**[FEAT][UI][REFACTOR] Enhanced Console UI, Added Layouts, Fixed Bugs…

…, and Updated Dependencies**

**Features:**

* Added complete version of new ConsoleView.kt.
* Added TwoPane Layout in Console.
* Added layouts for different screen sizes and window sizes (large, medium).
* Added blur transformation for artwork in Console for MiniLayout.
* Updated the UI of the speed controller in Console.

**UI Updates:**

* Redesigned navbar in Home.kt.
* Provided two layouts for all screen sizes in VideoLandscape & VideoPortrait formats.
* Replaced the accent color with a new one.
* Added `isAppearanceLightSystemBars` in Home.kt to handle system-bar colors.

**Bug Fixes:**

* Fixed various issues in Console.kt, including:
    - Player view weird animation when closing
    - Color of system bars
    - Unintended touches
    - Restoration of system-bar colors when closing
* Fixed issues with system-bar colors.

**Refactoring:**

* Refactored PlayingQueue from dialog package to Console package.

**Dependency and Build Changes:**

* Updated dependencies:
    - WavySlider in Compose: 0.0.5
    - Media3: 1.2.1
    - Compose compiler: 1.5.7
    - Other dependencies to latest versions
* Properly moved libs toml.
* Added proguard-rules.pro for removing logs from the app code.

.github/workflows/release_workflow.yml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Build, Sign, Upload, and Release Workflow
 on:
   push:
     branches: # Change this to master once everything is setup.
-      - 'master'
+      - 'beta'
   # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
   workflow_dispatch:
 jobs:

app/build.gradle.kts

@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
-@file:SuppressLint("UseTomlInstead")
-
-import android.annotation.SuppressLint
-
 plugins {
-    alias(libs.plugins.androidApplication)
-    alias(libs.plugins.kotlinAndroid)
+    alias(libs.plugins.android.application)
+    alias(libs.plugins.kotlin.android)
     alias(libs.plugins.firebase)
     alias(libs.plugins.hilt)
     alias(libs.plugins.crashanlytics)
@@ -32,8 +28,8 @@ android {
         applicationId = "com.prime.player"
         minSdk = 21
         targetSdk = 34
-        versionCode = 71
-        versionName = "2.7.9"
+        versionCode = 74
+        versionName = "2.8.0-beta03"
         testInstrumentationRunner = "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
         vectorDrawables { useSupportLibrary = true }
         //Load secrets into BuildConfig
@@ -47,7 +43,6 @@ android {
         // Make sure release is version is optimised.
         release {
             isMinifyEnabled = true
-            isZipAlignEnabled = true
             isShrinkResources = true
             proguardFiles(
                 getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android-optimize.txt"),
@@ -69,100 +64,63 @@ android {
     }
     kotlinOptions {
         jvmTarget = "1.8"
-        freeCompilerArgs = listOf("-Xopt-in=kotlin.RequiresOptIn", "-Xcontext-receivers")
+        freeCompilerArgs = listOf(
+            "-Xopt-in=kotlin.RequiresOptIn",
+            "-Xcontext-receivers",
+            "-Xopt-in=com.primex.core.ExperimentalToolkitApi"
+        )
     }
     buildFeatures { compose = true }
-    composeOptions { kotlinCompilerExtensionVersion = "1.5.6" }
+    composeOptions { kotlinCompilerExtensionVersion = libs.versions.compose.compiler.get() }
     packaging { resources { excludes += "/META-INF/{AL2.0,LGPL2.1}" } }
 }
 
