BookPlayer

Bugfixes – Fix phantom toolbar that gets placed on top of the list actions. This happens on iOS 26.1, due to how Apple decided that the accessory content (Miniplayer) should be displayed when it's marked to be hidden, so we had to work around that Improvements – Jellyfin: display all the root collections, regardless of the content type (some users don't create their collection as type books, and it can't be easily changed afterwards) If you'd like to contribute with translations to other languages, please reach us at [email protected]

Improvements – Add AudiobookShelf support! now you can connect to your ABS server, and import your books into BookPlayer If you'd like to contribute with translations to other languages, please reach us at [email protected]

Bugfixes – AudiobookShelf: Fix sorting by recent, it was showing the oldest first instead of the newest one – General: Fix dark mode theme, when the phone is using light theme, and the app is configured to always display dark mode If you'd like to contribute with translations to other languages, please reach us at [email protected]

Improvements – Jellyfin: Add new sorting option of recently added – Item details: You can now edit the details label of a volume and set the name of the author – Support: Add link to join our Discord server – Queued tasks: the 'Wi-Fi required message' is now only shown if there's no Wi-Fi connection, and cellular is not enabled Bugfixes – Support: Fixed debug file not being generated when an error is thrown by the server – Queued tasks: Remove extra button in the alert that contained the title duplicated – TestFlight: Disable in-app purchases, to avoid confusions on sandbox subscriptions If you'd like to contribute with translations to other languages, please reach us at [email protected]

Bugfixes – Trim whitespace when creating new folders – Fix Jellyfin and Audiobookshelf icon sizes in MacOS – The custom volume author field is now used for playback information if there's no encoded data for it in the chapter file – Fix tip jar not allowing a second donation of the same amount If you'd like to contribute with translations to other languages, please reach us at [email protected]

Improvements – Add passkey support – Add double tap gesture to now playing controls on Apple Watch (thanks @jamesm131 !) – Refactor and improve how we extract metadata from files – Enhance debug information included in debug information file If you'd like to contribute with translations to other languages, please reach us at [email protected]

Bugfixes – Prevent users from importing the app's own Documents folder, which corrupts the library directory – Fix searching by author – Fix content bottom inset in the Account screen – Hide mini-player when the keyboard is showing Improvements – New style for edit toolbar in library screen If you'd like to contribute with translations to other languages, please reach us at [email protected]

Bugfixes – Fix importing files, sometimes they weren't showing up in the app – Fix mark as (un)finished not working properly – Fix proper theme colors across the app – Fix Mini-player spacing for iPad and Mac – VoiceOver: fix dismiss gesture for player screen Improvements – Show upload progress in the queued tasks screen – MacOS: support increasing text size from within the app's settings If you'd like to contribute with translations to other languages, please reach us at [email protected]

Bugfixes – Fix crash on opening the bookmarks screen – Fix possible deadlock on initial sync tasks Github Sponsors – @klikh Don't forget to checkout what we introduced in the previous version: Bugfixes – Fix importing files, sometimes they weren't showing up in the app – Fix mark as (un)finished not working properly – Fix proper theme colors across the app – Fix Mini-player spacing for iPad and Mac – VoiceOver: fix dismiss gesture for player screen Improvements – Show upload progress in the queued tasks screen – MacOS: support increasing text size from within the app's settings If you'd like to contribute with translations to other languages, please reach us at [email protected]

Bugfixes – Fix mini-player placement for iPhone SE (2nd gen) Improvements – Improve feedback when importing files from the iOS file picker (when files are not downloaded, the picker may be dismissed, but the app is still waiting for those downloads to finish) Special thanks to our sponsors – @klikh If you'd like to contribute with translations to other languages, please reach us at [email protected]

Improvements – Under the hood improvements for the player screen (the screen was completely rewritten, and now every UI element is using SwiftUI finally) Bugfixes – Fix importing files that have read-only restriction Special thanks to our sponsors – @klikh If you'd like to contribute with translations to other languages, please reach us at [email protected]

Bugfixes – Fix playback on first try for Widgets, CarPlay and app Shortcuts – Fix deleted bookmarks reappearing – Fix the player screen feedback for all labels when scrubbing the progress slider – Fix the 'Add note' bookmark alert sometimes hiding behind the keyboard Special thanks to our sponsors – @klikh If you'd like to contribute with translations to other languages, please reach us at [email protected]

Bugfixes – Fix progress not updating visually in the Now Playing screen on the Apple Watch – Fix player screen not rendering correctly when the accessibility option 'Show borders' is toggled On – Fix the button free screen so it's no longer dismissible by dragging down – Fix bookmarks not being able to be deleted during playback Don't forget to check out what we fixed in the previous version: Bugfixes – Fix playback on first try for Widgets, CarPlay and app Shortcuts – Fix deleted bookmarks reappearing – Fix the player screen feedback for all labels when scrubbing the progress slider – Fix the 'Add note' bookmark alert sometimes hiding behind the keyboard Special thanks to our sponsors – @klikh If you'd like to contribute with translations to other languages, please reach us at [email protected]

