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• 1.6

  Feb 2, 2025

  637ff16

  

  This version was tested on:

  • Navidrome version: 0.53.3
  • iOS version: 18.2

  The first “major” release in 2025!

  🍿 New Features & Enhancements

  • Scrobbles: Track your listening history to Last.fm or ListenBrainz, just like Navidrome Web UI
  • Offline playlist: Bring your favorite playlist offline!
  • Download indicators: Track your downloads, never guessing ever again XD
  • Redefined album screen: Love your screen real estate

  🐞 Bug Fixes

  • Downloaded album with no downloaded song is no longer displayed
  • Login button is now disabled when you’re logging in

  🔩 QoL Improvements

  • flo will show “friendly message” when you try using http:// based server
  • Navidrome’s default “album cover art placeholder” is used when loading the album cover or when accessing a playlist
  • flo will try displaying “Album Artist” instead of the regular “Artist” and show the artist’s name in the song list. This is important for “Various Artists” or “Compilations” and notably, playlists
  • If you’re downloading tracks, you’ll see a badge in the “Download” tab to tell you the number of undownloaded tracks

  You can also check this discussion as well for some previews.

  💎 Supporters

  flo is a Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) licensed under permissive MIT license with zero tracking or ads. The mission is to become one of the best open source Navidrome clients for iOS by giving you freedom without sacrificing fancy stuff in this modern day.

  If you love flo, you can consider sponsoring my work, every penny counts! flo wouldn’t be possible without Navidrome, in fact, flo would never exist if Navidrome didn’t exist! You can also consider sponsoring Deluan for his generous contributions to Navidrome.

  Your donation helps me to pay bills, including the annual $99 Apple Developer Program subscription. It makes me happy too :D

  And most of the time, it makes me over productive too…

  👀 Coming Soon

  We can’t spill all the beans just yet, but we’re thrilled to give you a sneak peek of what’s coming in the next flo release:

  • Lyrics: Karaoke, anyone?
  • Better queue: Wanna play Caramelldansen right after Watch the World Burn?
  • Better resources: Batteries, bandwidth, and all limited things… We could do better.
  • flo for macOS/iPadOS: …yes, I know.

  Also, get ready for the BFR Release that introduces exciting new features that will make you love self-hosting your music even more!

• 1.5

  Dec 31, 2024

  2752670

  

  This version was tested on:

  • Navidrome version: 0.53.2
  • iOS version: 18.2

  There are no new features in this version as promised, and it only contains some bug fixes that help make flo more reliable, specifically for downloads. Here are some details:

  First, flo now performs concurrent downloads using 50% of your available CPU. This means if your iPhone has 6 CPU cores, flo will limit downloads to 3 songs at the same time. While this makes downloads relatively slower, it makes them more reliable and keeps your CPU usage at a reasonable level.

  Second, flo now retries failed downloads up to 3 times. This addresses my specific issue, but it should help anyone else in similar situations. In rare cases, specifically during downloads, flo may fail to connect to the Navidrome server and show a “timed out” error. The issue might be related to the reverse proxy or flo itself. While I have no issues when connecting directly to the Navidrome server, problems (sometimes) occur when connecting via CDN services like Cloudflare (in my case). Nevertheless, these fixes won’t negatively impact or slow down anyone, especially when connections are always successful.

  Third, flo now uses less memory during downloads. The tradeoff is increased disk I/O rates during downloads, which should be fine given the new concurrent download limits.

  🍿 New Features & Enhancements

  Nothing new as promised, just enjoy the boredom!

  🐞 Bug Fixes

  • “Listening Activity” is no longer cleared when “Optimize local storage” is triggered, as it now has a dedicated action for this purpose
  • Fixed minor UI-related spacing issues that appeared on actual devices but not in the simulator
  • Downloads now use less CPU & Memory
  • Downloads are automatically retry-able now

  💎 Supporters

  I’d like to personally thank Sid for his generous support in making flo better! Sid helps by reporting bugs, proposing new features, and sponsoring my work via GitHub Sponsor. I also welcome everyone to contribute, as I can’t make flo better for everyone on my own!

  👀 Coming Soon

  We can’t spill all the beans just yet, but we’re thrilled to give you a sneak peek of what’s coming in the next flo release:

  • Scrobbles: Track your listening history to Last.fm or ListenBrainz, just like Navidrome Web UI
  • Offline playlist: Gotta make my “night ride” playlist play offline
  • Download indicators: So you know what’s downloading and the ETA
  • flo for macOS/iPadOS: Save your phone battery, bring your music anywhere, to any device you want. Linux support is on the table (currently I use curl + jq + fzf + awk + xargs + ffmpeg, because, why not)

  Anyway, happy new year!

