2.0b12: Magnets (Benvenuto, Italia!) and Bug Fixes
New season has begun and a new beta is needed. There are two important bug fixes in this one: the app didn’t automatically update the show list in the background, and Leopard users suffer from crashes when adding shows. Other minor bugs has also been fixed, so the app will now be more reliable when searching for episodes.
The only new feature is the support for Magnet links, an optional feature for users from countries where The Pirate Bay has been blocked or banned, such as Italy*, Denmark or Malaysia. With these magnets links you can download any of our preset shows (all of them are from TPB), and also any custom RSS that supports it. If you mark this option, please unmark the Use additional sources for HD because that option may need to have access to the TPB.
In other news, the only source that TVShows is using right now is… our website. Given that third party sources were very unreliable, this ensures that, if something goes wrong, at least we can fix it. This approach consists of a cached Yahoo! Pipe fetching The Pirate Bay, something already used for custom RSS but now much more improved and reliable. However, your TVShows may have downloaded unwanted files, but now the system is polished so that should not happen any more.
The very good news is that, now, we can add almost any show we want. This curated list contains currently more than 350 airing shows, but if you want us to add any other show (available in The Pirate Bay) send us an email to support@tvshowsapp.com.
As always, we have to thank all our translators for their fantastic job, updating every language and adding full translations in Greek and Slovenian. You can wait for the app to update itself or you can download it right away from our website.
* This feature has nothing to do with my upcoming trip to Italy.
