Showing release year on search result listings and artist pages

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 ### Added
 
+- Show year of album `release_date` in Search panes and on Artist album panes [#1024](https://github.com/Rigellute/spotify-tui/pull/1024)
 - Show `album_type` in Search panes [#868](https://github.com/Rigellute/spotify-tui/pull/868)
 - Add option to set window title to "spt - Spotify TUI" on startup [#844](https://github.com/Rigellute/spotify-tui/pull/844)
 

src/ui/mod.rs

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use tui::{
   Frame,
 };
 use util::{
-  create_artist_string, display_track_progress, get_artist_highlight_state, get_color,
+  create_artist_string, create_album_type_and_release_year_string, display_track_progress, get_artist_highlight_state, get_color,
   get_percentage_width, get_search_results_highlight_state, get_track_progress_percentage,
   millis_to_minutes, BASIC_VIEW_HEIGHT, SMALL_TERMINAL_WIDTH,
 };
@@ -470,11 +470,12 @@ where
               album_artist.push_str(&app.user_config.padded_liked_icon());
             }
           }
+
           album_artist.push_str(&format!(
             "{} - {} ({})",
             item.name.to_owned(),
             create_artist_string(&item.artists),
-            item.album_type.as_deref().unwrap_or("unknown")
+            create_album_type_and_release_year_string(item)
           ));
           album_artist
         })
@@ -1238,11 +1239,12 @@ where
             album_artist.push_str(&app.user_config.padded_liked_icon());
           }
         }
+
         album_artist.push_str(&format!(
           "{} - {} ({})",
           item.name.to_owned(),
           create_artist_string(&item.artists),
-          item.album_type.as_deref().unwrap_or("unknown")
+          create_album_type_and_release_year_string(item)
         ));
         album_artist
       })

src/ui/util.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use super::super::app::{ActiveBlock, App, ArtistBlock, SearchResultBlock};
 use crate::user_config::Theme;
 use rspotify::model::artist::SimplifiedArtist;
+use rspotify::model::album::SimplifiedAlbum;
 use tui::style::Style;
 
 pub const BASIC_VIEW_HEIGHT: u16 = 6;
@@ -47,6 +48,14 @@ pub fn create_artist_string(artists: &[SimplifiedArtist]) -> String {
     .join(", ")
 }
 
+pub fn create_album_type_and_release_year_string(album_item: &SimplifiedAlbum) -> String {
+  // No matter the release_date_precision, release_date should always start with a four-digit string of the year (YYYY[-MM[-DD]]).
+  // Getting those first four letters/digits should always work.
+  let album_release_year = album_item.release_date.as_deref().unwrap().get(0..4).unwrap();
+
+  album_item.album_type.as_deref().unwrap_or("unknown").to_owned() + ", " + album_release_year
+}
+
 pub fn millis_to_minutes(millis: u128) -> String {
   let minutes = millis / 60000;
   let seconds = (millis % 60000) / 1000;