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04 versions

1.2.1

Fixed

  • Exia and its widgets no longer crash right after opening on iPadOS and iOS 27.2 betas.

1.2.0

Added

  • Exia for Apple TV: Home, Library, Search, title pages, the Siri Remote player and paged manga reading.
  • Apple TV picks up your setup from iCloud on first launch, so there's nothing to set up on the TV.
  • AniList and MyAnimeList sign-ins sync through your private iCloud, so Apple TV and new devices are signed in already. Signing out on one device signs out everywhere.
  • Apple TV can hide individual media categories from Settings › Content Categories.
  • Apple TV adds a cache limit in Settings and add-on subtitles in the player's transport bar.
  • Apple TV credits Tron Schell in Settings › About.
  • The Apple TV player plays MKV files with their own subtitles, with Audio, Subtitles and Sources menus above the timeline.
  • Apple TV has What's New in Settings, styled like the changelog on the website, and opens it once after an update.
  • 3D books for manga: each cover wrapped onto a scanned hardcover or softcover book with its own scratches and wear. Drag to spin, long press to lift it up close.
  • 3D discs for TV shows and movies: the poster in a DVD case under a scuffed clear sleeve. Long press it and the case opens so the disc slides out, with a rainbow sheen and random micro scratches.
  • 3D Covers in Settings › Appearance and Settings › Reader turns 3D on for manga and for TV shows and movies separately. The cube button in Library switches the tab you are on.
  • Settings › Diagnostics keeps a private log on your device and lets you share it when you report a problem. Keys, tokens and emails are stripped out.
  • Exia remembers how you sort each title's chapters or episodes, and the sort for each Library category.
  • When downloads for a title fail, its Download button reads Retry Failed with the count and retries them all in one tap.
  • Chapters and episodes show whether you haven't started them, are partway through or have finished them.
  • Each Library category has a search button that filters your saved titles, on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV.
  • Settings › Appearance › Glass shows a live preview of Clear, Regular and Tinted glass over your library's covers.

Changed

  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets and the downloads Live Activity on the Lock Screen show a small Exia logo in the top-right corner, lined up with the rest of the widget.
  • The Downloads widgets have a new look that matches the Live Activity: the cover of what's downloading, a big percentage, the speed and a pause button.
  • The downloads Live Activity has a new look: the cover of what's downloading fills with color as it downloads, with the next downloads stacked behind it and a +X for how many more there are.
  • Widgets show the cover you picked with Edit Cover and leave out categories you've hidden.
  • Tapping the Upcoming widget opens the Calendar even when it isn't one of your tabs.
  • Anime now lives under TV Shows and Movies. Anything you saved as anime moved there, along with anime playback settings you changed.
  • When a source, extension or addon is rate limited, Exia waits and tries again, shows a message, and never turns it off.
  • Feature Requests in Settings opens the Discord feature requests forum.
  • Apple TV puts TV Shows first, followed by Movies and Manga. The Library has a horizontal shelf for each category that has titles, with See More past 10 titles.
  • VLCKit is the built-in player on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV, in place of KSPlayer.
  • iCloud, AniList, MyAnimeList, Discord, TMDB, Kitsu, Stremio, VLC and Infuse show their real logos in their brand colors next to their names.
  • Metadata lists only the providers the app really uses: AniList, Kitsu and MyAnimeList for Manga and for TV and Movies (where anime lives). Anime has no list of its own anymore, and MangaUpdates, which never returned anything, is gone. Kitsu takes its place in the Manga order.
  • Downloads groups chapters and episodes under their manga or show in every section, including Up Next and Failed. Open a group to see each one.
  • A downloaded chapter or episode shows a green download button instead of a check.
  • What's New looks like the changelog on the website: colored Added, Changed, Removed and Fixed headings with a matching line beside each group.

Removed

  • The in-app Feature Requests page.
  • The Anime category, on every device. AniList and MyAnimeList tracking still work for anime.

Fixed

  • The Dynamic Island shows the cover of what's downloading when it isn't expanded.
  • The downloads Live Activity no longer gets stuck on an old "Downloads Done" card, and its percentage no longer drops to 0% when a download finishes or a source makes it wait.
  • The Downloads widget leaves out downloads in categories you've hidden.
  • The downloads Live Activity shows slow downloads in KB/s instead of 0.0 MB/s, and its percentage matches the Downloads widget.
  • The Upcoming widget fits all three releases on smaller iPhones.
  • Artwork that arrives incomplete is fetched again instead of showing patches of another picture.
  • Anime title pages show AniList and MyAnimeList tracking again, and anime you save stays anime.
  • Skipping ahead with the VLCKit player no longer freezes and gives up on the source; it reopens the video at the new spot instead.
  • Clear Logs, Clear Cache, Delete All Downloads and Reset Controls show a white icon on a red tile instead of a red icon on purple.
  • Going back into a manga chapter starts on the page you left, instead of one page later or a page off after the images load. Picking a started chapter from the chapter list resumes it too.

