Three tabs
The primary app bar is Shorts, Discover, and Me. Icons and labels stay visible. Shorts and the player use a black watching surface. Discover, Me, search, settings, and help use a warm light surface.
| Shorts | Default home inside the app. Full-screen vertical feed. |
|---|---|
| Discover | Brand bar, today’s focus, category chips, continue watching, two-column posters. |
| Me | Brand card, continue watching, My List, More (history, themes, language, help). |
Shorts
Open the app and a mini-series is already playing. Swipe to the next story. The right side holds Like, Save, Episodes, and Share. Share uses the Android system sheet (messages, mail, copy link). Continue opens the full player for that arc.
A Home control can return you to the desktop if ArcShorts is your Home app. Search sits on the Shorts surface as well.
Discover
Discover is for choosing, not only swiping. The page includes:
- ArcShorts brand lockup
- Search and Channels buttons
- Today’s focus hero
- Category chips such as romance, revenge, and other labels supplied with the catalog
- Continue watching
- A “Made for you” two-column poster wall
Tapping a category refreshes the poster wall on this page. Tapping a poster opens the player.
Me
Me is a compact profile without a login. The top card shows the ArcShorts mark, the app name, and the line “A full arc in Shorts.” Under that: continue watching, a My List rail, and More.
More includes Watch history, My List, Themes, Language, and Help & about. Settings cover autoplay, mobile data playback, default Home app, and clear watch history.
Search and channels
Search is a single field with recent queries and result cards. If nothing matches, the page explains that and can show popular posters. Channels are a grid of categories; choosing one opens Discover with that chip selected.
History and My List
Watch history is a poster grid of titles you already opened. My List is titles you saved. Both open the player from the last place when that progress exists. An empty My List explains that saved dramas will appear there. History, list, likes, and theme stay on the device. There is no cloud account.
What V1 does not include
ArcShorts does not ship a coin shop, VIP, subscriptions, comments, live rooms, or a user login. It does not replace the phone, messages, camera, or files apps. Dock icons on the Home screen open those system apps. The clock on the desktop only displays time and date.
Language options follow the catalog once titles are licensed. Until then the interface defaults to English.