Hikari 0.5.6
First release since 0.3.71, so a lot of this is new to you — the builds in between were test builds and never went out.
New:
- SkyStream
.skyextensions. Install them from a repo, a link or a file, and use them like any other source: Home rows, search, episodes, servers, downloads. If one hands back an embed link, Hikari resolves it itself. - A new look: rounded frosted glass cards, a floating bottom bar, round icon badges, a soft glow behind the top of the screen.
- AMOLED Black theme, true black with the same soft cards.
- Accent colours — eleven of them, and the player can keep its own accent separate from the app's.
- App icon change: Settings → Appearance → App icon, eleven icons, changed while the app runs, and your choice survives updates.
- Taskbar button hide option: Settings → Appearance → Taskbar buttons, turn off Home, Discover, Search, Library, Downloads or Settings one by one. The top bar keeps a gear, a magnifier and the verify globe.
- 20 languages, translated properly through the whole app — menus, Home, search, downloads, toasts, the player. Picked in Settings → Language.
- Personal Catalog creator. Build your own Home shelves out of TMDB lists (Marvel, Pixar, A24, Netflix, HBO, Disney+…) and any catalog from your extensions, grouped into your own folders.
- Ratings on every title: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes with its popcornmeter, Metacritic, Letterboxd and TMDB, each badge in its own colour. Tap a badge and it explains the number.
- Age rating on every movie and series — PG-13, R, TV-MA — colour-coded: green for all ages, amber for guidance, red for adult.
- Download without playing: a download button on every episode row and one next to Library, and the player's download button now asks which server to use instead of starting the video.
- Add external subtitle: pick your own
.srt,.vtt,.assor.ttmlfrom the CC sheet in the player, and it is used straight away. - Server list grouped by engine, with engine filter chips in Home's provider picker.
- "Ask me when a chosen server fails" — Hikari offers you the next server instead of switching on its own while you watch.
- One Play tap searches every installed extension and keeps adding servers to the player's own list while the video runs.
- Backup & Restore, and restore from CloudStream: back up Hikari into one file (extensions, sources, repos, settings, history, favourites) and load it back on any device. Settings → Backup & Restore → "Coming from CloudStream?" reads a CloudStream backup file and adds every repository in it in one tap.
- A crash from the previous run is shown on Home, with a pointer to the logs.
- Extension verification pages switch (off by default), so an extension cannot open its own verification page over your video. Hikari's globe button still opens one when you tap it.
Fixed:
- The app no longer crashes when an extension shows a message or a login box, or when a WebView page dies.
- Picking a language changes the app right away — before, it stayed English.
- A dead server asks you what to do instead of switching behind your back, and playback starts on the first server that really works.