From 75c66961b69b125b7752a5e855bdbda394655386 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: chrisk325 <singaracemas@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2026 18:23:02 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] fix catalogs to respect addon's manifest config

---
 src/screens/HomeScreen.tsx | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/screens/HomeScreen.tsx b/src/screens/HomeScreen.tsx
index 4e710706..65eb0491 100644
--- a/src/screens/HomeScreen.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/HomeScreen.tsx
@@ -244,7 +244,34 @@ const HomeScreen = () => {
       for (const addon of addons) {
         if (addon.catalogs) {
           for (const catalog of addon.catalogs) {
-            // Check if this catalog is enabled (default to true if no setting exists)
+            // ── Manifest-level hard gates (cannot be overridden by user settings) ──
+
+            // 1. Never show search catalogs (search.movie, search.series, etc.)
+            if (
+              (catalog.id && catalog.id.startsWith('search.')) ||
+              (catalog.type && catalog.type.startsWith('search'))
+            ) {
+              continue;
+            }
+
+            // 2. Never show catalogs that have any required extra
+            //    (e.g. required genre, calendarVideosIds — these need params to load)
+            const requiredExtras = (catalog.extra || [])
+              .filter((e: any) => e.isRequired)
+              .map((e: any) => e.name);
+            if (requiredExtras.length > 0) {
+              continue;
+            }
+
+            // 3. Respect showInHome flag — if the addon uses it on any catalog,
+            //    only catalogs with showInHome:true are eligible for home.
+            const addonUsesShowInHome = addon.catalogs.some((c: any) => c.showInHome === true);
+            if (addonUsesShowInHome && !(catalog as any).showInHome) {
+              continue;
+            }
+
+            // ── User toggle (mmkv) — applied on top of manifest gates ──
+            // Default is true unless the manifest gates above have already filtered it out.
             const settingKey = `${addon.id}:${catalog.type}:${catalog.id}`;
             const isEnabled = catalogSettings[settingKey] ?? true;