Setup and Features

Home UI Navigation

• Open the quick settings dialog by clicking the top right icon on the home screen
• Long pressing the top right icon on the home screen opens the notification page
• Long pressing the avatar in the dialog will display / hide incognito and client mode
• Long pressing the notification icon in the dialog will open the activities page
• Clicking the notification icon in the dialog will open the notification page
• The inbox icon on the notifications page will also open the activities page
• AI recommendations (Sprout) and AniList Forums can be disabled in UI Settings

Trouble finding a title?

If you encounter difficulties while searching for a specific series, try these tips:

• Some sources may use Japanese Romanized titles instead of English ones.

  Example: Boku no Hero Academia instead of My Hero Academia.

• Some sources may use different spellings or wordings for titles.

  Example: Bungo Stray Dogs instead of Bungou Stray Dogs

  Example: 3-gatsu no Lion instead of Sangatsu no Lion.

Reverse Source Search

If you want to search for a title across all your sources, you can use the Reverse Source Search feature.

Follow these steps:

1. Click on the icon at the top right to open the quick settings dialog.
2. Click on the search bar and enter some search text.
3. Click an item to find it from AniList or long press for more options.

Adding External Progress

Long press the item cover image to open the list editor and add, modify, or delete progress.

Syncing Between Devices

Settings => Common => Sync Episode / Chapter Progress

Requires logging in to AniList in order to create a sync profile.
All progress data is stored using an anonymous authentication.

Quick Resume

Settings => Common => Add Shortcuts to Launcher

On newer Android devices, holding down the application icon from your device launcher will open a menu of common actions. For example, a messaging application will list recent contacts. For Himitsu, this will be the most recent read or watched items.

Loading Affinity

Settings => UI Settings => Loading Affinity

Some devices and internet connections are faster than others. When more data is loaded at once, fewer loads need to be performed. When less data is loaded at once, loading is completed faster. Affinity is how this is balanced for the device and connection using it.

Source Prioritization

Warning: Enabling with slow sources or internet may cause delayed loading of media pages

Settings => Common => Prioritize Source List

Attempts to sort sources based on a timed quick search of their content using the selected media title

Settings => Common => Source Search Yimeout

Search timeout determines how long to attempt searching a specific source before skipping to the next

Torrent Support

• Clicking a torrent will prompt to enable torrent access temporarily (preferred)
• Settings => Anime => Internal TorrServer will enable persistent torrent access

Once enabled, clicking a torrent will launch it using the regular video player

Client and Limited Modes

Client Mode

Client mode allows use of Himitsu as a regular AniList tracker with some integration for official streaming sites. all extension features and menus are disabled.

Limited Mode

Limited mode is a modification on the offline mode common in other apps. Unlike most apps, some features that use internet may still be enabled. Options are provided to enable an offline database, the continue watching and reading list, and extensions. Tracking can also be stored until returning online.

Securing Himitsu

Settings => System => Biometric Verification

Biometric verification allows using fingerprint or, when supported by the device, facial recognition to unlock the app.

Floating Avatar Button

Settings => UI Settings => Floating Avatar Button

Clicking on the avatar and dragging it away from its origin will produce a second, identical avatar that can be moved freely about the screen. This button will open a list of all subscribed items similar to the quick resume menu. This floating button will lock back in place when leaving the home screen or dragging it back to the main avatar. This feature is strictly for novelty purposes.