Android Changelog

Each version entry in this changelog lists all updates, improvements, and maintenance releases for the JWX Android SDK 4.

These notes help you track technical changes, performance enhancements, and stability updates across releases.

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For information about new features, deprecations, updates that may affect workflows or integrations, and historical release notes, see our Android release notes.

4.25.0

April 21, 2026

New Features

Added the setPlaylistItemMetadata API to update the current playlist item’s title, description, and poster image without reloading the player.
Added support for retrieving buffering data from live streams.

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where the VAST progress bar could freeze after an ad error.
Fixed an issue where live audio streams could fail to play.
Fixed an issue where captions appeared oversized when the player view exceeded the rendered video area.
Fixed a crash that could occur when a VOD playlist advanced ro the next media item while the app was in the background on Android 12+.
Fixed an issue where preroll ads and video content could play simultaneously when tapping replay.
Fixed an issue where JWS ad tag macros (such as __page-url__, __timestamp__) were not replaced in IMA ad requests.
Fixed a crash that could occur when interacting with player controls during teardown.

4.24.2

March 1, 2026

Fixed an issue where preroll ads would incorrectly replay after seeking.

4.24.1

February 25, 2026

Updated the live stream UI to correctly reflect the paused state.
Fixed a race condition where IMA preroll ads could fail when playlist items loaded asynchronously.
Fixed Chromecast captions not displaying during casting and not restoring after disconnecting
Fixed a potential crash caused by a null reference when making ad API calls.

4.24.0

December 29, 2025

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Upgrading to this version requires setting the compiling and target SDK versions when adding the SDK to your app.

New Features

Upgraded Google IMA SDK to version 3.37.0. You must enable core library desugaring when adding Google IMA client dependencies.
Improved support for embedded captions in HLS streams when casting to Chromecast.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a Picture-in-Picture (PiP) crash that could occur when PiP was triggered multiple times in quick succession.

4.23.0

December 2, 2025

Corrected Live UI behavior in DVR live streams so the indicator accurately reflects the viewer’s current position.

4.22.0

November 12, 2025

Upgraded OM SDK to version 1.6.0.