Changelog

New: Live TV Mini Preview

• Channels play in a small overlay while browsing the guide
• Back key transitions between full-screen and mini preview
• State machine preserves ExoPlayer across transitions

New: Search UI

• Redesigned search interface with improved layout and navigation
• Better search experience optimized for TV remote input

New: Focus-to-Load Categories

• Live TV sidebar loads channels and EPG data on focus — no click required

New: Adult Content Filtering

• Respects per-profile filterAdultContent flag with comprehensive pattern matching
• Not limited to KID profile type — works on any profile

Fixed: Browse & Playback

• Movies/series not showing on real devices — added soft-delete playlist filter (p.is_deleted = 0) to all browse + count queries
• Customize Home categories not visible — sync categories before loading, default to visible
• EPG onboarding — fix double gzip decompression for .gz URLs
• FTS5 search index — use rebuild command to prevent duplicate entries
• Content fallback — show title text when no thumbnail/poster available
• Mini preview auto-retry — backoff retry on player freeze
• Mini preview muted in PIP — prevents sound mixing
• Recently Added Series cards — removed redundant series name overlay

Fixed: UI & Navigation

• Avatar picker — circular avatars with proper focus/selection borders, grid auto-focuses on open
• Sidebar animations — replaced bouncy spring() with smooth tween() throughout
• Search keyboard — block D-pad left from escaping to sidebar
• Onboarding back button — correctly exits to settings in add-playlist/profile mode

Improved: Compatibility

• 16KB page size support — jniLibs.useLegacyPackaging = true
• Dropped RTMP — removed media3-datasource-rtmp (native lib not 16KB aligned), falls back to HTTP

Improved: Other

• Provider ordering — categories ordered by provider order instead of alphabetical
• Skip VOD/Series playlists in Live TV — only show live content
• Fire TV banner — added activity banner for Fire TV home screen

New: Unified Home Screen

• Removed separate "Latest Added" and "My IPFlix" tabs — all content now lives on the Home screen
• View All navigation from home sections to full browse grids

New: Browse Grid

• Full-screen browse grid for Movies and Shows with sort options (A-Z, Year, Rating)
• Year-grouped headers and infinite scroll pagination
• TMDB metadata fetched in viewport for poster art and ratings

Improved: Search

• FTS substring search — find channels even with partial queries
• Query normalization for better matching

New: Large Dataset Optimization

Rebuilt import and loading pipelines to handle 200k+ channel libraries without freezing.

• Streaming import pipeline — M3U and Xtream imports now stream to DB via Flow
• Batch EPG inserts with time-window filtering
• Unbounded DAO queries converted to bounded/paginated
• Async QR/manual playlist import via WorkManager
• Chunked batch loading for Live TV, Movies, and Shows with real-time progress

New: Multi-Playlist Support

• Per-playlist category selection with provider grouping
• Playlist management overhaul — add, remove, reimport playlists
• Category preferences sync between onboarding and profile edit

New: Netflix-Style Player Controls

• Accumulated skip with hold-to-seek (hold D-pad for fast forward/rewind)
• Netflix-style seek bar with buffered progress, round thumb, and time tooltip
• Skip indicator overlay

Improved: EPG Reliability

• EPG prefetch after playlist import and on EPG URL change
• Improved channel-to-EPG resolution
• EPG source indicator in Live TV info panel
• Shimmer loading states for EPG data

Improved: Live TV

• Stream quality badge showing resolution, FPS, and codec
• Live channel favorites — heart toggle in player
• Provider ordering preserved for categories and channels
• Xtream credential error display with Retry/Edit buttons

Improved: Import & Onboarding

• Import stall detection — warning after 30s with cancel/go-back option
• Async playlist import prevents UI freezing
• Better error handling for empty/invalid playlists

Fixed: Fire TV Compatibility

• Comprehensive ProGuard rules for release builds
• Fire TV manifest compatibility fixes

Improved: Profile & Settings

• Advanced profile settings — subtitle size, live preview
• Sidebar auto-collapse focus fix
• Support code display
• Compact support screen layout for TV

