Thor v1.70.1 Release Notes

This major update focuses on architectural stability, massive performance improvements, navigation fluidity, and a polished user experience for handling system privileges.

🚀 Navigation & UI Fluidity

• NEW Swipe Navigation
  Replaced the old Navigation Controller with a HorizontalPager setup. You can now seamlessly swipe between Home, Apps, and Freezer tabs.
• UX Zero-Jank Transitions
  Enabled off-screen page limits (beyondViewportPageCount = 1) to pre-compose adjacent screens, eliminating frame drops during swipes.
• UX Exit Confirmation
  Added an interceptor on the Home tab. Pressing "Back" now prompts a confirmation dialog instead of instantly killing the app.

⚡ Performance Optimization (Ruthless Refactor)

• CORE Asynchronous Image Loading
  Migrated app icon loading to Coil 3 with a custom background Fetcher. Scrolling through app lists is now buttery smooth as the heavy PackageManager IPC calls are moved off the main thread.
• CORE Background Data Processing
  Refactored AppListViewModel and FreezerViewModel to perform all heavy lifting (fetching, sorting, filtering) on Dispatchers.IO and Dispatchers.Default.
• CORE Lazy Initialization
  Removed blocking init calls in ViewModels. Data loading is now triggered lazily via LaunchedEffect only when the screen is first composed, significantly speeding up app startup and navigation.

🛡️ Robust Privilege Management

• FIX Shizuku "Infinite Loop" Fix
  Implemented a smart ShizukuPermissionHandler that tracks request states, preventing the app from spamming permission dialogs in onResume.
• NEW Real-time Root Detection
  The app now intelligently re-checks Root status when resuming from the background, instantly recognizing when you grant access via Magisk/KernelSU without needing a restart.
• UX Manual Refresh
  Added a "Refresh" capability to the Dashboard Header. If you denied permissions initially, you can now tap the restricted status icon to re-trigger the check manually.

📦 Build & Distribution

• DEV Flavor-Specific Builds
  Introduced store (Play/Indus) and foss (F-Droid) build flavors.
• DEV Baseline Profiles
  Configured the baselineprofile module to correctly target the store flavor, resolving dependency conflicts and enabling Profile Guided Optimizations (PGO) for faster startup on the Play Store version.
• SEC Automated Signing
  Configured Gradle to securely load signing keys from jks.properties for release builds.

✨ Dashboard Polish

• NEW Social Connections
  Added a "Connect" footer with links to GitHub, Patreon, and Telegram.
• UI Animated Stats
  Dashboard counters now animate smoothly from 0 to their target values.
• DEV Unified Dialogs
  Moved shared dialog logic to HomeScreen to respect Unidirectional Data Flow (UDF), ensuring cleaner state management.

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Full Changelog: Thor_v1700...Thor_v1.70.1