 // Not moving these to libs.version.toml because i think this is redundant.
 dependencies {
-    implementation("androidx.core:core-ktx:1.12.0")
-    // FixMe: Downgrading compose due to crashes in constraint layout within lazy list.
-    //        This temporary solution addresses the issue until a more robust fix is implemented.
-    val compose_version = "1.6.0-beta03"
-    implementation("androidx.compose.ui:ui:$compose_version")
-    implementation("androidx.compose.ui:ui-tooling-preview:$compose_version")
-    implementation("androidx.compose.animation:animation-graphics:$compose_version")
-    implementation("androidx.compose.material:material:$compose_version")
-    // Integration with activities
-    implementation("androidx.activity:activity-compose:1.8.2")
-    // Material design icons
-    implementation("androidx.compose.material:material-icons-core:$compose_version")
-    implementation("androidx.compose.material:material-icons-extended:$compose_version")
-    // The Accompanist Libraries
-    implementation("io.coil-kt:coil-compose:2.5.0")
-    implementation("com.google.accompanist:accompanist-permissions:0.32.0")
-    //Lottie
-    implementation("com.airbnb.android:lottie-compose:6.2.0")
-    // Preferences and other widgets
-    val toolkit_version = "1.1.1"
-    implementation("com.github.prime-zs.toolkit:preferences:$toolkit_version")
-    implementation("com.github.prime-zs.toolkit:core-ktx:$toolkit_version")
-    implementation("com.github.prime-zs.toolkit:material2:$toolkit_version")
-    // Splash Screen API
-    implementation("androidx.core:core-splashscreen:1.0.1")
-    // Firebase
-    implementation(platform("com.google.firebase:firebase-bom:32.5.0"))
-    implementation("com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics-ktx")
-    implementation("com.google.firebase:firebase-crashlytics-ktx")
-    // WindowSizeClasses
-    implementation("androidx.compose.material3:material3-window-size-class:1.1.2")
-    // Google Play InAppUpdate
-    val in_app_update_version = "2.1.0"
-    implementation("com.google.android.play:app-update:$in_app_update_version")
-    implementation("com.google.android.play:app-update-ktx:$in_app_update_version")
-    // Google Play InAppReview
-    val in_app_review = "2.0.1"
-    implementation("com.google.android.play:review:$in_app_review")
-    implementation("com.google.android.play:review-ktx:$in_app_review")
-    // Google play in-app billing
-    val billing_version = "6.1.0"
-    implementation("com.android.billingclient:billing:$billing_version")
-    implementation("com.android.billingclient:billing-ktx:$billing_version")
-    // Unity Ads
-    implementation("com.unity3d.ads:unity-ads:4.9.2")
-    // Compose navigation
-    implementation("androidx.navigation:navigation-compose:2.7.6")
-    // Compose Downloadable fonts
-    implementation("androidx.compose.ui:ui-text-google-fonts:1.5.4")
-    // Hilt
-    val hilt_version = libs.versions.hilt.get()
-    implementation("com.google.dagger:hilt-android:${hilt_version}")
-    kapt("com.google.dagger:hilt-android-compiler:$hilt_version")
-    implementation("androidx.hilt:hilt-navigation-compose:1.1.0")
-    // Room Database
-    val room_version = "2.6.1"
-    implementation("androidx.room:room-runtime:$room_version")
-    kapt("androidx.room:room-compiler:$room_version")
-    implementation("androidx.room:room-ktx:$room_version")
-    //Ken Burns
-    // FixMe: Build Compose alternative; check compose marque modifier.
-    implementation("com.flaviofaria:kenburnsview:1.0.7")
-    //Wavy Slider
-    implementation("ir.mahozad.multiplatform:wavy-slider:0.3.0")
-    // Constraint Layout
-    // TODO: In future versions of the app, consider removing ConstraintLayout as it is still
-    //  unstable in the release version. Besides, the cost of designing the app with it is too
-    //  high and difficult.
-    implementation("androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout-compose:1.0.1")
-    val media3_version = "1.2.0"
-    // For media playback using ExoPlayer
-    implementation("androidx.media3:media3-exoplayer:$media3_version")
-    // For exposing and controlling media sessions
-    implementation("androidx.media3:media3-session:$media3_version")
-    // For building media playback UIs
-    implementation ("androidx.media3:media3-ui:$media3_version")
-    //Tag Editor
-    // Currently it only supports mp3;
-    implementation("com.mpatric:mp3agic:0.9.1")
+    implementation(libs.compose.ui)
+    implementation(libs.ui.tooling.preview)
+    implementation(libs.compose.animation.graphics)
+    implementation(libs.compose.material)
+    implementation(libs.ui.tooling)
+    implementation(libs.compose.activity)
+    implementation(libs.material.icons.core)
+    implementation(libs.material.icons.extended)
+    implementation(libs.coil)
+    implementation(libs.accompanist.permissions)
+    implementation(libs.accompanist.adaptive)
+    implementation(libs.lottie)
+    implementation(libs.toolkit.preferences)
+    implementation(libs.toolkit.core.ktx)
+    implementation(libs.toolkit.material2)
+    implementation(libs.splashscreen)
+    implementation(libs.firebase.analytics.ktx)
+    implementation(libs.firebase.crashlytics.ktx)
+    implementation(libs.window)
+    implementation(libs.play.app.update.ktx)
+    implementation(libs.play.app.review.ktx)
+    implementation(libs.google.billing.ktx)
+    implementation(libs.unity.ads)
+    implementation(libs.navigation.compose)
+    implementation(libs.ui.text.google.fonts)
+    implementation(libs.hilt.android)
+    kapt(libs.hilt.android.compiler)
+    implementation(libs.hilt.navigation.compose)
+    implementation(libs.room.runtime)
+    kapt(libs.room.compiler)
+    implementation(libs.room.ktx)
+    implementation(libs.kenburnsview)
+    implementation(libs.wavy.slider)
+    implementation(libs.constraint.layout)
+    implementation(libs.media3.exoplayer)
+    implementation(libs.media3.session)
+    implementation(libs.media3.ui)
+    implementation(libs.mp3agic)
 }
 
 // TODO: It appears that Material3 components may be leaking into this project, which is intended to support Material2.
 //       Please investigate if this issue is related to the Wavy Slider and resolve it. Once the main issue is fixed,
 //       consider removing this block of code.
-configurations{
+configurations {
     all {
         exclude(group = "androidx.compose.material3", module = "material3")
     }

app/proguard-rules.pro

@@ -107,4 +107,14 @@ LineNumberTable, *Annotation*, EnclosingMethod
 -keep,allowobfuscation,allowshrinking class * extends com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken
 
 ##---------------End: proguard configuration for Gson  ----------
--keep class androidx.media3.** { *; }
+-keep class androidx.media3.** { *; }
+
+## Remove the logs
+-assumenosideeffects class android.util.Log {
+    public static boolean isLoggable(java.lang.String, int);
+    public static int v(...);
+    public static int i(...);
+    public static int w(...);
+    public static int d(...);
+#    public static int e(...);
+}

app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
         <activity
             android:name=".MainActivity"
             android:exported="true"
+            android:configChanges="orientation|screenSize|screenLayout"
             android:launchMode="singleTask">
 
             <!--Activity's Intent Filter-->