A simple material you video player based on Media3
About this app
Next Player is a native video player written in Kotlin and jetpack compose. It provides a simple and easy-to-use interface for users to play videos on their Android devices
This project is still in development and is expected to have bugs
Supported formats:
* Audio: Vorbis, Opus, FLAC, ALAC, PCM/WAVE (μ-law, A-law), MP1, MP2, MP3, AMR (NB, WB), AAC (LC, ELD, HE; xHE on Android 9+), AC-3, E-AC-3, DTS, DTS-HD, TrueHD * Video: H.263, H.264 AVC (Baseline Profile; Main Profile on Android 6+), H.265 HEVC, MPEG-4 SP, VP8, VP9, AV1 * Streaming: DASH, HLS, RTSP * Subtitles: SRT, SSA, ASS, TTML, VTT
Key Features:
* Native Android app with simple and easy-to-use interface * Completely free and open source and without any ads or excessive permissions * Material 3 (you) support * Audio/Subtitle track selection * Vertical swipe to change brightness (left) / volume (right) * Horizontal swipe to seek through video * Media picker with tree, folder and file view modes * Playback speed control * Pinch to zoom in and zoom out * Resize (fit/stretch/crop/100%) * Volume boost * External subtitle support (long press subtitle icon) * Controls lock * No ads, tracking or excessive permissions * Picture in picture mode
Project Repo: https://github.com/anilbeesetti/nextplayer
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Licensed under GPL-3.0-only, by Anil Kumar Beesetti.
What's New in v0.14.1
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
Version history
Nov 28, 2025 · 19.4 MB · Android API 21–36 · code 42
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
SHA-256 546e9162e1afd40c490359f94fd4adb058297ee4d617f61735645fc0b58af7d6
Sep 23, 2025 · 19.4 MB · Android API 21–36 · code 40
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
SHA-256 6932187b4b9db5b6d5b616e5d324567b14e5ec9ede0f8f84ead648f4db515b7e
Jan 20, 2025 · 19.2 MB · Android API 21–35 · code 31
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- - Added preference to change control buttons position to either left or right
- - Added Background playback with notification
- - Improved Pip functionality
- - Updated Androidx Media3 version 1.5.1
- - Fixed an issue where video locations weren't properly updating after moving files to new folders
- - Resolved bugs related to Picture-in-Picture mode and background playback
SHA-256 4bcda446e1d402a62faa3b2b976894fd921321a692c2cfe5090dd002e77c50f4
Will it run on your device?
92%
- Runs on a broad range of modern Android versions.
- Multiple CPU architectures are covered.
- Aligned with the latest Android target SDK expectations.
Installation Guide
Open Settings on your Android device
Go to Security → Unknown sources (or Install unknown apps)
Enable "Allow from this source" for your browser or file manager
Open the downloaded APK file from your Downloads folder
Tap "Install" and wait for installation to complete
Launch the app from your home screen
Make sure to re-enable Unknown Sources restrictions after installation for security.
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546e9162e1afd40c490359f94fd4adb058297ee4d617f61735645fc0b58af7d6
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