Version History
Here you can find the changelog of Open Radio since it was posted on our website on 2017-01-05.
The latest version is 15.0.0 and it was updated on soft112.com on 27 April, 2024.
See below the changes in each version:
version 15.0.0
posted on 2024-04-03
Deprecate Cloud Storage due to the technical reasons.
Introduce export / import of Favorites via the File System.
version 14.2.0
posted on 2024-01-22
Icon sizes adjusted for Android.
Offline Boundaries library replaced with Android API.
Build dependencies upgraded.
version 14.2.0
posted on 2024-01-03
Exclude illegal radio stations from the list.
version 14.2.0
posted on 2023-12-27
Add Delete Cloud Account functionality.
Remove "Add radio Station to Server" feature. Please use web portal instead.
version N/A
posted on 2023-11-24
Fix No Data issue.
version 14.1.1
posted on 2023-11-17
Fix Account dialog.
version N/A
posted on 2023-11-11
Do not process media button events (remote control, etc ...) when Open Radio is off.
version 14.0.5
posted on 2023-11-06
Bug fixes.
version 14.0.0
posted on 2023-10-24
Replace Google Drive with Firebase Account.
version 13.0.0
posted on 2023-10-17
Add Send Logs option in the General Settings.
version 12.1.1
posted on 2023-10-11
Improved Playlist Loading: fixed an issue where the playlist wouldn't load properly at its end.
version 12.0
posted on 2023-09-26
Add analytics to understand crash when Google Assistant ask to play.
version 12.0
posted on 2023-09-19
Address media permission for Android 14.
Fix play command for Google Assistant.
version 12.0
posted on 2023-09-07
Fix Subtitle and Description on the current Radio Station.
version 12.0
posted on 2023-08-26
Fix Search.
version 11.0
posted on 2023-04-19
Fix dynamic list load for country Radio Stations.
version 11.0
posted on 2023-03-13
About Page update.
version 9.1
posted on 2022-03-25
Update About Dialog.
version 9.1
posted on 2022-03-12
Fix issue with "Play last known radio station" option.
Fix Bluetooth connection bug when Open radio triggered by any Bluetooth connection.
version 9.1
posted on 2022-02-18
More urgent bug fixes.
version 9.1
posted on 2022-02-10
Fix Browse view for Favorites.
version 9.1
posted on 2022-02-07
Code improvements only.
Major changes are in Automotive version. This release is to keep the same version code.
version 9.0
posted on 2022-01-19
Improve Data Safety:
- exclude Log4j library;
- exclude persistent logging;
- exclude runtime logging of sensitive data, such as Location;
- reduce amount of runtime loggs.
TV version has updated banner.
version 8.1
posted on 2022-01-02
Add Settings menu of the Radio Station for the TV version.
Bug fixes.
version 8.0
posted on 2021-12-27
Preventing to start an application from a background (need to find a proper way, nowadays Google restricts to do so).
version 8.0
posted on 2021-12-24
Fix re-connection issue upon application start.
Fix Play / Pause issue when Mobile device rotates.
version 8.0
posted on 2021-12-14
Improve sleep timer - obfuscate seconds.
version 8.0
posted on 2021-12-05
Resume playback after long time connection lost.
version 8.0
posted on 2021-11-21
Fix Radio Stream redirection (allow player to play redirected streams).
version 8.0
posted on 2021-11-15
Updates to About Dialog.
version 8.0
posted on 2021-11-09
Use device network stack instead of Cronet to address issues with "choppy" audio. Please, report any issues to me directly, if any.
version 8.0
posted on 2021-09-23
Fix sleep timer.
version 8.0
posted on 2021-09-19
Fix issue with Playback audio after Pause state.
version 8.0
posted on 2021-09-17
Improve mime type detector (add m3u8 and other types).
version 8.0
posted on 2021-09-13
Google Cast is in early Beta - please report any issues to me.
Provide mime type of the Radio Station stream to the Player.
version 7.2
posted on 2021-09-10
Improve error handling and error reporting.
Improve Radio Station art handling.
version 7.2
posted on 2021-08-18
Fix crash on Google TV when Open Radio closed before fully initialized.
