0.17.0

New features

• feat: support for DeArrow by @Bnyro in #4276
• feat: support hardware/bluetooth keys for playback control by @andrew-ld in #4405
• feat: Video chapters redesign by @Bnyro in #4372
• feat: Support for different audio track types by @AudricV in #4240
• feat: seekbar preview for downloaded videos by @Bnyro in #4337
• feat: support for video meta info by @Bnyro in #4394
• feat: add 'Continue watching' section to home tab by @Bnyro in #4262
• feat(queue): options to mark as (un)watched, and remove watched videos by @Bnyro in #4415

Minor new features

• feat: option to add whole playlist to current queue by @Bnyro in #4414
• feat: option to force lowest audio quality by @Bnyro in #4267
• feat: Show channel icons for stream notifications by @Isira-Seneviratne in #4423
• feat: show subscribed channels count in subscriptions fragment by @Bnyro in #4384
• feat: minimalistic Settings Button in Player by @IndusAryan in #4416
• feat: swipe to delete downloads by @Bnyro in #4269
• feat: remember position and tab in subscriptions fragment by @Bnyro in #4274
• feat: search intent support by @Bnyro in #4338
• feat: preference to force landscape as orientation by @Bnyro in #4386
• feat: controls to order queue by date, uploader or views by @Bnyro in #4371
• feat: control to clear entire playing queue by @Bnyro in #4356
• feat: download option in audio player by @Bnyro in #4443
• feat: forward and rewind controls for audio player by @Bnyro in #4367
• feat: hide status bar if player locked by @Bnyro in #4398
• feat: move playlists sort order to library tab by @Bnyro in #4442

Bug fixes

• fix: add bottom margin to subscriptions when mini player visible by @Bnyro in #4247
• fix: crash when closing player via x on top left by @Bnyro in #4381
• fix: crash when download file doesn't exist by @Bnyro in #4369
• fix: crash when pip not supported by @Bnyro in #4370
• fix: don't load audio player thumbnail when data saver mode is on by @Bnyro in #4433
• fix: download success notification by @Bnyro in #4268
• fix: duplicate comments by @salahmak in #4422
• fix: fullscreen orientation after shorts video by @Bnyro in #4296
• fix: hide add to queue option for playlists when queue empty by @Bnyro in #4432
• fix: improve contrast of watch progress on thumbnails by @Bnyro in #4297
• fix: improve filtering of DeArrow titles and thumbnails by @Bnyro in #4286
• fix: only add videos to watch history if playback started by @Bnyro in #4366
• fix: playback of live videos by @Bnyro in #4395
• fix: play video's default audio track by default by @Bnyro in #4351
• fix: preserve the video order of imported playlists by @Bnyro in #4339
• fix: queue when not starting with first playlist/channel video by @Bnyro in #4397
• fix: regression from fixing auto rotation for auto play by @Bnyro in #4299
• fix: regressions introduced by new chapters layout by @Bnyro in #4377
• fix: respect preference to not start playing automatically everywhere by @Bnyro in #4368
• fix: show progress bar while search in progress by @Bnyro in #4319
• fix: show search history when clearing query by @Bnyro in #4383
• fix: Sort local playlists based on selected preference by @0x24D in #4328
• fix: Sort videoIds before performing DeArrow fetch by @FireMasterK in #4290
• fix: SponsorBlock preferences UX improvements by @Bnyro in #4341
• fix: string capitalization by @Isira-Seneviratne in #4424
• fix: use Files.createDirectories() by @Isira-Seneviratne in #4307
• fix: wrong indicated download progress by @Bnyro in #4447

Refactor / code changes

• refactor: change skip silence button from switch to checkbox by @Bnyro in #4444
• refactor: cleanup CommentsSheet by @Bnyro in #4340
• refactor: cleanup subscriptions fragment by @Bnyro in #4275
• refactor: cleanup subtitle logic by @Bnyro in #4353
• refactor: let player handle video codecs pref and support it with HLS by @Bnyro in #4264
• refactor: replace View#setVisibility with kotlin visibility extension by @Bnyro in #4355
• refactor: Use LocalDate.ofInstant() by @Isira-Seneviratne in #4430

Chore

• chore: Add AGP to version catalog by @Isira-Seneviratne in #4313
• chore: add script to generate hard coded instances by @Bnyro in #4249
• chore: fix location of player settings icon by @IndusAryan in #4420
• chore: fix project formatting by @Bnyro in #4277
• chore: only show subscriptions count when subs are visible by @Bnyro in #4388
• chore: remove unneeded type annotations by @Bnyro in #4354
• chore: simplify RecyclerView.Adapter#getItemCount where possible by @Bnyro in #4379
• chore: trim search history entries before saving by @Bnyro in #4446

New Contributors

• @IndusAryan made their first contribution in #4317
• @0x24D made their first contribution in #4328
• @salahmak made their first contribution in #4422
• @andrew-ld made their first contribution in #4405

Full Changelog: v0.16.1...v0.17.0