1.6.0-beta01

• Common Library:
  • Upgrade Kotlin from 1.9.20 to 2.0.20 and use Compose Compiler Gradle
    plugin. Upgrade KotlinX Coroutines library from 1.8.1 to 1.9.0.
• ExoPlayer:
  • Initial audio session id is no longer immediately available after
    creating the player. You can use
    AnalyticsListener.onAudioSessionIdChanged to listen to the initial
    update if required.
• Transformer:
  • Add MediaProjectionAssetLoader, which provides media from a
    MediaProjection for screen recording, and add support for screen
    recording to the Transformer demo app.
  • Add #getInputFormat() to Codec interface.
  • Shift the responsibility to release the GlObjectsProvider onto the
    caller in DefaultVideoFrameProcessor and DefaultVideoCompositor when
    possible.
• Video:
  • Add experimental ExoPlayer API to drop late MediaCodecVideoRenderer
    decoder input buffers that are not depended on. Enable it with
    DefaultRenderersFactory.experimentalSetLateThresholdToDropDecoderInputUs.
• Session:
  • Keep foreground service state for an additional 10 minutes when playback
    pauses, stops or fails. This allows users to resume playback within this
    timeout without risking foreground service restrictions on various
    devices. Note that simply calling player.pause() can no longer be used
    to stop the foreground service before stopSelf() when overriding
    onTaskRemoved, use MediaSessionService.pauseAllPlayersAndStopSelf()
    instead.
  • Make MediaSession.setSessionActivity(PendingIntent) accept null
    (#2109).
  • Keep notification visible when playback enters an error or stopped
    state. The notification is only removed if the playlist is cleared or
    the player is released.
  • Improve handling of Android platform MediaSession actions ACTION_PLAY
    and ACTION_PAUSE to only set one of them according to the available
    commands and also accept if only one of them is set.
• Remove deprecated symbols:
  • Removed the following deprecated DownloadHelper methods:
    • Constructor DownloadHelper(MediaItem, @Nullable MediaSource, TrackSelectionParameters, RendererCapabilities[]), use
      DownloadHelper(MediaItem, @Nullable MediaSource, TrackSelectionParameters, RendererCapabilitiesList) instead.
    • getRendererCapabilities(RenderersFactory), equivalent
      functionality can be achieved by creating a
      DefaultRendererCapabilitiesList with a RenderersFactory, and
      calling DefaultRendererCapabilitiesList.getRendererCapabilities().
  • Removed
    PlayerNotificationManager.setMediaSessionToken(MediaSessionCompat)
    method. Use
    PlayerNotificationManager.setMediaSessionToken(MediaSession.Token) and
    pass in (MediaSession.Token) compatToken.getToken()instead.