Fixed: Bug Fixes

• Fixed future years being extracted as movie release dates
• Fixed category preferences not syncing between onboarding and profile edit
• Fixed "Add Profile" not navigating to onboarding

Fixed: EPG Reliability & Prefetch

• Fix permanent shimmer on ALL/FAVORITES/category tabs — O(1) channel ID lookup map
• SubscriptionWorker now awaits EPG flow completion before reporting success
• Auto-prefetch EPG data after M3U/Xtream playlist import
• Immediate EPG download when user adds/changes EPG URL
• EPG source badge in Live TV info panel ("Provider EPG" / "Custom EPG")
• Fix crash on Live TV init (Kotlin property ordering — focusedChannel NPE)

Improved: Error Handling

• Human-friendly error overlay in Live TV player (HTTP 401/403/404/451/5xx)
• Skip retry on permanent HTTP 4xx errors — instant error dialog instead of 9s wait
• Consistent error UI between Live TV inline player and full-screen player

Improved: UI Polish

• Non-TV device warning dialog on app launch
• D-pad navigation fix for text fields in profile edit/create screens
• ContinueWatchingCard redesign with shimmer loading animation
• FlexibleIntSerializer for Xtream category_id (handles empty string from API)

Improved: Live TV

• Tivimate-style channel preview zapping
• Live TV subtitle support
• Faster EPG loading using bulk queries
• Proper loading states instead of blank screens
• Channel up/down buttons now apply only to Live TV

Improved: Series & Navigation

• Complete Series detail rewrite using Xtream API metadata
• Episode overlay inside the player
• Cleaner layout with improved summaries
• Scroll position preservation across all screens

New: Subtitles & Language System

Unified subtitle support across Movies, Series, and Live TV when supported.

• Automatic filtering of unsupported PGS/image-based subtitles
• Improved auto-selection of text subtitles (SRT, WebVTT)
• Language preference system expanded to 20+ languages
• Fixed preferred audio and subtitle settings not applying correctly
• Fixed subtitles not showing on certain movies

Improved: Playback & Performance

• Improved buffering behavior
• Tuned playback loading overlay
• Smoother initial stream startup
• Target SDK updated to 35, removing "built for older Android" warnings

Fixed: UI & Polish

• Shimmer placeholders while images load
• Proper fallback for failed image loads
• Simplified and improved TV content card rendering
• Fixed onboarding flashing before Home
• Fixed avatar issues during profile setup
• Fixed Xtream login getting stuck on invalid credentials

New: EPG (Electronic Programme Guide)

Live TV now has a full programme guide. See what's on now and next for every channel.

• EPG URLs can be added through the QR code web interface alongside playlists
• After adding a playlist, pick from a curated list of EPG providers during onboarding
• Current and upcoming programme info displayed throughout the app

New: Player Info Bar

A Tivimate-style overlay appears at the bottom when you enter a channel or zap with UP/DOWN.

• Shows channel logo, name, current programme with live progress bar, and next programme
• Auto-hides after 5 seconds
• Info bar appears first when opening a channel — controls only show when you press OK/Enter

New: Buffering Spinner

A loading indicator now appears when the stream is buffering — no more staring at a black screen wondering if it's working.

Improved: Live TV UI

The Live TV experience has been visually overhauled for better readability and navigation.

• Bigger category sidebar (180dp) with larger, more readable text (13sp)
• EPG "now" line is a single unified red line that perfectly aligns across the timeline and channel grid

Improved: Movies & TV Series UI

Visual refinements across Movies and TV Series screens for a cleaner, more polished experience.

Fixed: QR Code HTTPS

Fixed scheme handling for QR-scanned playlist URLs ensuring HTTPS is used correctly.

New: All-New Live TV Experience

Browse and watch your live channels in a clean, full-screen experience built for your TV.

• Full-screen live TV optimized for big screens
• EPG (TV guide with programme schedules) coming in a future update

New: All-New Movies Experience

A redesigned Movies section with poster art, ratings, release years, and smart categorization.

• Browse by year, genre, or latest additions
• Everything loads instantly

New: Advanced Search

Find anything across your entire library in seconds.

