What is being done? Is anything being worked on?

[Dorky_D]

You're optimistic that after a year of "development" they don't have a beta that is ready for public testing?

I'm no longer using this app for podcasting so I won't try the beta, but curious if casting is fixed in the .42 beta? It's not mentioned in the changelog, I know it was a big feature missing.

Now it has been 3 months since this announcement. Wow! It would be one thing if they said they were done, but they keep saying they are not. i guess, I really want to know why? Is it greener pastures, is it retirement, is it serving a jail sentence? What gives?

[KimW]

Hello All,

I wanted to give the latest update to you all. We will not be releasing a BETA version today as we had hoped for. As mentioned in my previous statements in other threads, we were planning for end of January to release, but that was pending any hang-ups in testing. Unfortunately, there were some issues found in testing that just won't be fixed by end of today.

Good news is, a lot of bugs have been confirmed as fixed and are ready, however the Chrome-casting bug, although now working (yay!), there is some new behavior that is not quite perfect and we do not want to push a BETA version without fixing those as well. We are hoping that we can get everything completely working as it should by end of next week and that we do not run into any further hang-ups. The development team will continue to work as quick as possible, but not sacrifice a quality release.

Sorry for the additional delay. I know everyone has been waiting longer than they should have for a new, working update. We are so so close so just hang on tight a tiny bit longer. I will keep everyone updated with any new information I may get from the team. Thank you all for your continued patience.

[Dorky_D]

Thank you for the update.

[KevinH]

For me the pausing has gotten worse in the last few weeks in particular. It happens when playing through bluetooth headphones, speaker and Android Auto but not when playing through the phone's own speaker. I always download episodes, I have pause on notification setting turned off and have added BP to Apps that won't be put to sleep in power management settings.

[KimW]

BETA version 4.3.0 is now available on our BETA Channel.

[Semmy7]

Click on widget play after reboot or long sleep (beyondpod not battery optimized):

28/02/2020 17:53:48: MediaPlaybackJobIntent (4.3.0) - MediaPlaybackJobIntent - is taking too long to load! Giving Up!
28/02/2020 18:16:39: MediaPlaybackJobIntent (4.3.0) - MediaPlaybackJobIntent - is taking too long to load! Giving Up!
28/02/2020 19:08:26: MediaPlaybackJobIntent (4.3.0) - MediaPlaybackJobIntent - is taking too long to load! Giving Up!