v2.0.0 - Jellybox

General notes

This is v2.0 release and I'm very proud of it. I've been building this app since 2023, sometimes more active, sometimes less, but I tried to always keep it working well, with no issues.
Why v2.0 now? Over past few months I made a lot of quality of life changes along with some new features like lyrics, revised downloads and offline mode, support for hot keys on desktop and I thought it would be good time to actually bump major version.

Along with this new release I will be doing posts on reddit to share this app again(last time I shared it in 2023), so more people to know about app and more people to use and suggest new features to add.

Recently I also started to work on CarPlay Jellybox app, I already got entitlements from Apple and right now doing prerequisite work to support CarPlay mode in Jellybox. This was feature that was asked many times over these years, so I hope it will help more ppl to adopt Jellybox as their main Jellyfin music player.

I also apologize in advance about Android users who used sideloading. I changed bundle name from original(com.example.jplayer), to real one I've used in GooglePlay. This means you will have to sign in again after you download v2.0 from github releases.

New Features and Improvements

Implemented lyrics playback with toggle icons on desktop and mobile, including timed lyrics synchronized with song progress
Added genres tab to the listen page, enabling browsing and listening to individual genres
Enabled play from listen page via a play button overlay on cover art when hovering, for desktop only
Added space bar key handler to toggle play/pause (mimicking Spotify behavior)
Updated Playing Now interface on mobile devices to be more modern and lighter.
Introduced swipe gesture on mobile to change songs by swiping cover art on Playing Now screen.
Airplay sharing on Apple devices - now you can cast music to any AirPlay-compatible devices.

Bug Fixes and UI/Logic Fixes

Fixed notarization issue for MacOS DMG builds
Resolved stuck bottom cover art, making bottom artist name clickable on desktop and non-clickable on mobile for easier access to "playing now"
Fixed AirPlay/streaming issues caused by malformed container parameters
Corrected UI behavior after library switch; added icon for library switching on listen page
Addressed Android ALAC decoding, enabling decoding to formats playable by Android devices

Download and Offline Mode Improvements

Enabled visibility and playback of downloaded albums in offline mode. Now you can open app even while on plane.
Updated downloads page UI to match the albums page

New website

With v2.0 I also launched website-landing page for Jellybox. It was dusting in git repo for a while(maybe a year or so) and with 2.0 I decided to revive it. Take a look at https://jellybox.app/ and let me know what you think - https://github.com/avdept/JellyBoxPlayer/discussions/150