Impossible to parse change_master.xml in 3.8

[TimoPtr]

We do use the library in the Home Assistant application home-assistant/android#5949 and it seems that the latest release broke the dialog. From my quick investigation it comes from this change

I think it was made involuntary.

[hannesa2]

Using your changelog https://github.com/home-assistant/android/blob/main/app/src/main/res/xml/changelog_master.xml I see the issue
Version 3.7

Version 3.8

I complete forgot that there is xml support as well. I currently only use json only and I switched from Gson to Kotlin Serializable.
During this I changed annotations https://github.com/AppDevNext/ChangeLog/pull/252/files#diff-ababaecd5671fd71c49b763a565602dc53f72d9514b5c4b54606970ec7885c1c

[hannesa2]

One fast solution could be, that you switch to json as well.
Please delete your res/xml/changelog_master.xml and create a res/raw/gitlog.json with this/similar content

[
  {
    "version": "2025.10.3 - Main",
    "code": 3,
    "date": "",
    "message": "Gesture settings for the main Home Assistant UI added, with new gestures and actions"
  },
  {
    "version": "2025.10.3 - Main",
    "code": 3,
    "date": "",
    "message": "Health Connect sensors now require permission to access health data in the background"
  },
  {
    "version": "2025.10.3 - Main",
    "code": 3,
    "date": "",
    "message": "Downloading snapshots from camera card is now working"
  },
  {
    "version": "2025.10.3 - Main",
    "code": 3,
    "date": "",
    "message": "Bug fixes and dependency updates"
  },
  {
    "version": "2025.10.3 - Main",
    "code": 3,
    "date": "",
    "message": "<b>Note: </b> This is the last app release supporting Android 5.0 and 5.1"
  },
  {
    "version": "2025.10.3 - Wear",
    "code": 2,
    "date": "",
    "message": "Bug fixes and dependency updates"
  },
  {
    "version": "2025.10.3 - Automotive",
    "code": 2,
    "date": "",
    "message": "Gesture settings for the native (dashboard) Home Assistant UI added, with new gestures and actions"
  },
  {
    "version": "2025.10.3 - Automotive",
    "code": 2,
    "date": "",
    "message": "Downloading snapshots from camera card is now working"
  },
  {
    "version": "2025.10.3 - Automotive",
    "code": 2,
    "date": "",
    "message": "Bug fixes and dependency updates"
  }
]

Then it looks like

Anything else needs much longer.
I'm thinking about to drop xml support

[TimoPtr]

One fast solution could be, that you switch to json as well.
Please delete your res/xml/changelog_master.xml and create a res/raw/gitlog.json with this/similar content

[
  {
    "version": "2025.10.3 - Main",
    "code": 3,
    "date": "",
    "message": "Gesture settings for the main Home Assistant UI added, with new gestures and actions"
  },
  {
    "version": "2025.10.3 - Main",
    "code": 3,
    "date": "",
    "message": "Health Connect sensors now require permission to access health data in the background"
  },
  {
    "version": "2025.10.3 - Main",
    "code": 3,
    "date": "",
    "message": "Downloading snapshots from camera card is now working"
  },
  {
    "version": "2025.10.3 - Main",
    "code": 3,
    "date": "",
    "message": "Bug fixes and dependency updates"
  },
  {
    "version": "2025.10.3 - Main",
    "code": 3,
    "date": "",
    "message": "<b>Note: </b> This is the last app release supporting Android 5.0 and 5.1"
  },
  {
    "version": "2025.10.3 - Wear",
    "code": 2,
    "date": "",
    "message": "Bug fixes and dependency updates"
  },
  {
    "version": "2025.10.3 - Automotive",
    "code": 2,
    "date": "",
    "message": "Gesture settings for the native (dashboard) Home Assistant UI added, with new gestures and actions"
  },
  {
    "version": "2025.10.3 - Automotive",
    "code": 2,
    "date": "",
    "message": "Downloading snapshots from camera card is now working"
  },
  {
    "version": "2025.10.3 - Automotive",
    "code": 2,
    "date": "",
    "message": "Bug fixes and dependency updates"
  }
]

Then it looks like

Anything else needs much longer.
I'm thinking about to drop xml support

I think just bringing back the line I've pointed in my comment should bring the support back. We could migrate to JSON too, for now we don't have an urgent need to migrate we will stick to the version that works for us.

[hannesa2]

Closed with https://github.com/AppDevNext/ChangeLog/releases/tag/3.8.1