ShonenX v1.5.0 – Alpha Pre-Release 🚀
⚠️ This is an early alpha build. Expect rough edges and a few known bugs. Feel free to test and provide feedback to help polish the full release!
✨ What's New
🖌️ UI & Experience
- Fully consistent dark mode across the app
- Light mode still under work – known inconsistencies
- Player now opens directly in fullscreen
- Revamped episode panel:
- Fillers are now clearly highlighted
- (Text size may still appear large – being adjusted)
- Overhauled loading screen:
- Displays anime quotes + animated progress
- Redesigned spotlight card
- Revamped anime match popup with smoother animations
- Updated Continue Watching:
- Multi-select + delete
- Group/Ungroup toggle
- Added filters
- Smart resume from last watched position
🛠️ Performance & Features
- Home page data now cached for up to 6 hours
- Expanded subtitle customization:
- Bold toggle
- Shadow intensity + color options
- Hold the subtitle button in player to access the new theme settings
- Brand new Browse screen:
- Infinite scroll search results
- Smooth transitions and animation
- (Currently only search is active — more filters coming soon)
🎮 Player Improvements
- Video player controls fully redesigned
- Added 10s forward and 10s rewind buttons
- (Gesture-based skip still buggy — under development)
- Anime source selector is present but buggy — avoid using for now
- Update checker added — app will check for latest version via GitHub releases
🧪 Known Issues
- Light mode UI is inconsistent
- Text in episode panel may appear oversized
- Watchlist bug: tapping an item may duplicate it
- Occasional incomplete data loads (being investigated)
- Anime source selector in player screen is currently broken
📡 Working Providers
- ✅ Hianime
- ✅ Kaido
- ❌ Animepahe and others currently down due to Consumet API issues (out of our control)
🗨️ Final Notes
This release is packed with UI upgrades, new features, and a foundation for what’s coming next.
Please report any bugs, and don’t forget to share your feedback!