Release Notes

Major Changes

• Significantly Improved App Performance
  Complete overhaul of data loading throughout the app with parallelised network requests.
  • Faster Startup: Home screen sections now load concurrently instead of sequentially, dramatically reducing initial load time
  • Parallel Data Fetching: Favourites, Watchlist, and Discover screens now fetch all data simultaneously
  • Stable Home Layout: Genre and recommendation sections use consistent interleaving instead of reshuffling on updates
  • Better Loading States: Loading indicators now display during initial content fetch on the Discover screen
  • Overall snappier experience across the entire app
• Enhanced Image Loading System
  Implemented app-wide singleton ImageLoader for better performance and consistency.
  • Centralised Configuration: Single Coil instance with 512MB disk cache
  • Better Placeholders: BlurHash decoding now calculates aspect ratio for more accurate, less distorted placeholders
  • SVG Support: Added SVG decoder for flag icons and other vector images
  • Background Processing: BlurHash decoding moved to a background thread to prevent UI blocking
  • All BlurHash Types: Now supports primary, backdrop, thumb, and logo BlurHashes from the API

Minor Updates

• Request Dialogue Enhancements
  • New flag icons for languages with automatic country code resolution
  • Better certification display with bordered box styling
  • Improved metadata layout with automatic separator handling
  • Enhanced backdrop gradient for better text readability
• UI Refinements
  • Improved shimmer loading effects with gradient animation instead of alpha fading
  • Added loading indicators where previously missing (Item Detail, Discover)
  • Better visual feedback during content loading
• Code Quality
  • Simplified trailer handling by moving logic from the ViewModel to the UI
  • Removed verbose logging for cleaner output
  • Optimised cache checks to prevent redundant API calls
  • Removed unused functions and improved code organisation
  • Better locale handling for string formatting

Bug Fixes

• Fixed Player Gestures: Resolved issue where gesture controls (seeking, volume, brightness) could become unresponsive or behave unpredictably. Gesture state is now properly reset after each interaction (Fixes #31)

What's Changed

Full Changelog: v0.3.3-beta...v0.3.4-beta