dskja/BetterStreamflix v1.1.0

BetterStreamflix v1.1.0

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[1.1.0] - 2026-09-09

Complete BetterStreamflix maintainer changelog since the upstream sync with
streamflix-reborn2/streamflix
(v1.7.231). The v1.0.0 release notes below stay unchanged; this section
covers everything done on top of that upstream baseline.

Added

• Offline downloads (Media3 HLS/MP4): queue, Downloads tab (mobile + TV), server + quality options dialog, season batch, Wi‑Fi-only default, concurrency / soft storage limit, notifications, connectivity auto-pause, offline playback via __offline__ server (#86)
• Buy Me a Coffee link in Settings / About: https://buymeacoffee.com/betterstreamflix
• PR CI workflow (pr-ci.yml): duplicate-string check, unit tests, assembleDebug
• Release workflow builds three APKs like upstream: BetterStreamflix.apk, BetterStreamflix-only-Mobile.apk, BetterStreamflix-only-TV.apk
• Shared player core: PlayerBuilderFactory, PlaybackFailover, SerienStreamBypassHelper
• Local CrashReporter + Settings “View last crash log”
• Provider quarantine list + smoke harness (ProviderHealth, ProviderSmoke)
• Home getHome timeout with stale-while-revalidate (HomeCacheStore)
• Official branding under branding/ + new adaptive launcher / TV banner icons
• GuardaFlix in-app login / register for full streams
• Configurable provider URL in Settings for almost all providers
• Live TV player UX (LIVE badge, no seek/skip-intro, no VOD resume for live)
• TMDb missing-API-key hint
• Manage Recently Watched / Continue Watching on Home (#18)
• Optional cross-provider favorites and continue watching (#10)
• Local cache for OpenSubtitles / SubDL subtitle files (#14)
• Subtitle timing offset control (#22)
• Unit tests for playback failover, SerienStream bypass helper, provider health

Changed

• App version set to 1.1.0 (versionCode 10100)
• Public rebrand to BetterStreamflix (maintainer dskja): app name, deep links betterstreamflix://, in-app updater repo, Telegram @BetterStreamflix, About / README credits (#77)
• Mass-rename package / namespace to com.dskja.betterstreamflix (StreamFlixApp → BetterStreamflixApp), BS / brand icons (#78)
• SerienStream default domain: dead s.to → serienstream.to (serien.domains)
• SerienStream bypass Continue gated on clearance cookies (or resolved hoster URL); TV captcha QR usable from phones (#32)
• TV/mobile playback: decoder fallback + software-decoder retry; safer mid-play failover on TV
• Release APK layout split via APP_LAYOUT (universal / mobile / tv), matching upstream

Fixed

• Fire Stick 4K (1st gen) splash → crash: soft-fail Conscrypt, skip Cronet on Fire/API ≤ 25, skip WebView cache wipe on low-RAM sticks, extractNativeLibs + useLegacyPackaging (#84, earlier #37)
• Quiet-audio / ambience ducking mid-playback (#38); TV auto-pause from focus/lifecycle glitches (#26)
• Provider “No servers found” / “All servers failed” restorations (#81, #85), including:
  HDFilme, MEGAKino, Frembed, GuardaSerie, GuardaFlix, Anikoto, MKissa,
  FlixLatam / SoloLatino / LaCartoons / Pelisflix / Pelisplusto / CineHax / Zaluknij / Vavoo,
  TvPorInternet / Libre Futbol / CableVision / Sports Events (M3U | titles + headers),
  Pluto TV / IPTV channel-like detail, Animefenix home when /directorio is CF-blocked
• Additional provider / playback fixes after upstream sync: Vavoo MediaHub resolve (#4), MEGAKino domain + manual URL (#6), TMDb DoH / IPv4 (#8), TMDb ENG anime / audio language (#16, #20), AnimeFLV → animeflv.one (#24), Doramasflix App Router (#28), FrenchStream hash portals (#30), AnimeAV1 black screen on TV boxes (#34), leftover merge markers (#40)
• Duplicate string resources blocking release (EN/ES/IT/DE) (#79, #82)
• Release compile errors (imports, SubtitleOffset, AnimeFLV, FrenchAnime/FrenchManga, GuardaFlix) (#80, #83)
• Downloads live progress while tab visible; server/quality options always shown; UI polish
• Home hanging forever on a slow provider
• Android TV / OEM playback crash-to-home paths (see #41)
• Remove items from Recently Watched (#12); season number parsing from TMDB-style ids

Upstream

• Synced from streamflix-reborn2/streamflix at v1.7.231 (merge of upstream main before BetterStreamflix v1.0.0)
• Inherited upstream 1.7.231 work includes CB01 Uprot/HMAC updates, Cinecalidad UA, AnimeSaturn scrape fix, sports IPTV provider fixes, extractor aliases (Voe, VidMoLy, VidHide, StreamWish, Hxfile, LuluVdo, Goodstream, VidxGo), conditional NDK/native-lib.cpp build, Supabase docs URL fix