1.1.0

Added

  • The downloads Live Activity shows the cover of what's downloading, with the percentage to its right in the Dynamic Island.

Changed

  • Settings icons are back in color, with no blue anywhere.

1.0.0

Added

  • Long-press an installed addon or extension or tap its pencil to edit its settings.
  • Visible Categories lets you hide Manga, Anime, TV Shows or Movies across the app.
  • Swipe down on the video to keep watching in a mini-player while browsing.
  • Edit Cover lets you pick artwork for manga, anime, TV shows and movies from available providers.
  • Sources puts the most recently played source for each video first and marks it Last Played.
  • Anime episodes show their runtime and the range of file sizes reported by their sources.
  • Standalone films have a Content row with playback progress and a download button.
  • Playback settings control automatic source switching, the buffering timeout, and top-of-screen notices.
  • Library opens reading and watching history from a toolbar button.
  • Manga details show the author and publisher when the source supplies them.
  • Settings shows on-device cache usage and lets you set a disk limit.
  • Choose subtitles from add-ons like OpenSubtitles in the KSPlayer or AVPlayer+ Subtitles menu.
  • Play more video formats with KSPlayer in Playback settings.
  • Sources shows release names, size, and reported seeder and peer counts, and puts the last downloaded match first.
  • Swipe left on any download to reveal Delete.
  • Manga, anime, TV shows and movies in one app for iPhone, iPad and Mac.
  • Manga extensions from Aidoku and Paperback repositories. Paste a repository link and press Return to install and read.
  • MangaDex built in.
  • Stremio addons for anime, TV shows and movies.
  • Home with a full-screen hero, plus rows you can add, hide and reorder.
  • Library split into Manga, Anime, TV Shows and Movies, with a Filters menu for reading and watching status.
  • Search across every extension and addon at once.
  • Release calendar for titles in your library, from the calendar button on Home or as a tab: episode air times and new chapters, by day or by week.
  • Downloads that run in parallel and keep going in the background, with a storage breakdown.
  • Downloads Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, with pause and resume.
  • Home Screen widgets for iPhone and iPad: Continue, Upcoming releases, Downloads and Library, in every size including extra large on iPad.
  • Lock Screen widgets for what you're watching or reading, the next release and download progress.
  • Pause and resume all downloads right from the Downloads widget.
  • Manga reader with vertical scrolling and paged mode with a page curl that follows your finger, a slim control bar and a small progress bar.
  • Reading Mode and Page Turn pickers that show how each option works.
  • Manga pages show how long a series is (chapters, volumes, finished or ongoing) and full chapter release dates.
  • Reader controls you place yourself, tap zones and gestures.
  • Playback settings for each category, with AVPlayer, AVPlayer+ and external players such as Infuse and VLC.
  • AniList and MyAnimeList tracking.
  • iCloud sync for your library, progress, settings and sources, plus backup export and import.
  • Hide NSFW Content, one switch per category, on by default.
  • Customizable tabs, up to four with Search always in its own bubble, and fonts, with the Geist family by default.
  • White controls on pure black, with an X to close every sheet.
  • Hover effects on Mac and on iPad with a trackpad or mouse.
  • Community links for Discord, feature requests and guides.
  • About page with version, build, credits and open source licenses.
  • This changelog, in Settings › About › What's New.

Changed

  • Home shows artwork as it arrives and loads recent choices from the device cache. Image requests stop when their views no longer need them.
  • The download queue stops refreshing speed when idle.
  • KSPlayer and AVPlayer+ have a thin bottom timeline and circular playback controls.
  • Sources sheets are transparent when choosing a stream or download.
  • Settings uses roomier rows with native section spacing.
  • Manga, Anime, TV Shows and Movies use consistent icons across the app.
  • Add Source shows extension icons and closes after installation.
  • Opening the Search tab focuses the search field and opens the iPhone or iPad keyboard.
  • The reader preloads manga pages at the displayed size and warms the start of the next downloaded chapter.
  • Brightness opens as a native sheet, and the translucent chapter list shows page counts and read status.
  • A wider center tap area toggles the manga reader's controls.
  • iCloud requests a refresh on the first app open each day. Sync Now is available any time.
  • Settings uses Discord's official symbol, and About credits Tron Schell beneath the Exia logo.
  • The Downloads speed summary includes a larger Pause or Resume All control.
  • Add and Download buttons animate when they change state.

Fixed

  • Force Landscape is a shared setting and playback follows the phone's orientation when it is off.
  • Completed download rows open anywhere you tap, and the swipe Delete action uses red.
  • Subtitle colors apply to embedded and add-on text in KSPlayer and AVPlayer+. The default is white.
  • Preferred playback quality orders the Sources list, and rows use each release's reported swarm counts.
  • Older Paperback extensions such as MangaFox and MangaKatana can load their shared runtime functions.
  • Rapid taps and gestures queue through the native page turn without overlapping curls.
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