📢 ShonenX v1.3.0 Release Notes

🚀 What's New in Version 1.3.0

🔥 New Features & Improvements

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  💻 Data Initialization with Loading Screen

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  Added a seamless data initialization process with a dedicated loading screen when launching the app for the first time or refreshing data. This ensures smoother startup and better user experience.

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  ⚙️ Optimized Settings Section

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  Completely refactored and optimized the Settings section, making it faster and more responsive.

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  Navigation through settings now feels much smoother with reduced lag.

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  🎨 Improved Theme Management

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  Migrated theme settings and color opacity to a new implementation for better performance and consistency.

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  🧹 Code Cleanup & Optimization

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  Refactored multiple screens and components to reduce unnecessary operations and optimize app performance.

🐞 Known Issues

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  ❌ AniList Sync Issue

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  Currently, adding anime to the AniList status is not working, but deleting anime from the list works fine. This issue is being actively worked on and will be fixed in the next release.

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  ⚠️ Minor UI Glitches

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  Some users may experience minor inconsistencies when switching between themes, which will also be patched soon.

📋 Additional Improvements

• •🚀 Faster app launch time with optimized initialization flow.
• •✅ Reduced unnecessary API calls to improve network efficiency.
• •📊 Improved the caching mechanism for better offline support.

✅ Update now to experience a smoother, faster, and more polished version of ShonenX! 💬 If you encounter any bugs or have feedback, feel free to reach out. 😊

🚀 ShonenX v1.2.0 - New Source, Sleeker UI, and Faster Performance

🌟 What's New

• •New Anime Source: Introducing AnimeKai, a lightning-fast source for seamless streaming.
• •Revamped UI: Anime cards now feature a modern, clean design for a more enjoyable browsing experience.
• •Performance Boost: Optimized internal processes to speed up episode loading and playback.

🛠️ Addressing Feedback

• •Some users reported issues with episodes not loading. Despite extensive testing on desktop and mobile, we couldn’t replicate this.
• •To ensure a smooth experience, we’ve added AnimeKai as a reliable new source.
• •Still encountering problems? Please reopen the issue or contact us — we’re here to help!

💡 Additional Updates

• •Enhanced Card Design: The updated anime cards are now more visually appealing — let us know your thoughts!
• •Bug Reporting: Spot a bug or have a feature request? Feel free to report it anytime.
• •Thank You: A huge thanks for your continued support and patience!

👉 Get Started

Update now to enjoy a faster, smoother, and more polished streaming experience!

🚀 ShonenX v1.1.1 - Bug Fix Release

🔥 What's Fixed

• •✅ Fixed: Resolved an issue where anime sources and episodes were not loading for some users.
• •✅ Tested: Personally tested the fix on both desktop and mobile — everything seems to be working fine.
• •✅ Still Facing Issues? If the problem persists, feel free to reopen the issue or contact us directly.

🎉 What's Next (Planned for Upcoming Update)

• •⚡ Reduced Buffering Time: We're working on minimizing long buffering times during episode playback.
• •🌐 New Provider Integration: Planning to add another anime provider to ensure more content accessibility.
• •🧠 Enhanced UI/UX: Minor UI improvements for a smoother browsing and streaming experience.

💯 Additional Notes

• •🐞 Found a bug? Don't hesitate to report it — we're constantly working to make ShonenX even better.
• •💖 Your Feedback Matters! If you have any feature requests or feedback, we'd love to hear it.

👉 Update now to enjoy a faster, smoother, and more reliable streaming experience! 🚀

🚀 ShonenX v1.1.0 - Major Beta Update

Another huge update for ShonenX! This version introduces major improvements, bug fixes, and new features to make your streaming experience even better. 🚀

🆕 What's New?

📺 Streaming Improvements

• •✅ Dub/Sub Selection: Easily switch between Sub, Dub, or Raw versions.
• •✅ Quality Selector: Choose your preferred streaming quality.
• •✅ Episode Grouping: Large anime series now have group ranges (e.g., 1-100, 101-200) for easier navigation.

🎨 UI Enhancements

• •✅ Improved Home Screen: Features Trending and Popular Anime fetched from AniList.
• •✅ Theme Customization: Added support for custom themes and card designs.
• •✅ Smoother Animations: Enhanced UI interactions and transitions.

