v1.1.0

Android Handbook Audio 1.1.0 🎧

Version 1.1 makes the playback experience smoother and adds a visual overview of progress through a playlist.

Highlights

• A second perimeter indicator shows approximate playlist progress based on track order and the current track’s progress.
• Transcript auto-follow scrolls more smoothly, keeps the active line in a comfortable viewing area, and pauses for 10 seconds after manual scrolling.
• Transcript content fades in after loading; line text and active highlighting transition more gently.
• Play/Pause buttons use theme-aware radial gradients, animated while playback is active.
• The adaptive app icon has a refined, outlined book design.

One source of truth

Android Dev Handbook remains the content source for the app. Its public manifests provide track metadata, audio URLs, and transcripts; content is not bundled into the APK.

• Android Dev Handbook
• Short Audio Notes

Installation

Download the APK attached to this release and install it on an Android device.

v1.0.0 - First Public Release

Android Handbook Audio 1.0.0 🎧

First public release of Android Handbook Audio - a native Android player for the audio content published in Android Dev Handbook.

Highlights

• Streams Android Dev Handbook audio directly over HTTPS
• Kotlin + Jetpack Compose UI
• Media3 / ExoPlayer playback with MediaSession
• Background playback and system media controls
• English and Russian audio renditions
• Persistent preferred language and playback state
• Timed SRT transcripts synchronized with playback
• Active transcript highlighting and automatic scrolling
• Tap transcript lines to seek directly to a phrase
• Previous / Next and ±10 second controls
• Playback speed selection
• Cold-start playback restoration
• Light, Dark and System themes
• Circular theme reveal animation
• Animated ambient player background
• Perimeter playback progress
• Navigation 3 based navigation

One source of truth

The app uses Android Dev Handbook as its lightweight content backend.

The same manifests, MP3 files and transcript resources are consumed by both:

• the Handbook web player
• the Android application

This keeps content publishing centralized while allowing different clients to present it in their own way.

Android Dev Handbook

https://khodorkin-dmitrii.github.io/android-dev-handbook/

Short Audio Notes

https://khodorkin-dmitrii.github.io/android-dev-handbook/en/audio-shorts/

Current limitations

• No offline downloads or media cache yet
• Timed transcripts are currently SRT-based
• No dedicated tablet / large-screen optimization pass yet

Installation

Download the attached APK and install it on an Android device.