Podcat

# Release 2.9.1

# Chapters
* Chapters can now be skipped automatically. Touch on a chapter and select "Skip chapter"

# Display
* Various corrections

# Settings
* Number of parallel podcast updates can now be set separately for Wi-Fi and mobile radio
* "Add to playlist" corrected. Thanks Toby Baier
* Possible crashes under "Storage space" corrected

# WatchApp
* Completely rewritten with SwiftUI
* Replaces the previous UIKit version
* Touch on the artwork to see it bigger, zoom and move by touch and crown
* Episode images added to playlist
* Episode progress now visible in playlist
* Volume control on the player screen
* Background image added

Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

# Release 2.9.0

# CarPlay
* completely NEW
* Episode details
* Chapter markers
* Episode details and chapter markers are directly accessible from the player
* The playback speed can now be changed directly in the player

# Downloads
* Better download management when many feeds need to be updated or many downloads have been started

# InApp Subscription
* I don't really like subscriptions, but unfortunately there seems to be no other way to finance the further development of Podcat. I hope you understand that.

# Apple Watch App
* Detail UI for the latest WatchOS (I will probably have to replace it completely)

# Dashboard widgets
* Removed (sorry, unnecessary and no time to maintain it)

# Custom Podcasts
* Now using a "folder" or "cover" image (jpg, png) as Podcast Artwork when found in subscribed folder

# Themes
* Detail Fix for light themes

# Release 2.8.4

# Update
* Podcast refresh and download in background reactivated
* Backup Fail problem solved

# Dynamic Island
* Dynamic Island extension for sleep timer

# Playback
* Start from beginning as play option

# Chapters
* More chapter formats and chapter artwork are now supported

## Release 2.8.3
## Mini Player
# New Airplay icon and button

# Design
* Episode lines are now allowed to dynamically adjust their height to fit the content.
* Improved Ui for system-wide user aids like enlarged text and smaller displays.

# Chapters
* In the chapter view at the episode, chapters can optionally be re-read from feed, description or file. Also, can jump back to the automatic 5 minute chapters.

# Settings
- Rearranged. Storage now with its own tab

## Corrections from previous version
* Fix that podcat continues playing cleanly after pause in control center
* Fixed adding podcasts (latest episode in playlist, not downloading all etc.
* Removed wrong version number in settings
* Sliding between chapter images now without crash after last image
* Old libraries removed

## Expert function
* Chapter images can now be deleted (if the episode is also no longer on the device)

## Corrections from previous version
* Fix against duplicates during Podcast Refresh
* Deletion of single episodes now also deletes their chapter images
* Newly subscribed podcasts now only load the latest episode and not 5.

## Settings
* Expert Settings: Deleting all episodes now also deletes the chapter images.

## Apple Watch App
* UI updated
* Force Touch menu removed

## Podcast Index Project
To improve podcasts in general, podcastindex.org is adding new features to the feed. The following have already been implemented:

* Podcast Funding feature "podcast:funding" on podcast detail page.
* Season (number, and season name)
* Episode (number, display follows)
* External Chapters prepared

## Episode
* If a website/article page is specified, it can now be opened from the episode detail page.

## Settings.
* Spokesperson now sorted by name and better attribution. The speaker identifier does not seem to be used properly

## Corrections from previous version
* Chapter markers after ending an episode are now reloaded correctly
* Episode duplicates should no longer occur
* Podcast artwork in the large player is now no longer blurry
* Search in the speakers corrected
* Filter buttons above episode lists for light themes fixed
* User aids: Font sizes can now be scaled

## New widgets
* Widget for the homescreen shows current episode covers. If available also the chapter image
* In the medium widget, an episode can also be started directly

## Player
* Faster start of an episode from the playlist

## Appearance
* Design somewhat adapted
* Header for podcast and groups for iPad implemented
* Appearance of the groups improved
* List view for groups enabled
* Download of the first episode in the playlist now visible with loading curl

## Episode lists
* Swipe right function "add to favorites" changed to "attach to playlist". Function can be changed in settings. Favorites function still available via long press of table row.
* Filter buttons on top changed from text links to pictograms
* New filter function by downloaded episodes

## Chapters
* In the large view of a chapter image can now be swiped to switch between chapters and thus their images. If a chapter has no image, the cat is shown.

