• Video wallpapers don't change the device's framerate to the one of the video anymore (should fix choppy UI with <60fps videos on devices with QMS enabled)
• Disabled color extraction from video wallpapers on TCL Tvs because of their buggy implementation (fixes #490)
• Disabled color extraction from video wallpapers by default on all devices but the Shield (on which it has no CPU cost)
• Fixed app name sometimes shared between different apps (fixes #494)
• Fixed crash on Android 6 & 7 when using the audio callback listener
• Fixed wallpaper blurring
• Improved parental control when resuming from standby (fixes #504)
• Added a minimal padding to the dock when the focused card had no zoom defined
• Fixed wrong row size applied to custom grid categories using 1:1 cards (fixes #507)
• Added ability to map Projectivy's internal activities in Icon Packs (fixes #512)
• Fixed transient display of the default wallpaper after changing global settings (fixes #493)
• Fixed inability to load wallpapers larger than 5MB (fixes #509)
• Reverted a change introduced in beta 02 that led to pictures being loaded in 16bits color mode instead of 32bits, which caused a significant decrease in quality for some wallpapers and icons (fixes #516)
• Fixed a crash when loading corrupted APNG icons
• Added apps icon in power/autostart dropdown list
• Updated wallpaper delay setting to accept a minimum of 15s (fixes #130)
• Fixed HDMI inputs not always visible (fixes #462, #468)
• Fixed default HDMI inputs state in the settings appearing as disabled
• Removed "rename inputs" feature in the settings as it can be done directly in the launcher screen by long pressing the input

This is likely more of a release candidate than a beta version. If no major issues are detected, the final version should be released in a few days.

• Fixed LiveTv category sometimes not populating correctly
• Fixed a rare issue during categories backup
• Fixed folders empty when their associated category was not visible in the launcher (fixes #457)
• Fixed Glow animation not started when coming back from the left headers
• Show the default (app-wide) category margins in the current category advanced settings when set to Auto
• Added proper downscale image management for Drawable wallpapers (already implemented for image wallpapers) and side panel images
• Rows using Grid mode now won't respect a custom "cards per line" setting so high that it would make them scroll horizontally
• Updated default categories right margin to 95%
• Updated top margin bounds from 15%/85% to 5%/95% (fixes #458)
• Fixed Picture manager not working on MiTv devices (Android Tv 6.01)
• Fixed crash on startup on Android Tv 6.01 devices (fixes #466)
• Fixed broken icons in side panel when using animated icons (ex: apng) (fixes #459)
• Fixed install 3rd party app via direct link (fixes #463)
• Improved wallpapers error handling
• Fixed wallpapers updating when delay set to 0
• Improved video palette extraction algorithm
• Fixed HDMI inputs not always visible (fixes #462, #468)
• Improved categories dock
• Improved premium handling on boot (fixes #476)
• Fixed https connection not working on Android 6.0 due to missing root certificates (fixes #469 #467)
• No longer call the Android Photo Picker (not really compatible with Android Tv) when picking a wallpaper or an icon and rely on other installed apps (file managers, gallery apps...) to do so.
• Improved live video stream wallpapers handling (m3u8 files should be playable now)
• Added audio callback listener as a potential workaround for idle mode to detect media playing for apps that don't use media session (fixes #487)
• Added new localizations : Bulgarian (thanks Vihren), Croatian (thanks Ivek), Norwegian Nynorsk (thanks Bård), Norwegian Bokmål (thanks Bård & Morgis), GB English (thanks Tee)
• Updated localization (thanks to the community). Note that many of the new strings are still automatic pretranslations which have not been validated by a human yet. To help maintain the quality of the translations, feel free to log in to the translation platform (https://pontoon.projectivylauncher.com) and modify/validate the translations in your language.
• Vastly reduced memory usage. This should limit the chances of the launcher getting killed in the background and improve the overall smoothness of the experience, especially on devices with limited resources.

