SpatialFlow

• What's New in SpatialFlow v1.8.2 — "Gigachad Update 🗿🍷" New Features & Enhancements Apple Music-Style Karaoke Lyrics: Word-by-word GPU smoothstep sweep shader with vocal swell physics and organic AGSL film grain backdrop. Dynamic Background Vocals: Syllable-accurate sweeping without mid-word freezing, responsive 350 ms spring entry, active sweep continuation, and expressive spring exit animations.
• Bulletproof TTML & XML Sanitization: Pre-sanitizes unescaped ampersands and malformed tags; suppresses raw XML fallthrough to permanently prevent code leaks on screen. Real-Time Floating Sync Bar: Dynamic offset controls (-0.5s, +0.5s, ms steps) directly on the lyrics view for live synchronization adjustments. Auto-Hiding Lyrics Controls: Playback controls smoothly fade after 3 seconds of inactivity, allowing lyrics to expand seamlessly to full screen. Native 32-Bit Float DSP & Bit-Perfect Engine: Parametric EQ, Dolby Atmos binaural spatialization, and USB DAC bit-perfect bypass.
• Background Playback Stability: High-performance partial wake locks and Wi-Fi locks in AudioPlaybackService to prevent playback halts during sleep or screen lock. Track-Isolated Local Audio Artwork: MediaStore thumbnail extraction (API 29+) and embedded ID3/Vorbis parsing in AudioArtworkFetcher, eliminating cover bleed across untagged files. SpatialFlow Live (Listener Presence): Lightweight Cloudflare Worker integration showing live listener counts with an icon-only M3 bottom sheet and privacy toggle. Material 3 Expressive & Liquid Glass: Kyant Backdrop liquid glass refraction, Chris Banes Haze blur, interactive floating nav bar, and pushing neighbor button groups. Canvas Video Backdrops & Transitions: 36x downscaled canvas video engine with 4 authentic transitions (Shuffle, Push, Flip, Crossfade). YouTube Music 2025 Recap Stories: Redesigned story experience with Room database migration (5 -> 6) and ANR elimination. Last.fm Native Scrobbler: Real-time scrobbling with offline database queue and loved tracks sync. Spotify In-App Login: Secure WebView authentication and curated Spotify explore feeds. Responsive Tablet Explore Layout: Proportional sizing on Spotify Explore banners for tablets and large displays.
• Bug Fixes & Stability Playback Halts: Fixed playback stopping abruptly in background due to OEM battery management. Lyrics Freezing: Fixed background vocals freezing mid-word (e.g. "(Yeah, yeah, yo)") during sweeps. XML Code Leaks: Suppressed raw <tt> markup from displaying when lyrics providers return malformed responses. Background Vocals Missing Exit: Added 350 ms spring exit animation when backing vocal phrases end. Background Vocals Premature Visibility: Kept background vocals hidden on upcoming lines until their active cue. Local Album Cover Bleed: Prevented MediaStore generic album ID collisions across untagged local files. Spotify Banner Distortion: Added responsive layout bounds for tablet and foldable displays. Duplicate Launcher Icons: Cleaned redundant <intent-filter> declarations in Manifest. LazyColumn Key Collision: Eliminated crash when playlists contained duplicate track IDs. Copyright Notice: Updated copyright notice to © 2026 Shubham Karande in Settings. Improvements & Refactoring Codebase Modularization: Decomposed monolithic FullPlayer and SettingsFragment into clean domain modules. Clean Image Architecture: Centralized local artwork extraction in AudioArtworkFetcher with Coil keying and reverted SpatialImage to pure Compose shimmer. Community Contributors: Added Contributors showcase in Settings About section honoring 4nx3b (yuki) and vossgraves. Purged Dead Code: Removed unused unit tests, deprecated XML splash layouts, and legacy project references. Important Notes Dynamic Theme requires Android 12+ for full Material You color extraction.
• This update includes a database migration (Room 5 -> 6) — please allow the initial launch to complete seamlessly.
• Clear app cache in Settings -> Storage -> Clear Image Cache if you experience any UI artifacts after upgrading.

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