hello 👋 (#95)

* bug fix dimming

* improved the fetchEpisodeMetadata logic

Sora/Utils/MediaPlayer/CustomPlayer/CustomPlayer.swift

@@ -1267,19 +1267,16 @@ class CustomMediaPlayerViewController: UIViewController, UIGestureRecognizerDele
             isPlaying = false
             playPauseButton.image = UIImage(systemName: "play.fill")
             
-            // Defer the UI animation so that it doesn't block the pause call
             DispatchQueue.main.async {
                 if !self.isControlsVisible {
                     self.isControlsVisible = true
                     UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.1, animations: {
                         self.controlsContainerView.alpha = 1.0
                         self.skip85Button.alpha = 0.8
-                        // Removed layoutIfNeeded() to avoid forcing a layout pass here
                     })
                 }
             }
         } else {
-            // Play immediately
             player.play()
             isPlaying = true
             playPauseButton.image = UIImage(systemName: "pause.fill")
@@ -1312,39 +1309,26 @@ class CustomMediaPlayerViewController: UIViewController, UIGestureRecognizerDele
     
     @objc private func dimTapped() {
         isDimmed.toggle()
+        dimButtonTimer?.invalidate()
 
-        if isDimmed {
-            originalHiddenStates = [:]
-            for view in controlsToHide {
-                originalHiddenStates[view] = view.isHidden
-                view.isHidden = true
-            }
-
-            blackCoverView.alpha = 1.0
-
-            dimButtonToSlider.isActive = false
-            dimButtonToRight.isActive = true
-
-            dimButton.isHidden = true
-
-            dimButtonTimer?.invalidate()
-        } else {
-            for view in controlsToHide {
-                if let wasHidden = originalHiddenStates[view] {
-                    view.isHidden = wasHidden
-                }
-            }
-
-            blackCoverView.alpha = 0.4
-
-            dimButtonToRight.isActive = false
-            dimButtonToSlider.isActive = true
-
-            dimButton.isHidden = false
-            dimButton.alpha = 1.0
-
-            dimButtonTimer?.invalidate()
+        // animate black overlay
+        UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.25) {
+          self.blackCoverView.alpha = self.isDimmed ? 1.0 : 0.4
         }
+
+        // fade controls instead of hiding
+        UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.25) {
+          for view in self.controlsToHide {
+            view.alpha = self.isDimmed ? 0 : 1
+          }
+          // keep the dim button visible/in front
+          self.dimButton.alpha = self.isDimmed ? 0 : 1
+        }
+
+        // swap your trailing constraints on the dim‑button
+        dimButtonToSlider.isActive = !isDimmed
+        dimButtonToRight.isActive  = isDimmed
+        UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.25) { self.view.layoutIfNeeded() }
     }
     
     func speedChangerMenu() -> UIMenu {

Sora/Views/MediaInfoView/EpisodeCell/EpisodeCell.swift

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ struct EpisodeCell: View {
     @State private var isLoading: Bool = true
     @State private var currentProgress: Double = 0.0
     
-    init(episodeIndex: Int, episode: String, episodeID: Int, progress: Double, 
+    init(episodeIndex: Int, episode: String, episodeID: Int, progress: Double,
          itemID: Int, onTap: @escaping (String) -> Void, onMarkAllPrevious: @escaping () -> Void) {
         self.episodeIndex = episodeIndex
         self.episode = episode
@@ -92,13 +92,9 @@ struct EpisodeCell: View {
         }
         .onAppear {
             updateProgress()
-            
-            if UserDefaults.standard.object(forKey: "fetchEpisodeMetadata") == nil
-                || UserDefaults.standard.bool(forKey: "fetchEpisodeMetadata") {
-                fetchEpisodeDetails()
-            }
+            fetchEpisodeDetails()
         }
-        .onChange(of: progress) { newProgress in
+        .onChange(of: progress) { _ in
             updateProgress()
         }
         .onTapGesture {
@@ -147,16 +143,12 @@ struct EpisodeCell: View {
         URLSession.custom.dataTask(with: url) { data, _, error in
             if let error = error {
                 Logger.shared.log("Failed to fetch anime episode details: \(error)", type: "Error")
-                DispatchQueue.main.async {
-                    self.isLoading = false
-                }
+                DispatchQueue.main.async { self.isLoading = false }
                 return
             }
             
             guard let data = data else {
-                DispatchQueue.main.async {
-                    self.isLoading = false
-                }
+                DispatchQueue.main.async { self.isLoading = false }
                 return
             }
             
@@ -168,21 +160,21 @@ struct EpisodeCell: View {
                       let title = episodeDetails["title"] as? [String: String],
                       let image = episodeDetails["image"] as? String else {
                           Logger.shared.log("Invalid anime response format", type: "Error")
-                          DispatchQueue.main.async {
-                              self.isLoading = false
-                          }
+                          DispatchQueue.main.async { self.isLoading = false }
                           return
                       }
                 
                 DispatchQueue.main.async {
-                    self.episodeTitle = title["en"] ?? ""
-                    self.episodeImageUrl = image
+                    // Always stop loading
                     self.isLoading = false
+                    // Only display metadata if enabled
+                    if UserDefaults.standard.bool(forKey: "fetchEpisodeMetadata") {
+                        self.episodeTitle = title["en"] ?? ""
+                        self.episodeImageUrl = image
+                    }
                 }
             } catch {
-                DispatchQueue.main.async {
-                    self.isLoading = false
-                }
+                DispatchQueue.main.async { self.isLoading = false }
             }
         }.resume()
     }