Ryuusei for AniList

This update has widgets and new features for keeping track of when upcoming episodes of anime are airing!

• Home Screen widget for airing schedule! This widget displays upcoming episodes of shows you're currently watching.
• If an anime has an upcoming episode, the time until it airs is shown on the Dashboard and on the anime's Detail page. When you're on the Detail page, you can tap to see the exact time.

Back with a few more bug fixes!

• Fixed a login failure when your lists were empty (like for new AniList users!)
• Fixed Recommendations page sometimes sending too many requests to AniList

This update fixes a couple crashes and other issues:

• Fix crashes on Notifications screen
• Fix missing unread markers on notifications in certain situations
• Fix refresh animation immediately ending when refreshing notifications

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Sometimes things go slower than we'd like, or they don't work correctly. This version of Ryuusei improves how the app handles a bunch of situations like those!

• Improved performance when quickly making multiple changes to a list item. Previously, if AniList or your connection was running slow, sometimes your changes would seem to be reverted or otherwise not end up how you'd expect. This is fixed!
• If Ryuusei is suspended in the background and you make changes to your list on another device or on the AniList website, when you open Ryuusei again it now automatically refreshes your list data
• Data on the Discover page is automatically refreshed after a day or so
• Loading indicators are shown when updating the status of an item on your list, and when updating the progress or score of an item is going a bit slow
• Refreshing the Notifications tab no longer clears out the list, which looked weird and occasionally resulted in showing the wrong data after the refresh was done
• Added specific error messages for when requests are being rate limited by AniList and when an item cannot be found
• Improved error messages throughout the app. Error popups are less wordy, and error banners give more information about the problem.
• Greatly improved performance when loading large lists
• Shortened the amount of time the app will wait for network requests to finish
• Viewing the Profile tab while the app is still busy logging in now shows a loading indicator instead of incorrectly showing a Log In button
• Fixed an issue where viewing enlarged cover images on iPad while using multitasking modes would display the image incorrectly
• Fixed crash on Discover pages when loading indicators were tapped

This update fixes a crash on the Notifications page when reopening the app. It also improves the error message that's shown when a user is not found.

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Sometimes things go slower than we'd like, or they don't work correctly. This version of Ryuusei improves how the app handles a bunch of situations like those!

• Improved performance when quickly making multiple changes to a list item. Previously, if AniList or your connection was running slow, sometimes your changes would seem to be reverted or otherwise not end up how you'd expect. This is fixed!
• If Ryuusei is suspended in the background and you make changes to your list on another device or on the AniList website, when you open Ryuusei again it now automatically refreshes your list data
• Data on the Discover page is automatically refreshed after a day or so
• Loading indicators are shown when updating the status of an item on your list, and when updating the progress or score of an item is going a bit slow
• Refreshing the Notifications tab no longer clears out the list, which looked weird and occasionally resulted in showing the wrong data after the refresh was done
• Added specific error messages for when requests are being rate limited by AniList and when an item cannot be found
• Improved error messages throughout the app. Error popups are less wordy, and error banners give more information about the problem.
• Greatly improved performance when loading large lists
• Shortened the amount of time the app will wait for network requests to finish
• Viewing the Profile tab while the app is still busy logging in now shows a loading indicator instead of incorrectly showing a Log In button
• Fixed an issue where viewing enlarged cover images on iPad while using multitasking modes would display the image incorrectly
• Fixed crash on Discover pages when loading indicators were tapped

Sometimes things go slower than we'd like, or they don't work correctly. This version of Ryuusei improves how the app handles a bunch of situations like those!