🔍 Search & Browse

• •✅ Faster Search: Improved search accuracy and results.
• •✅ Browse Section Fixes: Fixed broken categories and improved navigation.

📄 Anime Details Section

• •✅ AniList Favorite Toggle: You can now favorite/unfavorite anime and sync it with AniList.
• •✅ Status Management: Easily update your anime status like Watching, Completed, or Dropped and sync it.

💾 Local Progress Tracking

• •✅ Auto-Save Progress: Your watch progress now saves locally.
• •✅ Resume Playback: Automatically resumes from where you left off.

🐞 Bug Fixes & Improvements

• •✅ Fixed multiple API request failures.
• •✅ Improved loading speed and playback performance.
• •✅ Enhanced UI design consistency.

🚧 Known Issues

• •🚨 Browse Section: Needs further optimization for content discovery.
• •🚨 Local Progress: Minor desync issues occasionally.

💡 How You Can Help?

This version is still in beta, and your feedback is important!

• •💬 Found a bug? Report it on GitHub Issues.
• •💡 Got suggestions? Contribute to the project or share your ideas.
• •⭐ Support Us: Star our repo or share ShonenX with others.

🔗 GitHub Repository: ShonenX 👉 Update now and enjoy a smoother, faster streaming experience! 🚀🎬

ShonenX - Revamp Update

What's New:

• •UI Overhaul: A complete redesign of the home screen and WatchScreen with a modern, sleek look. Enjoy a more intuitive and user-friendly interface.
• •Quality Selector: Users can now choose from a variety of video qualities directly from M3U8 source URLs, enhancing streaming flexibility.
• •Landscape Mode Support: Watch in both portrait and landscape mode, with the ability to select episodes in landscape for a better viewing experience.
• •Performance Improvements: Optimized loading times and UI responsiveness, providing a smoother experience, even with large episode lists.
• •Anilist Integration: Users can now connect to their anilist account.
• •Multiple Sources: Multiple anime sources to choose. (⚠️For now only 1 available)
• •Ultra Settings: Full control over the app.(⚠️Most of the settings are not available yet but will be soon)

Bug Fixes:

• •Fixed issues related to broken quality options for video streams.
• •Resolved bugs causing crashes when switching between subtitle tracks.
• •Improved episode fetching to handle scenarios where there are no dub servers available.

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Darkx-dev/ShonenX/compare/v0.1.7-beta...v1.0.0-beta

Changelogs

• •Optimized for lag free experience.
• •Card animation improved.
• •New video player controls look
• •_Now you dont need to reopen the app in order for theme settings to take effect"

🚀 ShonenX v0.1.7-beta - Bug Fixes & Improvements

This update focuses on fixing critical bugs and improving the overall experience based on user feedback. 🚀

🐞 What's Fixed?

• •✅ Result Screen Bug: Fixed an issue where the result screen would break when toggling the list mode.
• •✅ Theme Settings Issue: If the theme settings were not applying after a restart, it should now work fine.
• •✅ Minor UI Glitches: Addressed some inconsistencies in the card design.

📸 Screenshots of Fixes & Changes

📝 Known Issues (Still Present)

• •❗ Minor buffering issues when switching between Dub/Sub modes.
• •❗ List mode UI glitch may appear if app cache is not cleared after the update.

💯 Full Changelog

🔗 View complete changes here: Full Changelog

👉 Update now and let us know if you encounter any issues! 💖 📢 If you have feature requests or suggestions, open an issue on GitHub. 🚀

What's Changed

• •UPDATE: 0.1.5-beta by @Darkx-dev in https://github.com/Darkx-dev/ShonenX/pull/12
• •UPDATE: 0.1.6-beta by @Darkx-dev in https://github.com/Darkx-dev/ShonenX/pull/14

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Darkx-dev/ShonenX/commits/0.1.6-beta

Release 0.1.5-beta

Profle Screen (just for show right now) Onboardiing screens better and working bottomplayerbar for continue watching and a lot more...

Dark Varient Themes Huge Optimization Keep state/data while changing screens for better UX

Theme ✅ Stream ✅ Search ✅ Home ✅ Settings ✅ Watchlist ✅ Details ✅

Continue Watching ❌ Export/Import ❌ OnBoarding - 💀