Next Player

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Native Android video player built with Kotlin and Jetpack Compose. Supports extensive audio and video formats including AV1, HEVC, VP9, plus DASH and HLS streaming. Version 0.18.0 adds local playlists, M3U support, SFTP with SSH key auth, playback history, video trash/restore, and a runtime decoder switcher. Biometric unlock for secret folders. No ads or tracking.

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About this app

Next Player is a native video player written in Kotlin and jetpack compose. It provides a simple and easy-to-use interface for users to play videos on their Android devices

This project is still in development and is expected to have bugs

Supported formats:

Audio: Vorbis, Opus, FLAC, ALAC, PCM/WAVE (μ-law, A-law), MP1, MP2, MP3, AMR (NB, WB), AAC (LC, ELD, HE; xHE on Android 9+), AC-3, E-AC-3, DTS, DTS-HD, TrueHD Video: H.263, H.264 AVC (Baseline Profile; Main Profile on Android 6+), H.265 HEVC, MPEG-4 SP, VP8, VP9, AV1 Streaming: DASH, HLS, RTSP Subtitles: SRT, SSA, ASS, TTML, VTT Key Features:

Native Android app with simple and easy-to-use interface Completely free and open source and without any ads or excessive permissions Material 3 (you) support Audio/Subtitle track selection Vertical swipe to change brightness (left) / volume (right) Horizontal swipe to seek through video Media picker with folder and file view Playback speed control Pinch to zoom in and zoom out Resize (fit/stretch/crop/100%) Volume boost External subtitle support (long press subtitle icon) Controls lock No ads, tracking or excessive permissions

What's new

v0.18.0Sep 14, 2026
  • For ARMv7a (32bit CPU old devices)
  • New features
  • Added local playlists feature by @anilbeesetti in #1858
  • Added SSH key authentication for SFTP connections by @anilbeesetti in #1807
  • Added M3U playlist support by @anilbeesetti in #1887
  • Added runtime decoder mode switcher by @anilbeesetti in #1782
  • Added playback history by @anilbeesetti in #1909
  • Added video trash and restore actions by @anilbeesetti in #1910
  • Added software AV1 decoder @anilbeesetti in anilbeesetti/nextlib#201
  • Improvements
  • Simplified secret folder navigation and biometric unlock support by @anilbeesetti in #1905
  • Improved network connections by @anilbeesetti in #1915
  • Improved TV focus navigation and text input by @anilbeesetti in #1924
  • Improved software decoders @anilbeesetti in anilbeesetti/nextlib#199, anilbeesetti/nextlib#200,
  • Fixes
  • Fixed deafult session commands are missing from the media session by @anilbeesetti in #1919
  • Fixed software video rotation is ignored by @anilbeesetti in anilbeesetti/nextlib#210

About this version

Version
0.18.0 (74)
Size
17.07 MB
Requires Android
7.0
Target SDK
24
Architecture
armeabi-v7a
Downloads
39
Updated
Sep 14, 2026
Package
dev.anilbeesetti.nextplayer

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