## Bookmarks
* New button for faster creation of bookmarks

## Settings
* Swipe right function in episode lists can be set now
* Memory display improved and extended by bar chart

## General
* Added hint for new app version (There are too many old versions running around out there)

## Corrections from previous version
* Background activities adjusted.
* Video files from Dropbox or iCloud are now correctly created as video episodes.
* Removal of iCloud episodes corrected.
* And much more...

# Release 2.7.8
## Maxi Player
* Tidy UI for faster access to the most important functions
* Speed now with slider
* Volume now also with slider
* Improved view for Landscape

## Playlist
* "Remove download of played episodes" accelerated

## background processes
* Completely revised functions for
* update from Podcast
* Download episodes

## Watch
* Chapter and position update no longer shows outdated information for a short time

## Crash reports
* Now with Sentry to better understand Crashes

## Groups
* Fyyd collections with their own subheading
* Group graphic corrected
* "Episodes without a group" and "progression" added at the end
* If more than 8 groups exist, 4 are displayed per line. Otherwise, only two groups. For faster operation.

## Fyyd
* Podcasts or personal feeds are now marked with a small marker
* If "Show my collections" is disabled, the synced groups and podcasts are removed from Podcat
* Add to curation removed until new API is implemented

## Appearance
* Selection of the theme made new. In light/dark/super dark I would like to insert thumbnails
* Podcasts can now be prompted to update in many places
* Podcast sharing (website or feed) inserted
* In Podcast Detail there is now a new line with date and time when the feed was last updated.

## Corrections from previous version
* UI improved on the iPad
* chapter list artwork is now clickable again
* Subscribing to Soundcloud RSS corrected
* Text corrections
* New buttons in episode detail view
* Cloud storage result list now sorted
* Podcasts from cloud storage now show episode titles without file extension
* corrected permanent display on episodes without info
* OPML import improved. Already imported podcasts are no longer importable
* Double episodes should no longer appear
* On the episode details page, there is now a way to delete a duplicate in the context menu.

## NEW Watch App
* Reactivated again
* Watch App Player integrated with progress bar
* Touch on the current title opens chapter list
* Show Episode Artwork on Watch
* Transfer chapter artwork to clock
* Artworks are now zoomable and movable
* Force Touch opens menu with
* Playlist added
* Mark as played
* Scrolling titles in header if longer than 12 characters

## General
* Artwork display fallback if episode image not to load
* Text field empty button replaced by own better visible icon
* Force Touch and LongHoldTouch corrected for devices without ForceTouch

## Big player
* Chapter artwork inserted in the "Current Chapter" line
* Layout optimized in the header
* Sleeptimer can now also "still play # chapters"
* Chapter Image opens directly the large view of the image
* Reduced view for car corrected for bright themes

## Playlist
* Headline of history now with action to delete all belonging episodes
* Misbehaviour if still empty corrected
* Sorting by title inserted

## Chapter marks
* Chapter marks are now extracted from an audio file after downloading it and saved as an image. Existing chapter marks from the feed are overwritten. Chapters in the file always have priority.
* Pictures at chapter marker can be opened directly, without context menu
* In large view of the chapter images can now be zoomed

## Groups
* Group overview redesigned
* It can now also be filtered by started episodes
* High resolution artwork inserted
* duration of all episodes in a group is now displayed
* Delete a group added to the context menu of the group detail page

## Podcast Details
* Feeds with access data are now protected with FaceID or TouchID

## Settings
* Setting / Always download all playlist episodes, no matter what other settings you have. Default "No"
* Removed display of touches for presentation
* Deletion of older backups can now be triggered in the settings. Automatic process currently triggers block the UI, therefore temporarily disabled.
* Under Expert Settings you can now also find the quantity information of the chapter images

