Status of Jellyfin 10.9 support

[nielsvanvelzen]

This issue will be updated with the status for Jellyfin 10.9. Additional updates will be posted in comments, subscribe to this issue to receive updates.

Current status: Jellyfin 10.9 is compatible starting from 0.16.8

You can try and use the app but there might still be small problems when your server is using Jellyfin 10.9. If you encounter any issues, please report them so we can make sure the app is working correctly. Optionally downgrade back to 10.8.13 and restore a backup.

Please refrain from commenting on this issue, open a separate issue to report problems not listed here.

[nielsvanvelzen]

Started work on updating the SDK in jellyfin/jellyfin-sdk-kotlin#888. This is the code that talks with the Jellyfin API and needs to be updated for each Jellyfin release. 10.9 being as big as it is this will take some time, the initial changes are not sufficient nor ready for a release.

At the same time I'm analyzing the API changes to find any backward-compatible breaking changes. These will need to be fixed in the server. This way all current installs of the apps can still work with 10.9.

[nielsvanvelzen]

It is not possible to login with the current unstable build right now. I've found the issue causing this and it made a bugfix for the server. It should be included with the next unstable build.

[nielsvanvelzen]

It is not possible to use media with lyrics right now. Trying to play such media may fail or crash the app. Some other functionality that retrieves item lists (like browsing/searching/system integration) may also stop working.

It is also possible the app might crash/fail to show TV series with the newly added "unreleased" status. The likelihood of this happening is low as none of our metadata plugins currently provide this status.

I'm working on a solution for both of these problems. This solution is most likely going to be an update of our SDK and a (patch-)release of the app.

[nielsvanvelzen]

We still have many moving parts in the server and the API changes are not 100% ready yet. I'm waiting until we can freeze the API state before releasing the patched versions of our SDK and app to fix the previously mentioned issues (lyrics and "unreleased" potentially crashing the app in some cases).

The login issue is now fully fixed, but due to some build issues in our packaging repositories this fix is not available for all platforms (yet).

[nielsvanvelzen]

I've just tagged v0.16.8 which fixes playback & browsing on 10.9 (issues mentioned in previous comments). With this the app should be fully compatible with 10.9! If any issues arise (especially crashes) please create an issue to let me know.

The v0.16.8 version should be available in the stores within the next few days.

[nielsvanvelzen]

Unfortunately Google (wrongfully) rejected the app update. We've solved the issue but they require a new app update (can't republish 0.16.8).

I've decided to skip 0.16.8 on the Google Play store for now, instead of creating another release just for Google. The app changes to make 10.9 compatible aren't that significant and the app already works fine for 90% of the time.

[nielsvanvelzen]

The app has been fully compatible with 10.9 since April 9th (so before the stable release). All app stores currently offer a 10.9 compatible version.

I've kept this issue open to announce when the app will drop 10.8 support. I'll repeat this line from the starting post for everyone that did not read: Please refrain from commenting on this issue, open a separate issue to report problems not listed here.

[nielsvanvelzen]

The first beta for version 0.17 is now publishing with a requirement on Jellyfin 10.9.0 or newer. This finalizes this issue.