v2.1.0 Release Notes

New Features

• Simkl Integration: Full integration with Simkl tracker, including authentication, metadata, and service implementation.
  • Increased Simkl API request limit from 20 to 50 items.
• Player Customization:
  • Added screenshot functionality, including desktop file saving and improved UI feedback.
  • Implemented auto-next and configurable skip button settings with custom thresholds and durations.
  • Enabled player gesture customization, allowing users to enable/disable gestures and swap volume/brightness controls.
  • Introduced video stream type switching.
• Discovery & UI Enhancements:
  • Added a dedicated discovery and home layout customization page to the onboarding flow.
  • Enhanced media card UI settings with configurable display options and metadata visibility toggles.
  • Improved search bars on Discover and Extensions screens.
  • Separated inbuilt sources into their own section.
  • Implemented dynamic media type support in discovery screens via tracker-driven tab management.
• Content Management & Reading:
  • Introduced a "Fix Source" feature, accessible by tapping and holding on continue media items or from the history screen.
  • Implemented infinite scroll with a simple transition in the reader.
  • Enabled season-based grouping and filtering for episodes.
  • Added support for private extension installation (Aniyomi).
  • Provided a fallback to latest updates when the "Popular" section is empty.
• Sharing & Downloads:
  • Added a share button to the details screen with support for external media link routing.
  • Improved download functionality with size information, quick actions, and a "copy URL" button for streaming/downloading.
• Runtime & Updates:
  • Implemented automated runtime update checks and notification UI.
  • Introduced ShonenX DSL for enhanced support of anime, manga, and tracker providers.
  • Added an error boundary for app initialization.
• Support: Added support for "Buy Me a Coffee" links in onboarding and settings.

Improvements

• Performance:
  • Enhanced extension loading performance with significant caching improvements.
  • Optimized minimal cards and sheets.
  • Improved caching strategies with dynamic cache Time-To-Live (TTL) and increased cache duration for category search providers.
• User Interface:
  • Implemented skeleton loading states across discovery and tracking modules.
  • Improved episode list sorting logic, UI badges, and automatic scrolling to current progress.
  • Updated Kitsu status filtering.
  • Updated continue reading layout to support wide mode configurations.
  • Unified tracker icon styling and adjusted library segmented button density.
  • Replaced home screen header icon buttons with a custom widget for a cleaner look.
  • Implemented a marquee text widget for dynamic text display.
  • Better history screen UI.

Bug Fixes

• Resolved an issue where scrolling the episode area did not scroll the entire screen.
• Fixed unwanted top padding issues in source discovery mode, category discovery screens, and general UI.
• Addressed an issue where discover items appeared greyed out.
• Corrected an issue where extension search filters were not working.
• Fixed missing source selection for TV and MOVIE Media Types, resolving problems with Simkl as a metadata source or tracker.
• Resolved "Bad State" errors related to "ref" usage and "no-sources" scenarios.
• Fixed wrong type switchers in discovery.
• Addressed runtime resets after restart and repeating runtime updates.
• Resolved Simkl tracking issues.
• Provided a possible fix for white screen on Android 8.
• Corrected encoding/decoding of category and media identifiers to handle special characters in routes.
• Fixed a missing download button when using the minimal navbar style.
• Resolved an issue where using sources for discovery skipped saving source preference, breaking continue reading/watching functionality.
• Addressed slow loading experienced with the legacy DSL.

Internal Changes & Refactoring

• Removed legacy DSL engine and related infrastructure from the project.
• Restructured tracking engine contracts.
• Implemented a modular card rendering system with style-specific widgets.
• Updated MediaPreference schema with new matched and tracker fields.
• Renamed manual override fields to matched media and implemented migration logic for media preferences.
• Replaced MatchArgs with a dedicated MediaArgs domain model.
• Added Proguard rules and switched the build mode to release.

Full Changelog: v2.0.9...v2.1.0