v2.1.6-alpha.1

v2.1.6-alpha.1

New Features

• Added app-wide localization support.
• Introduced Flatpak packaging support and updated Linux installation documentation.
• Added NixOS packaging support.
• Included additional URL scheme handlers for Flatpak.

Improvements

• General performance optimizations.
• Improved subtitle overlay performance.
• Enhanced HLS decryption performance and improved security with TLS verification in the HTTP client.

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Full Changelog: v2.1.5...v2.1.6-alpha.1

v2.1.5

v2.1.5 Release Notes

New Features

• TorrServer Addon: Added a new addon service and dedicated settings UI for managing TorrServer torrent streams.
• DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH): Implemented DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) networking support with caching for enhanced privacy and security.
• Battery Optimization: Added battery optimization permissions for improved background download reliability.
• Local HLS Server: Introduced a local HLS server for stream handling and a force refresh option for sources.
• Player Settings: Added a video adjustments overlay and enhanced bottom sheet capabilities for player settings.
• Backup & Restore: Added record counts and improved the UI for backup and restore settings.
• Download Management: Added subtitle remuxing for downloads and extra header support for 1DM downloads.
• Cloudflare Bypass: Implemented a native Cloudflare bypass using webview_all.
• Enhanced Installer: Added support for atomic/immutable Linux distributions and a more robust user-space installation.
• Download Task Tracking: Added error reason tracking and stream subscription management to download tasks.

Bug Fixes

• Resolved background and search crashes.
• Fixed various installer issues, including cache path resolution, false immutable detection, and library checks.
• Corrected player progress and total duration display from milliseconds to seconds.
• Addressed player wakelock issues.
• Improved subtitle loading, fixed progress tracking, and enhanced playback resumption in the player.
• Resolved custom subtitle loading issues for Cloudflare-protected content.
• Fixed deep link argument forwarding for desktop applications (Linux/Windows).
• Corrected history routing issues when pushing continue items to prevent URL slashes problems.
• Fixed a fallback issue where the custom JSON picker failed in backup settings.

Improvements

• Player Performance: Significantly improved overall player performance.
• Subtitle Handling: Enhanced subtitle matching, resolution logic using language aliases and scoring, and improved subtitle handling in the media player and batch downloads.
• Stream Quality: Improved stream title and quality label cleaning logic for better display.
• UI Performance: Optimized wallpaper palette extraction with caching and reduced thumbnail capture pixel ratio.
• Discovery Screen: Enhanced quick tiles skeleton loader with genre headers and realistic dummy items.
• Episode Discovery: Improved media matching and error handling in the episodes discovery panel.
• History & Data: Unified watch and read history with improved data resilience.
• Discord RPC: Optimized Discord RPC integration and improved settings customization.
• Image Loading: Introduced a SmartImage widget for improved network and layout configurations.
• UI Consistency: Refined CalendarDayRow layout for consistent spacing and styling.
• Media Titles: Improved media title properties and added an HTTP client cache interceptor.

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Full Changelog: v2.1.4-hotfix.1...v2.1.5

v2.1.4-hotfix.1

v2.1.4-hotfix.1

New Features & Improvements

• UI/UX:
  • Implemented a responsive layout system and a new docked header style.
  • Enhanced avatar selection interface and functionality for tracker profiles.
  • Improved the display of user bios for Anilist profiles.
• Tracker Profiles:
  • Added display of manga status counts.
• Video Playback:
  • Introduced video format detection for HLS streams.
• Linux:
  • The installer now registers protocol handlers for better system integration.

Bug Fixes

• Resolved an issue where extensions did not correctly handle /index.json paths.