• 1.4

  Nov 28, 2024

  4570fbb

  

  this version was tested on:

  • navidrome version: 0.53.2
  • ios version: 18.0.1

  🍿 New Features & Enhancements

  • Basic listening history statistics
  • Clear now playing queue via swipe
  • Local storage usage display
  • Searchable downloaded albums
  • Login view redesign
  • Floating player adjustments
  • Experimental features:
    • Transcoding support with max bitrate option
    • Toggleable translucent background
    • Save login info

  🐞 Bug Fixes

  • Fixed album cover loading logic (prioritizing local first)
  • Fixed password redaction logic
  • Fixed “Various Artists” display logic
  • Fixed unknown genre/year display
  • Various QoL improvements

  full release notes: https://dub.sh/flo14

  👾 Known Issues

  Some issues are fixed and you may try the experimental feature as well :)

• 1.3

  Nov 19, 2024

  c5bb971

  

  this version was tested on:

  • navidrome version: 0.52.5
  • ios version: 18.0.1

  🍿 New Features & Enhancements

  • Redesigned player interface with a fresh look
  • Browse (and search!) collections by Playlists, Artists, and Songs
  • Added Debug Mode

  🐞 Bug Fixes

  • Resolved an intermittent issue affecting album download completion
  • “Various Artists” now shows the correct album artist

  Full release notes here: https://dub.sh/flo13

  👾 Known Issues

  • after 24h or so, the “JWT token” expires. for now, the screen will display the exact message, and the best thing you can do is re-login (logout -> login). i have a workaround for this but it’s still under the experimental flag
  • in dark mode, the text on the login screen is slightly unreadable. if you’re having trouble reading the text, try logging in with dark mode turned off :D
• 1.2

  Sep 28, 2024

  366e7a8

  

  this version was tested on:

  • navidrome version: 0.52.5
  • ios version: 17.6

  🍿 New Features & Enhancements

  • Localization support (currently EN and ID)

  🐞 Bug Fixes

  • Fetch server information after login successful
  • Minor “race condition” when downloading albums causing songs downloaded to the wrong album
  • Song list now sorted by the track number

  👾 Known Issues

  • after 24h or so, the “JWT token” expires. for now, the screen will display the exact message, and the best thing you can do is re-login (logout -> login). i have a workaround for this but it’s still under the experimental flag
  • sometimes the “timestamp” in the app and the command center differs by 1-3s. while this thing doesn’t affect your listening experience, it’s still annoying though
  • in dark mode, the text on the login screen is slightly unreadable. if you’re having trouble reading the text, try logging in with dark mode turned off :D
  • the “album image(s)” sometimes don’t load especially if you’re on a slow network. i’m still working on a fix for this
• 1.0

  Sep 9, 2024

  66053c7

  

  this version was tested on:

  • navidrome version: 0.52.5
  • ios version: 17.6

  PSA

  flo is still under heavy development. bugs are expected and reports are encouraged to make flo better for everyone!

  this is a semi-public beta version, and installing TestFlight is required in order to use it. if you prefer the App Store version, just wait a little longer until late Fall! the TestFlight version likely won’t harm your iPhone or your Navidrome server.

  ---

  in this version you can expect basic functionality for a music player: it plays music. a Navidrome server is required as this app is a Navidrome client. if you don’t have one, you can use the demo version provided by the Navidrome community.

  some features you may enjoy:

  • online streaming (save your storage)
  • offline streaming (save your bandwidth)
  • play by album (shuffle for surprises)
  • background playback (just don’t close the app)
  • control playback via the “command center” (something in your “notification”)

  👾 Known Issues

  • after 24h or so, the “JWT token” expires. for now, the screen will display the exact message, and the best thing you can do is re-login (logout -> login). i have a workaround for this but it’s still under the experimental flag
  • sometimes the “timestamp” in the app and the command center differs by 1-3s. while this thing doesn’t affect your listening experience, it’s still annoying though
  • in dark mode, the text on the login screen is slightly unreadable. if you’re having trouble reading the text, try logging in with dark mode turned off :D
  • the “album image(s)” sometimes don’t load especially if you’re on a slow network. i’m still working on a fix for this