Revised speed controls & bugfixes

Improvements

• Revised speed controls after community feedback
• Fix showing the import screen if the Player or Settings screen is visible
• Add Finnish translations, and update Slovak translations
• Possible fix for crash when playing certain books with chapters not fully loaded

Support

For help and ways to contribute to the project, see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer or visit www.bookplayer.app

New speed controls & Playback loop issue

Improvements

• New speed controls
• Fix playback loop at chapter change when playing through devices that only support AirPlay 1

Support

For help and ways to contribute to the project, see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer or visit www.bookplayer.app

Fix import issues & smart rewind

Improvements

• Fix smart rewind being triggered after sleep timer option 'end of chapter'
• Fix order for imported folder contents
• Fix artwork cache for folders, it now selects the first book with artwork as before
• Fix crash when importing files from inside the Files app
• Stop player if playing item is made part of a combined volume
• Update translations

Support

For help and ways to contribute to the project, see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer or visit www.bookplayer.app

Playback loop fix & more speed options

Improvements

• Fix playback loop on chapter change for m4b files
• Fix sleep timer end of chapter option
• Add more speed options
• Add support for dynamic type text for the library and settings screens

Support

For help and ways to contribute to the project, see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer or visit www.bookplayer.app

Book Volumes & Arabic Language Support

Improvements

• Bind books or a folder into a single volume with chapters
• Support for Arabic language, and also proper support for left-to-right languages in our interface
• Update translation to cover Bookmarks language for Danish, French, Hungarian, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Swedish, Ukranian, Spanish
• Enable progress scrub from the lock screen

Fixes

• Fix autolock-disable not working
• Fix cache not working properly for folder images
• Possible fix for some crashes when importing
• Fix showing failed imported files from Airdrop when launching the app
• Fix speed configuration based on books

Support

For help and ways to contribute to the project, see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer or visit www.bookplayer.app

iCloud & Files access

Improvements

• Add new iCloud backup settings option to manage including or excluding the library files
• Enable accessing BookPlayer files from within the iOS Files app
• Add Fix-All button to the storage screen (inside settings) for users that may have multiple unlinked files

Fixes

• Fix the process to import books (sometimes Airdrop was failing)
• Fix the background color for the chapter screen
• Fix crash when deleting folder that has the currently playing book
• Fix side-jiggle of progress labels in the player screen during playback
• Fix crash on m1 macs when trying to show the player view

Support

For help and ways to contribute to the project, see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer or visit www.bookplayer.app

CarPlay & VoiceOver improvements

Fixes

• Fix navigation issues when using VoiceOver and accessibility rotors for Books and Folders
• Optimize CarPlay performance

Support

For help and ways to contribute to the project, see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer or visit www.bookplayer.app

Hotfix Timer & Theme Crash

Second Hot-fix!

• Fix crash when opening the app due to missing initial theme
• Fix Select-All behavior when on Edit mode
• Fix sleep timer option 'End of Chapter' when the book ends
• Show proper book title for mp3 files in the player view
• Fix importing books to the end of the current list

Support

For help and ways to contribute to the project, see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer or visit www.bookplayer.app

Hotfix autoplay & skip tracks

Hot-fix!

• Fix autoplay not working
• Fix crash when opening the app due to duplicated identifiers
• Fix portrait artwork aspect ratio in player screen
• Add support to skip tracks in player screen

Support

For help and ways to contribute to the project, see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer or visit www.bookplayer.app

New Player Design & Bookmarks

Improvements

• Bookmarks are finally here!
• Redesigned Player with easier access to playback controls
• You can now export or share multiple items at a time of your library via Airdrop or your preferred app that can handle files
• The content of zip files will be imported automatically without needing a second prompt from the user

Support

For help and ways to contribute to the project, see the support section in the Settings screen of BookPlayer or visit www.bookplayer.app