AMARadio Open Source Radio

AMARadio is an open-source radio application designed for global radio streaming. No paywall, no ads, 100% free.

By leveraging the community-driven radio-browser.info database, AMARadio provides instant access to thousands of web radios in a stable, modern, and user-focused environment.

AMARadio is built to provide an honest, distraction-free listening experience. It contains zero advertisements, zero tracking, and no bloatware. Originally developed as a personal project to provide a simple, accessible interface for internet radio, the app remains strictly committed to transparency and ease of use for everyone.

Many traditional FM and AM broadcasters also provide live internet radio streams, allowing you to access your local favorite stations from anywhere in the world.

Android Auto:
AMARadio integrates directly with your car's media system. Browse saved stations, play recent streams, and control audio output safely from your head unit screen without using your phone while driving.

Home Screen Widgets:
Quickly launch and control your streams right from your home screen without opening the app.

Music & Genres:
Pop, Rock, Classical, Electronic, Jazz, Country, Oldies, News & Talk, and 11,000 more Tags.

Global Coverage:
Stay connected to your home country or discover over 60,000 international stations worldwide.

Built for Everyday Use:
Ideal for daily commute, background music while working, workout sessions, or sleeping.

Instantaneous UI:
Built with a highly optimized architecture, switching between tabs and opening the player is flicker-free and immediate.

Universal Accessibility:
Extensively optimized for TalkBack and screen readers. Features semantic grouping of information, localized accessibility strings in 74+ languages, and "speaking" status icons for fluid navigation.

Advanced Search & Filtering:
Find stations by Name, Country, Language, or Tags. Metadata for over 11,000 tags is cached locally for instant, offline suggestions.

High Availability:
The entire radio-browser database is stored locally on your device and will be updated automatically or manually. Integrated fail-over support via mirror servers ensures uninterrupted station browsing, even if the primary database is offline.

Dynamic UI Scaling:
Custom settings allow users to adjust the interface scale, ranging from Compact to Extra Large.

Broad Language Support:
Support for over 74 locales, including a wide range of African languages (Afrikaans, Amharic, Swahili, Zulu) and a dedicated in-app language selector.

Modern Design:
Crafted with Jetpack Compose, featuring seamless Dark/Light mode support and edge-to-edge system integration.

Performance-Driven Streaming:
A robust engine based on AndroidX Media3 (ExoPlayer) featuring real-time audio thread prioritization, strict audio focus handling, and intelligent connection management.

Smart Management:
Includes a sleep timer, efficient favorites management, and full support for M3U playlist export/import.

100% Open Source & Transparent:
AMARadio is completely open-source and built for the community. We value your privacy and security: zero ads, and complete transparency.

Source Code & Community: https://github.com/ounben/AMARadio

Website: https://amaradio.org

Station Database: Powered by the community-driven https://radio-browser.info network.

Technical Foundation
- 100% Kotlin: A completely migrated, modern codebase adopting the latest Android standards.
- Full Compatibility: Android 17 ready.

Technical Specification:
- Language: 100% Kotlin
- UI Framework: Jetpack Compose & Material 3
- Architecture: MVVM with Activity-scoped ViewModels for state persistence
- Persistence: Room Database for Stations, History, SharedPreferences for configuration
- Networking: OkHttp 5 & Coroutines for API communication, Coil for async image loading
- Media Engine: AndroidX Media3 (ExoPlayer)
- Target SDK: 37 (Android 17)
- Minimum SDK: 26 (Android 8.0)

Recent changes:
Features & Architecture
- Widget, Android Auto, Custom Stations.
- CRUD support, native drag-and-drop reordering, offline M3U import, dual-database.
- Playback: Google Cast, HLS/TS streams, ICY metadata parsing, and STATE_ENDED auto-recovery.

Fixes & Upgrades
Fixed: verifyApplicationThread @ onTaskRemoved (Google Vitals), race conditions, MediaSession restarts, Main Thread synchronization.

Toolchain: Updated Media3, Room, Navigation, Kotlin, AGP, Gradle, Media3.
Target SDK 37.