• Improved performance when quickly making multiple changes to a list item. Previously, if AniList or your connection was running slow, sometimes your changes would seem to be reverted or otherwise not end up how you'd expect. This is fixed!
• If Ryuusei is suspended in the background and you make changes to your list on another device or on the AniList website, when you open Ryuusei again it now automatically refreshes your list data
• Data on the Discover page is automatically refreshed after a day or so
• Loading indicators are shown when updating the status of an item on your list, and when updating the progress or score of an item is going a bit slow
• Refreshing the Notifications tab no longer clears out the list, which looked weird and occasionally resulted in showing the wrong data after the refresh was done
• Added specific error messages for when requests are being rate limited by AniList and when an item cannot be found
• Improved error messages throughout the app. Error popups are less wordy, and error banners give more information about the problem.
• Greatly improved performance when loading large lists
• Shortened the amount of time the app will wait for network requests to finish
• Viewing the Profile tab while the app is still busy logging in now shows a loading indicator instead of incorrectly showing a Log In button
• Fixed an issue where viewing enlarged cover images on iPad while using multitasking modes would display the image incorrectly
• Fixed crash on Discover pages when loading indicators were tapped

This update has a few big new features (advanced search and rich text!), plus other smaller improvements and bug fixes:

• Advanced search! Use advanced search to find anime and manga based on season, genres, publishing status, region, whether it's already on your list, and more.
• Ryuusei now supports the majority of rich text formatting features on AniList! No more «br», ~!spoilers!~, and so on! Links that Ryuusei can open are opened directly in the app. Spoilers have first-class support, expanding inline when tapped.
• Titles and "more information" on anime, manga, staff, and character detail screens can now be copied! Long-press on the text to show the copy button.
• Discover Anime now has a section for "next season," and Discover Manga now has a section for "Trending"
• Character biographies are now included on character details pages. I had been holding off since those can have a lot of spoilers on them. Now that Ryuusei supports rich text, it was a great time to add character bios!
• The general design of the Discover page has been cleaned up
• Fixed a crash on newer versions of iPadOS 16 when trying to share a user profile
• Pressing the Favorite button on staff and character details now correctly asks you to log in if you aren't already
• Possible fix for a rare situation where cover images could show images belonging to the wrong item
• Incredibly minor tweak to navigation bar button alignment

This update contains small improvements and bug fixes:

• Anime and manga detail pages now show origin region under More Information if the media originates from somewhere other than Japan
• The Discover page should load a little faster on slow internet connections
• Fix an issue where recommendations could sometimes fail to load
• Fix a couple of situations where notifications could fail to load
• Minor under the hood improvements to error logging

This update includes multiple new features and improvements:

• Private list entry support! Private entries can only be seen by you, not by other AniList users. These are now shown with a "lock" icon in the List tab and on the details screen. To mark an item as private or not, tap the list status button and toggle the "Private" menu item. When you add a new item to your list, you can use the "Add Privately" menu item to make it private right away, which prevents it from showing up in your activity feed on AniList.
• Adult content controls: if adult content is enabled on your AniList account, you can now hide certain cover art by default, and hide certain items from Discover entirely if you'd like. When viewing anime & manga detail screens, you can tap on hidden cover art to un-hide it.
• Tap cover images on anime & manga detail screens to see a larger version!
• Cover images throughout the app are now higher quality
• Ryuusei can now open AniList links using a custom URL scheme. If you have an anilist.co link, simply replace "https://" with "ryuusei://" to open it in Ryuusei. This feature works the same kinds of URLs as opening from the clipboard. Try it out with apps like Shortcuts and see what you can build!
• If Ryuusei encounters an unexpected error (when you see a popup box about an error or a red banner), an error log is now automatically uploaded so I can help fix it. Crash logs and performance issues are also sent in the same way. This information is not associated with your AniList account. You can find more details in the updated Privacy Policy if you'd like to learn more.
• If you need it, a new option to help you delete your AniList account has been added to the Account settings screen
• Added a shortcut in Settings to rate the app on the App Store
• Improved performance when downloading large anime/manga lists

Welcome to Ryuusei 2.0! It comes with some new features and other changes:

