2.11.28
2024-02-01
• Fixes issue with toolbar items staying disabled on a playlist when presenting the long-press action sheet on an episode row.
• Fixes potential crash
2.11.27
2023-10-15
• Fixes issue with "Select/Deselect" button text when editing a list of episodes
• Fixes issue with using Siri to start a playlist called "News"
2.11.26
2023-09-20
• Fixes a potential crash
2.11.25
2023-08-28
• Fixes issue with playing m4b files
• Fixes issue with sharing feeds with no linkURL in their RSS feed
• Fixes issue with the podcasts list indicating there were no subscribed feeds when all feeds are just played or empty
• Fixes a few spacing issues on 45mm and 49mm watchOS devices
2.11.24
2023-05-28
• Workaround for an issue that prevented downloaded episodes from playing if the publisher had given them a file extension that didn't match the file's actual encoding.
• Accessibility - When editing a playlist, additional actions for moving an episode to the top or bottom of the list are now available.
2.11.23
2023-04-19
• iPad - Skip Ahead/Skip Back keyboard shortcuts work again
• Fixes issue that could cause playback to stop when skipping ahead near the end of an episode.
2.11.22
2023-03-12
• Fixed issue with PiP window not loading after tapping on a system notification.
• Fixed issue that could allow play position to be reset after returning from background
• Fixed issue with retrying failed downloads
2.11.21
2023-01-10
• Fixes an issue where an episode could start playing if it finishes downloading after you'd started streaming it but switched to another downloaded episode prior to the download finishing.
2.11.16
2022-10-31
• iOS - Fixes label under the player scrubber where it would display "Label" the first time it was tapped after starting an episode
• iOS - Fixing potential startup crash
• iOS - Fixes potential crash when using Intents
• iOS - Fixes issue with retrying downloads that failed due to being redirected to an invalid URL
• CarPlay - Fixes navigation title on playlists
• CarPlay - Fixes syncing issue when Downcast isn't running and is launched directly from CarPlay. Prior to this, syncing would not work until the iOS app was launched.
2.11.15
2022-10-18
• CarPlay - Additional information now shown on episode & chapter rows
• Fixes layout issue on Apple Watch Ultra
• Fixes issue with log file submission
• Fixes issue where episode details on player view would disappear after Downcast had been in the background
2.11.14
2022-09-16
• Fixes issue with in-list search bar placement in iOS 16 when in landscape orientation
• Fixes potential crash
2.11.13
2022-08-27
• Fixes a couple of potential crashes
• Fixes issues with now playing info not refreshing
2.11.12
2022-08-04
• Fixes a crash that could occur if an episode contains incorrectly encoded ID3 chapter data. Specifically, this affected recent episodes of NPR's Short Wave podcast.
2.11.11
2022-07-30
• Minor bug fixes
• Fixes a potential crash
2.11.10
2022-05-27
• Fixes issue with chapters icon not showing in iOS 14
• Fixes crashed when skipping to the next chapter when the first chapter in an episode starts after the current play position
• Fixes crash when playing episodes with chapters on CarPlay
2.11.9
2022-04-05
• Fixes a potential startup crash
• Fixes issue where actions icon and level of detail icons on iOS 14
2.11.8
2022-03-22
• Fixes indication of current chapter in chapter lists
• Fixes issue with detecting chapter start/end times with certain podcasts
• Fixes UI glitch when leaving tips
• Fixes UI glitch when viewing episode details
2.11.7
2022-03-03
• ID3 CTOC frames are now honored for episodes that include such metadata. Example would be Stratechery.
• Fixes problem with ID3 chapter parsing when titles used unicode encoding. Example would be Audiodump.
• Fixes problem with showing file size of episodes that aren't downloaded, if the feed includes the file size per episode.
• Fixes a few potential crashes
2.11.5
2022-02-02
• Performance improvement
• Fixes several potential crashes
• Fixes continuous play issue when playing from lists containing over 100 episodes
• Fixes issue where sharing a media file to Downcast while Downcast isn't running would not present the import UI.
• Fixes issue with video playback on external displays
2.11.3
2021-11-12
• Fixes issue with download queue
• Fixes potential startup crash
2.11.0
2021-10-19
• Fixes bug preventing media file imports
• Fixes bug preventing subscribing via `downcast://` URL scheme
• Fixes bug preventing opening of OPML files
• Fixes download queue issue
2.10.5
2021-10-06
• Updates for iOS 15.
