Improved Asset Loading

[defagos]

This release revisits custom asset loading implementation.

Improvements

• Enabled content key sessions for FairPlay (working as expected in recent iOS releases).
• Made Circumspect expectation publishers work with failable publishers.
• Added Publisher.fail(onOutputFrom:with:) operator to trigger publisher failure in response to another publisher emitting a value.
• Added support for custom HTTP headers when requesting a URN-based player item.
• Added support for Commanders Act platform and vector identifiers (NUDP).
• Added media_google_cast to Commanders Act event metadata (always false).
• Added player language to metrics sent to Pillarbox monitoring.
• Revisited Commanders Act label priority so that more specific (or specification-related) labels have more precedence over global labels.
• Made PlayerItem identifiable for more ergonomic integration with List, most notably when displaying a playlist.
• Improved Info panel Tab automatic localization key extraction.

Fixes

• Fixed tvOS chapter Info panel tab memory leak on tvOS 26 (custom implementation mimicking the system user interface).
• Fixed tvOS Info view action flickering.
• Fixed Control Center integration on macOS (available since macOS 15).
• Fixed sometimes erratic progress tracking for DVR streams.

Breaking Changes

• Revisited AssetLoader protocol to better describe the various steps required for asset and metadata retrieval. Custom implementations should be updated to match the new separation between metadata, asset and player metadata and the associated method signature changes.
• Added platformIdentifier to the analytics configuration. Follow the associated documentation link to obtain the value associated to your product.
• Removed PlaybackContext.
• Removed metadata associated with Asset.
• PlayerItem URN-based initializer supports an optional CommandersActSource instead of a PlaybackContext.
• Changed EpisodeInformation from enum to struct.
• Made PlayerMetadata and associated types codable for easy persistence.

Demo Improvements

• Added scrubbing speeds. Moving the finger vertically when dragging the slider provides access to half-speed, quarter-speed and fine scrubbings, as with the standard iOS player user interface.
• Added Play+ servers to the list of supported servers. These servers are only used when loading the player, content lists are still delivered by the Integration Layer.
• Removed content key session opt-in.

Demo Fixes

• Fixed erratic list animations when navigating SRG SSR content.

