Release v0.1.4

Changes in this release:

• fix(tts): enable background audio playback (Ridi)

Contributors

• Ridi

Full Changelog: v0.1.3...v0.1.4

Release v0.1.0

📦 Changelog

✨ New Features & Enhancements

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📚 feat(novel): Cover Management & Local Backups

• 🖼️ Cover Management:

  • Added functionality to refresh and download novel covers using the MediaLibrary API.
  • Updated NovelScreen and related components to support cover management, including UI controls for downloading and refreshing.

• 💾 Local Backup Options:

  • Introduced export/import options for local backups, allowing users to manage and customize their backup preferences.

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🗣️ feat(tts): Microsoft Edge TTS & Playback Controls

• 🔊 New TTS Provider: Added support for Microsoft Edge Online TTS in addition to the default system TTS.
• 🎚️ TTS Settings Enhancements: UI now supports selection of provider, voice, locale, rate, and pitch.
• ⏰ Playback Controls:
  • Implemented a sleep timer for TTS playback.
  • Introduced auto-stop after reading a set number of chapters.
• ⚡ Performance: Added audio preloading to improve Edge TTS responsiveness.(Still not working correctly)

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🌐 feat(translation): Background Tasks & Queued Translations

• ⚙️ Chapter translations now run as background tasks via a centralized task queue (ServiceManager).
  • Translate Novel meta information like, title, chapter title, description etc.
• 📥 If a chapter is not downloaded, the system now queues the download before translation.
• 📊 Extended database models (TranslationInfo, NovelGroupedTranslations) with novelPluginId and chapterPath for better plugin support.

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📖 feat(epub): Enhanced EPUB Export with Translations & Images

• 📦 EPUB generation has been refactored into a reusable utility (createNovelEpub).
• 🌍 Added support for exporting translated content to EPUB.
• 🖼️ Enabled image embedding (such as cover art) in exported EPUB files.

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*Install the .-customID.apk if you don't want to overwrite your current LNReader.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/r1di/lnreader/commits/v0.1.0