LeanBitLab/LtvLauncher

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• If you love using LTvLauncher (ad-free, lightweight, and open source), please consider supporting us! Your contributions help buy testing hardware, cover bills, and keep development active.
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✨ Whats New

• Fix key click sound on D-pad key press navigation.
• Fix local cache out-of-sync issue when reordering apps in custom sections.
• Fix active VPN connection detection to correctly display the VPN key icon instead of Wi-Fi.
• Make tapping the VPN status bar icon open native VPN settings instead of Wi-Fi settings.
• Consolidate GitHub Actions badge generation workflows to prevent build push conflicts.

📦 📦 Artifacts

• app-release.apk (18.3 MB): Universal build containing all architectures.
• app-armeabi-v7a-release.apk (9.4 MB): Optimized build for ARMv7 architectures (older Android TVs & Fire TV sticks).
• app-arm64-v8a-release.apk (9.8 MB): Optimized build for ARM64 architectures (newer Android TVs & NVIDIA Shield).

📦 ❤️ Support the Project

• If you love using LTvLauncher (ad-free, lightweight, and open source), please consider supporting us! Your contributions help buy testing hardware, cover bills, and keep development active.
• 👉 [Sponsor LeanBitLab on GitHub](https://github.com/sponsors/LeanBitLab)
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✨ ✨ New Features

• Multiple Backups Support: Backups are now exported with unique timestamps (e.g., `ltv_backup_20260621_155341.json`)
• System-wide Notification Overlays: Added popups for notification alerts visible across the entire operating system.
• TV Input Selector: Directly switch between input sources (HDMI, AV, etc.) from the launcher.
• Accessibility Settings Page: Dedicated settings panel for managing launcher accessibility features.

🐛 🛠️ Bug Fixes

• Cropping & UI Scale Expansion: Capped scale limits on focused banners to prevent items from getting cropped on certain screen aspect ratios.
• Wallpaper Live Updates: Fixed a bug where changing the wallpaper did not trigger an immediate visual update in the background.
• Security & Backups: Disabled insecure full Android OS backups in the manifest (`android:allowBackup="false"`).
• Crash & Imports fixes: Resolved network/UI crashes, restored missing imports in the notification listener service, and resolved Java compilation errors in `MainActivity`.

⚡ 🚀 Under-the-Hood & Performance

• Settings Cache: Optimized `SettingsService` by caching values locally to avoid repeatedly reading from `SharedPreferences`.
• Database & Query Optimization:
• Fixed an $N+1$ query pattern when fetching and categorizing TV applications.
• Optimized category lookups for new applications to run in $O(1)$ time.
• Concurrency & I/O:
• Implemented a concurrency pool to cap unawaited background caching tasks.
• Replaced synchronous file I/O checks (e.g., wallpaper checks) with fully asynchronous operations.
• Test Coverage: Added comprehensive widget and unit tests for `AppCard`, `DateTimeWidget`, `SidePanelDialog`, `NetworkService`, and the `App`/`Category` models.

📦 📦 Artifacts

• app-release.apk (18.3 MB): Universal build containing all architectures.
• app-armeabi-v7a-release.apk (9.4 MB): Optimized build for ARMv7 architectures (older Android TVs & Fire TV sticks).
• app-arm64-v8a-release.apk (9.8 MB): Optimized build for ARM64 architectures (newer Android TVs & NVIDIA Shield).

✨ 🚀 New Features

• Notification Overlay Popups: Added system-wide notification overlays.
• TV Input Selector: Added input selector support and optimized package size.
• Toggle for Status Bar Inputs: Added option to show/hide status bar inputs widget.
• Accessibility Settings: Added dedicated accessibility page.

⚡ ⚡ Performance Optimizations

• Settings Caching: Optimized `SettingsService` with local caching.
• Drift DB N+1 Fix: Resolved N+1 query issue in TV apps categorization.
• Asynchronous I/O: Migrated wallpaper existence checks to async I/O.
• Concurrency Pooling: Capped concurrent background cache operations.
• O(1) Lookups: Optimized category matching for new apps.

