Version 0.8.61

New

Improvements

Replaced uses of count == 0 or counf > 0 with simply checking if an array isEmpty. According to sources, this is a more efficient approach

Bug fixes

Version 0.8.57

New

Added looping to URLVideoPlayerView. Can now start looping videos, with completion handler for each loop.
Added asynchronous thumbnail generation to URLVideoPlayerView

Improvements

Added extension to String class to validate URL strings before initializing the URL object
Refactored private functions for acquiring images and videos by replacing the urlString parameter with a validated URL

Bug fixes

Fixed issue where using the loadVideo(…) function with completion handler would not call the completion block if the video was already cached

Version 0.8.46

New

Added Boolean for determining if URLVideoPlayerView is currently playing
Made the function for setting inMemory cache item costs, public

Improvements

Added link to more documentation
Added @discardableResult for deleting items from file system cache

Bug fixes

Version 0.8.36

New

Improvements

Bug fixes

Committing podspec. Failed to do so in previous new version update

Version 0.8.33

New

Improvements

Updated README to include documention on the URLVideoPlayerView as well as provided updated documentation on URLImageView

Bug fixes

Version 0.8.25

New

Improvements

Downgraded minimum iOS deployment target from iOS 11.0 to iOS 10.0

Bug fixes

Version 0.8.21

New

Improvements

Moved the URLImageView VideoPlayerView and URLVideoPlayerView and all of their relevant supplementary classes to a combined folder called views

Bug fixes

Version 0.8.18

New

Made the URLImageView VideoPlayerView and URLVideoPlayerView IBDesignable

Improvements

The URLImageView VideoPlayerView and URLVideoPlayerView can now be used in Storyboard

Bug fixes

Version 0.8.13

New

Committing Podfile.lock as suggessted by cocoapods.org

Improvements

Bug fixes

Version 0.8.10

New

Added .none case to CacheLocation to deprecate the CachePolicy enum

Improvements

Added relevant properties of DownloadTaskRequest to encodable/decodable functions
Deprecated the CachePolicy enum in favor of just using CacheLocation

Bug fixes

Version 0.8.0

New

Created CachedResourceIdentifierContext to separate concerns of identifying resources
Created DownloadManagerContext to separate concerns of identifying pending downloads
Added functions for cancelling, pausing and resuming all available download tasks
Implemented didCompleteWithError function for handling when downloads fail with error or finish without creating file URL
Implemented URLSession background function to handle when downloads complete while app is in background
Added a reset function to URLVideoPlayerView to perform clean up and revert to initial state
Created internal CachedResourceIdentifier struct to keep track of cached resources and their location, whether in memory or file system.
Added utility function for getting info on files cached to the file system such as file size
Added functions for handling prefetch APIs such as pre-starting resources, cancelling and pausing downloads of external resources
Created the ObservableAVPlayer class to observe when a player reaches readyToPlayStatus. The URLVideoPlayer is then notified
Added functions to URLVideoPlayerView for playing video instead of accessing the player directly

Improvements

Cleaner code in Celestial class
Cleaner code in DownloadTaskManager class
Deprecated the GenericDownloadModel class in favor using only the DownloadTaskRequest, results in cleaner code
Addressed Data race (reader/writers issue) by using synchronous and barrier requests
Downloads may complete while app is in background
Improved on searching for videos in file storage by not using prefix/suffix during search. Videos are not saved by size/resolution at this time.
Renamed functions to be more obvious with their purpose.
Moved a variety of structs, enums and protocols to more generic places, improving code readability
Addressed risk of reference cycles
Moved most functions for beginning downloads, etc. off the main thread and onto the background and userInitiated threads where applicable
Proper observation of when a video is ready to play
Playing videos with URLVideoPlayerView’s play function will observe when the player has been initialized and ready to play. Results in being able to essentially “play a video when it is ready”

Bug fixes

Fixed Data race (reader/writers issue)
Fixed issue where localUniqueFileName would unexpectedly contain its own file extension in the file name
Addressed reference cycles by specifying weak self in various closures
Fixed issue where the play() function could be called on a URLVideoPlayerView’s AVPlayer before it exists, resulting in a blank view.

Version 0.7.38

New

Added custom Celestial related errors to provide more information on failed tasks
Added URL and String extension for creating a unique local file name

Improvements

Improved scroll performance when downloading and displaying images in UIScrollView cells by performing UIImage resizing on another thread.
Provided a less error-prone method of identifying cached resources by using the original SourceURL as the key. This works for both inMemory and FileSystem stored items by reconfiguring the SourceURL to be compatible with both. Improves upon handling URLs with unexpected forward slashes.

