fixed xprime initial loading issue

src/components/player/AndroidVideoPlayer.tsx

@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ const AndroidVideoPlayer: React.FC = () => {
   const [showSourcesModal, setShowSourcesModal] = useState<boolean>(false);
   const [availableStreams, setAvailableStreams] = useState<{ [providerId: string]: { streams: any[]; addonName: string } }>(passedAvailableStreams || {});
   const [currentStreamUrl, setCurrentStreamUrl] = useState<string>(uri);
+  // Track a single silent retry per source to avoid loops
+  const retryAttemptRef = useRef<number>(0);
   const [isChangingSource, setIsChangingSource] = useState<boolean>(false);
   const [pendingSeek, setPendingSeek] = useState<{ position: number; shouldPlay: boolean } | null>(null);
   const [currentQuality, setCurrentQuality] = useState<string | undefined>(quality);
@@ -781,11 +783,41 @@ const AndroidVideoPlayer: React.FC = () => {
         return;
       }
       
-      // Check for specific AVFoundation server configuration errors
-      const isServerConfigError = error?.error?.code === -11850 || 
-                                 error?.code === -11850 ||
-                                 (error?.error?.localizedDescription && 
-                                  error.error.localizedDescription.includes('server is not correctly configured'));
+      // Detect Xprime provider to enable a one-shot silent retry (warms upstream/cache)
+      const providerName = ((currentStreamProvider || streamProvider || '') as string).toLowerCase();
+      const isXprimeProvider = providerName.includes('xprime');
+
+      // One-shot, silent retry without showing error UI
+      if (isXprimeProvider && retryAttemptRef.current < 1) {
+        retryAttemptRef.current = 1;
+        // Cache-bust to force a fresh fetch and warm upstream
+        const addRetryParam = (url: string) => {
+          const sep = url.includes('?') ? '&' : '?';
+          return `${url}${sep}rn_retry_ts=${Date.now()}`;
+        };
+        const bustedUrl = addRetryParam(currentStreamUrl);
+        logger.warn('[AndroidVideoPlayer] Silent retry for Xprime with cache-busted URL');
+        // Ensure no modal is visible
+        if (errorTimeoutRef.current) {
+          clearTimeout(errorTimeoutRef.current);
+          errorTimeoutRef.current = null;
+        }
+        safeSetState(() => setShowErrorModal(false));
+        // Brief pause to let the player reset
+        setPaused(true);
+        setTimeout(() => {
+          if (!isMounted.current) return;
+          setCurrentStreamUrl(bustedUrl);
+          setPaused(false);
+        }, 120);
+        return; // Do not proceed to show error UI
+      }
+
+      // Check for specific AVFoundation server configuration errors (iOS)
+      const isServerConfigError = error?.error?.code === -11850 ||
+                                  error?.code === -11850 ||
+                                  (error?.error?.localizedDescription &&
+                                   error.error.localizedDescription.includes('server is not correctly configured'));
       
       // Format error details for user display
       let errorMessage = 'An unknown error occurred';
@@ -1488,17 +1520,7 @@ const AndroidVideoPlayer: React.FC = () => {
                 <Video
                   ref={videoRef}
                   style={[styles.video, customVideoStyles, { transform: [{ scale: zoomScale }] }]}
-                  source={(() => {
-                    // FORCEFULLY use headers from route params if available - no filtering or modification
-                    const sourceWithHeaders = headers ? {
-                      uri: currentStreamUrl,
-                      headers: headers
-                    } : { uri: currentStreamUrl };
-                    
-                    // HTTP request logging removed; source prepared
-                    
-                    return sourceWithHeaders;
-                  })()}
+                  source={{ uri: currentStreamUrl, headers: headers || {} }}
                   paused={paused}
                   onProgress={handleProgress}
                   onLoad={(e) => {

src/hooks/useDominantColor.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useState, useEffect, useCallback } from 'react';
+import { useState, useEffect, useCallback, useRef } from 'react';
 import { getColors } from 'react-native-image-colors';
 import type { ImageColorsResult } from 'react-native-image-colors';
 
