feat(home screen): implement load more anime functionality to improve start up time

This feature only gets anime of a particular category and only preloads
trending category

fastanime/Controller/home_screen.py

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 from inspect import isgenerator
 
+
 from kivy.clock import Clock
 from kivy.logger import Logger
 
+
 from ..Model import HomeScreenModel
 from ..Utility import show_notification
 from ..View import HomeScreenView
@@ -19,12 +21,22 @@ class HomeScreenController:
     """
 
     populate_errors = []
+    _discover_anime_list = []
 
     def __init__(self, model: HomeScreenModel):
         self.model = model  # Model.main_screen.MainScreenModel
         self.view = HomeScreenView(controller=self, model=self.model)
-        # if self.view.app.config.get("Preferences","is_startup_anime_enable")=="1": # type: ignore
-        #     Clock.schedule_once(lambda _:self.populate_home_screen())
+
+        self._discover_anime_list = [
+            self.highest_scored_anime,
+            self.popular_anime,
+            self.favourite_anime,
+            self.upcoming_anime,
+            self.recently_updated_anime,
+            self.trending_anime,
+        ]
+
+        self.get_more_anime()
 
     def get_view(self) -> HomeScreenView:
         return self.view
@@ -115,17 +127,17 @@ class HomeScreenController:
             Logger.error("Home Screen:Failed to load upcoming anime")
             self.populate_errors.append("upcoming Anime")
 
-    def populate_home_screen(self):
+    def get_more_anime(self):
         self.populate_errors = []
-        Clock.schedule_once(lambda _: self.trending_anime(), 1)
-        Clock.schedule_once(lambda _: self.highest_scored_anime(), 2)
-        Clock.schedule_once(lambda _: self.recently_updated_anime(), 5)
-        # Clock.schedule_once(lambda _: self.popular_anime(), 3)
-        # Clock.schedule_once(lambda _: self.favourite_anime(), 4)
-        # Clock.schedule_once(lambda _: self.upcoming_anime(), 6)
+        if self._discover_anime_list:
+            task = self._discover_anime_list.pop()
+            Clock.schedule_once(lambda _: task())
+        else:
+            show_notification("Home Screen Info", "No more anime to load")
 
         if self.populate_errors:
             show_notification(
                 "Failed to fetch all home screen data",
                 f"Theres probably a problem with your internet connection or anilist servers are down.\nFailed include:{', '.join(self.populate_errors)}",
             )
+        self.populate_errors = []

fastanime/View/HomeScreen/home_screen.kv

@@ -19,5 +19,11 @@
                         spacing:"10dp"
                         orientation: 'vertical'
                         size_hint_y:None          
-                        height:max(self.minimum_height,p.height,1800)
+                        height:self.minimum_height
+                MDButton:
+                    on_press: 
+                        if root.controller: root.controller.get_more_anime()
+                    MDButtonText:
+                        text:"Load More Anime"
+
 

fastanime/__main__.py

@@ -128,10 +128,6 @@ class AniXStreamApp(MDApp):
 
     def on_start(self, *args):
         self.media_card_popup = MediaPopup()
-        if self.config.get("Preferences", "is_startup_anime_enable") == "1":  # type: ignore
-            Clock.schedule_once(
-                lambda _: self.home_screen.controller.populate_home_screen(), 1
-            )
 
     def generate_application_screens(self) -> None:
         for i, name_screen in enumerate(screens.keys()):