Media3 1.11 - What's new?

Media3 1.11 is released with significant updates across playback, editing, and UI. Key highlights include expanded Jetpack Compose UI modules with customizable Player slots (topControls, centerControls, bottomControls), a PlayerPool for short-form video preloading and recycling, a new MiniController composable with Material3 Dynamic Color support, and new reactive state holders. The Cast extension gains CastParams configuration and SystemUI Output Switcher support. ExoPlayer adds Eclipsa Video HDR (HAGC/ST 2094-50) playback support on API 37+, a new Ktor HTTP data source module, async MediaSession controller connection via onConnectAsync(), improved default security for untrusted controllers, and new OggMuxer and WavMuxer utilities.

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