🐛 🐞 Bug Fixes & Improvements

• Banner Layout: Capped premium banner scaling to prevent focus cropping.
• Wallpaper Update: Fixed delay in wallpaper changes.
• Security: Disabled insecure Android backup configuration

✨ ✨ New Features

• Themes: Switch between distinct visual styles (Default, Premium, Classic, Capsule).
• Focus Customization: Toggle focus outline and transition animations to tailor your experience.
• Edge Bump Animation: Visual feedback when reaching the edge of a row, preventing accidental focus wrapping.

📦 🚀 Improvements

• Data Usage Widget: Generalized to accurately detect and display internet consumption across WiFi, Ethernet, and Mobile data (no extra permissions required).
• Date-Based Versioning: Shifted to a `YYYY.MM.DD` version scheme for clearer tracking.
• Performance Optimizations: Aggressive icon caching and code cleanups.

🐛 🐛 Bug Fixes

• Focus Traversal: Fixed an issue where rapid scrolling (long-press) would cause the focus to jump unexpectedly between rows.
• General bug fixes and stability improvements.

✨ ✨ New Features

• Custom App Banners: Set your own banner graphics for unofficial apps from the App Info Panel.
• Custom Section Names: Build custom categories from scratch without relying strictly on presets.
• App Labels: Clean up your homescreen grid with a new toggle to hide text below icons or show if you really wanted.

🐛 🛠️ Bug Fixes

• Fixed the keyboard overflow/scrolling glitch on the Modify Section page.
• Squashed a persistent storage leak when deleting custom app images.
• Fixed icon reloading glitches and rendering race-conditions.

📦 🚀 Under-the-Hood

• Fixed the png logo
• Refactored settings to cache globally, drastically speeding up UI navigation and lowering disk usage overhead.

📦 Maintenance & F-Droid Compatibility

• Build Update: Disabled `dependenciesInfo` block generation inside the [build.gradle] to comply with IzzyOnDroid and F-Droid's open-source building policies.
• Fastlane Metadata: Added structured Fastlane metadata to the repository (including icons, screenshots, and accurately formatted markdown descriptions).
• Repository Migration: Updated all internal links and documentation to appropriately reflect the new repository URL (`LeanBitLab/LtvLauncher`).

📦 Files attached:

• (Universal) [LTvLauncher-universal-release.apk]
• (64-bit) [LTvLauncher-arm64-v8a-release.apk]
• (32-bit) [LTvLauncher-armeabi-v7a-release.apk]
• (x86_64) LTvLauncher-x86_64-release.apk

✨ New Features

• Screensaver Clock Styles: 7 font styles — Minimal, Bold, Retro, Elegant, Neon, Pixel, Digital — applied to both the Flutter screensaver and native Android DreamService.

🐛 Improvements & Fixes

• Screensaver AM/PM: Rendered inline at 35% size alongside the time, instead of full-size.
• Screensaver Date: Increased font size for better readability.
• Accent Color: Added more aesthetic color tiles.
• Settings Focus: Optimized — removed expensive `boxShadow`, added `RepaintBoundary` for smoother navigation.
• Time Formats: Cleaned up presets — removed `HH:mm:ss` since it conflicting on screensaver and removed duplicate `HH:mm`
• Animations: Added minimal app opening animation; overall animation speeds might be snappier now.
• Screensaver: Improved efficiency
• Performance: Improved overall performance optimization.
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✨ New Features

• Time-based Wallpaper Switching: Automatically change your wallpaper based on the time of day (day/night modes).

🐛 Improvements & Fixes

• Code cleanup:
• *Version: 3.1.0+19*

✨ 🏷️ New Name: LTvLauncher

• We have officially rebranded from FLauncher to LTvLauncher to better reflect our vision and avoid confusion with the original project.

✨ 📦 New Package Name

• The application package name has been updated to `com.leanbitlab.ltvL`.
• > Important: This version will install as a separate app alongside the original FLauncher. You will need to migrate your settings manually and uninstall the old version if desired.

