I don't post Changelogs here since it's not beta reelases anymore, but you can still find them here:

https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc-android/blob/master/NEWS

2.5 RC is here!

2.5.0 is in the air, it's a RC for a full 2.5 deployment.

Here is the changelog:
* Fix playback launch from widget or headset
* Fix browser overlapping other views
* Fix display in audio when no audio has been discovered
* Misc. fixes

This is the end of this beta stage, next week it will become the production release.

I'm sorry for those who don't have there feature implemented, VLC for Android depends on VLC core, and core is being freezed for 3.0 release.
4.0 release should happen quicker than this one and it should unlock some interesting options for Android app.
In the mean time, 3.0 will bring some killer features :)


Thank you very much for all your feedbacks! It's been really helpfull and VLC became a much better app thank to you.
Medialibrary has been a pain to stabilize, but it will be used in every VLC application:
integration in VLC-iOS in ongoing, and it will be integrated in desktop VLC too.

Next steps will be to make it faster of course, but also parsing network shares and scrap online info to get good classification and presentation.
Which will make VLC a fully-featured mediacenter.
I'll work to make it optional, for those who still prefer VLC as a lightweight media player

Version 2.1.20 ready!

This is (I hope) the last iteration before 2.5.0 release.
So do not expect new features now, we'll try to stabilize the application to get it ready.
There has been some refactoring, so there may be some new bugs in this one.

So, here is the changelog:
* Pause media scan during playback
* Fix subtitles on Android 7+, including non-latin alphabets
* Fix folder expanding in current playlist
* Fix archive expanding in current playlist
* Fix volume changed blocked by OS sound level warning
* Fix advanced options dialog style
* Misc. bugfixes

Known issues:
* There is a regression which causes crash when service are launched from background (e.g. with PLAY button from remote when VLC is closed) (fixed)
* There is a regression in UI display, when going back to video/audio from browsers (fixed)
* Medialibrary is still slow, it will be optimized after the release unfortunately :(
* Playlist files support is almost ready, it will arrive right after the stable release
* ssa/ass subtitles format is still screwed up

2.1.19 pushed
Changelog:

Application:
* Oreo support for background service
* Fix navigation bar shown in video player
* Fix video playback when started during audio playback
* Misc. fixes

TV:
* Fix now playing card colors

Chromebook:
* Fix video player advanced option display
* Show status bar in video player

2.1.18 is being deployed!

Application:
* Add alac container support
* Add gray color for sutitles
* Confirm app exit in multiwindows mode
* Improve DPAD navigation in media lists/grids
* Adjust navigation bar color in dark theme
* Fix video player resume when multitasking
* Fix notification not hidden at playback end
* Fix browsers set back to root on rotation or restoration
* Fix wrong sort sometimes applied in audio when refreshing
* Crashes fixes

TV:
* Add time infos in audio player
* Fix playlist scrolling in audio player

Chromebook:
* Keep video player fullscreen when showing overlay
* Ignore 'emulated' empty storage

Known issues:
* Navigation bar doesn't hide in video player (fixed)
* Crash on Oreo when playback launched from headset & VLC app is not foreground (fixed)

Breaking news!

The good one:
I just pushed a hotfix release for 2.1.17, some users had a crash on app startup (and another one when selecting equalizer in video player)

The very bad one:
Yesterday night, I had the really bad idea to stop beta in order to prevent you to receive the crashing 2.1.17 release.
Now, beta program is back ON but it seems we've all been unregistered from it.
In play store we see "beta registration is in process) but I'm not sure if true or just a bug from Play Store.

You probably have to register manually once again to the beta program.

https://play.google.com/apps/testing/org.videolan.vlc

Sorry for inconvenience :/

We are all back in beta program \o/

2.1.17 is coming!

Update: As some of you got crash at startup, a hotfix has been pushed yesterday. It's still 2.1.17 but build date is 2017-08-25

Changelog:
Application:
* Audio boost in video player (activate it in Settings > Video)
* Custom equalizer presets
* Implement Oreo notification channels
* Update VLC core
* Fix audio player sometimes invisible
* Fix browser set back to root level after playing a video or rotating the device
* Fix player state not updated once playlist is over
* Misc crash fixes.
Core:
* Updated VLC core to current master

Known issues:
* Background can become corrupted on TV when quicly leaving a screen while its background was being updated.
* Medialibrary is still a bit slow to scan

2.1.16 is pushed!

Changelog:
* Resume position for audio media tagged as audiobook
* Fix duplicated videos on initial scan
* Fix audio lag on video seek
* Fix root elements unchecking in Medialibrary settings
* General app performance improvements during playback
* Misc. fixes