• Fixes CarPlay behavior on iOS 15.
• Fixes several potential crashes.
• Fixes recurring issue with playing episodes on CarPlay on iOS 13.
2.10.4
2021-07-22
* Fixes potential crash
* Fixes issue when cleaning up prior to background suspension
2.9.60
2020-12-28
• Fixes issue that could delete downloads before they finish
2.9.59
2020-12-27
• Fixes a few minor playback related issues
• Fixes issue with downloads that could not be deleted
2.9.58
2020-11-17
* Fixes issue where local notifications were displayed while Downcast was in the foreground
* Fixes alignment issue with refresh status bar on certain devices
* Fixes issue with refreshing episode counts
* Fixes a couple of potential crashes
2.9.57
2020-10-30
• Fixes UI freeze when showing zoomed artwork on episode details view
• Fixes potential crash after background suspension
• Fixes potential crash when updating podcast/playlist episode counts
• Fixes issue that could prevent continuous play from working
• Performance improvements
2.9.56
2020-10-07
• Fixes a crash while listening to episodes that contain chapters
2.9.55
2020-09-29
iOS & CarPlay
• Adds support for changing playback rate from CarPlay
• Updates route picker button on player view
• Fixes a few potential crashes
watchOS
• Adds support for changing volume with the Digital Crown. This required making the player view non-scrollable. So, all the actions that were previously accessible by scrolling have been moved to a modal view. Tap the 'Actions' button at the bottom right corner of the player view to present the actions modal.
• Minimum watchOS version is now 5.3.8
2.9.54
2020-08-19
• Fixed issue where resuming playback after the app had been suspended in the background would start and immediately stop.
• Fixes a few issues with CarPlay
2.9.53
2020-08-05
• Accessibility - Updates accessibility hints to replace the text "tap to" with "double-tap to"
• Accessibility - Updates accessibility labels for several buttons on the watchOS app's player view
• Fixed issue preventing start/finish time setting from being greater than 1 minute and 40 seconds
• Fixes a number of potential crashes
• Fixes issue preventing multiple selection when importing media files
• Fixes import of certain video media files
2.9.52
2020-07-14
• Fixes an issue leading to download failures
• Fixes an issue that could lead to the storage usage reported on Downcast's "More" tab being under reported
• Fixes issue preventing parsing of some podcasts' encoded descriptions.
• Fixes a few crashes
• Several Dynamic Type related improvements
• 1.75x speed now shows up in the playback speed button's long press menu.
• 'Show/Hide Lyrics Content' now labeled 'Show/Hide Lyrics Metadata'
• Accessibility labels that previously started with "Tap to" now start with "Double tap to"
• For imported episodes, any 'lyrics' metadata is shown by default
2.9.51
2020-06-30
• Dynamic Type now supported throughout the app
• Publication date and episode summary now appears a single label on the podcast list rows. This allows for a more flexible layout that.
better supports Dynamic Type.
• Some of the labels on the player view ignore Dynamic Type due to the size constraints in this view.
• A new global setting was added called 'Font Size' that allows you to match the font size configured in the Settings app or to specify
the specific size category you'd like to use.
• The largest two accessibility font sizes are ignored by the app.
• The 'Info' button was removed from the download queue's rows. You can now use haptic/3D/force touch to get to the details view, or swipe right to reveal a leading action that will present the details view.
• Adds 1.75x playback speed option.
• Please note that this change prevents syncing playback speed with versions of Downcast *prior* to
v2.9.51.
• Accessibility label for episode rows now includes the full episode description.
• Show notes now allow optional loading of images
• Performance improvement related to maintenance of podcast/playlist episode statistics.
• Minimum supported iOS version is now iOS 12.4
2.9.50
2020-05-26
• Fixes issue with out of sync counts shown on podcast rows in the podcast list
• Fixes issue where iCloud Syncing options were displayed even when iCloud is unavailable
• Fixes issue with streaming episodes from password protected feeds whose episode enclosure URLs are not password protected.
• Fixes issue on podcast details view where tapping the artwork would zoom the artwork but show it behind the other details on the view.
• Fixes issue in podcast & episode details view where tapping links with no scheme would cause a crash
• Fixes issue with iCloud Syncing where the play position would not be updated in the player view when an episode was paused and changed on another device.
