v1.5.1

v1.5.1: The one that was unthinkable

⚠️READ ALL!!!!

Well, since a lot of people complained about it, I'm releasing an update with a revamped "output format" system, where you can modify how your files will be saved after the download (now you can choose exactly the name files, how folders will be created, etc...). You have just to follow the guidelines from SpotDL (there's a button to show them in the dialog in Settings > Downloader > Output format). I hope you like this change.

⚠️I highly recommend to go and check the settings since the last version default values may have interfered with the new system

If there is no more core functions that are buggy, this now will be truly the last version before the remake. Thank you all!

What's Changed

• merge dev into main by @BobbyESP in #237
• fix: Improved output format setting by @BobbyESP in #239

Full Changelog: v1.5.0...v1.5.1

v1.5.0

v1.5.0: The last Spowlo version (haha before the remake)

Hi guys! First of all so sorry for the delay and the lack of updates... My life has been quite busy these months, and I've also been involved in many other projects that helped to grow as developer (as well as the entrance to the Computer Engineering degree), but well, that doesn't really matter right now, A NEW UPDATE OF SPOWLO IS HERE!

This is the last version of Spowlo 1.x.x since I'm working on a remake (as I already told some time ago), but the thing is that the remake that I was working on didn't reached my expectatives and the code base wasn't good, that's why I have been working on a solid codebase for a new remake (yes, a remake of the remake), and since I have fixed all the core bugs, I just need to port the old code to it.

This new version adds a lot of options that you can check in the link of the "What's changed" head, as well as a lot of improvements and fixes to the downloader. Some options may not work, but the most are SpotDL problems. Anyways, you deserved this. Thanks so much for the support and positive energy that you give me all days in the Telegram channel (where you can get some sneek peeks) and more.

What's Changed

• Deleted all architectures except arm64-v8a
• feat: search artists, spotDL options, and incognito mode by @NiNiyas in #213

New Contributors

• @NiNiyas made their first contribution in #213

Full Changelog: v1.4.0...v1.5.0

v1.4.1

[!WARNING] If the app crashes at start time, please clear app data

v1.4.1

Since the last update broke the app for all Android 14 devices, I was forced to launch this hotfix.

What has been fixed

• The app doesn't crash anymore for Android 14 users
• Added a notification for when the app crashes because of a bad database migration

v1.4.0

Warning

If the app crashes at start time, please, clean data.

v1.4.0

Hello to you all guys! First of all thanks for using Spowlo.
Developing this app is not easy (and even more the 1.x.x that has a lot of spaguetti code) because of the technical difficulties that implies using Python behind the app for running spotDL.
These days I'm talking in the Telegram channel about the future of the app, and I'm really sad since I don't have a clear one. I'm considering creating an evolution of Spowlo (a new app!) with all my most recent knowledgement, making as stable as possible.
Since SpotDL downloads from YT Music, my non-developer right hand in this project, Wolf, and the community in the Telegram channel gave me an idea that I think would be nice, and it's to create a YT Music client with the downloader option embedding Spotify metadata. I will open a discuss for this release; I want to hear what you all think.

After this, here are the changes:

What has changed

• Added a new search page with pagination
• Added a crash handler page
• Improved a little bit the app performance and code
• Added the option of splitting folders by artist or playlist

What has been fixed

• The app doesn't crash anymore because of bad API calls
• Audio file sharing from the history page now works

Full Changelog: v1.3.4...v1.4.0

v1.3.4

1.3.4

What has been fixed

• Updated yt-dlp to 2023.7.6 (now the app works xd)

v1.3.3

What has changed

• Blocked SpotDL updates so we can focus on the Spowlo remake
• Fixed app not downloading sometimes becuase of dependencies
• Added SpotDL dependencies and bumped up embedded binary to 4.2.0

v1.3.2

What has been fixed

• Now the app can download songs (the latest SpotDL update added a new dependency for working, and it has been added in this version)

WARNING

Spowlo is having a remake soon, along with the dowloader library. This will allow us to improve the performance of the app alongside other things. If you want to know more, join our Telegram channel

A little sneek peak

v1.3.1

v1.3.1

What has been fixed:

• The download button now works fine (sorry for the inconveniences)

v1.3.0

v1.3.0

Spowlo is being remade (another time, yes, but this time way better) with an integrated Spotify client and also the downloader, so stay tuned. Join the Telegram channel for more info and sneak peeks.

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This version includes breaking changes with nice new features that will improve the user experience, as well as a better playlist management and a hole UI redesign.

What has changed

• Redesigned the UI
• Now the app has a botton navigation bar that contains the main page, the searcher page and also the tasks page
• THE APP SUPPORTS PARALLEL DOWNLOADS
• Now you can cancel the downloads that you are making (In a preview version but implemented)
• Added a hole new metadata viewer for the searcher page
• Replaced the "Configure before download" dialog (probably will be removed, as well as the main downloader page to be replaced by other one).
• Added a service for being able to download having the app in the background.
• Added notifications with progress
• The tasks page includes support for seeing the hole console output that spotDL makes.
• The app now has an spotDL updater

Closes #25
Closes #18

v1.2.1

v1.2.1

What has changed

• The geo bypass function was added to the experimental features options row

Full Changelog: v1.2.0...v1.2.1