Android SDK 5 Release Notes
The current version of the Android SDK 5 is 5.5.0. To install this release, please contact your regional NAGRA representative.
| Release | Purpose | New features | Fixes | Known issues |
|---|---|---|---|---|
5.5.0Release date: 28 Feb 2020 | This is the latest feature release and bug fixes for Android SDK 5. | Nexguard QuickMark pre-integration. Reference implementation for Server Side Ad Insertion wtih Yospace. NAGRA Insight Analytics support. PlayReady support for Android TV. CC608/708 support for HLS playback. Device attributes in licence response. SRT subtitles support. New streaming metrics for startup playback and zapping performance. | getCharacteristics() added to track info API (Android 4.x feature gap). Offline Playback example app does not work on all devices. “nv-portal-id” header added to for initialise device with PRM. copy_licence expiry date cannot be set beyond fifteen years. Clear streams do not download in offline-service-prm example code. | Screen rotation and bringing app to foreground causes green/grey full screen artefacts. Video tearing on Samsung Galaxy S6. HLS long playback on certain streams stops after a while. Resolution Capping Example App UI on Huawei P20. Pixel 3a (OS9 only) - no video on a certain encrypted Live DASH. stream |
5.4.1Release date: 14 Jan 2020 | This is the latest feature release for Android SDK 5. | Support for progressive MP4 playback | There are no fixes in this release. | Screen rotation and bringing app to foreground causes green/grey full screen artefacts Video tearing on Samsung Galaxy S6 HLS long playback on certain streams stops after a while |
5.4.0Release date: 05 Dec 2019 | This is the latest feature release and bug fixes for Android SDK 5. | Android 10 (Q) support HLS and PRM Playback 18:9 Scale to fit with crop Key rotation with temporal license pre-delivery for Nagra SSP. | Example code for offline playback app crash. | Screen rotation and bringing app to foreground causes green/grey full screen artefacts. Video tearing on Samsung Galaxy S6. HLS long playback on certain streams stops after a while. |
5.3.1Release date: 12 May 2020 | This release fixes a video flickering issue on the Amazon Fire TV Stick (2nd Gen). | There are no new features in this release. | Amazon TV Firestick (2nd Gen) video flickering and bandwidth changes. | Screen rotation and bringing app to foreground causes green/grey full screen artifacts Video tearing on S6 with stream S4C Multisubs (SMPTE‑TT‑TXT) ‑ (device specific and not on SDK4) Playback issue with Widevine Encrypted Live DASH stream (Channel 4) Playback occupies left of screen on LG‑G3 Multi instance fails on certain devices |
5.3.0Release date: 22 Aug 2019 | This is the latest feature release and bug fixes for Android SDK 5. | Android SDK 5.x for offline playback with DASH and Widevine IMA support with Android 5.x
| No spinner when network bandwidth is low. Session tear‑down and error handling when sessions limit is 1. Provide player error callback only if retry attempts have failed. | Screen rotation and bringing app to foreground causes green/grey full screen artefacts. Video tearing on S6 with stream S4C Multisubs (SMPTE‑TT‑TXT) ‑ (device specific and not on SDK4). Playback issue with Widevine Encrypted Live DASH stream (Channel 4). Screen saver appears during long play test. Playback occupies left of screen on LG‑G3. Multi instance fails on certain devices. |
5.2.0Release date: 26 Jun 2019 | This is the latest feature release and bug fixes for Android SDK 5. | Player Statistics API support | Quality on low bandwidth is worse in 5.x than 4.x. Player crashes when playing any stream on Xiaomi Pad 2. Sample‑application play in portrait‑ rotate device and video pane shrinks. | Screen rotation and bringing app to foreground causes green/grey full screen artefacts. Video tearing on S6 with stream S4C Multisubs (SMPTE‑TT‑TXT) ‑ (device specific and not on SDK4). Playback issue with Widevine Encrypted Live DASH stream (Channel 4). Sample application screen saver appears during long play test. |
5.1.0Release date: 25 Apr 2019 | This is the latest feature release for Android SDK 5. | Amazon Fire TV Support Secure Session Management (SSM) support for Widevine | There are no fixes in this release. | Screen rotation and bringing app to foreground causes green/grey full screen artefacts. Video tearing on S6 with stream S4C Multisubs (SMPTE‑TT‑TXT) ‑ (device specific and not on SDK 4). LG‑only, whilst example app is running double tap on the off/button causes audio to continue playing on the lock screen. Playback issue with Widevine Encrypted Live DASH stream (Channel 4). Second SSM session does not start in Multi instance mode on certain devices. Screen saver appears during long play test. |
5.0.0Release date: 27 Mar 2019 | This is the first release of the CONNECT Player SDK for Android. | Implementation of Widevine to include:
Fire TV devices are not yet officially supported. | There are no fixes in this release. | There are no known issues with this release. |