• Performance improvement
2.9.49
2020-03-28
• Fixes a crash
• Fixes issue with 'link' field not being populated on the episode details view
• Fixes issue where zoomed artwork on the episode details view appeared behind the show notes and episode details
• Fixes a theming issue with the import UI
2.9.48
2020-03-17
• Fixes a startup crash that some users experienced with the prior release
• Updates embedded web views to user newer APIs (WKWebView & SFSafariViewController)
2.9.47
2020-03-11
• Fixes issue with playback speed that would allow it to revert to a previous setting
• Fixes a potential crash
• Improves the launch procedure
2.9.46
2020-03-04
• Fixes another potential crash while downloading episodes
• Fixes issue preventing manual sorting of playlists
• Fixes a sporadic crash when unlocking episodes
2.9.45
2020-02-25
• Fixes distorted playback when playing at > 1x
• Fixes un-themed label color when changing skip interval settings
• Fixes a couple of crashes
2.9.44
2020-02-19
• Fixes delay after skipping time on Air Pods while listening at greater than 1x
• Fixes stale sleep timer accessibility label
• Fixes issue with some epsiode artwork not showing at the right aspect ratio
• Normalizes the actions available when long pressing episodes and when showing the episode actions list
• Fixes issue preventing display of full size artwork on the podcast/episode details views
• Fixes glitch with playlist select/deselect button
• Fixes broken 'Mark all for Streaming/Download All' button
• Fixes issue with some show notes not rendering correctly
• Fixes issue with opening media files and OPML in Downcast from another app
• Fixes issue where the toolbar buttons on the Playlist view could be come disabled after editing its episode list.
• Fixes crash on iPad when tapping the sharing or actions buttons
• Improved UI when exporting/sharing media files
2.9.43
2019-11-14
• Fixes time remaining issue on playlist list
• Fixes 'Delete All' issue on playlist episode list
• Shows episode embedded artwork, when available, on CarPlay
• Fixes a startup crash
• Fixes Voice Over stuttering/cutting out while refreshing feeds
• Fixes dark navbar issue while in light mode
• Fixes issue with downloads not resuming after background suspension
• Performance improvements
2.9.42
2019-10-11
• iOS 13 Support: Dark mode, updated in-list search UI, more consistency in the standard light theme.
• Performance improvements, a couple of significant one.
• Battery usage improvements
• Improved layout for podcast/episode details views
• Improved pull behavior of pull to refresh control, especially in compact landscape layouts.
• Fixes OPML import
2.9.41
2019-04-11
• Fixes sound effects
• Improved sorting by title when the title starts with a number
• Minor performance improvement
• Improves error message when episode fails to download due to an authentication failure
• Fixes issue with 'Show Password' button on the podcast settings view
2.9.40
2019-03-30
• Adds support for artwork in new episode notifications
• Adds support for importing multiple media files from iCloud Drive (requires iOS 11+)
• Adds support for exporting multiple episodes from the 'Ready to Play' episode list (requires iOS 11+)
• Adds show/hide password button on the Podcast settings view so you can confirm you're using the correct credentials for password protected feeds.
• Drops support for iOS 9.x
2.9.39
2019-02-05
• Fixes a significant memory consumption issue when used with CarPlay.
• Fixes a few crashes.
• Marking the now playing episode as played while it is paused will remove it from the player view.
• Fixes issue causing Podbean feeds to stop refreshing
• Fixes importing OPML directly from the Files app
• Fixes issue leading to incorrect partially played counts on the podcasts list
2.9.38
2018-12-22
• Fixes a couple of crashes
2.9.37
2018-11-20
• Fixes large number of crashes caused by Google's casting framework
• Fixes issue with now playing info getting out of sync
• Fixes issue sometimes preventing deletion of last episode a podcast's episode list.
2.9.35
2018-09-27
• Fixes sorting on import UI in iOS 12
• Better handling of incorrectly configured captive networks
• Better handling of feed URL changes
• Drops support for watchOS 2
2.9.34
2018-07-10
• Numerous stability improvements
• Fixes issue preventing playback control after disconnecting from Chromecast device
• Fixes issue with playback hanging near the end of BBC podcasts. These episodes still end early due to an encoding issue on the publisher's end, but playback is no longer stuck as a result.
