Thor v1.82.1 Release Notes

This release delivers safety gating for system app freezing, an overhauled Portable Installer UI with split APK MIME associations, adaptive layout support for tablets/foldables, multi-backstack navigation polish, and grid/list view mode preference persistence.

What's Changed

🛡️ System App Freezing Safety Gating

• Unsafe Freeze Prevention: Blocks freezing system packages classified as Unsafe by Universal Android Debloater (UAD) or if safety metadata fails to load.
• Expert Freeze Warning: Displays a warning confirmation dialog before freezing system apps classified as Expert.
• Batch & Auto-Freeze Filtering: Excludes unsafe system packages from batch freeze and auto-freeze processes (including AutoFreezeManager).
• Multi-language Warnings: Translated safety warnings for English, Arabic, Spanish, French, and Chinese.

📦 Portable Installer overhaul & MIME associations

• Overhauled UI States: Redesigned screens for Installing (pulsing icon, progress percentage), UserConfirmationRequired (tertiary alert icon, loader), Success (checkmark, Done/Open actions), and Error (danger badge, detailed error card).
• State Caching: Preserves application metadata (labels and icons) across install state transitions.
• MIME Registration: Associated .apkm, .apks, and .xapk (vnd.apkm, vnd.apks, vnd.xapk) package formats and wildcards with the Thor installer.
• Polish: Improved readability of downgrade/update warning banners and high-contrast chips.

📐 Adaptive Layouts & Navigation Polish

• Multi-Backstack Navigation: Added independent multi-backstack navigation for each top-level tab (Home, Apps, Freezer, Settings) with correct state preservation and custom back press handling.
• Navigation Rail: Implemented a vertically-oriented custom side navigation rail (ThorNavigationRail) for tablets and large screen viewports.
• Viewport Optimization: Hides navigation bars when navigating to detailed sub-screens and implements a split-details layout strictly for landscape phones.
• Import Fix: Updated Freezer's disabled apps import feature to completely skip all system apps.

🎨 Grid/List Layout Persistence

• Persistent Preferences: Remembers the user's grid/list layout view mode preference for both the App List and Freezer screens across app launches.

🐛 Build & Tooling

• CI Upgrades: Upgraded Ruby to 3.3 and migrated fastlane to Bundler.