Dramanow | iOS App Short Drama With Laravel Admin Panel

DramaNow iOS is a native iOS application, written in Swift with SwiftUI, for streaming short-form vertical dramas — bingeable, episodic “micro-drama” series. Built for the fast-growing short-drama entertainment market, it pairs a fully native mobile UI with a production-ready Laravel admin panel that owns the catalogue, the coin economy and the subscription entitlements.

The app is organized around five main tabs — Discover, Shorts, Rewards, My List, and Profile — giving users a complete journey from finding a series to binge-watching it episode by episode. Browse a curated, multi-genre catalog of short dramas, tap into a vertical full-screen episode player built on AVPlayer, and keep watching where you left off. A built-in coin economy, daily check-ins, rewarded ads, and a VIP subscription unlock premium episodes and remove ads.

Test card: all six web payment providers can be checked in test mode with card number 4242 4242 4242 4242, any future expiry date and any CVC.

Backend included

The package ships the Laravel admin panel and mobile API (short-drama-admin-panel): a PHP/Laravel application with an admin dashboard, database migrations and seeders, a demo catalogue, and the /api/v1/ REST API the app talks to. It also ships a multi-language streaming website. If you already run on classic PHP/MySQL hosting, everything you need is in the box.

Key Value Propositions

• For End Users: Discover trending short dramas across multiple genres, watch free preview episodes, unlock more with coins earned from daily check-ins and rewarded ads or with a VIP subscription, save series to My List, and pick up right where you left off with Continue Watching.
• For Binge-Watchers: A distraction-free vertical player with episode auto-advance, resume positions, multi-language dubs and subtitles, likes, and new-episode follow alerts.
• For App Owners / Developers: A complete, monetizable streaming product with VIP subscriptions, a coin/rewards economy, rewarded, banner and interstitial ads, 7 colour presets, 5 onboarding layouts, 7 paywall variants, push notifications, a marketing analytics funnel and remote configuration — plus the Laravel admin panel so you can manage the catalog your way.

Content Disclosure

DramaNow ships as a complete streaming platform with a demo catalog so you can run it end-to-end out of the box:

• Demo series artwork uses placeholder images that you replace with your own poster and hero key-art.
• Demo episodes use sample videos so playback works during testing — you replace these with your own licensed video content.
• The full catalog (genres, series, seasons, episodes, and home shelves) is managed entirely by you.

You are responsible for the drama content you distribute. DramaNow provides the app, backend, and catalog tooling; sourcing and licensing the actual videos is up to you.

Disclaimer

This app is built to work with the included Laravel web API / admin panel, plus third-party services: Firebase (Auth, Remote Config, Analytics, Crashlytics, APNs), RevenueCat (VIP subscriptions), OneSignal (push), and optional AdMob ads (banner, interstitial & rewarded). Hosting accounts and streaming/CDN costs are not included in the purchase — you will need to create your own accounts, configure API keys, and manage usage yourself. Basic familiarity with Xcode, Firebase, PHP/MySQL hosting and App Store Connect is recommended before launching.

Demo Instructions

Try the live web demo — the Laravel streaming website and admin dashboard that power the iOS app:

• Streaming website: https://drama.laravelbeginner.net/en
• Admin dashboard: https://drama.laravelbeginner.net/en/dashboard

Demo login credentials:

• Email: admin@dramanow.test
• Password: password123456

Open the admin dashboard link above, enter the email and password exactly as listed, and sign in to browse the full catalogue, coin economy and subscription settings.

Built for iOS, not ported around it

• SwiftUI throughout — no UIKit screens, no storyboards. The settings screen is a real inset-grouped list, so row heights, separators and Dynamic Type match every other app on the device.
• Sign in with Apple alongside Google and e-mail, as Guideline 4.8 requires, with in-app account deletion (5.1.1(v)) and Restore Purchases (3.1.1) already wired.
• App Tracking Transparency asked once, after onboarding — never at launch — with ads falling back to non-personalised on a refusal.
• A privacy manifest (PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy) declaring tracking, collected data types and required-reason APIs.
• StoreKit’s own management sheet for subscriptions, presented in place rather than opening a web page.
• Twelve languages, generated by script and switchable in-app without a relaunch — including Arabic, with the layout mirrored, not just the text.

What’s Included

• Full native iOS application source code (short-drama-ios) — Swift 5, SwiftUI, iOS 17+, Swift Package Manager (no CocoaPods)
• Laravel web platform + admin dashboard + mobile REST API (short-drama-admin-panel), with migrations and a demo-catalog seeder
• 7 built-in app color themes and 5 onboarding layout variants
• 7 paywall layout variants
• 12-language localization (ar, de, en, es, fr, it, ja, ko, pt, ru, tr, zh) — complete in every locale
• A demo catalog of series across multiple genres with episodes and home shelves
• Complete detailed documentation — Xcode setup, Firebase, Remote Config, Laravel web/API, RevenueCat, OneSignal, AdMob, App Tracking Transparency, the privacy manifest, and the App Store release checklist

Key Features

• Discover Feed: Featured hero banners, curated carousels, ranking lists, new releases, and a genre grid — ordered from the admin panel, no app release required.
• Shorts / For You: A vertical spotlight stream of recommended series.
• Vertical Episode Player: Full-screen AVFoundation playback, resume position, auto-advance, likes, and sharing.
• Series Detail: Synopsis, status badges, episode list, cast, and multi-language dubs.
• Search & Categories: Search across the catalog and browse by genre.
• Coins & Rewards: 7-day daily check-in, reward tasks, and rewarded ads to earn coins.
• Episode Unlocking: Free preview episodes, coin-locked episodes, and VIP-only content — enforced server-side.
• My List: Save series to a collection and continue watching across devices.
• VIP Subscriptions: Weekly/monthly/yearly plans via RevenueCat that unlock all episodes and remove ads.
• User Accounts: Anonymous-first — a real account from the first launch, upgraded in place by Sign in with Apple, Google or e-mail without losing coins or history.
• Settings & Personalization: 7 colour presets, 12 languages (including right-to-left Arabic), and per-category privacy controls.
• Monetization Ready: VIP subscriptions, a coin economy, banner, interstitial & rewarded AdMob ads, 7 paywall layouts, and conversion analytics built in.

Important Notice to Our Valued Customers

We are committed to building a reliable and continuous business system, with your satisfaction and the success of this product as our top priorities. Your feedback is crucial, and we encourage you to share any bugs, suggestions, or new feature ideas. Your input directly supports our ongoing improvement and innovation.

We’re here to help — send us a message anytime through the CodeCanyon messaging system. Thank you for being part of our journey.
Warm regards,
The Morningstarcode Team