• Fixes issue that could allow feeds to refresh when not on WiFi despite having set Downcast to only refresh over WiFi
2.9.33
2018-06-11
• Fixes memory leak and caching issue leading to frequent crashes and sluggish behavior
• Fixes while refreshing certain feeds
• Fixes logging issue
• Fixes issue preventing importing of files from iOS media library
• Improves DB migration progress to prevent DB corruption
• Performance improvements due to new caching mechanism
2.9.32
2018-05-08
• Performance improvement and reduced memory consumption
• Disabled skip back by 1s feature following interruptions until it can handle back-to-back interruptions better
• Fixes several persistent crash issues
• Fixes issue where downloads were queued in a random order
• Fixes issue where deleting downloads did not update the corresponding podcast's episode counts
• Fixes issue where duplicate rows were added to the queue after reordering downloads
• watchOS - Fixed issue where skip buttons didn't display the correct time intervals or honor the Remote Media Skip setting.
2.9.31
2018-04-02
• Fixes video playback bug that showed a black screen when playing a video
2.9.30
2018-03-26
Apple Watch App Updates
• watchOS 4 support, drops support for watch OS 1
• Simplifies the feeds & playlists lists by removing the explicit section headers. Visual treatment indicates which items are played/empty.
• Improved performance
• Adds simple complication support
• Indicates which episodes are to be streamed or if they are unconsumed (non-local).
iOS App Updates
• Performance improvements
• Improves VO navigation on jump to time view on player.
• Skips back by 1 second after resuming from interruptions
• Improves issue leading to random pausing during playback
• Correctly handles iOS resetting media services
• Fixes playlist reordering bug
• Fixes a few crash causing bugs
• Fixes a couple of sync related issues
2.9.23
2018-02-24
• Reduces memory consumption while syncing
• Fixes open file handle issue leading to file system access troubles
• Fixes broken 'Delete All' button on iPad -> Playlist episodes
• Fixes missing Airplay icon on iPad player view
• Fixes issue where some downloaded episode files weren't deleted properly
2.9.22
2018-02-11
Improvements
• Several performance improvements with regards to calculating statistics and iCloud Syncing.
• Reduces memory consumption
• Improved handling of HTML entities in episode descriptions
• CarPlay tab order is now determined by your Startup View setting.
• VO - Jump to time feature now uses 3 separate inputs rather than one, difficult to edit, input.
Bug Fixes
• Fixes several issues leading to background crashes when the app was suspended.
• Fixes issue causing long press action menu to stop working for some episode rows.
• Fixes HTTP response caching issue.
• Fixes weird layout issue on playlists
• Fixes continuous play issue on CarPlay
• Fixes issue where CarPlay didn't show playback progress on episode rows.
• Fixes issue with episodes cutting off early.
• Fixes out of sync badge count issue
• Fixes issue where episodes could show as 'Queued for Download' despite having already been downloaded.
• Fixes issue where episode could be duplicated in a playlist.
• Fixes issue preventing pull-to-refresh from working on some episode lists
2.9.21
2017-12-28
• Adds ability to control the amount of detail displayed in lists of episodes (new toolbar button).
• CarPlay UI switched to tabbed UI
• CarPlay UI now indicates which episodes are to be streamed
• Performance & battery life improvements for users with huge playlists and large numbers of podcasts.
• Fixes issue with certain media files being cut off early.
• Fixes issue preventing iPhone X home bar from being hidden automatically when playing videos
• Fixes issue preventing download of episodes from servers reporting incorrect `Content-Length`, within reason.
• Fixes several issues leading to crashes in the background
• Fixes several iCloud syncing related issues
• Fixes issue that could cause syncing to stop working until opening in the foreground.
• Fixes issue that could prevent CarPlay from launching Downcast while iPhone is locked.
• Fixes several issues that could have led to the now playing information not being updated on the lock screen
2.9.20
2017-11-10
• Fixes issue causing some episodes to end early
• Fixes several minor UI layout issues introduced with iPhone X support
• Fixes alignment of quick skip buttons on player for small iPhone models
• Fixes skip back by 30s & 15s buttons on iPad
• Fixes issue preventing refreshing a feed directly after subscription under some circumstances
• Fixes calculation of storage usage
• Fixes player episode details top offset for those not yet on iOS 11
• Adds dynamic row height support for episode & podcast search result rows
2.9.19
2017-11-05
• iPhone - Adds support for iPhone X
• iPad - Gestures now work on the zoomed artwork view
• Minor UI improvements
• Improved search performance
2.9.18
2017-10-21
Minor Maintenance Release
• Fixes iOS 11 specific bug preventing iCloud Syncing options from being enabled under certain conditions.