• Editing controls have a fresh new design! The new layout works better for long-running series and for smaller screens. List status buttons now use pull-down menus so you can change the status of an item with 1 gesture (if you want).
• User profiles! View your own profile in the Profile tab. View other users' profiles through the Following section on media detail screens, from notifications for new followers, or by pasting an AniList link on the Search screen.
• You can now open AniList links from the Search page. Copy an AniList link, open Ryuusei, go to the Search page, and press the Paste button to open the link in Ryuusei. (You can also go to the Discover page and long-press the magnifying glass button, then use the "Paste and Go" button that appears.)
• REMOVED: Ryuusei no longer tries to open AniList links from the clipboard automatically. Please use the Search page to open AniList links!
• The Search page has some small design updates, including a pull-down menu to choose what kind of thing you're looking for (iOS 16 only)

This is the last version of Ryuusei that will support iOS 14. Be sure to update iOS to keep getting new features and bug fixes for Ryuusei!

• Fixed an issue where notifications could fail to load
• Removed extra whitespace that sometimes appeared in More Information section for staff/characters

This update brings new features and bug fixes:

• Customize the app's accent color and color theme! Check Settings > Appearance to see the options.
• Change your primary media type—the kind of media that's shown first on Dashboard, List, and Discover. The default is anime, but try changing it to manga if you mostly use Ryuusei to track your reading!
• Your preferred person name style is now used throughout the app. You can change your preferred person name style in Settings > Account. If you're not logged in, AniList's default style is used (western order romaji).
• Staff and characters have a new More Information section, which includes info like alternate names, birthday, and more
• Community ratings are now shown on recommendations
• Data change notifications now show the reason for the change, if one was provided
• Fix haptic feedback missing on certain Favorite buttons
• Fix issue with Accounts page not always updating when logging in from other screens

This update brings some bug fixes:

• Fix notifications not appearing for status posts
• Fix issue where an anime character with no voice actor could not be tapped
• Fix crash that could occur when loading notifications
• Fix crashes that could occur when updating progress or score on Dashboard and Details screens
• Under the hood changes to the Notifications screen to make it generally more reliable

This update brings new features, bug fixes, and more:

Note: Opening links from the clipboard is now off by default. If you used this feature before, you may need to turn it back on under Settings > General

- The Staff Detail screen has been rebuilt from the ground up! Voice acting roles have a new layout that gives more focus to characters, and all sections are collapsible so you can move around the screen faster.
- Character detail screen! Tap on characters to view more information about them, including larger pictures and what anime and manga they appear in. You can also add them to your favorites! (On rows that have both a character and voice actor, tap on the character's picture to view the character's details.)
- Opening Ryuusei when you have a link to a character from AniList.co on your clipboard will offer to open the detail page in the app (if you have clipboard link detection enabled)
- Anime, manga, and staff can now be set as favorites
- The Settings screen has a new look, and a new Help & Feedback section
- The design of the What's New screen has been refined
- New notification types are now supported (media data changed, media deleted, media merged)
- Improve iOS 15 compatibility
- Fix accent colors being slightly wrong in some areas of the app
- Image loading should now be faster
- Images that are loading have more pleasant placeholder colors
- You can send log data when getting help with a problem in the app
- iOS 14.5 is now the minimum supported OS version

This version resolves crashes that could occur on various screens, including cast & staff lists, recommendations, and staff roles.

This version fixes an issue where characters on the staff detail page could be shown even if the actor didn't voice the character in a particular anime (e.g. remake of an anime, "narrator", etc.). Unfortunately, because of a data issue, the character's role in the anime (main/supporting/background) is no longer displayed on the staff detail page. You can still find this on the anime detail page though!

You can now disable the unread badge on the Notifications tab by changing the option found in "Settings > General".

[iOS 15 beta] Fixes a crash that would occur when using Search in the Discover tab on certain iOS 15 beta versions.