Bug fixes

Downloading and displaying images in UIScrollView cells no longer hangs up the main thread

Version 0.7.35

New

Downgraded minimum target from iOS 13 to iOS 11
Added support for pre-downloading, pausing and resuming tasks. To be used with Prefetching APIs

Improvements

Added resource existence state check which allows for checking various states of a resource such as currently downloading, finished but uncached, cached etc. This expansion of states allows for more flexibility when handing downloading resources in UIScrollViews
Exposure of pre-downloads allows for Prefetching APIs to begin downloads before UIScrollView cells appear on screen. Contributes to less time waiting for download
Moved AVURLAsset.loadKeys to extension to avoid duplicated code
Removed video resolution from file names as it serves little purpose. Cleaner code
Used Concurrent queue to initiate downloads.

Bug fixes

Use of concurrent queue to access current downloads fixes possible reader-writers crash when accessing the dictionary

Version 0.7.0

New

Added caching videos
Added caching to file system. Option of caching to memory still available
Added functionality to pause and resume download of external resources

Improvements

Added option of caching to file system fixes issue of NSCache releasing data at inopportune times.
Prevented UI-blocking by preparing images and videos on background thread and displaying on main thread only when ready. Improves scrolling performance in UITableView and UICollectionView
Added superclass URLCachableView and URLCachableViewDelegate to help with subclass conformance and removal of redundant delegate receivers. Latter reduces code on developer's end.

Bug fixes

Fixed issue of scrolling performance taking a hit when disaplying images and videos

Version 0.6.0

New

Added VideoPlayerView for conveniently allowing for playing videos in a UIView that maintains and auto resizes its own AVPlayerLayer. Also contains getter/setter for AVPlayer

Improvements

N/A

Bug fixes

N/A

Version 0.5.26

New

N/A

Improvements

N/A

Bug fixes

Made the setCacheCostLimit function public

Version 0.5.20

New

Added a "debug mode" to optionally print information to the console
Added NSCacheDelegate to observe when items are about to be evicted
Updated example code to showcase new cachable videos within UICollectionView
Added more code examples to README

Improvements

Resizes downloaded images on background thread (within URLImageView downloadTask) to match the size of the URLImageView, resulting in smaller image files. This also made scrolling cells with images faster and removed visible stutter.

Bug fixes

Fix scroll stutter due to handling large images on main thread

Version 0.5.6

New

Implemented new URLImageView function for observing progress, completion and errors all from within the same function using closures instead of delegation.
Implemented DownloadTaskHandler struct to assist with closure-related download function
Updated example code to showcase new function

Improvements

N/A

Bug fixes

N/A

Version 0.5.0

New

Added initial usage descriptions to the README. Examples include how to initialize/use:

CachableAVPlayerItem for caching and playing videos
URLimageView for caching and displaying images
Loading cachable images in UICollectionView / UITableView cells
Additionally, code examples show the use delegation functions

Improvements

N/A

Bug fixes

N/A

Version 0.4.0

New

* Created this CHANGELOG file

Improvements

N/A

Bug fixes

N/A

Version 0.3.1

New

Improvements

Added documentation to the various classes, structs, functions and properties

Bug fixes

N/A

Version 0.2.5

New

Version 0.2.8

New

Improvements

Changed the access modifier on the CachableAVPlayerItem and the URLImageView from public to open, in order to allow subclassing.

Bug fixes

N/A

Version 0.2.5

New

Improvements

Created a convenience initializer for URLImageView that automatically loads the image from the url
Added two delegate functions for setting cache cost limit and count limit to Celestial

Bug fixes

N/A

Version 0.2.1

New

N/A

Improvements

Latest release with video caching and image caching implemented

Bug fixes

N/A

Version 0.2.0

New

Implemented video caching
Implemented the CachableAVPlayerItem class, which is a subclass of the AVPlayerItem that allows Data(NSData) from a downloaded video to be cached.
Implemented the internal ResourceLoaderDelegate class, to assist with caching video data

Improvements

N/A

Bug fixes

N/A

Version 0.1.11

New

N/A

Improvements

Refactored the Image cache to be more modular

Bug fixes

N/A

Version 0.1.0

New

First commit
Implemented Image caching and URLImageView which loads images from external URLs

Improvements

N/A

Bug fixes

N/A