## Add Podcast
* Displayed podcasts now available as grid and list

## HandOff - Transfer between devices
* If a podcast page is open on one device, it will be offered for opening on other devices with the same Apple ID, whether already subscribed or not.
* Wrong HandOff removed

## Background update
* Fixed a bug that could prevent the automatic update of the feeds under certain conditions

## Database
* Is now no longer deleted immediately in case of error. A restart of the app may be sufficient. This is initiated directly in the event of an error.
* Improved list call

## Other
* New user agent. The Podcat should now be clearly visible in the statistics of e.g. Podlove

## Removed
* Message Sticker removed because XCode refused to include the appropriate icons. Anyone miss this?
* Pocket integration removed. Their SDK has not been updated since 2015. Is anyone missing this?

## Bug fixes
* Various fixes for iOS 13
* Player should now no longer lose his position
* Inserting into playlist improved
* chapter start adapted
* Coming from the background the playlist is now updated correctly
* Subheadings background color corrected
* Episode line Play icon correctly placed in the center of the circle
* Touch on headline in episode lists now shows the remaining time minus the time already played
* Touch on Artwork on AppleWatch is now also a back-action
* Fyyd new categories added and corrected

## General
* Memory usage optimized

## player
* After completing the episode, the history is now reset correctly and the position is set to the beginning.

## playlist
* Icon of the playback mode moved to the right side, so that the continuous arrow is not interpreted as closing

## Groups
* Updated the podcasts included

## episodes details
* Chapter Scroll to top disabled

## Downloads
* Red mark if download failed. Can still be tried again.

## Divide
* Drop episode into Dropbox is back!

## Today Widget
* With new "More" view as a table with additional metadata

## backup
* Restoration corrected
* Backup now also saves all general settings and restores them

## settings
* Automatic scrolling up in the playlist can be switched off in the settings under "Operation"

## Development
* Small correction when reading mp3 chapter marks
* "Paste into playlist" List view corrected: "Label" replaced by the correct word.
* Playlist sorting function corrected if no history exists yet

# Release 2.7.5
## playlist
- Scrolling and subheadings improved
- Insertion of new episodes improved.
- Optimized to start episodes outside the playlist
- If a running episode is removed from the playlist, the episode will also stop playing. When playback is in progress, the playlist continues with the next episode.
- The list always scrolls back to the beginning of the playlist after 8 seconds.-
- Actions in the context menu reset the 8 second scroll timer.
- Setting for continuous playback, shuffle and stop after episode can now be changed above the playlist.
 
## episodes
- Cover image enhanced for non-square images (minute-by-minute matrix)

## Blog posts
- Sometimes it makes sense to read the blog posts of podcasters, as they often include announcements or additional information. The Podcat now displays these as well.
- ATTENTION: This may lead to some new entries, as the old blog posts are now loaded into the podcat

## Downloads
- running downloads are now displayed in a separate area in the group of loaded episodes. At the top, change the selector from Load to Load
- If favorites are not to be loaded automatically when they are marked as such, they can also be deleted regularly
- Download progressbar inserted in message bar. Parallel downloads can not be displayed effectively.

## Feed Parser
- Background activity is reduced for less battery drain. A podcast is updated at most every 2 hours.
- Assignment of episodes to the feed improved. Wrint had several ice sheets in different feeds which resulted in false duplicates.
- Save changes and new episodes significantly accelerated

## CarPlay
- Call improved and equipped with better problem behavior
- Improved display of progress bar

## Push notifications
- HTML in push messages removed
- "Download started" notification is deleted as soon as "Download completed" has been reported.

## settings
- for the playlist also directly in the settings retrievable (continuous, stop, shuffle)

## Statistics
- Episode Limit increased
- Loading time and memory optimization
- Added new "history.txt" to the export. This corresponds to a CSV file of the history of all episodes played
 
## user interface
- Opening the app after a push notification opens the corresponding episode now only if the message was also selected. It happened that you could open the app via the icon and the episode from the notification was still displayed directly
- Rounded corners introduced in Artworks
- Shadow disabled for older devices
- Menu adapted below
- "No XY available" inserted in lists if they are empty
- Added podcast artwork fallback: if no artwork is available, the podcast title will be displayed.