Wallpapers

• Added ability to tint/colorize wallpapers
• Added ability to tint the wallpaper shadow overlay
• Added ability to use a solid color as wallpaper
• Added ability to request a new wallpaper by long pressing the "play/pause" button on the remote control
• Changed the wallpaper selection algorithm to limit the chances of seeing one that has already been displayed recently
• Added a "fit-center + blurred background" to show portrait mode picture above the blurred same picture in the background
• Improved wallpaper image transitions and added a few choices : fade, zoom, slide H, slide V, random
• Wallpaper provider [custom folder]: updated to use the wallpaper caching mechanism, which lets it take advantage of the new selection algorithm
• Wallpaper provider [custom folder]: now recursively scans sub-folders (fixes #405)
• Wallpaper provider [Reddit]: removed hard-coded filter on ratio/height. The filtering is now only based on user wallpaper appearance settings (bad ratio/quality preference)
• Wallpaper provider [Reddit]: added a fallback mechanism in case of 403 errors
• Wallpaper provider [Reddit]: added a few new subreddits
• Wallpaper provider [Focused program]: when poster art image is not present, fallback to thumbnail (if available)
• Wallpaper provider [Focused program]: although technically not a "program", now playing card is also used when possible
• Wallpaper provider [Now Playing]: added a new provider that displays the currently Now Playing image (when supported)
• Wallpaper provider [Theme]: added a new provider that fetches wallpapers from the applied theme (the .pltheme file -in zip format- should be in STORE mode, no compression)
• Wallpaper provider: CardFocused event now also sends the card's title and app's package name to the providers (cf: spocky/projectivy-plugin-wallpaper-provider#5)
• Wallpaper provider: Added ability to request wallpapers refresh if their settings have been updated outside Projectivy (ex: Aerial Views)
• Decreased the minimum wallpaper update delay to 30s (fixes #396 #130)

Wallpapers (video)

• Added ability to extract dynamic color from video wallpapers
• Added preference to define how often the video wallpapers should generate new dynamic colors
• Added ability to use hardware rendering (tunneling) on video wallpapers (depending on your device and the video format, this might not work as expected)
• Video wallpaper will now resume from its last position when returning to the launcher (provided that it lasts more than 30s and its position is further than 10s from the end)
• Fixed "about / this wallpaper" taking a long time to show with video wallpapers (preview is now disabled)
• Added DASH to the supported video formats
• Added support for RTSPT and RTSPU schemes (RTSPT will force TCP use, RTSP and RTSPU will first try UDP then fallback to TCP)

Cards

• Fixed initially selected card was not animated (in case of Animated Gif)
• Fixed Animated Gif card not automatically stopped when launcher goes idle
• Improved support for animated images format (gif, apng, webp) as wallpapers and custom icons (fixes #322)
• Animated cards (gif, apng...) now reset to their 1st frame on stop (instead of pausing)
• Added ability to disable the ripple effect on card press (fixes #292)
• Added ability to override the focused card tint/background colors (behavior is : no override, swap icon and background colors, custom colors)
• Added a few more glow animations
• Added ability to customize glow size (small glow length will show as a simple outline) (fixes #362)
• Fixed missing shadows under some cards
• Fixed Shortcuts cropping their icon by default and not restoring their crop state upon restart
• Added ability to customize card glow color globally (=not individually)
• Fixed category "show icon in front of title" setting available even if "show title" is disabled
• Added ability to set fully transparent custom icon tint. For example when using the Projectivy Icon Pack if you define a card background color and set the custom icon tint to a fully transparent color, the icon will "punch a hole" in the background, letting you see the wallpaper through it.
• Fixed card size and spacing was dependent on the device resolution (fixes #333)
• Shortcut cards ratio is now set to the same ratio you set for Tv Apps (fixes #406)

Categories

• Added ability to customize category left/right margins (globally and individually) as well as top margin (individually) (fixes #33)
• Added ability to customize a grid category background color aka dock. "Blur" is currently unsupported though, as background animations (video wallpapers, picture transitions) would not be compatible (fixes #368)
• Added ability to define the max number of rows visible in a category
• Fixed last cards on the current row not always appearing in grid mode (fixes #244)
• Fixed missing apps icons in watch next category in some cases and missing apps in the Channels list (ex: Amazon Prime Video) (fixes #98)
• Fixed some channel programs missing when already present in another channel (fixes #348)
• Added ability to scroll categories only when necessary (the focused category won't always be in the same position on screen) (fixes #228)

Statusbar

• Added ability to hide the notification icon (fixes #209)
• Added ability to tint the clock in the statusbar (fixes #115)
• Allow smaller minimal clock size (fixes #329)
• Added ability to resize and tint icons in the statusbar
• Added ability to customize clock format with support for : 2 lines, date formatting, markdown-like styling (beware when adding seconds, as the parser will have to work its magic each... hem... second) (fixes #370)
• Wifi icon now varies depending on the signal strength (fixes #395)
• Added a "Clear all" notifications button on the notification side panel when needed (fixes #355)