Bugfixes – Fix touch area for toolbar buttons in the Player screen – Fix VoiceOver interaction with the progress slider in the Player screen Don't forget to check out what we fixed in the previous version: Bugfixes – Fix progress not updating visually in the Now Playing screen on the Apple Watch – Fix player screen not rendering correctly when the accessibility option 'Show borders' is toggled On – Fix the button free screen so it's no longer dismissible by dragging down – Fix bookmarks not being able to be deleted during playback – Fix playback on first try for Widgets, CarPlay and app Shortcuts – Fix deleted bookmarks reappearing – Fix the player screen feedback for all labels when scrubbing the progress slider – Fix the 'Add note' bookmark alert sometimes hiding behind the keyboard Special thanks to our sponsors – @klikh If you'd like to contribute with translations to other languages, please reach us at [email protected]

Improvements – Add a search field for Jellyfin and AudiobookShelf integrations (thanks @matalvernaz!) – Add a volume slider inside the player controls sheet – Add additional storage breakdown info in the generation of the debug file for support Bugfixes – Fix VoiceOver labels for the Sleep Timer when it's activated Special thanks to our sponsors – @klikh If you'd like to contribute with translations to other languages, please reach us at [email protected]

Improvements – Add new 'previous' and 'next' chapter options for the skip intervals for the player – Rework both integrations (Jellyfin & AudiobookShelf) and enable more navigation options – Add right click support for the library list and bookmark list screens for MacOS – Increase to 3x the custom text sizing in MacOS Bugfixes – Fix VoiceOver lag when navigating the library – Fix Hardcover integration not registering books Special thanks to: – @klikh (sponsor) – @HoChiPants & @matalvernaz (code contributors) If you'd like to contribute with translations to other languages, please reach us at [email protected]

Improvements – Add sticky sort support for the library – Add library display options (see original file name instead of title, and see progress in numbers instead of a wheel) – Allow importing and selecting from within the internal Processed folder in BookPlayer's internal Documents folder, and rework how the 'fix' button works in the storage screen – Add support for custom HTTP headers for Jellyfin and AudiobookShelf – Under the hood improvements to migrate identifying an item from a path to a unique identifier Bugfixes – Fix dismissing Jellyfin and AudiobookShelf after downloading a folder – Fix end-of-chapter sleep timer not working properly for streamed books – Fix name suggestion for folder and volumes – Fix theming not working properly on first launch if using dark mode in phone – Fix Mac crash when sharing debug file information – Fix import flow being dismissed randomly on app launch – Fix removing shared files from shared container Special thanks to: – @klikh (sponsor) If you'd like to contribute with translations to other languages, please reach us at [email protected]

Improvements – Add support for quick sort actions: Reverse Order – Optimize loading and navigating both integrations (Jellyfin & AudioBookShelf) Bugfixes – Fix hiding the tab bar when navigating inside both integrations – Fix filtering inside the Narrators tab in Jellyfin – Fix relinking an item when importing them from inside the Processed folder Special thanks to: – @klikh (sponsor) If you experience any issues, please reach us at [email protected]

Improvements – Add multi-server support for Jellyfin and AudiobookShelf – You can now configure the player controls to show the total remaining time of a book while having the chapter context enabled – Improve chapter list parsing when importing books – You can now ask Siri to play a book, or create an app shortcut to play any specific book from your library – Add the same chapter-threshold stop we have when rewinding, to the previous-chapter button Bugfixes – Fix search in iOS 18 – Fix updating last played books widget after deleting a book Special thanks to: – @klikh (sponsor) – Canadian Organization of the Blind and DeafBlind and Matthew for their contributions to this update If you experience any issues, please reach us at [email protected]

Improvements – You can now reload the parsed chapters in a file, in case there are some missing from the native parser – Add new settings to show the player on launch for both the main app and CarPlay Bugfixes – Fix crash when displaying the library with percentages in numbers instead of the pie chart – Fix queued tasks not clearing up when signing out – Add file validations to downloads to avoid truncated files on the Watch app Special thanks to: – @klikh (sponsor) If you experience any issues, please reach us at [email protected]

Improvements – Jellyfin: sign in with Quick Connect – Audiobookshelf: sign in with your server's SSO provider – Redesigned the media server setup into a guided, step-by-step flow – There's a new option to enable video playback when playing video files now Bugfixes – Fixed the app asking for an App Store review too often – Fixed the library sort resetting and scrambling items when the list refreshed or synced – "Most recent" sorting now stays up to date as you listen – Fixed the progress label animation in the player Special thanks to: – @klikh (sponsor) – Canadian Organization of the Blind and DeafBlind and Matthew for their contributions to this update If you experience any issues, please reach us at [email protected]