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Full Changelog: v2.1.4...v2.1.4-hotfix.1

v2.1.4

Release Notes - v2.1.4

New Features

• Integrated Better Player engine and settings, replacing the old Video Player engine.
• Added "Continue Watching" and "Continue Reading" sections to the home feed.
• Introduced customizable home header styles.
• Added support for local subtitle loading and multi-server subtitle aggregation.
• Added Markdown support to tracker profile bio display and updated title thresholds.
• Added a filtered discover route and increased tracker pagination limits.
• Added log file rotation and initialization safety to the app logger.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed brightness and volume resetting when toggling the player lock.
• Fixed missing subtitles and audio tracks for MKV files.
• Fixed an issue where extensions failed to install.
• Fixed missing libmpv.so error on Android 8.
• Fixed batch downloading not recognizing watched episodes.
• Fixed unwanted characters appearing in media descriptions.
• Fixed volume and brightness control swap.
• Resolved an autoDispose provider lifecycle crash.
• Redesigned and overhauled the player server and subtitle sheet layouts.

Improvements & UI/UX Enhancements

• Updated the episode metadata fetching fallback order to: AniZip -> Tenrai -> Kitsu.
• Optimized download progress handling, throttled notifications, and transitioned to the byte_me ecosystem for downloads.
• Enhanced subtitle handling architecture and UI components.
• Improved time-remaining formatting to display both hours and minutes.
• Optimized image loading logic to prioritize widget media covers and included HTTP headers.
• Centralized navigation bar styling using NavBarThemeData.
• Refactored player controls into a dedicated overlay with modular widgets and adjusted scaling factors for different screen widths.
• Removed the SafeArea wrapper from player top controls to improve layout.
• Simplified the sources tab variant layout and item presentation.
• Configured Discord RPC to automatically disconnect when the app is detached.
• Updated media kit libraries and plugin references for improved performance across platforms.

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Full Changelog: v2.1.4-alpha.3...v2.1.4

v2.1.4-alpha.3

v2.1.4-alpha.3

Features

• Introduced a dedicated TV library screen.
• Added a manual match dialog.
• Implemented keyboard navigation for settings and details sections.
• Enabled torrent stream resolution.
• Enhanced episode metadata parsing with regex support.

Improvements

• Simplified and optimized the Discover screen.
• Improved filter UI feedback.

Bug Fixes

• Resolved an issue causing stream delays.
• Fixed connection issues related to Anilist tag requests.

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Full Changelog: v2.1.4-alpha.2...v2.1.4-alpha.3

v2.1.4-alpha.2

v2.1.4-alpha.2

Features

• Added configurable OAuth authentication modes (Auto, Browser, WebView) for trackers.
• Implemented Windows auto-update support.
• Introduced comprehensive uninstallation logic.
• Added global tracker error handling with a dedicated reporting sheet.

Bug Fixes

• Resolved infinitely loading streams.
• Fixed Anilist requests.
• Corrected the Discord application ID.
• Addressed an issue where custom API credentials were not properly sanitized; added a reset function for credentials.
• Fixed home screen's "Top-rated" and "All-time popular" sections displaying identical data.
• Prevented state access errors in auto-link tracking and optimized discovery screen scroll and section performance.
• Fixed missing providerId in the calendar.

Improvements

• Improved MediaKit audio track matching.
• Optimized the Discovery home section layout by grouping media types under content categories.
• Refined Library UI components.
• Improved error handling for extension repository management.
• Streamlined episode tile layout by repositioning actions and updating styling.
• Renamed the auto-link feature and enforced explicit manual mapping for tracker synchronization.
• Updated Linux installation requirements to include wpewebkit.

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Full Changelog: v2.1.3...v2.1.4-alpha.2

v2.1.4-alpha.1

v2.1.4-alpha.1

Features

• Introduced Linux AppImage and Windows portable zip packaging options for easier distribution.

Improvements

• Optimized the discovery home section layout by grouping media types under content categories and improving source engine selection logic.
• Enhanced Discord RPC stability with connection retry cooldown and improved error handling.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue with AniList requests by ensuring the correct referer header is included.