UI/UX

• Updated to Material 3 Expressive theming
• Font: added ability to customize Projectivy font (including size) globally (fixes #289 #144)
• Font: added ability to download font from Google Fonts, either by specifying its name or by choosing in a (much too long) list (premium only)
• Added icons to all entries in settings
• Added immediate refresh of the launcher screen when an icon pack or wallpaper plugin is updated/uninstalled
• Fixed cards and left headers not read aloud by talkback accessibility service (fixes #325)
• Fixed Qr-code too small when device resolution is 4k
• Fixed side panel edit category animation stuttering
• Improved side menu navigation : cycling in menu (from top to bottom or the other way around) will only happen on button single press (meaning it will stop on both ends when holding up/down buttons) (fixes #79)
• Fixed cards could be removed from their stock category
• If default category is not available (=hidden, empty...), automatically fallback to the 1st visible category
• When already on the first item of the row, the back button will take you back to the default category (fixes #210)
• The legend icons next to settings depending on the accessibility service will adapt to the current context (ex: turn red if the service is not running, dim when it's running)
• Added folder support through a new dynamic category "category folders" that will list all custom categories as cards. When clicked, their content will show in the side panel (fixes #157)

Misc

• Added ability to import/export themes (=appearance settings, individual stock categories settings, local wallpaper(s)) (premium only)
• Network: Fixed wrong HTTP response code filtering (only 200 was accepted, now all 2xx are accepted) (stupid me)
• Network: Improved network connectivity and performance
• Purchase: fixed a bug that prevented premium to be detected without network in some circumstances (fixes #401)
• Now playing: casted media should should no longer miss artist/album
• Now playing: added play/pause and seek to next/previous media buttons (support may vary per app) on the contextual side panel
• Now playing: card won't disappear if you temporarily pause your media and its description will reflect its state
• Idle mode (launcher): Added ability to define the timeout duration before the launcher idle mode kicks in
• Idle mode (general): general idle detection can now usually detect when a media is playing (experimental, requires the Notification special permission) (this highly depends on the app playing the media, but most apps I've tested work) (fixes #65)
• Idle mode (general): when using the "internal tv view" and the option mentioned above is enabled, the idle mode won't - Install 3rd party apps: updated custom URL text to make it clear that it also supports Downloader codes
• Install 3rd party apps: regrouped apps per category
  trigger regardless of the notification special permission (as this can be detected internally) (fixes #444)
• Added Live Tv support (probably imperfect as it's often depending on the OEM). You need an app such as the deprecated Live Channels app to use it) (this might fix #50)
• Fixed Hdmi inputs sometimes not appearing
• Added optional delay before auto-start app/channel is launched on boot (to let the system finish booting)
• Added ability to prevent screensaver from running while on the launcher
• Fixed "Shutdown action" setting disabled when "power off on CEC disconnect" is enabled
• Improved reliability of "start app upon resuming from standby". The accessibility service will be mandatory to do so (fixes #437)
• Fixed notifications/media sessions listeners still active while Projectivy was in the background, sometimes causing useless cpu work
• Fixed calibration videos not displayed on some devices (eg Mi Stick 4k)
• Improved purchase flow reliability in case of errors
• Added a few localizations (Portuguese-PT, Swedish), a big thanks to all the translators who help make Projectivy truly global (fixes...

Hey, another 4.6x version ! 🤷

• Improved the purchase flow on recent Android versions where it was sometimes impossible to connect to the Google Play Services (thus pay or retrieve a previous purchase 😬 )

If you have already purchased and have no problem retrieving premium upon boot, no need to update.

• Fixed programs details being displayed under the description instead of above it
• Fixed a few more crashes on specific devices
• Updated localizations

This version is also available on Google Play.
This will be the last release of the 4.6x branch, see you on the 4.70 ! Until then, have a great 🏖️, ⛷️ or whatever seasonal activity you love 😎 !