Fix issue with Exo Player's network component (when Cronet component is not available).
version 7.2
posted on 2021-08-10
Fix Logs functionality in the Settings view.
Fix images access on Android versions 4 and 5.
version 7.2
posted on 2021-08-04
Exclude Media Notifications from Android 4 and 5 (very hard to maintain old Android device).
Fix SSL connection for Android 4 and 5.
version 7.2
posted on 2021-08-03
Send email in background, without E-Mail App.
Try to improve Android TV version.
version 7.2
posted on 2021-07-25
Fix Our Of Memory exception in Images store.
Improve buttons readability for android TV.
version 7.2
posted on 2021-07-25
Hot fix: crash when clean cache.
NOTE: Radio Station art has issue with compatibility from older versions - work is in progress.
version 7.2
posted on 2021-07-18
Close Open Radio from Notification view.
version 7.2
posted on 2021-07-12
Upgrade Google's Exo Player to version 2.14.1
Fix flags of South and North Korea.
version 7.2
posted on 2021-05-28
Fix re-connection to the same Bluetooth device.
version 7.2
posted on 2021-05-25
Upgrade Exo Player.
Add Settings menu to disable Mobile network use.
version 7.2
posted on 2021-05-13
Swap Mobile and TV versions.
Previous release pushed Mobile to TV and vise versa.
version 7.2
posted on 2021-04-27
Upgrade ExoPlayer.
Remove redundant buffering timer to save resources.
version 7.2
posted on 2021-03-04
Introduce Automotive OS support.
version 7.2
posted on 2021-02-14
Move logs into internal storage (some TV doesn't support external one).
version 7.2
posted on 2021-02-09
Do not lower case playback URL as it cause issues with some servers.
version 7.2
posted on 2021-02-02
Able to browse Favourites as well as Last Known Radio Station upon start of Android Auto. This helps to navigate over Radio Stations from steering wheel when nothing selected.
version 7.2
posted on 2021-01-31
Fix crash when application receives connection event from Bluetooth device not related to Music, for instance keyboards.
Fix crash when stream url points to live video (yes, some users does that).
version 7.2
posted on 2021-01-27
Fix Equalizer.
Add sort of Favourite and Local Radio Stations for Mobile.
version 7.2
posted on 2021-01-22
Introduce Sleep Timer.
Fix issue with media stream redirection.
version 7.1
posted on 2021-01-15
Prevent Open Radio to be invoked by Bluetooth on Android TV devices.
It is unintentional and cause infinite calls to open which lead to crash.
version 7.1
posted on 2021-01-11
Manage default country for the main view from the Settings.
version 7.0
posted on 2021-01-07
Load Radio Station art for Notification.
version 7.0
posted on 2021-01-03
Fix notification icons for Android 5 and earlier.
Fix notification display text.
version 7.0
posted on 2021-01-02
Fix crash when try to auto detect type of stream.
version 7.0
posted on 2020-12-31
Small bug fixes in the logic related to latest changes (transition from Java to Kotlin).
version 6.1
posted on 2020-12-14
Fix crash with Screen ON/OFF receiver.
version 6.1
posted on 2020-12-11
Add "Categories" to Android Auto browser.
Increment initial number of loaded stations for each category.
version 6.1
posted on 2020-12-10
Fix colors (white color appear to be used instead of accent one).
Fix permissions dialog for Storage and Audio.
version 6.1
posted on 2020-11-27
Fix crash of the Location prompt on Android TV.
version 6.1
posted on 2020-11-23
Improve icon for Android Auto.
Improve metadata display (Title, Artist, Album) from Android Auto.
version 6.1
posted on 2020-11-22
Fix auto-start issue in Android Auto.
Fix issue with country name when add radio station to the server.
version 6.1
posted on 2020-11-22
Fix User Agent.
Provide button to clear internal cache.
version 6.1
posted on 2020-11-18
Fix Equalizer.
Continued improvements on Android TV.
version 6.1
posted on 2020-11-15
Fix crash on Android 4 related to vector graphics.
Rearrange icons on TV main view.
version 6.1
posted on 2020-11-14
Try to align TV design with Mobile.