• Trying an episode directly from search results or top podcasts no longer disables the 'Subscribe' button.
2.9.16
2016-08-09
• Fixes issue with table section header indentation on iOS 10
• Fixes font weight issue on episode details view on iOS 10
• Ignoring enclosure URLs when they are youtube links
2.9.14
2016-04-12
New Features
• Picture in Picture support for iPad
Bug Fixes
• Fixes issue preventing downloading/streaming episodes directly from search results
• Fixes issues with infrequent updating of podcast & playlist episode counts and other statistics
• Fixes an iCloud syncing issue that could lead to downloaded episodes being marked for streaming
• Improves chapter title display on player view
• Fixes several crashes
• Fixes a couple issues with video presentation on iPad
Other Changes
• Drops support for iOS 8
2.9.13
2016-03-30
• Significant improvement in iCloud syncing (see blog post: http://downcast.fm/2016/03/18/iCloud-Syncing.html)
• Now ignores episodes that have no enclosure tag in their feeds
• Fixes startup crash experienced by some users
• Fixes issue with enlarged artwork on player view
• Performance improvements
• Fixes battery drain issue
• Fixes issue with continuous play and imported episodes
2.9.12
2016-03-11
• Fixes iCloud sync issue that could cause local episodes to be removed
• Fixes temporary freezing when first opening/activating the app
• Fixes issue with continuous play and imported episodes
• Fixes issue with decoding descriptions of some episodes
• No longer showing notices when VoiceOver is running
• Improves refreshing of items on CarPlay
2.9.11
2016-02-23
• Fixes issue causing continuous play to end
• Fixes issue with manual playlists and continuous play
• Fixes issue with buffering notice
• Fixes text on crash reporting alert sheet
• Fixes issue with pausing in background when playing back on ChromeCast
2.9.9
2016-01-29
Enhancements
• CarPlay support! (More info: http://downcastapp.com/2016/01/21/CarPlay.html)
• Play position scrubber usability improvements
• VoiceOver - Double tap play position scrubber to jump to a specific time
• VoiceOver - Improved announcement for play position scrubber
• Improves resuming of downloads
• Performance & battery consumption improvements
Bug Fixes
• Fixes iCloud Syncing issues leading to deletion of local episodes
• Fixes iCloud Syncing deadlock issue when first enabling
• VoiceOver - Fixes magic tap gesture
• Fixes random disabling of play/pause command and other remote commands
• Fixes continuous play issues
• Fixes issue causing video not to display on externally connected screens
• Fixes issue where transitioning to video episode could cause Downcast to pause
• Fixes issue where now playing info wasn't cleared from lock screen/control center
• Fixes a few layout issues on player view
• Fixes issue causing sleep timer to reset to 1min
• Improves interactivity of URL textfield on the Import UI
• Import UI now remembers your last destination podcast choice
2.9.8
2016-01-09
Features
• Ability to further support Downcast's development by leaving tips (on iPhone: More tab -> Support Downcast, on iPad: Gear Icon -> Support Downcast)
Enhancements
• Memory/CPU/Battery usage improvements
Bug Fixes
• Fixes issues with syncing episode information after subscribing to a podcast
• Fixes issue with perpetually loading video player when episodes advertise themselves as having video tracks but actually do not.
• Fixes issue with streaming playback stopping when internet connection is lost but there is still buffered content.
• Fixes issue where player would stall with 'Buffering...' notice visible and never finish loading the episode.
• Fixes issue continuous play issues
• Fixes issue leading to auto-play during a background refresh
• Fixes link detection in show notes in player view
• Fixes issue with status bar text color after clean install
• Fixes issue that could leave you stuck on the splash screen following a crash in the last session
2.9.7
2015-12-15
• Fixes continuous play issue when playing from playlists
• Fixes issue where pull-to-refresh control did not appear for some podcasts when viewing their episode list.
• Improves performance of player view when first transitioning to it and when transitioning to an episode to stream.
• Fixes several crash conditions
• Improvement scroll offset of player view episode details after rotation