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Native Android video player with broad format support including H.264, HEVC, VP9, and AV1. Features local playlists, M3U support, SFTP with SSH key auth, playback history, video trash and restore, plus biometric-locked secret folders. Open source under GPL-3.0 with no ads. Note: requests biometric and fingerprint permissions for folder privacy, plus foreground service for background playback.

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About this app

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

Supported formats ・ Video: H.263, H.264 AVC (Baseline Profile; Main Profile on Android 6+), H.265 HEVC, MPEG-4 SP, VP8, VP9, AV1

Support depends on Android device

・ 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

Support provided by ExoPlayer FFmpeg extension

・Subtitles: SRT, SSA, ASS, TTML, VTT, DVB

SSA/ASS has limited styling support see this issue

Features ・Native Android app with simple and easy-to-use interface ・Completely free and open source and without any ads or excessive permissions ・Software decoders for h264 and hevc ・Audio/Subtitle track selection ・Vertical swipe to change brightness (left) / volume (right) ・Horizontal swipe to seek through video ・Material 3 (You) support ・Media picker with tree, folder and file view modes ・Play videos from url ・Play videos from storage access framework (Android Document picker) ・Control playback speed ・External Subtitle support ・Zoom gesture ・Picture-in-picture mode

📄 License GNU General Public License v3.0(GPL-3.0)

🎯Project author:github@anilbeesetti

What's new

v0.18.0Sep 14, 2026
  • ●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
  • Full Changelog: https://github.com/anilbeesetti/nextplayer/compare/v0.17.5...v0.18.0

About this version

Version
0.18.0 (74)
Size
18.07 MB
Requires Android
7.0
Target SDK
24
Architecture
arm64-v8a
Downloads
108
Updated
Sep 14, 2026
Package
dev.anilbeesetti.nextplayer

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