2014-11-08

gPodder 4 coming to Android

Yesterday, I've ported gPodder 4 to Android. This uses Qt 5 and Python 3, as well as the latest development version of PyOtherSide. Since then, I've also fixed some bugs related to font rendering. This means that gPodder 4 will be available in Google Play in a few hours. This is an early port, and gPodder 4's UI is still missing some features and platform integration, but the basic functionality works. What is known to not work (and what I'd like to see fixed in future versions):
  • Notifications / playback integration (so you can pause/skip from your lock screen)
  • Headphone disconnect notification (so gPodder pauses playback on disconnect)
  • Back button integration (so hitting the back button navigates between pages inside the app)
  • Text input fixes (depending on input method, this is a bit spotty at the moment)
  • Activities / URL schemes / intent integration (open gpodder:// URLs, feeds, etc...)
  • Opening of video files with external applications (like on other gPodder 4 platforms)
The source code is of course also available: https://github.com/gpodder/gpodder-android