Changelog

Oct. 6, 2024

v 1.14

This update updates the widgets and app icons to support dark icons and tinting for the iOS homescreen. Additionally, lyrics can be translated by leveraging on-device translation.

FEATURES:
- Dark mode and tinted icon support
- Widgets can be tinted
- The small widgets and large Now Playing widget have an updated design
- Translate both static and synced lyrics by leveraging on-device translation
- Support for pointer interactions on iPad
- Trackpad swipe gesture support for presenting and dismissing Now Playing

BUGFIXES / IMPROVEMENTS:
- Fixed a case where Album Detail pages would not support swipe gestures
- Fixed a case where the explicit label in Loved cells would be displayed incorrectly
- Improved memory performance for Home Widgets for users with large libraries
- Updated the lossless audio quality icon in Now Playing

Nov. 10, 2023

v 1.13.2

This update fixes an issue where some users with expired trials were unable to activate the app.

Oct. 4, 2023

v 1.13.1

This update contains the following bug fixes:

- Fixed lyrics sharing the same timestamp from not appearing.
- Fixed a navigation bar issue when swiping to dismiss on iOS 17.

Sept. 13, 2023

v 1.13

Add scrolling lyrics to any song in your music library with Power Player 1.13 by using LRC files (requires iCloud):
- Tap a lyric to set the playback time.
- Countdown timers for instrumental parts.
- View LRC files as static lyrics in the Info view.
For more information about adding scrolling lyrics, visit:
powerplayer.evenwerk.com/support/adding-lyrics

WIDGETS (iOS 17+):
- Now Playing widgets are interactive with playback controls.
- Home widgets are interactive by playing the selected song.
- Now Playing widget for StandBy and a larger lock screen widget for iPad.

VISUALIZER:
- Choose between two new styles: Stargazing and Space Travel.
- Tilt your device to change the behavior of the visualizer particles.

OTHER FEATURES:
- Queue swipe actions for list views.
- Play / Shuffle buttons for song views along with a song count label.
- Home screen actions for opening Search and Now Playing.
- Love or dislike a song or playlist from within a context menu.
- Audio variant labels are displayed in Now Playing

BUG FIXES:
- Fixed a crash in the Home Widget for entities without artwork.
- Fixed lyrics not being scrollable outside of the Safe Area.
- Fixed Info lyrics scroll indicator not matching color.
- Fixed Info lyrics loading indicator not coloring.

March 28, 2023

v 1.12.2

This update fixes headers and footers from not appearing on devices running iOS 16.4.

March 17, 2023

v 1.12.1

This update contains the following bug fixes:

- Fixed the lyrics text selection color in info not using adaptive colors.
- Possible fix for a crash related to retrieving the cloud status for albums and artists.
- Fixed search hits, albums and playlists displaying cloud items when "show items in the iCloud" is disabled.

Feb. 19, 2023

v 1.12

Power Player 1.12 features a new albums and playlist detail experience along with an in-app settings screen.

ALBUMS AND PLAYLIST DETAIL:
- A new immersive full-screen experience with larger artwork.
- Playlists display the updated date.
- Albums can navigate to artist, display average rating for rated songs, genre and year.
- Playlists items can be searched.
- Album songs display artist or composer for songs with differing album artists and compilations.

IN-APP SETTINGS:
- A custom app icon can be chosen (dark, development and blueprint).
- Change the app tint color.
- Added an option to prefer grid layouts when less screen space is available.
- Various links have been added to get help and support more easily.
- If you enjoy Power Player and have purchased the app, you can donate some money from within settings.

INFO:
- Reorganized items in grid sections as to separate stats that are affected by user interaction.
- Added Explicit, Skipped date, DRM Protection, Music Video properties.
- Renamed year to released. Shows release date and defaults to year.

OTHER:
- Detail pages display the number of items and duration.
- Songs can be sorted by artist.
- Cells now display more item attributes when applicable (explicit item, rating, duration, loved, is music video)
- The explicit tag is displayed on the trailing side in Now Playing and as a property in the Info pane.

BUG FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS:
- Improved the navigation and Now Playing gesture finger tracking.
- Fixed context menu shadows not taking cell backgrounds into account.
- Fixed colored background cells reverting to the default background color.
- Fix grid layouts incorrect layout when switching screen size while the view is not showing.
- Fix info not reverting to original scroll indicator when Adaptive Colors is turned off.
- Fix now playing not adjusting colors when toggling Adaptive Colors while the view is dismissed.
- Fixed a crash related to displaying grid layouts on iOS 14.
- Fixed headers having a background when not displaying as a list on iOS 14.
- Haptic feedback for section index title change.

Sept. 10, 2022

v 1.11

Power Player 1.11 expands the now playing widget to the lock screen:

- Now Playing lock screen widget in the sizes compact and rectangular.
- Now Playing speaker accents based on the volume.
- Initiate a SharePlay session right from the playlist editor.
- Fixed Now Playing controls overlapping with the artwork.

June 28, 2022

v 1.10

Power Player 1.10 features a rebuilt search with improved search suggestions along with a now playing widget.

New search:
- In addition to accessing recent searches, it is now possible to access your recent hits within the search tab.
- Search results are loaded in the background.
- Larger artwork for albums, artists and playlists in results overview with horizontal scrolling.
- When tapping “See All” in a search section, the result is grouped.

Now playing widget:
- Displays the current now playing item and opens the player.
- Open the info screen from the widget.
- Available in medium and large sizes.

Other:
- New option added to hide the lyrics pane.

Bug fixes and improvements:
- Updated list appearances to be more inline with the iOS 15 list style.
- Fixed section headers incorrectly displaying the “See All” button.
- Fixes a bug where images from the Apple Music API would unnecessarily be fetched.
- Possible bug fix for crash occurring when an artist, genre, composer or album is deleted from the music library.
- Reduced memory footprint when the app is in the background.
- Reduced the artist image ratio to 0.7 to the miniplayer.
- Fixed artist / album not opening from the miniplayer when the more tab is selected.

Note: New and updated tabs like Home are now iOS 14+.

Jan. 29, 2022

v 1.9

Power Player 1.9 adds an info screen to retrieve various info on songs:
- User activity: Rating, Loved, Play Count, Skip Count, Date Added and Last Played.
- Album, Artist, Genre and Composer and navigate to their respective pages.
- Song lyrics.
- Multi column layouts for iPads large iPhones.

Bug fixes and improvements:
- Handoff the currently playing Apple Music song.
- Fixed a delay when opening now playing with a different status bar color.
- Fixed the status bar color when adaptive colors is disabled.

Nov. 2, 2021

v 1.8.2

This update fixes a bug where Apple Music songs could not be added to a playlist using SharePlay.