Maintenance release - 0.4.1

Hello, everyone! I'm releasing this tiny version of Spot with just some minor features and fixes. It is already on Flathub!

This release includes a major fix for Spotify's API.

• Port UI to Blueprint (made by @alissonlauffer)
• Provide Application Name to PulseAudio (made by @XGZepto)
• GStreamer backend (made by @xou816)
• Add link to matrix rooms. (made by @knokelmaat)
• Fix login screen according to #625 (made by @hegdenischay)
• Use libadwaita::AboutWindow instead of gtk::AboutDialog (made by @hegdenischay)
• Add play button to album and playlist view (made by @Zaedus)
• Update subproject blueprint-compiler to v0.8.1 (made by @nmschulte)

Release 0.4.0

It's been a while, hasn't it? I'm back, but please allow everyone some time to work through the issues and pull requests :)

What's Changed

• update gtk rs by @xou816 in #589
• Update to librespot 0.4.2 by @janbrummer in #583
• Feature / Fix?: Follow the system theme by @ctsk in #548
• Mark as single main window app by @nicolasfella in #526
• Implement track preloading for gapless playback by @supremesnickers in #532
• Try to unlock the keyring collection when it is locked by @rainDiX in #560
• Dependencies updates by @xou816 in #595
• fix overlap between timestamp and long song title by @XGZepto in #597
• fix #558 by @xou816 in #598
• Playlist edition by @xou816 in #590
• Resolve #539 by @SomewhereOutInSpace in #599
• Bump secret-service from 2.0.2 to 3.0.1 by @dependabot in #603
• use librespot's cache by @xou816 in #605
• 0.4.0 by @xou816 in #608

New Contributors

• @janbrummer made their first contribution in #583
• @ctsk made their first contribution in #548
• @supremesnickers made their first contribution in #532
• @rainDiX made their first contribution in #560
• @XGZepto made their first contribution in #597
• @SomewhereOutInSpace made their first contribution in #599

Full Changelog: 0.3.3...0.4.0

Thanks to all the contributors who are somehow still around :) If you feel like you've been unjustly forgotten from the AUTHORS or TRANSLATORS file, feel free to open a PR.

Release 0.3.2

What's Changed

• save tracks to library
• basic Spotify URI handling (thanks @bbb651!)
• settings dialog (thanks @sei0o!)
• brand new icon (thanks @bertob!)
• bug fixes

New Contributors

• @keringar made their first contribution in #440
• @fbabetto made their first contribution in #446
• @ChrisLane made their first contribution in #455
• @bertob made their first contribution in #483

Full Changelog: 0.3.1...0.3.2

Release 0.3.1

Bugfix release:

• fix a startup crash with some locales (thanks @jakubiszon26!)
• fix a crash when attempting to view some users' profile (thanks @juxuanu!)

Release 0.3.0

What's new

There has been no release for a while, but this one packs quite a few features:

• redesigned several parts of the application: headers, selection tools, library, album view... (thanks @jannuary!)
• many, many, many more subtle design changes and tweaks still owed to @jannuary
• playlists are now accessible from the sidebar (thanks @abegert!)
• the album art is visible for individual songs, and the release year is visible for albums (thanks @abegert and @sei0o!)
• volume control over MPRIS (thanks @Diegovsky!)
• as always, updated translations for yet more languages; thanks to the many people involved on POEditor!

Thank you so much to everyone involved for this release, including those I could not mention. If you're willing to contribute, do not hesitate to seek advice from those trusted contributors, and be sure to direct your UX questions towards @jannuary (as long as they're fine with it!).

New Contributors

• @abegert made their first contribution in #333
• @gostsdmitry made their first contribution in #385
• @mentos1386 made their first contribution in #396

Full Changelog: 0.2.2...0.3.0

Quickfix 0.2.2

What's Changed

• Set accent color to green by @jannuary in #353
• Add tooltips to playback controls by @xRMG412 in #352
• Add check for zero in "next_index" by @xRMG412 in #357
• Automatically try other ports in case of timeouts by @sei0o in #363

New Contributors

• @xRMG412 made their first contribution in #352

Full Changelog: 0.2.1...0.2.2

Release 0.2.1

What's Changed

• Add --device=dri so GTK4 can access GPU by @Alexmitter in #288
• Adding Purism's custom FormFactor specification by @1peter10 in #293
• #129: clear saved credentials when login fails by @xou816 in #320
• #311: parse track=null by @xou816 in #319
• set a specific revision of libadwaita by @xou816 in #330
• Adds a status page to Library and Playlists pages. by @Diegovsky in #315
• #240: load all tracks for long albums by @xou816 in #331
• Added ap-port option to gsettings by @sei0o in #339
• saved tracks by @xou816 in #335
• Added info about Caps Lock in login screen by @przebor in #345

New Contributors

• @Alexmitter made their first contribution in #289
• @igor-dyatlov made their first contribution in #290
• @1peter10 made their first contribution in #293
• @Diegovsky made their first contribution in #315
• @sei0o made their first contribution in #339
• @przebor made their first contribution in #345

Full Changelog: 0.2.0...0.2.1

Release 0.2.0

What's new:

• ported app to GTK4 and libadwaita
• MPRIS: handle shuffling and loop status
• iimproved album size on small screens

Release 0.1.16

What's new:

• added a new album info modal with full release details (thanks TotalDarkness-NRF!)
• improved player controls: added the ability to repeat a single track or the whole queue (thanks TotalDarkness-NRF!)
• improved login credentials management: (re)use auth token when possible instead of always using email and password (thanks nn1ks!)
• MPRIS fixes: raising the player is now properly implemented (thanks eladyn!)
• ...actually fix an issue with playlists not being modifiable when login in with email

Special thanks to TotalDarkness-NRF for contributing several major features for this version.

Release 0.1.15

What's new:

• ability to remove tracks from writable playlists
• improved login error handling
• fixed an issue with playlists not being modifiable when login in with email
• MPRIS: the desktop entry for Spot is now properly referenced (thanks nicolasfella!)
• quality: various clippy fixes (thanks nn1ks!)
• new translations: Turkish, Indonesian and Brazilian Portuguese (thanks YusufOzmen01, cho2 and lucraraujo, as well as ondras12345 for the reviews!)