Keep the pager on its page when chapters are added before layout

Closes #4079

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ The format is a modified version of [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.co
 - Fixed updating from v0.20.x taking up to hours on libraries with many duplicate entries ([@AntsyLich](https://github.com/AntsyLich))
 - Fixed the app staying on the updating screen for good when updating its data failed, it now shows what went wrong, and updating failing on leftover data of deleted entries ([@AntsyLich](https://github.com/AntsyLich))
 - Fixed library updates ignoring the smart update restrictions for entries whose details were never fetched ([@AntsyLich](https://github.com/AntsyLich))
+- Fixed resuming a chapter sometimes opening the next chapter partway through, and saving progress to it, in the right to left reader ([@AntsyLich](https://github.com/AntsyLich))
 
 ## [v0.21.0] - 2026-10-12
 ### Added

app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/viewer/pager/PagerViewerAdapter.kt

@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ class PagerViewerAdapter(private val viewer: PagerViewer) : ViewPagerAdapter() {
 
         chapters.nextChapter?.pages?.let(newItems::addAll)
 
+        val currentItem = items.getOrNull(viewer.pager.currentItem)
+
         // Resets double-page splits, else insert pages get misplaced
         items.filterIsInstance<InsertPage>().also { items.removeAll(it) }
 
@@ -107,6 +109,14 @@ class PagerViewerAdapter(private val viewer: PagerViewer) : ViewPagerAdapter() {
         items = newItems
         notifyDataSetChanged()
 
+        // The pager only follows the pages it has created, so before its first layout it would stay at the same
+        // position while pages are added in front, e.g. the next chapter's in right to left, and land in another
+        // chapter
+        val currentPosition = items.indexOf(currentItem)
+        if (currentPosition != -1 && currentPosition != viewer.pager.currentItem) {
+            viewer.pager.setCurrentItem(currentPosition, false)
+        }
+
         // Will skip insert page otherwise
         if (insertPageLastPage != null) {
             viewer.moveToPage(insertPageLastPage)