# Release 2.7.4
## Design
- Some fine-tuning and adjusted footer

## Playlist
- "Eternal playlist" activated. The history will be added to the top of the list so that you can scroll back to the episodes you last heard.
- Touch the top of the status bar to move the list to the first entry in the playlist and not into the history.
- Swipe and run across the border between playlist and history will stop scrolling.
- Opening the app directly to the playlist scrolls to the first episode

## Backup
- Less memory usage when saving the backup

## General
- Added, if a new version is available in the AppStore
- Corrected import of OPML

# Release 2.7.3
## Backup
- Backup refined with additional meta-info

## Critical corrections
- Code optimization
- Increased fault tolerance in time calculations

# Release 2.7.2
## Optimizations
- Shortened loading times for PodcastTable
- Shortening episode list loading times
- Scrolling made more fluid
- Background processes improved
- Shortening loading times for groups

## Big player
- Maxiplayer saves the last visited page even if you pressed down next to the PageIndicator

## episode lists
- Group header reduced
- Times standardized

## Backup
- Backups are now compressed

## General
- Added debug options to the settings

# Release 2.7.1
- Preparation for cross-device sync
- Backups are now compressed

# Release 2.7
## Siri shortcuts
- "Start playlist" inserted
- "Start the group XY" inserted

## Subscribe to
- It can now also serve the program folder in iCloud Drive as a source for a podcast. As it has worked so far with the Dropbox.
- Further services are in preparation (oneDrive, Box.com, FTP Server)

## episode lists
- Added a new header for podcasts and groups
- The displayed remaining runtime of episodes takes into account the set playback speed.

## chapter marks
- more mp3 chapter brand flavor is supported
- Loads of many chapters out of files improved and accelerated

## Bookmarks
- integrated into the big player as 4th page
- Create bookmark Form layout corrected

## notifications
- shifted down so that navigation is no longer overlaid above
- System notifications now only appear if Podcat is not active
- HTML output corrected in notification

## Backup
- Function to remove all backups cleanly inserted
- Automatic deletion of older backups
- Backup usually always backs up when leaving Podcat. However, if this last happened less than 300 seconds (5 minutes), no new backup will be created. To protect the battery and the data bandwidth.

## support
- It is now possible to support the ongoing development of Podcat with a monthly subscription of € 2.49.

## General
- Added warning if a podcast could not be refreshed. Error may be that the server is not reachable or the feed is faulty.
- iOS 9 support removed. By now, iOS 10 should at least have everyone.

# Release 2.6.12
## chapter marks
- Correction line corrected

## Podcast detail view
- Improved recommendations based on a recommended podcast

## episode detail view
- Duration inserted

## Playlist
- Sorting option inserted in context menu

## Backup
- Improved fault tolerance against defective data

## Group "Charged episodes"
  - When download is removed, the line disappears from the list

## episode lists
- "Add to playlist" for groups or subgroups, the group is sorted in ascending order by date. So the entries sorted by their release date appear correctly in the playlist.

## General
- New animation when opening the context menu
- Code optimization

# Release 2.6.11
## chapter marks
- Are now also read from the media file when episodes are streamed

## General
- Upgrade to Swift 4.1
- Crash fixes of the live version
- Memory optimizations

## Backup
- Improved and expanded

## Dropbox
- About the plus in subscriptions can now select a folder in the Dropbox. It will automatically generate a new custom podcast
- Media files in this folder are automatically migrated to new episodes
- Background update also considers changes in the Dropbox
- Episodes can be deleted, on request even including the file in the Dropbox. If the file remains, it will reappear at the next update. So choose wisely.
- Dropbox list now shows only folders and no files

## Download
- URLs with spaces can now be downloaded correctly
- Double concurrent downloads intercepted

## Play
- Player improvement
- Chapter start improved
- Auto-Replay corrected
- Removed "near-end" message for video
- Large player can now hide all interface elements again (on iPad)

