Kavya Kanaja v1.1.0

What's New

Audio Feature (fully working)

• 50 Kannada Wavenet narrations bundled offline — tap play on any poem
• ExoPlayer streaming with seek slider, ±10s skip, buffering indicator
• Fallback chain: bundled asset → Firebase stream → on-device TTS → friendly notice
• Firebase Storage pipeline restored (correct bucket, working URLs)
• Firestore reseeded with valid audioUrl entries

Build & Dependencies

• AGP 8.7.3, Kotlin 2.1.0, Compose BOM 2024.12.01, Media3 1.5.1
• Firebase BOM 33.7.0, Gradle 8.11.1, compileSdk/targetSdk 36
• R8 minification + resource shrinking enabled (APK: 8.3 MB)

Reliability

• Firestore sync timeout (8s) prevents indefinite loading
• Lifecycle-aware audio pause/stop
• TTS watchdog catches silent Google TTS engine crashes

Install

Download KavyaKanaja-v1.1.0.apk and sideload on Android 8.0+ (API 26+).

Kavya-Kanaja v1.0 — Kannada Literary Revival App

Kavya-Kanaja (ಕಾವ್ಯ-ಕಣಜ) — Poetry Granary

A bilingual Kannada-English Android app to revive classical Kannada literature for Gen-Z.

Features:

• 50 classical and modern Kannada poems
• Poem of the Day (changes automatically by date)
• Tappable word meanings popup
• Bhavartha (philosophical explanation) in Kannada and English
• Poet biographies with Jnanpith awardees spotlight
• Firebase cloud sync with offline Room cache
• Favourites feature
• Audio recitation support