Release v0.20.0

[4gray]

v0.20 brings a major UI overhaul and improves the overall experience across all modules.
The app now features a unified design for M3U, Xtream, and Stalker, along with a new dashboard that shifts the focus from playlists to content. Navigation, favorites, and search have been reworked to be more consistent and intuitive.

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✨ Highlights

• Unified UI across all modules (M3U, Xtream, Stalker)
• New Dashboard as a content-first starting point
• Reworked Favorites & Recently Viewed
• New Command Palette (Cmd/Ctrl + K)

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🧭 Dashboard & Navigation

• New dashboard screen with basic widgets
• Content-oriented start instead of playlist-first approach
• Configurable:
  • Can be disabled
  • Choose startup view (default vs last opened)
• Consistent look & feel across all playlists
• Scope-aware search depending on current view

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🎛 UI & Settings

• Reworked settings page
• App follows system theme by default
• New UI customization options:
  • Toggle dashboard visibility
  • Toggle external player bar
• External player bar:
  • Control player directly from the app
  • Can be hidden in settings

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⭐ Favorites & History

• Reworked Favorites and Recently Viewed:
  • Channel sorting
  • Drag & drop support
  • Integrated EPG view
• Fully integrated across all modules

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📂 Playlist Management

• Reworked “Add Playlist” dialog:
  • Unified dialog with tabs (M3U / Xtream / Stalker)
  • Xtream: option to clear form
• Fixed drag & drop import for M3U files

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🔎 Search & Discovery

• Consistent category search across all modules
• Xtream:
  • Category search
  • Preserve hidden categories after refresh

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📦 Module Improvements

M3U

• Fully redesigned layout:
  • Two-column layout for categories & channels
  • Groups view replaces accordions
• Improved consistency:
  • Sorting
  • Category management
• Channel info dialog available via context menu

Xtream

• Improved account information dialog

Stalker

• EPG support for Live TV
• Channel sorting

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⚡ System & Platform

• macOS version is now signed
• Fixed Flatpak version (Linux)

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🛠 Other Improvements

• Fixed playback position saving when using VLC
• Fixed M3U drag & drop issues from file system
• Improved account information dialog (Xtream)
• General UI consistency improvements across modules

Full Changelog: v0.19.0...v0.20.0

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This discussion was created from the release Release v0.20.0.

[WolfganP]

Awesome release. Thx a lot for the ton of improvements included!

[manuveli]

Thank you so much! Awesome work! On the way to the absolute best IPTV app out there! Hope we get an Android TV version one day

[mistikkmodels]

In this release, the search experience feels like a step back compared to 0.19.

Previously, when you searched for something and opened a channel, your last search was remembered. So if you wanted to keep browsing or switch channels, you could just continue from where you left off.

Now, every time you open a channel, your search is reset. That means you have to retype your query over and over again, which makes the whole process slower and more frustrating.

It might seem like a small change, but it really impacts usability. Remembering the last search made navigation much smoother—would be great to see that behavior come back.