in now playing when Shuffle is clicked
Fixed Album Artist sort order
Fixed a crash when clicking the "Clear All" button in the Blacklist folder selection
Fixed Continuous crashes on A12 when the song ends
Fixed New Music Mix multiple clicks crash

November 22, 2021

v5.4.0_Beta_

What's New

Material You
Going Edge-to-Edge
Added Backup & restore

Improved

Improved Animations
Improved Crossfade

September 06, 2021

v5.0.0

What's New

Added ability to Remember last tab
Added Whitelisting songs
You can now browse SDCard from Folders Tab

August 22, 2021

v4.4.0_Beta_

What's New

Added Crossfade
Multi-select in Album and Artist Details
Albums now show Album Artists instead of artist of first song

Fixed

Fixed Playlist Preview Images

August 11, 2021

v4.2.30_Beta_

What's New

Revamped Playlist Tab
Revamped Genres Tab
Added support for embedded Synced Lyrics
Added animated icons

Fixed

Fixed Language Switching
Fixed some reported bugs

July 18, 2021

v4.2.020_Beta_

What's New

Added ChromeCast Support
Added Lyrics Editor for Normal and Synced Lyrics
Added Ripple Animation for Color Theme
Added Drag to seek in Tiny Theme
Added Playlist Order
Added Search Filters
Added Audio Fade
Synced Lyrics in all Themes
Swipe anywhere to change song

Improved

Fixed Navigate by Album Artist
Changed New Music Mix Actions
Improved Animations
And some minor bug fixes and improvements

October 12, 2020

v4.0.10

What's New

Re-built from scratch using MVVM Architecture and JetPack Components
New Material Design icon
Implemented a custom database for playlists
Added new Material Design motions
Bug fixes & performance improvements
Revamped Home tab UI
Android 11 support
And more!