• Results enriched with posters and ratings
• Content type badges (Movie, Series, Live) so you always know what you're looking at

New: Update Notifications

IPFlix now notifies you when a new version is available so you're always on the latest release.

Fixed: Stability

• Fixed a crash when opening the Profile settings screen on large libraries (246k+ channels)
• Fixed skeleton loading screen disappearing too early on Movies and Series tabs
• Significantly reduced CPU usage during background playlist sync
• Fixed streams returning 403 errors due to incorrect network request headers

Improved: Player

• Streams now automatically retry up to 3 times before giving up
• After repeated failures, a clear message is shown: "Content is currently offline. Please contact your provider." with Retry and Close options

Fixed: Content

• Fixed live channels incorrectly appearing in Movies or Series tabs
• Xtream playlists now show posters and ratings instantly — no waiting for external data to load

Improved: Settings & Profile

• New Support This Project page in Settings with QR code
• Added Add Playlist button when your playlist list is empty
• Improved error messages during playlist import with actionable guidance for connection issues, timeouts, and geo-restrictions

Improved: Performance

• Playlist removal now preserves channel data for faster re-sync
• Database updated to v39

New: Smart Playlist Detection

The app now automatically detects whether your playlist is M3U or Xtream format when adding manually.

• Just paste your playlist URL - automatic format detection
• Live TV, Movies, and Series categories clearly labeled
• Better organization during playlist setup

Improved: Series Discovery

Major improvement to series episode loading.

• Find all episodes instantly - even when spread across different playlists
• Fixed "0 Episodes" issue for series with available content
• Much faster episode loading

Improved: First-Time Setup

Clearer validation messages and better category management.

• Clear feedback: "We've found 44 live, 38 movie, and 16 series categories"
• Category selections from onboarding now properly saved to profile
• Settings → Customize Content now reflects your choices
• Fixed text alignment in category selection screens

Improved: Home Screen Experience

No more empty sections with endless loading.

• Only shows content that's actually available
• Smoother, faster home screen
• Better handling of empty data from providers

Fixed: Category Preferences

Your category selections are now remembered correctly.

Fixed issue where:

• Categories selected during onboarding weren't saved
• Changes in settings didn't reflect on Home/Movies/Shows pages
• All category preferences now sync properly

Enhanced: Performance

Backend optimizations for better speed and reliability.

• Faster database queries with new optimized indices
• Better caching for smoother navigation
• Improved memory usage when loading large playlists

Fixed: Xtream Playlist Import Failure

Some users experienced a frustrating issue where:

• Xtream credentials validated successfully
• Channel counts appeared correctly
• But clicking "Import Playlist" failed

This has now been fully resolved.

• Xtream playlists now import smoothly after validation, including:
• Live TV
• Movies (VOD)
• Series
• No more import loops. No more unexpected errors.

Fixed: Missing Series Episodes

Some IPTV providers structure playlists in unusual ways. In certain cases, series headers and episodes were stored separately, causing episodes not to appear.

This has been resolved.

• All series episodes now load correctly regardless of provider structure.

Fixed: Crash on Empty Series Data

If a provider returned empty episode data, the app could crash.

Now:

• The app handles empty responses gracefully
• You will see a clear "No episodes available" message instead

Improved: Onboarding Category Display

All content types are now clearly separated during setup:

• Live Channels
• Movies
• Shows
• You can properly customize what appears on your home screen.

Improved: Cleaner Home Screen by Default

The home screen now starts clean. You decide which sections to enable.

• Less clutter. More control.

Enhanced QR Code Security

QR codes now use short-lived secure tokens instead of exposing device identifiers.

• Time-limited pairing sessions
• Secure web authentication
• Better protection of device registration

Improved Playlist Format Detection

The app now automatically detects whether a playlist is:

• M3U
• Xtream
• This prevents failed imports caused by incorrect format assumptions.

Improved IPTV Compatibility

Many IPTV providers require specific headers or lack HTTPS support.

Improvements include:

• Better server compatibility
• Improved streaming reliability
• Reduced connection errors

Improved Xtream Credential Validation

Xtream credentials are now validated before importing large playlists.

This prevents long waits followed by failure.

• Faster feedback. Clearer errors.