vlc_player 0.7.21

A Flutter plugin for video playback using VLC.

Changelog

Unreleased

0.7.21 - 2026-05-17

Added

• Added opt-in controller event throttling for progress-only native updates, while keeping playback state changes and errors immediate.
• Added Dart tests for throttled event coalescing, critical-event bypass, error bypass, and disposal cleanup.

0.7.20 - 2026-05-17

Changed

• Reduced desktop texture-frame buffer churn by reusing same-size video buffers and copying rendered pixels only when a new frame generation is available.
• Added shared native tests for desktop frame buffer reuse and texture copy generation tracking.

0.7.19 - 2026-05-17

Changed

• Improved integration test diagnostics and cleaned temporary format fixtures after each test case.
• Added Dart-side event pressure tests for duplicate native events and repeated error payloads.

0.7.18 - 2026-05-17

Changed

• Added value equality to player state snapshots so duplicate native events do not trigger redundant listener notifications.
• Stabilized macOS integration coverage for the full-player orientation control.

0.7.17 - 2026-05-17

Changed

• Reduced duplicated integration and native test scaffolding with shared test helpers.
• Centralized release tag/version validation used by publish CI jobs.

0.7.16 - 2026-05-17

Changed

• Expanded Windows and Linux native core tests for lifecycle, validation, and snapshot stability edge cases.

0.7.15 - 2026-05-17

Changed

• Expanded Dart-side controller and value tests with shared method channel test utilities and additional edge-case coverage.

0.7.14 - 2026-05-17

Changed

• Expanded README usage examples and public Dart API documentation.

0.7.13 - 2026-05-16

Added

• Added CI coverage for local format compatibility integration tests, with smoke coverage on Android, full coverage on macOS and Windows, and iOS build validation.

0.7.12 - 2026-05-16

Added

• Expanded local format compatibility integration coverage to MP3, AAC/M4A, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, and Opus audio fixtures.

0.7.11 - 2026-05-16

Added

• Expanded local format compatibility integration coverage to MOV, MKV, WebM, and MPEG-TS video fixtures.

0.7.10 - 2026-05-16

Added

• Added local format compatibility integration fixtures and smoke coverage for MP4, HLS/M3U8, and external SRT subtitle loading.

0.7.9 - 2026-05-16

Fixed

• Compared VlcMediaInfo and VlcMediaTrackInfo instances by value so media metadata snapshots can be reliably compared in application code and tests.

0.7.8 - 2026-05-16

Fixed

• Compared structured VlcPlayerError.details payloads by value so equivalent Map/List details produce equal errors and matching hash codes.

0.7.7 - 2026-05-16

Changed

• Pinned Windows CI validation to the windows-2025-vs2026 runner image ahead of the GitHub-hosted Windows runner migration.

0.7.6 - 2026-05-16

Fixed

• Restored the previous source and playlist state when replacing media fails in the native player.

0.7.5 - 2026-05-16

Fixed

• Hardened media information and track description parsing so malformed native metadata payloads are ignored instead of throwing type errors.

0.7.4 - 2026-05-16

Fixed

• Hardened Dart-side platform event parsing so malformed native payload fields are ignored instead of throwing during event handling.

0.7.3 - 2026-05-16

Changed

• Updated GitHub Actions checkout steps to the Node 24 runtime generation to remove CI deprecation warnings.
• Updated Java setup and integration-test drive commands for more reliable GitHub Actions runs.
• Switched iOS integration CI to direct flutter test execution on a clean simulator to avoid Flutter Driver launch hangs.

0.7.2 - 2026-05-16

Fixed

• Preserve playlist state when a pending playlist item is replayed during platform view or texture attachment.

0.7.1 - 2026-05-16

Fixed

• Report playlist auto-advance loading failures through VlcPlayerValue.error instead of leaving them as unhandled asynchronous errors.

0.7.0 - 2026-05-16

Added

• Added package topics and third-party notices for VLC, VLCKit, MobileVLCKit, and the vendored libvlcpp headers.
• Added release metadata tests that verify pubspec, podspec, README, and changelog version alignment.

Changed

• Updated iOS and macOS podspec metadata to point at the project repository and package author.
• Replaced the example README template with plugin-specific run instructions.
• Hardened example integration tests to create native players without loading invalid media fixtures and to use VLC's dummy audio output on headless Linux CI, with Linux core coverage handled by native ctest.

Fixed

• Avoided querying native VLC playback state before a media source is attached on desktop texture players.

0.6.0 - 2026-05-16

Added

• Added VlcPlaylistLoopMode for playlist repeat behavior, including loopOne and loopAll handling for auto advance and manual navigation.

0.5.0 - 2026-05-16

Added

• Added Dart-side playlist support with setPlaylist(), next(), previous(), current playlist state, and optional auto advance on ended playback.

0.4.0 - 2026-05-16

Added

• Added VlcMediaSource and VlcPlayerController.setMedia() for loading media with HTTP headers, VLC media options, and an initial start position.

Changed

• Kept setSource() as the simple URI API and route it through the richer media source flow.

0.3.0 - 2026-05-16

Added

• Added VlcPlayerError, VlcPlayerException, and structured VlcPlayerValue.error playback errors.
• Normalized native platform error codes for Dart-facing command failures and playback error events.

0.2.0 - 2026-05-16

Added

• Added readiness, seekability, live stream detection, decoded video size, and buffering progress fields to VlcPlayerValue.
• Surfaced the new playback status fields from Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, and Linux native players.

Changed

• Updated the full player example to show loading state and disable seeking for non-seekable or live streams.

0.1.0 - 2026-05-16

Changed

• Hardened controller and native player lifecycle handling when widgets are detached, replaced, or disposed during async attachment.
• Strengthened release and CI validation so Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, and Linux run real plugin integration tests.

Fixed

• Rejected empty media URIs and non-finite playback speeds before they reach native VLC code.
• Returned track_not_found errors for missing iOS and macOS audio/subtitle track ids.

0.0.4 - 2026-05-16

Added

• Added Windows and Linux desktop playback support.
• Added desktop APIs for source, playback controls, seeking, volume, speed, tracks, subtitles, and media info.
• Added CI integration tests across Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, and Linux.

Fixed

• Improved native player lifecycle handling for desktop texture players.

0.0.3 - 2026-05-15

Fixed

• Fixed the release workflow so pub.dev validation runs before platform builds mutate example lockfiles.

0.0.2 - 2026-05-15

Added

• Added Windows support with bundled VLC runtime download.
• Added example pages for video, HLS, and full-player controls.
• Added GitHub Actions validation and pub.dev publishing workflow.

Fixed

• Improved player lifecycle handling and event delivery across platforms.

0.0.1 - 2026-05-15

Added

• Initial Android, iOS, and macOS implementation backed by VLC.