What's Changed

• Add audiovisual background playback policy to the list of known issues by @defagos in Add audiovisual background playback policy to the list of known issues #1478
• Use commit hash for GitHub actions by @waliid in Use commit hash for GitHub actions #1479
• Add negative metrics known issue by @defagos in Add negative metrics known issue #1481
• Bump fastlane from 2.232.2 to 2.233.0 in the gems group by @dependabot[bot] in Bump fastlane from 2.232.2 to 2.233.0 in the gems group #1484
• Add media_google_cast to media events by @defagos in Add media_google_cast to media events #1483
• Fix list animations by @defagos in Fix list animations #1486
• Compare identifiers to determine equality by @defagos in Compare identifiers to determine equality #1488
• Bump fastlane from 2.233.0 to 2.233.1 in the gems group across 1 directory by @dependabot[bot] in Bump fastlane from 2.233.0 to 2.233.1 in the gems group across 1 directory #1489
• Add language informtion in metrics by @defagos in Add language informtion in metrics #1494
• Bump fastlane from 2.233.1 to 2.234.0 in the gems group by @dependabot[bot] in Bump fastlane from 2.233.1 to 2.234.0 in the gems group #1491
• Bump mikepenz/action-junit-report from 6.4.0 to 6.4.1 in the actions group by @dependabot[bot] in Bump mikepenz/action-junit-report from 6.4.0 to 6.4.1 in the actions group #1493
• Fix MP3 audio duration when running as iPad app on macOS by @defagos in Fix MP3 audio duration when running as iPad app on macOS #1495
• Support offline metadata persistence by @defagos in Support offline metadata persistence  #1498
• Fix macOS Design for iPad crash on older than iOS 18 by @waliid in Fix macOS Design for iPad crash on older than iOS 18 #1506
• Bump jwt from 2.10.2 to 2.10.3 by @dependabot[bot] in Bump jwt from 2.10.2 to 2.10.3 #1504
• Bump actions/checkout from 6.0.2 to 6.0.3 in the actions group across 1 directory by @dependabot[bot] in Bump actions/checkout from 6.0.2 to 6.0.3 in the actions group across 1 directory #1505
• Bump fastlane from 2.234.0 to 2.235.0 in the gems group across 1 directory by @dependabot[bot] in Bump fastlane from 2.234.0 to 2.235.0 in the gems group across 1 directory #1497
• Update Commanders Act to version 5.5.0 available from the official SPM repository by @defagos in Update Commanders Act to version 5.5.0 available from the official SPM repository #1509
• Bump fastlane from 2.235.0 to 2.236.0 in the gems group by @dependabot[bot] in Bump fastlane from 2.235.0 to 2.236.0 in the gems group #1508
• Bump actions/checkout from 6.0.3 to 7.0.0 in the actions group by @dependabot[bot] in Bump actions/checkout from 6.0.3 to 7.0.0 in the actions group #1510
• Bump fastlane from 2.236.0 to 2.236.1 in the gems group by @dependabot[bot] in Bump fastlane from 2.236.0 to 2.236.1 in the gems group #1511
• Add offline support for Core Business URN-based content by @defagos in Add offline support for Core Business URN-based content  #1512
• Bump mikepenz/action-junit-report from 6.4.1 to 6.4.2 in the actions group across 1 directory by @dependabot[bot] in Bump mikepenz/action-junit-report from 6.4.1 to 6.4.2 in the actions group across 1 directory #1514
• Restore content key session support in Core Business by @defagos in Restore content key session support in Core Business #1522
• Add offline image persistence for downloads by @waliid in Add offline image persistence for downloads #1526
• Remove unused code by @waliid in Remove unused code #1527
• Add creation date to downloads by @waliid in Add creation date to downloads #1528
• Update comScore to version 6.17.0 by @defagos in Update comScore to version 6.17.0 #1530
• Bump faraday from 1.10.5 to 1.10.6 by @dependabot[bot] in Bump faraday from 1.10.5 to 1.10.6 #1531
• Enable offline comScore tracking by @defagos in Enable offline comScore tracking #1532
• Fix issues when replaying from a failed state by @defagos in Fix issues when replaying from a failed state #1534
• Add support for Play+ endpoints by @defagos in Add support for Play+ endpoints #1525
• Avoid chapter artwork leak on tvOS 26 by @defagos in Avoid chapter artwork leak on tvOS 26 #1538
• Bump fastlane from 2.236.1 to 2.237.0 in the gems group by @dependabot[bot] in Bump fastlane from 2.236.1 to 2.237.0 in the gems group #1540
• Enable prefer_self_in_static_references SwiftLint rule by @defagos in Enable prefer_self_in_static_references SwiftLint rule #1539
• Improve download internal architecture by @waliid in Improve download internal architecture #1542
• Provide player capabilities when fetching a URN by @defagos in Provide player capabilities when fetching a URN #1537
• Fix MIME type ordering by @defagos in Fix MIME type ordering #1543
• Remove capabilities sent when fetching a URN by @defagos in Remove capabilities sent when fetching a URN #1545
• Fix dangling files when restarting downloads by @defagos in Fix dangling files when restarting downloads #1544
• Preserve metadata when restarting a download by @waliid in Preserve metadata when restarting a download #1535
• Remove superfluous view nesting by @defagos in Remove superfluous view nesting #1546
• Add download button for manually entered content by @defagos in Add download button for manually entered content #1547
• Improve download cell UI by @waliid in Improve download cell UI #1548
• Simplify download manager constraint type by @waliid in Simplify download manager constraint type #1549
• Remove useless download manager by @waliid in Remove useless download manager #1551
• Improve URN download subtitle by @defagos in Improve URN download subtitle #1550
• Bump actions/checkout from 7.0.0 to 7.0.1 in the actions group by @dependabot[bot] in Bump actions/checkout from 7.0.0 to 7.0.1 in the actions group #1552
• Fix SwiftUI list with reference objects by @waliid in Fix SwiftUI list with reference objects #1553
• Support scrubbing speed adjustments by @defagos in Support scrubbing speed adjustments #1554
• Bump actions/stale from 10 to 11 in the actions group by @dependabot[bot] in Bump actions/stale from 10 to 11 in the actions group #1555
• Avoid undesired tvOS refreshes by @waliid in Avoid undesired tvOS refreshes #1556
• Document custom Info view tab recommendations by @defagos in Document custom Info view tab recommendations #1558
• Revisit label priorities / Add Commanders Act platform and vector identifiers by @defagos in Revisit label priorities / Add Commanders Act platform and vector identifiers #1559
• Update analytics setup documentation by @defagos in Update analytics setup documentation #1560

Full Changelog: 18.0.1...19.0.0

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