Release v0.2.43

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 0.2.43 — 2026-08-10
+- Fixed: App no longer crashes.
+- Fixed: Manual surround-sound choices now reliably override the automatically detected audio output.
+
 ## 0.2.42 — 2026-08-10
 - Added: Memby's own opening clip now plays while the app is starting up.
 - Added: Surround sound passthrough for Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Atmos, DTS, DTS-HD and TrueHD, with automatic detection and manual receiver overrides.

app/build.gradle.kts

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ val projectNoticeText =
 
 // A release workflow can derive the app version from its Git tag without editing the
 // source tree. Local builds keep using the checked-in default.
-val defaultVersionName = "0.2.42"
+val defaultVersionName = "0.2.43"
 val membyVersionName: String =
     (project.findProperty("memby.versionName") as String?)
         ?.trim()

app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/data/playback/AudioCapabilityProbe.kt

@@ -56,10 +56,13 @@ fun installAudioCapabilityProbe(context: Context) {
 val deviceAudioCapabilities: DeviceAudioCapabilities
     get() = AudioProbeHolder.cached ?: probeAudioCapabilities()
 
-@OptIn(UnstableApi::class)
+@UnstableApi
 private fun probeAudioCapabilities(): DeviceAudioCapabilities {
     val context = AudioProbeHolder.appContext ?: return DeviceAudioCapabilities()
-    watchAudioRoute(context)
+    // Route callbacks are useful but optional. A handful of vendor AudioManager
+    // implementations throw while registering one; that must not escape the otherwise
+    // defensive probe and take the launcher down with it.
+    runCatching { watchAudioRoute(context) }
     val probed = runCatching { AndroidAudioCapabilityProbe(context).probe() }
         // A vendor build with broken audio metadata must still play something: an empty
         // probe means PCM through whatever the platform decoders can manage, which is the
@@ -131,7 +134,7 @@ private class AndroidAudioCapabilityProbe(private val context: Context) {
  * built from, so the set the probe is asked about and the set the sink is told about can
  * never fall out of step.
  */
-@OptIn(UnstableApi::class)
+@UnstableApi
 internal fun SurroundCodec.encoding(): Int = when (this) {
     SurroundCodec.AC3 -> C.ENCODING_AC3
     SurroundCodec.EAC3 -> C.ENCODING_E_AC3

app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/player/AudioPassthrough.kt

@@ -53,15 +53,33 @@ internal class MembyRenderersFactory(
         context: Context,
         enableFloatOutput: Boolean,
         enableAudioTrackPlaybackParams: Boolean,
-    ): AudioSink = DefaultAudioSink.Builder(context)
+    ): AudioSink {
-        .setEnableFloatOutput(enableFloatOutput)
+        val manualCapabilities = manualAudioCapabilities(preference, capabilities)
-        .setEnableAudioTrackPlaybackParams(enableAudioTrackPlaybackParams)
+        val builder = if (manualCapabilities == null) {
-        .apply {
+            DefaultAudioSink.Builder(context)
-            manualAudioCapabilities(preference, capabilities)?.let(::setAudioCapabilities)
+        } else {
+            fixedCapabilitiesAudioSinkBuilder(manualCapabilities)
         }
-        .build()
+        return builder
+            .setEnableFloatOutput(enableFloatOutput)
+            .setEnableAudioTrackPlaybackParams(enableAudioTrackPlaybackParams)
+            .build()
+    }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Builds the fixed-capabilities sink used by manual mode.
+ *
+ * Media3 1.5 ignores [DefaultAudioSink.Builder.setAudioCapabilities] when the builder has
+ * a Context, because the live route receiver replaces the supplied value. Its deprecated
+ * context-free builder is therefore the only 1.5 API that can honour a viewer override.
+ */
+@Suppress("DEPRECATION")
+private fun fixedCapabilitiesAudioSinkBuilder(
+    capabilities: AudioCapabilities,
+): DefaultAudioSink.Builder = DefaultAudioSink.Builder()
+    .setAudioCapabilities(capabilities)
+
 /**
  * The fixed capabilities a manual choice becomes, or null in automatic mode — where the
  * sink is left to track the hardware itself.
@@ -70,7 +88,8 @@ internal class MembyRenderersFactory(
  * every decoded track is written as, and a capabilities object omitting it describes a
  * television that cannot play audio at all.
  */
-@OptIn(UnstableApi::class)
+@UnstableApi
+@Suppress("DEPRECATION")
 internal fun manualAudioCapabilities(
     preference: AudioPassthroughPreference,
     capabilities: DeviceAudioCapabilities,

app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/player/PlayerEngine.kt

@@ -41,6 +41,21 @@ internal object PlayerEngine {
     fun create(
         context: Context,
         audio: AudioPassthroughPreference = AudioPassthroughPreference.AUTOMATIC,
+    ): ExoPlayer = try {
+        buildPlayer(context, audio, DefaultRenderersFactory.EXTENSION_RENDERER_MODE_ON)
+    } catch (_: RuntimeException) {
+        // Extension construction happens while ExoPlayer is built. A binary mismatch or
+        // broken vendor audio implementation must degrade to Android's renderers rather
+        // than make Memby close during its process-wide pre-roll warm-up.
+        buildPlayer(context, audio, DefaultRenderersFactory.EXTENSION_RENDERER_MODE_OFF)
+    } catch (_: LinkageError) {
+        buildPlayer(context, audio, DefaultRenderersFactory.EXTENSION_RENDERER_MODE_OFF)
+    }
+
+    private fun buildPlayer(
+        context: Context,
+        audio: AudioPassthroughPreference,
+        extensionRendererMode: Int,
     ): ExoPlayer = ExoPlayer.Builder(context)
         .setMediaSourceFactory(mediaSourceFactory(context))
         .setRenderersFactory(
@@ -52,7 +67,7 @@ internal object PlayerEngine {
                 // The bundled FFmpeg audio renderer sits after platform decoders. It is
                 // reached only when Android cannot decode a surround format itself; its
                 // output is PCM, so passthrough-capable tracks still bypass it untouched.
-                .setExtensionRendererMode(DefaultRenderersFactory.EXTENSION_RENDERER_MODE_ON),
+                .setExtensionRendererMode(extensionRendererMode),
         )
         .setTrackSelector(DefaultTrackSelector(context))
         .setLoadControl(loadControl())

app/src/main/java/com/ponzischeme89/memby/ui/player/PrerollPreloader.kt

@@ -40,9 +40,13 @@ internal object PrerollPreloader {
             if (context != null) {
                 val cached = cachedPlayer
                 if (cached == null) {
-                    cachedPlayer = createPreparedPlayer(context)
+                    // This runs directly from the main looper rather than from a
+                    // coroutine, so an exception here is otherwise an uncaught process
+                    // crash. The opening clip is optional: a broken vendor audio stack or
+                    // unavailable extension must skip it and leave the launcher running.
+                    cachedPlayer = runCatching { createPreparedPlayer(context) }.getOrNull()
                 } else if (cached.playbackState == ExoPlayer.STATE_IDLE) {
-                    cached.prepare()
+                    runCatching { cached.prepare() }
                 }
             }
             false