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Full Changelog: v2.1.3...v2.1.4-alpha.1

v2.1.3

v2.1.3

New Features

• macOS Support: Launched initial macOS platform support with optimized player progress tracking on exit.
• TV Mode: Introduced a comprehensive TV interface featuring a dedicated TV navigation shell, search, library screens, "continue watching" widgets, and library row widgets.
• App Lock & Security: Added an app lock system supporting PIN, biometrics, and incognito mode.
• Airing Calendar: Implemented a new airing calendar featuring multi-tracker source integration.
• Onboarding Flow: Expanded onboarding customization with content focus and card style options.
• Customization & Themes: Added interactive wallpaper palette extraction, a settings theme shelf, and exclusive Netflix and Crunchyroll color schemes.
• Media & Playback:
  • Added AniZip metadata provider integration with enhanced provider selection UI.
  • Introduced an episode metadata service for fetching titles, airing dates, and thumbnails.
  • Implemented intelligent video quality resolution and language normalization for stream selection.
  • Integrated AniSkip with playback metadata enhancements.
  • Added a dedicated season navigator.
  • Integrated the downloads screen directly into the main navigation shell.

UI & UX Enhancements

• Layout Overhaul: Restructured episode cover mode to use clean horizontal list tiles instead of image cards.
• Player Improvements: Added an auto-hiding lock button overlay and restricted gesture interactions while the media player is locked.
• Library & Progress: Added progress overlays for library entries and implemented an episode list refresh mechanism.
• Loading States: Replaced the comments tab circular progress indicator with smooth skeleton loading.
• Navigation & Settings:
  • Improved bottom sheet scrolling constraints and updated source settings UI components.
  • Cleaned up settings UI by removing the unused CfSolverScreen debug tile.
  • Added customizable border radius support for header buttons.

Performance & Improvements

• Performance Optimization: Reduced memory usage and boosted performance through concurrent initialization, selective state observation, and optimized image cache scaling.
• Interaction Handling: Unified focus and hover handling across discovery and TV screens.
• Navigation Logic: Standardized media tracking fields and improved episode navigation consistency.
• Search Refactoring: Consolidated discovery search logic under a unified search model.

Bug Fixes

• Security: Resolved issues preventing biometrics from working and unlocking the app lock.
• Library: Fixed tracker duplication issues by implementing ID-based de-duplication.

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Full Changelog: v2.1.3-alpha.2...v2.1.3

v2.1.3-alpha.2

v2.1.3-alpha.2

New Features

• Batch Downloads: Introduced cancelation support for ongoing batch downloads.
• Search: Added media-type specific filters for metadata providers.

Enhancements

• Batch Downloads: The configuration step is now wrapped in a scrollable view.
• Search: Improved UI responsiveness.
• Player Controls: Restructured bottom player controls for an improved layout and enhanced responsive design.

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Full Changelog: v2.1.3-alpha.01...v2.1.3-alpha.2

v2.1.3-alpha

v2.1.3-alpha.1

New Features

• Comments: Added conditional delete action for comments, allowing users to delete their own comments based on ownership.
• Content Parsing: Enhanced anime source adapter to parse season information from scanlator metadata.
• Search: Introduced a Multi-Source Search Feed to aggregate media results across active sources.
• Player UI: Player top controls now support a compact layout and include additional control actions.
• Discord: Integrated Discord Rich Presence to display active playback and media details.
• Discovery: Overhauled the search screen for an improved experience.
• User Interface: Episodes header and divider are now hidden when a media source is unavailable, improving display clarity.

Bug Fixes

• Player:
  • Resolved incorrect "next episode" jumping behavior, ensuring it goes to the correct episode.
  • Fixed issues causing unusual player buffering.
• User Interface:
  • Corrected episode number formatting in bottom sheet titles to omit unnecessary decimals.
  • Fixed broken layout when using wide media cards.
  • Resolved scroll functionality missing from the batch download sheet.
• Discord: Addressed issues with Discord Rich Presence functionality for desktop users.
• Extensions: Fixed a bug that prevented extensions from installing.
• Android: Resolved the white/empty screen issue affecting Android 8 devices.

Improvements

• User Interface: Refined the visual style by reducing opacity for the center control button background.
• Network: Enhanced network request reliability.
• Performance: Improved overall card performance within the application.

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Full Changelog: v2.1.2...v2.1.3-alpha.1