📦 🎨 Accent Color Support

• Personalize your launcher experience! You can now choose from a variety of accent colors to match your style or room ambience.

📦 ☀️ Experimental Brightness Control

• Added a new Brightness Scheduler feature that allows the launcher to automatically adjust system brightness based on the time of day.

📦 ⚙️ Reorganized Settings

• The settings menu has been streamlined for better navigation.
• Better Organization: Moved "Miscellaneous" settings to the "Interface" section.
• Unified Interface: Consistent styling across all settings pages.

📦 💎 UI Refinement

• Polished various UI elements for a more modern and cohesive look.
• Enhanced focus indicators.
• Improved spacing and layout consistency.

📦 ⚡ Animation Optimization

• Optimized animations throughout the launcher for a smoother and more responsive feel, especially on lower-end devices.
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• *Thank you for using LTvLauncher!*

📋 Changes

• Enhanced Focus Indicator: New double-border (White Outer, Black Inner) design ensures perfect visibility on any background.
• Smart Navigation: Fixed 'bounce back' issues and optimized focus traversal for a smoother experience.
• Refined Settings: Reorganized menus with a new 'Miscellaneous' section and unified focus styles.

📋 Changes

• Favorites System: Add/Remove toggle, new category logic, specific tab in settings.
• Visuals: hh:mm time format, focus outlines for TV navigation.

✨ ✨ New Features

• Consistent Focus Indicators: Settings and network widgets now have matching outline + shadow focus style
• Settings Icon Repositioned: Moved to left of network indicator for better layout
• Improved App Card Selection: Added drop shadow for visibility on light/white app icons

🐛 🐛 Bug Fixes

• Icon Cache on Uninstall: Fixed stale icons not refreshing after app uninstall
• Date/Time Dialog Autofocus: Focus now starts on first item instead of last
• TV Remote Click: Fixed settings button not responding to TV remote select button

📋 🔧 Technical Changes

• Replaced GestureDetector with InkWell for proper TV remote handling
• Matched settings icon padding with network indicator size
• Improved focus_aware_app_bar.dart with reusable focusable widgets

📦 📥 Downloads

• Universal APK (29MB): Works on all devices
• ARM64-v8a (13MB): For modern 64-bit ARM devices (recommended)
• ARMv7a (13MB): For older 32-bit ARM devices
• x86_64 (13MB): For Intel/AMD 64-bit devices
• Full Changelog: https://github.com/LeanBitLab/FlauncherL/compare/v2024.11.001...v2024.11.002

✨ ✨ New Features

• TV Remote-Friendly Date/Time Format Selector: Replaced keyboard input with preset selection (6 date + 5 time formats)
• Network Indicator Toggle: Show/hide network status independently in settings
• Widget Reorganization: Network indicator merged with WiFi usage for cleaner layout

🐛 🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed date/time toggle bug that caused duplicate time display
• Added proper widget keys to prevent state confusion
• Improved DateTimeWidget to detect and apply format changes dynamically

📦 ⚡ Optimizations

• Code Modernization: Migrated from `tuple` package to native Dart 3 records (35 usages)
• Dependency Cleanup: Removed `tuple` and `format` packages
• Asset Reduction: Removed 11 unused wallpaper assets (~5-6MB saved)
• Material Icons: Tree-shaken (99.5% reduction: 1.6MB → 8KB)
• APK Size: Down to 29.7MB (from ~35MB)

📋 🔧 Technical Changes

• Debug builds now use `.debug` package suffix for side-by-side installation
• Improved build configuration and gitignore

📦 📥 Downloads

• Universal APK (29MB): Works on all devices
• ARM64-v8a (13MB): For modern 64-bit ARM devices (recommended for most)
• ARMv7a (13MB): For older 32-bit ARM devices
• x86_64 (13MB): For Intel/AMD 64-bit devices
• Full Changelog: https://github.com/LeanBitLab/FlauncherL/compare/v2024.11.000...v2024.11.001