iCatcher! Podcast Player

May 31, 2024

If you get ongoing value from iCatcher, then please consider the Tip Jar in the help and settings tab or tell your friends about the app. Thank you Bug Fixes -Fix when subscribing to a feed that does a non-permanent redirect -Fixes related to podcasting 2.0 and transcripts -Fix for podcast feeds that included some basic html within a tag without using CDATA like they are supposed to. -Adding the follow/subscribe button back on the podcast details page when viewing a podcast that is in your not following area View the Settings tab, What’s New to view past updates Follow me on x @joeisanerd and mastodon joeisanerd@techhub.social

May 7, 2024

If you get ongoing value from iCatcher, then please consider the Tip Jar in the help and settings tab or tell your friends about the app. Thank you New Stuff +For podcasts that have podcast index support for the person tag the info people will show in the show notes below the episodes published date. If they have an image that will show too. Tapping the name will show more details. Bug Fixes -Fix for tap bar missing after video playback ends that was in portrait fullscreen -Fix for audio cutting out in some situations when locking the phone -Fix for handling podcast feed that doesn't change title of episode, but changes the file download url and misuses GUID. View the Settings tab, What’s New to view past updates Follow me on x @joeisanerd and mastodon joeisanerd@techhub.social

April 20, 2024

If you get ongoing value from iCatcher, then please consider the Tip Jar in the help and settings tab or tell your friends about the app. Thank you New Stuff +Updated sorts within a podcast and within playlists to sort by date (day) then title A-Z. This is to handle the scenario where a podcast has episodes on a day, but publishes the Hour 1, Hour 2, Hour 3 out of pub date order. Bug Fixes -Fix for shortcuts action for creating a bookmark. The playback position parameter wasn't taking affect. -Fixes related to iCloud sync -Fix for chapters in show notes View the Settings tab, What’s New to view past updates Follow me on x @joeisanerd and mastodon joeisanerd@techhub.social

March 18, 2024

If you get ongoing value from iCatcher, then please consider the Tip Jar in the help and settings tab or tell your friends about the app. Thank you Bug Fixes -Additional bug fixes for crashes in certain areas -Fix for importing feeds not saving -Fix for crash when accessing the stats area 8.2.1 Bug Fixes -Fix for changing podcast sort within a podcasts settings -Fix for some podcast feeds not recognizing new episodes media files. 8.2 New Stuff +Updates to the Watch Now Playing view +Shortcuts app, new iCatcher shortcuts available: Add to Playlist; Settings search; Navigate To (opens iCatcher to a particular area like the now playing screen). Bug Fixes -Fix for the user agent setting. -Fix for issue where streaming episode gets marked as played due to playback error -Feed processing bug fixes -Possible fixes for certain crashes -Fix for video playback issue where it could show a flash of a white screen when starting playback -Shortcuts fix for View Podcast action to allow for variables. Example, now you can link the Currently Playing with the View Podcast to navigate to the currently playing podcast via shortcut. View the Settings tab, What’s New to view past updates Follow me on x @joeisanerd and mastodon joeisanerd@techhub.social

March 14, 2024

If you get ongoing value from iCatcher, then please consider the Tip Jar in the help and settings tab or tell your friends about the app. Thank you Bug Fixes -Fix for changing podcast sort within a podcasts settings -Fix for some podcast feeds not recognizing new episodes media files. -Fix for some crashing scenarios -Fix for fullscreen video finishing and not showing the top navigation bar 8.2 New Stuff +Updates to the Watch Now Playing view +Shortcuts app, new iCatcher shortcuts available: Add to Playlist; Settings search; Navigate To (opens iCatcher to a particular area like the now playing screen). Bug Fixes -Fix for the user agent setting. -Fix for issue where streaming episode gets marked as played due to playback error -Feed processing bug fixes -Possible fixes for certain crashes -Fix for video playback issue where it could show a flash of a white screen when starting playback -Shortcuts fix for View Podcast action to allow for variables. Example, now you can link the Currently Playing with the View Podcast to navigate to the currently playing podcast via shortcut. View the Settings tab, What’s New to view past updates Follow me on x @joeisanerd and mastodon joeisanerd@techhub.social

March 6, 2024

If you get ongoing value from iCatcher, then please consider the Tip Jar in the help and settings tab or tell your friends about the app. Thank you New Stuff +Updates to the Watch Now Playing view +Shortcuts app, new iCatcher shortcuts available: Add to Playlist; Settings search; Navigate To (opens iCatcher to a particular area like the now playing screen). Bug Fixes -Fix for the user agent setting. -Fix for issue where streaming episode gets marked as played due to playback error -Feed processing bug fixes -Possible fixes for certain crashes -Fix for video playback issue where it could show a flash of a white screen when starting playback -Shortcuts fix for View Podcast action to allow for variables. Example, now you can link the Currently Playing with the View Podcast to navigate to the currently playing podcast via shortcut. View the Settings tab, What’s New to view past updates Follow me on x @joeisanerd and mastodon joeisanerd@techhub.social

