cached_video_player_plus 4.0.0

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We Marie Kondo'd the entire API! Everything that didn't spark joy got yeeted into the digital void! ✨🗑️

BREAKING CHANGES

• Complete API restructure: CachedVideoPlayerPlusController replaced with class-based CachedVideoPlayerPlus approach
• Widget usage changed: Use VideoPlayer(player.controller) instead of CachedVideoPlayerPlus(controller)
• Controller access: Video control methods now accessed through .controller property (e.g., player.controller.play())
• Storage migration: Switched from get_storage to shared_preferences for cache metadata storage
• Method renames: removeCurrentFileFromCache() → removeFromCache()
• Parameter type changes: removeFileFromCache() now takes Uri instead of String
• Cache key prefix changed internally (handled automatically by migration utility)
• Default cache duration increased from 30 days to 69 days (Nice! 😎)
• Removed deprecated CachedVideoPlayerPlusController.network() constructor
• Removed classes: CachedVideoPlayerPlusValue, CachedVideoPlayerPlus widget, ClosedCaptionFile implementations

Features

• feat: Pre-cache videos without creating player instances using CachedVideoPlayerPlus.preCacheVideo()
• feat: Custom cache key support via cacheKey parameter for cleaner cache management (because sometimes URLs are longer than a CVS receipt)
• feat: Custom cache manager support via cacheManager parameter
• feat: Separate download headers via downloadHeaders parameter for authentication purposes
• feat: Cache removal by custom cache key using removeFileFromCacheByKey()
• feat: Automatic migration utility to preserve existing cached video data from v3.x.x
• feat: Convenience property player.isInitialized for easier state checking

Fixes

• fix: Web platform cannot play cached videos - improved web compatibility
• fix: Race condition in cache file removal by making it awaitable (no more cache file musical chairs!)
• fix: StateError exception handling for uninitialized controller access

Chores

• chore: Updated dependencies to latest versions with Flutter 3.32 support
• chore: Restructured from plugin to package architecture
• chore: Enhanced documentation with migration guide and comprehensive examples (now with 42% more humor!)
• chore: Updated example app to showcase full v4.0.0 feature set

• refactor: lowered sdk constraints to support dart 3.0.0 and above

• chore: updated dependency constraints to support lower bounds

BREAKING CHANGES

• Using plugin specific cache manager from flutter_cache_manager
• Using plugin specific get_storage container for storing cache information

Features

• feat: added cache removal support using static method or instance method. Thanks @chorauoc
• feat: option to skipCache when initializing the player. Thanks @chorauoc

Chores

• chore: updated all dependencies to latest versions
• chore: updated shared code from video_player plugin

NOTE: This release was retracted due to #26

BREAKING CHANGES

• Using flutter_cache_manager for caching and removed all caching related code from this package
• Using platform specific video_player plugin as default_package and removed all video related code from this package

Features

• feat: added support to invalidate cache if older than a specified duration
• feat: added support for macOS platform

• fix: compiler linking issues while running on simulator
• docs: added instructions for web platform

• Initial Stable release