This version contains a crash fix for notifications, and other bug fixes:

- Fix a crash on the Notifications tab that could happen if the app was closed while loading notifications, then reopened
- Fix an issue where the Done button on the iPad keyboard did not save progress input on media detail screens
- Fix an issue with the scrollable area of the What's New popup on iPad

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Changes from 1.8.0:

There's a whole new tab at the bottom of the screen, and it's all about AniList notifications!

You'll see notifications about things like new seasons or adaptations of series you follow, new episodes of currently-airing shows you're watching, likes/replies on your status messages and forum posts, and more.

When you have unread notifications, a badge will show up on the tab to let you know. You'll also see dots on each notification in the list that's new.

Tap on a notification to go to the "thing" you were notified about, whether that's an anime, manga, forum thread, or anything else. If the app can't show you the thing directly, it'll take you there in a web browser instead.

Note that the app can't send actual system notifications (yet). This is just about being able to read your AniList notifications inside the app.

Other changes in this version:

- Fix an issue where characters on the staff detail page could show the wrong role (main/supporting/background). As a result of this fix, characters are now sorted a bit differently than before.

There's a whole new tab at the bottom of the screen, and it's all about AniList notifications!

You'll see notifications about things like new seasons or adaptations of series you follow, new episodes of currently-airing shows you're watching, likes/replies on your status messages and forum posts, and more.

When you have unread notifications, a badge will show up on the tab to let you know. You'll also see dots on each notification in the list that's new.

Tap on a notification to go to the "thing" you were notified about, whether that's an anime, manga, forum thread, or anything else. If the app can't show you the thing directly, it'll take you there in a web browser instead.

Note that the app can't send actual system notifications (yet). This is just about being able to read your AniList notifications inside the app.

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Other changes in this version:

- Fix an issue where characters on the staff detail page could show the wrong role (main/supporting/background). As a result of this fix, characters are now sorted a bit differently than before.

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Changes in version 1.8.1:

- Fix a crash that could occur when loading notifications
- Fix a crash that would occur when tapping on a notification that was loading
- Fix an issue where media in a Discover list could be shown multiple times

There's a whole new tab at the bottom of the screen, and it's all about AniList notifications!

You'll see notifications about things like new seasons or adaptations of series you follow, new episodes of currently-airing shows you're watching, likes/replies on your status messages and forum posts, and more.

When you have unread notifications, a badge will show up on the tab to let you know. You'll also see dots on each notification in the list that's new.

Tap on a notification to go to the "thing" you were notified about, whether that's an anime, manga, forum thread, or anything else. If the app can't show you the thing directly, it'll take you there in a web browser instead.

Note that the app can't send actual system notifications (yet). This is just about being able to read your AniList notifications inside the app.

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Other changes in this version:

- Fix an issue where characters on the staff detail page could show the wrong role (main/supporting/background). As a result of this fix, characters are now sorted a bit differently than before.

Fixes the scoring issue that the last update fixed, but this time the fix actually works correctly for the Manga Dashboard too, not just the Anime Dashboard.

Fixes an issue where scoring systems other than 10-point would not appear correctly on the Dashboard (and more rarely, on Details screens). Also fixes an associated crash specific to editing existing scores on the Dashboard when using the 100-point scale.

This update adds some new features and other improvements:

- See users you follow on anime and manga detail pages! Go to a detail page and scroll all the way to the bottom to see the new Following section, which shows you users you follow who have the media on their list, including their status and score
- Adds support for the new Hiatus release status
- Updates icons throughout the app with a new look
- Filter and Sort are two separate buttons on the List screen
- The Filter button on the List screen changes color when a filter is active
- [iOS 14] Buttons in the navigation bar use pull-down menus instead of action sheets! This means that menus are more compact, and you can interact with them in one fluid gesture rather than tapping multiple times. (You can still tap multiple times if you want, though!) - To change sort direction, simply choose the same option a second time.
- Producers are shown separately from Studios on Anime Detail pages
- Various elements throughout the app provide haptic feedback, like the "plus" button for incrementing episode/chapter progress, or tapping on the community score on a media detail page
- Most images in the app have slightly rounded corners in an attempt to make them look slightly more pleasant
- When you visit the Search page, the search box is immediately ready for you to start typing
- Fixes an issue where a cast member's name could have an extra comma at the end
- Fixes an issue where an unknown media type would be displayed incorrectly
- Under the hood changes to app lifecycle (nothing to see here yet, but this lays the groundwork for another feature coming in a future version)
- Under the hood changes to how the app navigates between screens (nothing to see here either, this is just for my sanity while writing the code!)

