OPENHONK v1.0.12 Background Playback Fix & Faster Screenshot Loading

Fixed background audio playback, instant tile placeholders, faster screenshot cache loading, fixed carousel flash, and fixed permissions buttons.

Changes:

Fixed background audio playback: applied WebView visibility patch that prevents Android from pausing media when app goes to background; Rumble and other sites now keep playing audio when you switch apps or lock the screen
Instant tile placeholders: tiles now show the OpenHonk icon on a yellow background immediately while screenshots or favicons load, instead of showing black tiles
Faster screenshot cache loading: cache now loads at app startup before any screen renders, so cached screenshots appear instantly on navigation
Parallel image preloading: all cached screenshots prefetched simultaneously instead of sequential batches
Fixed thum.io screenshot fetching: removed URL encoding that caused 400 errors for sites with trailing slashes like expose-news.com
Reduced retry delays: failed screenshot retries now at 1.5s and 3s instead of 3s, 6s, and 10s
Fixed permissions buttons: Enable Notifications and Grant Unrestricted Battery buttons in tutorial now correctly open system dialogs and show green when granted
Fixed carousel flash: home screen carousels no longer flash the fallback icon between slides during crossfade transitions
Bumped version to 1.0.12 (versionCode 13)

What's included:

5 tabs: Home, Breb, Sauce, Frens, Showtime
Built-in AdBlock with daily auto-update
Background audio/video playback (fixed)
Screenshot caching for fast tile loading (optimized)
9 themed backgrounds including Red Matrix, XMB waves, cracked ice & radar (optimized)
Universal search across all categories
New content notifications with NEW badges (newest at top)
Showtime subcategories: Press Play and Documentaries
Patriots category with 31 creator channels
REEL browser with bookmark support
Intro walkthrough for new users with permissions step
Pepecoin Miner game on home screen
Cookie persistence setting
Age verification with skip protection
No tracking, no analytics, no ads, no donations

Install: Download the APK below and install. Allow installs from unknown sources if prompted.
Verify: Run through VirusTotal if unsure.

Source: Full source code available at https://github.com/FrogIntel/OPENHONK

OPENHONK by Frog Intel
t.me/openhonk
github.com/FrogIntel

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