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Home Page: https://podverse.fm
Mobile Apps: https://podverse.fm/about
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2024-10-25 18:28:36

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Please see this post for an explanation and lmk if you have more questions.
https://podcastindex.social/@podverse/113369455734953043

2024-10-25 18:23:31

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it looks like the “Censor text” setting is on for your podverse. It uses a big open source list of words to obscure with * when enabled. Here is a screenshot of where it can be disabled. I’m pretty sure it is turned off by default on all fresh installs of Podverse. Maybe there was a version released a long time ago where it was on by default though. Hope that helps.
https://cdn.masto.host/podcastindexsocial/media_attachments/files/113/369/450/312/271/644/original/1e3d8fa78e2a0f19.png

2024-09-18 19:04:35

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Hi @npub1vc9…g9a3 I'm sorry for the late reply! It has been a very busy 2 weeks.
I appreciate you reaching out to us for this. It is very generous of you to offer this program. If there are no strings attached to receiving this donation from PodToo, then I can't imagine any reason not to. At the same time, rarely does "no strings attached" exist in life...if we sign up, are we obligating ourselves to any conditions besides what is listed under the "who can apply?" section?

2024-09-18 17:42:55

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not to my knowledge. We only have an integration with Alby at the moment.
We're in the middle of a full rewrite of the Podverse infrastructure and apps. Our V4V integrations will be a later phase of development of PV NextGen, but we're hoping to add more V4V options and integrations with other service providers, if possible. Things change and evolve so quickly I'm not entirely sure what options are available to us at this time.

2024-08-11 20:26:51

For Podverse Next Gen, we want to build a database that supports ALL of the Podcasting 2.0 RSS tags.
Whether or not we use each tag in apps will be decided over time, but we at least want the data there in case we need it.
If anyone would like to help review our database schema, we'd love your help.
The work-in-progress schema can be found here:
https://github.com/podverse/podverse-ops/blob/v5-develop/docs/database/0001_init_database.sql
And everyone is welcome to the HQ for Podverse Next Gen discussion in this Matrix room:
https://matrix.to/#/#podverse-next-gen:matrix.org

2024-08-09 01:23:24

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good to know. As a last resort, it may come to that. It should a temporary problem anyway until the next gen Podverse is released.

2024-08-08 23:16:53

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yes afaik Apple CarPlay should be working for months now. I don't have a car with CarPlay or Android Auto support tho so I only know what works in the emulators.

2024-08-08 22:39:18

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thanks for the encouragement.
The reality is we are just trying to keep this current version of Podverse on Google Play, and then 100% focus on the next generation Podverse which won't even have this quirky Android Auto setup. The problem is these GP rejections are holding me back from truly focusing on next-gen 🙄
Hopefully the next gen version will not have any of the issues you're seeing with other audio apps either.

2024-08-08 22:36:07

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yeah, that is our worst case fallback option. A big tradeoff though since a lot of people depend on Android Auto support for convenience and due to laws in their country.

2024-08-08 22:25:42

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Worst case scenario to prevent Podverse from getting removed from Google Play is we'd need to disable Android Auto...which is a pretty bad scenario.
Going to try adding test requirement info into the release notes, and hopefully some human on the other side at Google will see it and realize what needs to be done. Not sure if there is a better way to get this test info to a tester...

2024-08-08 21:59:16

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appreciate it ❤️ still exploring options. Hopefully we'll get past it.

2024-08-08 21:41:20

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Is it even possible to contact a human being at Google Play who can explain what the issue is? Who can explain why they are accepting some apps with "Draw over apps" as an AA requirement, but not Podverse? Who can confirm if they're even trying to accept the permission in their tests? Seems like all we ever get is a template response to our appeals that sheds no light beyond the initial rejection.

2024-08-08 21:39:05

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We've already sent an appeal explaining the "Draw over apps" permission, but they rejected the appeal, and of course provide no additional info, such as whether they even enabled "Draw over apps" in their test or not. They rejected us in the past, but approved it after appeal explaining the permission needed.
We're currently working on an all-new version of Podverse that shouldn't require this permission, but that won't be done for months. I'm afraid current PV may be removed before then.

2024-08-08 21:36:14

Podverse's standing in the Google Play Store is in a precarious position.
Our latest update is getting rejected, and they're saying "Application does not load in the Android Auto environment" but in our tests with the AA emulator, as long as the "Draw over apps" permission is enabled, Podverse + AA is working.
The thing is, we HAVE to release an update to Google Play that increases the SDK version of the app in the next few weeks, or Google Play says they'll remove the app 😞

2024-04-26 22:30:15

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this is helpful, thanks [@js](https://podcastindex.social/@js)

2024-04-26 22:27:47

⚠️ Maintenance Tonight ⚠️
We will be performing server maintenance around 8pm US Pacific time. The mobile app will only work in offline mode during this time. Expected downtime is ~30 minutes.
We've choosen Friday night as it is one of our lowest traffic times.
The goal of this work is to further optimize our database, by dropping unnecessary, bulky indexes and columns, and adding more efficiently designed tables.

2024-04-22 19:17:44

Some podcasts use up to 6 tracking related redirects before their server finally delivers the file to you.
If you're noticing some podcasts failing to download on Podverse for Android (but playback by streaming works), we are running into a "too many redirects" error with our downloader library.
We're investigating a way to fix it in 4.16.2.

2023-06-12 03:14:19

Podverse Beta Testers 🛠️
We would greatly appreciate your help! To join our Beta test tracks:
iOS TestFlight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/VpxVTOsT
Google Play Beta: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.podverse
F-Droid: https://github.com/podverse/podverse-rn/blob/develop/docs/how-to-join-podverse-for-fdroid-beta-track.md