Fountain 1.1.6 - New Audio APIs, Performance Upgrades & Nested Navigation
Our latest release contains more bug fixes than ever before - plus we have improved navigation by making the bottom nav bar persistent across all pages.
With this update we wanted to strengthen the foundations and ensure that playback functionality is solid before rolling out some exciting new features and user experience improvements in the coming weeks.
New Audio APIs and Performance Upgrades
If you’ve been experiencing issues with playback on Fountain recently, there’s a good chance that they will be resolved in version 1.1.6. You can find an exhaustive list of issues that have been addressed below.
Queue
Episodes in queue being skipped and marked as played
Played episodes being added to queue
Playback
Audio won't play when offline on Android
App crashes during playback when device is locked
Playback position not being saved
Android Auto source error
Player
Lag when scrubbing through podcasts or music on player
Unable to go previous track when playing album or playlist
Mini player not showing chapter artwork and chapter title
Social
Unable to share clips as videos
Issues saving playlists
Grey screen when copying and pasting a link into a comment
Improved offline support for episode pages
Clip duration incorrect on show and episode pages
Payments
Timeout error when boosting
Unable to boost pending live streams
Value time splits not working
Podcasters
Unable to manage splits for a claimed podcast
Claim podcast option missing from show page menu
Navigation
Botton nav bar missing on certain pages
Settings
Show settings missing from show page when accessed via search
Just as a reminder, you can share feedback with us or submit a feature request via the main menu in the app, or by emailing hello@fountain.fm. We really appreciate your input and aim to get back to you within 48 hours.
Nested Navigation
Previously the bottom nav bar was only visible on primary screens. This caused some navigational headaches once you tapped through to a nested screen - particularly if you were multiple levels deep - and required a lot of back button bashing.
In version 1.1.6 we pushed an update so that the bottom nav now visible across most screens in the app. If you’ve tapped on a comment in the home feed, then a profile, then some activity on their profile page, you can now easily go back to where you started by tapping the home icon in the bottom nav.
If you want to help test new features out before they get released, or if you want to share feedback or send a feature request, you can join Fountain Beta on Telegram. All iOS and Android users welcome. Thank you to all the beta testers who have helped us get this update ready for release.