Apps2Samsung/Apps2Samsung v2.5.3

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📦 [v2.5.3] – 2026-06-11

🩹 Stable release v2.5.3

A reliability fix for the release list.

🐛 Fixed

• Release list could show only "Custom WGT File" until the app was restarted. If the startup load was interrupted (e.g. by the background update check), the list was left empty and never recovered. It now reloads automatically — after startup and whenever the window regains focus — so a restart is no longer needed (#385)
• Settings.json Is not used anymore for showing the version number, it's compiled at runtime
• Oblong TVApp icon for Tizen 5.5 optional toggle in TVApp settings that swaps the launcher icon for a wide 16:9 version, so older Tizen 5.5 TVs stop showing it stretched or cropped (#379) (thanks @mjeshurun for the icon)

✨ Also included from v2.5.2

• 🎨 Redesigned App Catalog window (the ? next to Version) — modernised to match the rest of the app: new header, themed cards, softer tables, nicer preview panel, full dark-mode support (#382)
• 🌍 Fully localized — catalog titles, section/column headers and empty-state are now translatable (English + Dutch; others fall back to English) (#382)
• 🔤 Sorted catalog — Jellyfin builds and community apps listed A–Z / 0–9, matching the release dropdown (#383)

⚙️ Also included from v2.5.1

• Settings overhaul for multiple apps — the settings view now supports per-app configuration
• Settings survive app updates — moved to the per-user OS data dir (%APPDATA%\Apps2Samsung / ~/.config/Apps2Samsung) with a one-time migration of existing settings.json
• Preserve m3u8 URLs + release sorting fixes

💡 Tip

Setting a GitHub token in Settings raises the API limit from 60 to 5000 requests/hour, which makes slow/again-empty loads far less likely.

⬆️ Updating

• From v2.3.2+: auto-update works
• From v2.3.1.1 or older: download once manually (FAQ)

🛡️ Security Notice

Antivirus warnings may occur and are likely false positives.

Full Changelog: v2.5.2...v2.5.3