January 18, 2024

If you get ongoing value from iCatcher, then please consider the Tip Jar in the help and settings tab or tell your friends about the app. Thank you New Stuff +Selecting multiple episodes within a podcast now has a similar playlist actions available instead of just Add to Playlist. If those episodes are all in a playlist, then it would show the option to remove instead of add. This behavior was already done for single episode actions Bug fixes -Fix for the skip back previous action via headphones 8.1.4 New Stuff +Updated sleep timer actions available in the shortcuts app +Add next/previous episode Siri shortcut option in settings, Siri shortcuts +New actions available in the shortcuts app. Including: ++View Podcast. Navigate to a podcast within the app ++Playlist Details. Returns details like episode count & episode details. Can be used with other actions ++Chapter Skipping updated with option to go to current chapter (restarting it). ++Updated Podcast Episode filters allowing you to find episodes that are in/not in a playlist as well as apply the pub date filters like latest unplayed, oldest unplayed, etc. Bug Fixes -Fix for the latest unplayed pub date for each podcast. You will need to refresh your podcasts for the dates to get fixed. This affected playlists created that used the latest unplayed pub date option -Bug fix for interrupt and resume playback. This might also have caused playback to start while in the background after a period of time -Fix for animation when tapping the skip ahead and skip back View the Settings tab, What’s New to view past updates Follow me on x @joeisanerd and mastodon joeisanerd@techhub.social

January 15, 2024

If you get ongoing value from iCatcher, then please consider the Tip Jar in the help and settings tab or tell your friends about the app. Thank you New Stuff +Updated sleep timer actions available in the shortcuts app +Add next/previous episode Siri shortcut option in settings, Siri shortcuts +New actions available in the shortcuts app. Including: ++View Podcast. Navigate to a podcast within the app ++Playlist Details. Returns details like episode count & episode details. Can be used with other actions ++Chapter Skipping updated with option to go to current chapter (restarting it). ++Updated Podcast Episode filters allowing you to find episodes that are in/not in a playlist as well as apply the pub date filters like latest unplayed, oldest unplayed, etc. Bug Fixes -Fix for the latest unplayed pub date for each podcast. You will need to refresh your podcasts for the dates to get fixed. This affected playlists created that used the latest unplayed pub date option -Bug fix for interrupt and resume playback. This might also have caused playback to start while in the background after a period of time -Fix for animation when tapping the skip ahead and skip back View the Settings tab, What’s New to view past updates Follow me on x @joeisanerd and mastodon joeisanerd@techhub.social

December 18, 2023

If you get ongoing value from iCatcher, then please consider the Tip Jar in the help and settings tab or tell your friends about the app. Thank you New Stuff +Updated the category settings for a podcast so it functions like the episodes to include/ignore. +Local watch playback has a new option when you double tap the playback rate. This will present a control to change the playback rate ranging from 0.5 to 3.0 in .1 increments +Add Top 10 podcasts listened to in the settings Stats Bug Fixes -Fix for overlapping text on now playing below the time slider. -Fix for gestures not working on now playing for some scenarios. -Fix for paid/premium podcasts that have a user id and password not completing the follow/subscribe process. View the Settings tab, What’s New to view past updates Follow me on x @joeisanerd and mastodon joeisanerd@techhub.social

December 6, 2023

If you get ongoing value from iCatcher, then please consider the Tip Jar in the help and settings tab or tell your friends about the app. Thank you New Stuff +Playlist settings adjustment so newer than and older than use complete day (midnight) instead of current time. Example newer than 2 days includes today and yesterday published date. +Added preview action for episodes when viewing a podcasts feed that you already have in iCatcher. Previously this will limited to episodes that were not already on the device +Updated the tap and hold on episodes to include a download now option if the episode is queued +Consolidated the tap and hold add to playlist/download + playlist option. After selecting a playlist if the episodes is not ready to play/queued for download, then it will prompt with options. This option now allows you select a playlist that it was explicitly added to and have it remove it from that playlist. +Consolidated the add to playlist/download + playlist when tapping a single episode. This is now just playlists like the tap and hold. After adding a playlist if the episodes is not ready to play/queued for download, then it will prompt with options. +New View Podcast app intent shortcut Bug Fixes -Fix for voice over bug after dismissing show notes. Phantom Remove prepended to episode title -Fix for Chapters toc = false for podcasting 2.0 chapters -Fix for Fast-forward/rewind where it would reset to 1x -Fix for show notes not showing completely on some devices View the Settings tab, What’s New to view past updates Follow me on x @joeisanerd and mastodon joeisanerd@techhub.social

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