@@ -145,12 +145,13 @@ export const preloadDominantColor = async (imageUri: string | null) => {
   console.log('[useDominantColor] Preloading color for URI:', imageUri);
   
   try {
+    // Fast first-pass: prioritize speed to avoid visible delay
     const result = await getColors(imageUri, {
       fallback: '#1a1a1a',
       cache: true,
       key: imageUri,
-      quality: 'high', // Use higher quality for better color extraction
-      pixelSpacing: 3, // Better sampling (Android only)
+      quality: 'low', // Faster extraction
+      pixelSpacing: 5, // Fewer sampled pixels (Android only)
     });
 
     const extractedColor = selectBestColor(result);
@@ -172,10 +173,18 @@ export const useDominantColor = (imageUri: string | null): DominantColorResult =
   });
   const [loading, setLoading] = useState(false);
   const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const lastSetColorRef = useRef<string | null>(dominantColor);
+
+  const safelySetColor = useCallback((color: string) => {
+    if (lastSetColorRef.current !== color) {
+      lastSetColorRef.current = color;
+      setDominantColor(color);
+    }
+  }, []);
 
   const extractColor = useCallback(async (uri: string) => {
     if (!uri) {
-      setDominantColor('#1a1a1a');
+      safelySetColor('#1a1a1a');
       setLoading(false);
       return;
     }
@@ -183,7 +192,7 @@ export const useDominantColor = (imageUri: string | null): DominantColorResult =
     // Check cache first
     if (colorCache.has(uri)) {
       const cachedColor = colorCache.get(uri)!;
-      setDominantColor(cachedColor);
+      safelySetColor(cachedColor);
       setLoading(false);
       return;
     }
@@ -192,27 +201,48 @@ export const useDominantColor = (imageUri: string | null): DominantColorResult =
       setLoading(true);
       setError(null);
 
-      const result: ImageColorsResult = await getColors(uri, {
+      // 1) Fast first-pass extraction to update UI immediately
+      const fastResult: ImageColorsResult = await getColors(uri, {
         fallback: '#1a1a1a',
         cache: true,
         key: uri,
-        quality: 'high', // Use higher quality for better accuracy
-        pixelSpacing: 3, // Better pixel sampling (Android only)
+        quality: 'low', // Fastest available
+        pixelSpacing: 5,
       });
 
-      const extractedColor = selectBestColor(result);
+      const fastColor = selectBestColor(fastResult);
+      colorCache.set(uri, fastColor); // Cache fast color to avoid flicker
+      safelySetColor(fastColor);
+      setLoading(false);
 
-      // Cache the extracted color for future use
-      colorCache.set(uri, extractedColor);
-      setDominantColor(extractedColor);
+      // 2) Optional high-quality refine in background
+      // Only refine if URI is still the same when this completes
+      Promise.resolve()
+        .then(async () => {
+          const hqResult: ImageColorsResult = await getColors(uri, {
+            fallback: '#1a1a1a',
+            cache: true,
+            key: uri,
+            quality: 'high',
+            pixelSpacing: 3,
+          });
+          const refinedColor = selectBestColor(hqResult);
+          if (refinedColor && refinedColor !== fastColor) {
+            colorCache.set(uri, refinedColor);
+            safelySetColor(refinedColor);
+          }
+        })
+        .catch(() => {
+          // Ignore refine errors silently
+        });
     } catch (err) {
       console.warn('[useDominantColor] Failed to extract color:', err);
       setError(err instanceof Error ? err.message : 'Failed to extract color');
       const fallbackColor = '#1a1a1a';
       colorCache.set(uri, fallbackColor); // Cache fallback to avoid repeated failures
-      setDominantColor(fallbackColor);
+      safelySetColor(fallbackColor);
     } finally {
-      setLoading(false);
+      // loading already set to false after fast pass
     }
   }, []);
 