## Feed Parser
- Significant acceleration because already existing content can be ignored.

## episode detail view
- detail improvements
- Show the chapter marks bubble frame correctly

## Subscribe to grid
- Mark all as heard corrected

## Backup
- Improved

## Help
- Link old help page again. Content will be updated gradually.

# Release 2.6.9
## player
- Optimized playback
- Continuous playback
- start only after the second click gefixed

## Images
- Corrected display of pictures with special characters in the url
- Added zooming when scrolling the table

## fix
- Curious crash when switching between New and All Subscribtions fixed

## Player
- Audio player correction

## Contributors
- Improved display and recognition

## Feed Parser
- Fixed paged feeds

## layout
- Notification rebuilt at the top of the screen.
- Extra adjustment for iPhone X
- Added more details in the reduced player.
- Improved voice info in podcast details
- After leaving the app in the big player, the content is displayed again as when leaving. No automatic jump to the cover picture.
- The big player now remembers which side you were last and opens it again when reopening

## color scheme
- Superdark improved.
- optimize bright themes

## sounds
- Cat Meow no longer interrupts 3rd party audio and respects the mute switch.

## Help
- For now removed because service providers demanded horrendous prices.

## General
- Note on link in the clipboard only appears if the probability that it is a feed address is very high.

## Feed Parser
- Fixed paged feeds

## layout
- Added more details in the reduced player.

## Reduced player view
- Added the current chapter title
- Added buttons for previous / next chapter
 
## color scheme
- Superdark improved.
- Help area adjusted.
- Better implemented warning and error color.

## Groups
- Correction of the search terms corrected

## layout
- If inverting the colors is activated in the operating aids, cover images are no longer inverted. See System Settings / Operating Tips / Display Adjustment / Invert colors: "Intelligent".
- Various text adaptations and translations.
- Fixed the scale display in lists.
- A reduced player view is available via the menu of the large player. Perfect for the car.
- Added animation when opening and closing the big player as well as the playlist.

## color scheme
- Superdark inserted.

## Services
- Dropbox: Access from the app's own order extended to the whole Dropbox. A preparation for new features.
- Pocket: Reactivated after there were problems with the interface

## notifications
- Katzenmiau adjusted with the app open.
- Corrected opening of notifications.
- There is now a new episode notification, if the number is not greater than 3. Otherwise comes the usual "There are some new episodes" message.
- The episode artwork will now be displayed instead of the podcast logo if available.

## Latest Episodes Widget
- Opening the entries improved.
- Here, too, the episode artwork will be displayed, if available. Otherwise the podcast logo.
 
## Statistics
- More details per podcast broken down and sorted by duration.

## Improvements
- Carplay corrected.
- Subtopic corrected background color.
- If there are no other ways to share an episode, the system share dialog opens directly.

## New features:
### Manual file playback
If a media file is passed to Podcat via the "Open With" dialog, it can be saved to a manually created podcast. Thus, podcasts with episodes can be generated from any audio and video files and sorted into the normal playlist.

## Manual file playback
- Podcast title can be named arbitrarily
- Podcast cover image can be added manually
- Media files can be renamed and a short description inserted
- To delete the media file, remove the entire episode and all its metadata.

## layout
- Customization for iPhone X
- Podcasts can now be sorted. However, only in the table view. The grid view then takes over the setting. Can be reset in the settings.
- Various text adaptations and translations

## settings
- New setting to reset manual sorting of podcasts.
- New setting that switches whether the arrows at the bottom of the mini player only jump back and forth between the selected seconds or whether they should always jump in chapters

## Sharing Extension
- In order to transfer media files easier and faster to the Podcat, there is now a sharing icon "Use in Pocat" in the bottom bar of the share functions, if this is not visible, activate Doubt in the share-dialog on the far right under "more" ,

## Improvements
- If there is a URL in the clipboard of the iPhone and then the Podcat is opened, it asks if it should be used as podcast feed. It follows after confirmation the subscribing process, which shows the contained episodes.
- It is now checked in advance if an episode can be shared. If not, the button is no longer displayed.
- Backup Restore Button made reliable
- Fixed automatic download setting for new podcasts