This version brings some compatibility changes for iOS 14, and some other small changes.

- [iOS 14] Tap and hold back buttons to show a history menu that lets you jump back multiple pages at a time. (This is a system feature, so try it out in other apps that have been updated for iOS 14!)
- The What's New screen has a new design that only talks about the major changes in the update. If you prefer longer release notes that detail every change that was made, you can always find those on the App Store and in the AniList forum thread!
- Adjust the alignment of list control buttons in response to feedback (hopefully they look better while scrolling now!)
- The button to erase the text box on the Search page is now larger / easier to press
- Back button titles now show the title of the previous page, as long as it fits
- Change "Open in Safari" buttons to "Open in Browser" (since you can change your default browser in iOS 14)
- Opening the What's New screen from Settings now shows as a modal rather than transitioning to a new screen
- [iOS 14] Update clipboard handling to reduce how often Ryuusei seems to read the clipboard
- Fix background color when modal sheets were shown (i.e. What's New screen and when logging in to AniList)
- Remove support for iOS 12

New in this version are some features to help make looking through your Lists easier, along with some other smaller changes and bug fixes.

New Features:

- Search your Lists! There is now a search bar at the top of the List page. You can search by the titles you see on the page. Results are ordered by how good of a match they are.
- Sort your Lists just like you can with your Dashboard! Ryuusei remembers how you like your Lists sorted, so you can sort them differently than your Dashboard, and differently between anime and manga.
- See what changes are happening in Ryuusei with the What's New screen. The latest changes appear when you launch Ryuusei after updating it. You can also find what's new in the Settings tab. If you prefer not to see what's new after updates (maybe you diligently read the release notes in the App Store like I do), you can turn it off in Settings.

Other Changes:

- Entries in the Discover tab, Relations, and Recommendations now show a media's format, such as "TV", "Movie", "OVA", "Manga", "Light Novel", etc. This helps you quickly see if the result is one that you want to look at closer.
- Message banners in the app have a new look (such as when an error occurs, or you provide an invalid input for episodes / chapters)
- Preferences are no longer reset when you log out of your AniList account

Bug Fixes:

- Fix a crash that would occur when you made a change to a list item and left the page, and then the backend told the app that the list change was not successful
- Fix an issue with cover image scaling on Lists
- Fix an issue where detail expansion buttons may not have appeared immediately in some cases

Announcements:

- This is the last version of Ryuusei that will support iOS 12. If you're using iOS 12, please consider updating your operating system to keep getting updates for the app!

This update includes some new features and other changes:

New Features:

- Open AniList links on your clipboard! Try it out: copy an anilist.co link that goes to an anime, manga, or staff member, then open Ryuusei. (And if you don't ever want to be prompted to open links from your clipboard, you can disable this feature under Settings > General)

- Use Ryuusei without logging in. Chances are if you're reading this you already have an AniList account. But for the people who don't, you can now browse through the app without signing in. If you want to add things to your list, though, you'll need to set up an account at that point.

Other Changes:

- When a list is empty, a message will be shown explaining why (e.g. no results found when searching, nothing on your Dashboard because you're not watching/reading anything, and so on)

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iOS 12 support will be removed in a future update, probably toward the end of this year. Keep an eye on future release notes to see which version will be the last to support iOS 12.