Podcast Guru Release Notes – Version 1.6.2

These latest Podcast Guru Release Notes – Version 1.6.2, are a little bit over due, but we think it’s worth the wait. As it turns out, this update was a fair amount of work. This is due to the fact that we fixed a number of lingering UX issues. But we this this is well worth it, since we are sure that it will make the app nicer to use. Also, we fixed a slew of bugs and performance issues. See the list below for a breakdown of what we added to Podcast Guru.

New Feature

• [PG-780] – Track user ID with Instabug

Tasks

• [PG-185] – Experiment with new Lifecycle Components somewhere
• [PG-622] – UX defects in EpisodeListActivity

Improvements

• [PG-778] – Update Download Service to use OkHttp
• [PG-773] – Handle corrupted offline download
• [PG-748] – Refactor Library Tab to use LiveData + Repository patterns

Bugs

• [PG-786] – [Crashlytics] [Linked Issue] MediaPlayerAudioPlayer.java line 723
• [PG-787] – [Crashlytics] [Linked Issue] SQLiteDatabaseWrapper.java line 129
• [PG-775] – AudioService – some error messages are not externalized strings
• [PG-777] – MediaPlayerAudioPlayer – setting wrong data source for offline content
• [PG-770] – [Crashlytics] [Linked Issue] SafeMediaPlayer.java line 89
• [PG-774] – Audio Caching enabled for Offline content
• [PG-769] – Download Restrictions are ignored

If you’ve found a bug we’d love to hear about it! Please visit our support page and send us a message. If you love the app as much as we do, please leave a review for Podcast Guru in the Google Play Store.

And if you have any questions about how to use Podcast Guru, our FAQ page is a useful resource.