@@ -220,18 +250,18 @@ export const useDominantColor = (imageUri: string | null): DominantColorResult =
     if (imageUri) {
       // If we have a cached color, use it immediately, but still extract in background for accuracy
       if (colorCache.has(imageUri)) {
-        setDominantColor(colorCache.get(imageUri)!);
+        safelySetColor(colorCache.get(imageUri)!);
         setLoading(false);
       } else {
         // No cache, extract color
         extractColor(imageUri);
       }
     } else {
-      setDominantColor('#1a1a1a');
+      safelySetColor('#1a1a1a');
       setLoading(false);
       setError(null);
     }
-  }, [imageUri, extractColor]);
+  }, [imageUri, extractColor, safelySetColor]);
 
   return {
     dominantColor,

src/screens/MetadataScreen.tsx

@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ import Animated, {
   useSharedValue,
   withTiming,
   runOnJS,
+  runOnUI,
   Easing,
+  interpolateColor,
 } from 'react-native-reanimated';
 import { RouteProp } from '@react-navigation/native';
 import { NavigationProp } from '@react-navigation/native';
@@ -116,30 +118,59 @@ const MetadataScreen: React.FC = () => {
   
   const { dominantColor, loading: colorLoading } = useDominantColor(heroImageUri);
   
-  // Create a shared value for animated background color transitions
-  const backgroundColorShared = useSharedValue(currentTheme.colors.darkBackground);
+  // Create shared values for smooth color interpolation
+  const bgFromColor = useSharedValue(currentTheme.colors.darkBackground);
+  const bgToColor = useSharedValue(currentTheme.colors.darkBackground);
+  const bgProgress = useSharedValue(1);
   
   // Update the shared value when dominant color changes
+  const hasAnimatedInitialColorRef = useRef(false);
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (dominantColor && dominantColor !== '#1a1a1a' && dominantColor !== null && dominantColor !== currentTheme.colors.darkBackground) {
-      // Smoothly transition to the new color
-      backgroundColorShared.value = withTiming(dominantColor, {
-        duration: 300, // Faster appearance
-        easing: Easing.out(Easing.cubic), // Smooth out easing
-      });
-    } else {
-      // Transition back to theme background if needed
-      backgroundColorShared.value = withTiming(currentTheme.colors.darkBackground, {
-        duration: 300,
-        easing: Easing.out(Easing.cubic),
+    const base = currentTheme.colors.darkBackground;
+    const target = (dominantColor && dominantColor !== '#1a1a1a' && dominantColor !== null)
+      ? dominantColor
+      : base;
+
+    if (!hasAnimatedInitialColorRef.current) {
+      // Initial: animate from base to target smoothly
+      bgFromColor.value = base as any;
+      bgToColor.value = target as any;
+      bgProgress.value = 0;
+      bgProgress.value = withTiming(1, {
+        duration: 420,
+        easing: Easing.bezier(0.16, 1, 0.3, 1),
       });
+      hasAnimatedInitialColorRef.current = true;
+      return;
     }
+
+    // Subsequent updates: retarget smoothly from the current on-screen color
+    runOnUI(() => {
+      'worklet';
+      const current = interpolateColor(
+        bgProgress.value,
+        [0, 1],
+        [bgFromColor.value as any, bgToColor.value as any]
+      );
+      bgFromColor.value = current as any;
+      bgToColor.value = target as any;
+      bgProgress.value = 0;
+      bgProgress.value = withTiming(1, {
+        duration: 380,
+        easing: Easing.bezier(0.2, 0, 0, 1),
+      });
+    })();
   }, [dominantColor, currentTheme.colors.darkBackground]);
   
   // Create an animated style for the background color
-  const animatedBackgroundStyle = useAnimatedStyle(() => ({
-    backgroundColor: backgroundColorShared.value,
-  }));
+  const animatedBackgroundStyle = useAnimatedStyle(() => {
+    const color = interpolateColor(
+      bgProgress.value,
+      [0, 1],
+      [bgFromColor.value as any, bgToColor.value as any]
+    );
+    return { backgroundColor: color as any };
+  });
   
   // For compatibility with existing code, maintain the static value as well
   const dynamicBackgroundColor = useMemo(() => {

src/screens/StreamsScreen.tsx

@@ -860,6 +860,7 @@ export const StreamsScreen = () => {
       year: metadata?.year,
       streamProvider: streamProvider,
       streamName: streamName,
+      // Always prefer stream.headers; player will use these for requests
       headers: stream.headers || undefined,
       id,
       type,