This is just a start.
version 6.1
posted on 2020-11-10
Try to fix the issue with playback stops in the background.
version 6.1
posted on 2020-11-08
Update usage of ExoPlayer according to Google's example.
Some users still report issue when playback in background, I am still investigating.
Provide link to legacy version of Open Radio in description to product.
For those who wants to get it from here:
https://bitbucket.org/ChernyshovYuriy/openradio/src/master/app/legacy/
version 6.0
posted on 2020-11-03
Re-enable Edit and Remove options for Local Radio Stations.
version 6.0
posted on 2020-10-28
Improve touch event for list menu on Mobile devices.
version 5.2
posted on 2020-10-19
Fix of crash related to a Notification on Android 4 devices.
version 5.2
posted on 2020-10-11
Hot fix to the latest Google Drive changes.
version 5.2
posted on 2020-09-23
Fix crash related to Notification.
version 5.2
posted on 2020-08-18
Fix crash when application is in background.
version 5.2
posted on 2020-08-14
Fix issue with notification icon (related to latest release).
version 5.2
posted on 2020-07-06
Improve labels of components.
Fix "Play/Pause" issue when pause and navigate over menu.
version 5.2
posted on 2020-06-25
Upgrade Google's ExoPlayer.
Bug fixes.
version 5.2
posted on 2020-06-18
Handle playback when device change orientation.
version 5.2
posted on 2020-06-16
Small bug fixes.
version 5.2
posted on 2020-06-10
Fix "Buffering.." state when recover from exception.
Upgrade Google's ExoPlayer version to 2.11.5.
version 5.2
posted on 2020-05-06
Try to address Equalizer's crash.
version 5.1
posted on 2020-05-01
Revise application's permissions (remove unnecessary ones).
version 5.0
posted on 2020-01-13
Improve storage for Favorites on Android TV.
version 5.0
posted on 2020-01-09
Fix Play / Pause button for Android Auto in case of last played Radio Station.
version 5.0
posted on 2020-01-07
Try to fix crash when Open Radio is in background.
version 5.0
posted on 2020-01-04
Fix metadata for Radio Station (Automotive)
version 5.0
posted on 2020-01-02
Improve auto-load of Radio Stations for categories once scrolled to the end.
version 5.0
posted on 2019-12-30
Hot fix for crash during start up!
version 5.0
posted on 2019-12-20
Fix list of counties.
Bug fixes.
version 4.0
posted on 2019-12-17
Improve Radio Stations list navigation (cache visited positions).
Bug fixes.
version 4.0
posted on 2019-12-14
Fix crash when Radio Station contain image with invalid configuration (Android TV).
Fix crash when phone rotates and Open Radio is in background.
version 4.0
posted on 2019-12-14
Fix scrolling of Radio Stations list.
version 4.0
posted on 2019-12-12
Fix auto load new stations when list scrolled to end.
version 4.0
posted on 2019-12-12
Handle Play/Pause key event on Android TV.
Fix crash when Open Radio is in background.
version 4.0
posted on 2019-12-07
Fix issue with application crash when wake from background.
version 4.0
posted on 2019-11-29
Fix issue with download of Radio Station's logo.
version 4.0
posted on 2019-11-25
Fix issue with "Open Radio isn't responding"
version 4.0
posted on 2019-11-15
Improve networks transition, such as between WiFi and Cellular and vise versa.
version 4.0
posted on 2019-11-10
Upgrade Google's Exo Player.
version 4.0
posted on 2019-11-07
Revert back broken ExoPlayer version.
version 4.0
posted on 2019-11-06
Upgrade Google's ExoPlayer version to 2.10.6
version 4.0
posted on 2019-10-04
Various bugs fixes.
version 4.0
posted on 2019-10-01
Support Android TV App store.
version 4.0
posted on 2019-09-29
Improve "Get Radio Stations by country".
version 4.0
posted on 2019-09-28
Improve Location handling.
version 4.0
posted on 2019-09-19
Auto play last Radio Station in Android Auto.
Remove redundant Queue view from general Android view.
version 4.0
posted on 2019-09-02
Implement loop for playlist once end or start reached.
version 2.3
posted on 2016-11-03
Add new Counties.,Improve sorting Countries by name.,Improve Image chooser for local Radio Station.