• Fixed Google Tv Profile Picker not always visible when launched
• Fixed Google Tv 14 can't import settings from Projectivy settings
• Reverted Animated Gif stopping on first frame bc it caused crashes that couldn't be intercepted on some devices. Should hopefully be back on 4.70
• Improved http cache behavior : urls specifying no-cache,no-store or must-revalidate headers will now be ignored
• Improved reddit wallpaper provider : when the request leads to no wallpaper (ex: server error), the response is removed from the cache
• Changed http timeout from 10 to 30s
• Many more fixes towards stability and memory usage

• Fixed notifications panel not updating correctly
• Fixed Projectivy side panel showing partial settings in some cases
• Fixed too aggressive caching of local wallpapers (=custom file/folder). Projectivy should now detect if a file has been replaced and shouldn't use the cached version anymore.
• Fixed HDMI input launch on Xiaomi family Android 6 Tv/Projectors
• Improved connectivity detection on Android 6
• Added partial workaround to start screensaver on Android Tv 14+. This will probably only work for AerialViews (Google removed the possibility to start the screensaver from a non-system app)
• On animated gif cards, the animation is now stopped (instead of paused) on focus lost

• Improved cpu resource usage in idle mode
• Added shortcut to Profile Picker on supported Google Tv devices. Note that the Profile Picker is an internal part of the Google Tv stock launcher, so it should not be disabled (meaning Projectivy should be set as your default launcher using the accessibility service or launcher manager). This will be the only way to access the Profile Picker until Google authorizes other launchers to manage/switch profiles (it requires a System permission, see here: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/377528728)
• Improved startup time
• Improved Premium checks reliability upon startup
• Internal Tv: back button now goes back to the launcher when pressed while searching for inputs (no need to wait for the timeout if you misclicked)
• "Crop to fill" icon setting is now also available for non-customized icons. This should let you visually fix icons that don't respect the standard size without necessarily having to customize them.
• Cards appearance settings (custom icon, crop to fill, title) are now also available on Programs cards (movies, series, etc.) so you can now customize them too
• Updated font to hopefully prevent some kerning issues on a few TCL devices (Android Tv 9)
• Relaxed "override current launcher" checks to only apply to a specific activity (the one that is the launcher) instead of the whole app, so that other activities can be launched from the home screen (ex: settings, all apps, profiles picker, etc.)
• Fixed all apps declaring a launcher activity being mistakenly overriden by Projectivy when accessibility service is enabled (oops)
• Fixed custom icons/wallpapers not always appearing after reboot
• Fixed battery icon not initializing immediately (for devices that support it)
• Fixed crash on startup on a few Android Tv devices with exotic config (Orion, B866V2...)
• Fixed the remaining strings not always honoring the recently changed locale until app is restarted
• Fixed bottom to top wraparound on the settings when the first item is a title
• Fixed grid categories didn't immediately recompute their number of rows when cards were added/removed
• Fixed crash when screen dimensions are reported incorrectly by the system
• Fixed inputs erroneously being protected by "also protect settings & UI changes" parental control setting. Warning ! If you relied on this setting to protect your inputs, you will now have to protect them individually.
• Fixed card shadow still partially visible when the card background was set to transparent. Now shadow will only be displayed if the card background is opaque enough (opacity >= 200).
• Fixed card tint not applied correctly in some cases (ex: transparent tint + inverted colors when focused)
• Fixed a few memory leaks and a bunch of other bugs
• Updated translations

• Fixed strings not always honoring app's preference locale
• Fixed other launchers mistakenly overriden by Projectivy when accessibility service is enabled
• Fixed unselected category title doesn't honor opacity setting
• Fixed picture manager for AmLogic devices on Android 6.0
• Fixed channels programs and watch next bypassing the parental controls
• Fixed Autostart app on boot bypassing the parental controls
• Fixed ability to change app/category icon in certain cases
• Fixed statusbar battery sometimes not updating
• Fixed settings side panel misbehaving when long pressing the remote control "menu" button
• Fixed Home button not selecting the default category when statusbar is focused
• Fixed autostart on boot not saved correctly when set from the HDMI input contextual menu
• Added Glow effect on transparent cards (note that due to how it's handled, if there are rounded corners, the glow will not only appear on the edge of the card but also underneath). The dropshadow will require a card background color opacity of at least 200 to be displayed.
• Added ability to set the volume of video wallpapers
• Added ability to disable zoom effect on focused program cards
• Added ability to hide the program card badge
• Added ability to customize app shortcuts icon
• Dissociated Channel programs from their WatchNext counterpart (so that hiding it in WatchNext has no effect on the same program in its channel)
• Many more fixes and perf tweaks

• Fixed mobile apps not appearing in custom categories
• Fixed wallpaper update delay cannot exceed 35min
• Let users add apps to a category directly from the "all apps" panel (+ long-press app)
• Added direct access to "all apps", "Edit categories" and "Edit channels" panels from the "settings" category