LibreTube (YouTube client) v0.22.0 [GitHub]

LibreTube (YouTube client) v0.22.0 [GitHub]
Requirements: 5.0 and up
Overview: An alternative YouTube front end, for Android. LibreTube is not connected to google directly, instead it uses piped instances to load data and play videos. Therefore this app doesn’t need to use any of Google Services installed. Also there is no need for a YouTube account, and it’s FLOSS.

LibreTube is an alternative and free youtube app for Android. It requires no Google Play Service and allows users to access massive YouTube videos without login in a google/youtube account.

Features:

– Background video playback.
– Ad-free and simple UI.
– User accounts are supported.
– Manage your subscriptions.
– Subtitles integrated into the video.
– Explore trending videos and popular channels.
– Search videos you want without search filters

What’s New:
New major features
feat: support for downloading whole playlist at once by @Bnyro in #5525
feat(player): support for keyboard navigation by @Bnyro in #5641
feat: support for exporting and importing channel groups by @Bnyro in #5482
feat: support for filtering by group in subscription channels by @Bnyro in #5658
feat: Support multiple filter selection by @RafaelsRamos in #5478
feat(ui): option for automatic update checks by @IndusAryan in #5668
feat: option to shuffle downloads in background by @Bnyro in #5505
feat: add ‘hide watched videos’ to feed filter options by @Bnyro in #5494
Small new features
feat(ui): save scroll position in trends by @IndusAryan in #5515
feat: Display tooltips on Android versions below 8.0 by @Isira-Seneviratne in #5719
feat: watch positions support for downloaded media by @Bnyro in #5669
feat: stop loading after long unsuccessful buffering by @manish99verma in #5587
feat: support for albums channel tab, drop discontinued channels tab by @Bnyro in #5735
feat: button to delete all downloads by @thevedantchourey in #5531
feat: display currently selected instance as grayed out if not available by @Bnyro in #5624
feat: don’t seek after scrubbing when stopping gesture above timebar by @Bnyro in #5700
feat: make LibreTube app backups import-compatible with Piped by @Bnyro in #5667
feat: Improve new user experience + adjust home load by @RafaelsRamos in #5491
feat: show duration in downloads and improve downloads UI by @Bnyro in #5464
feat: show repeat button in audio player when playback finished by @Bnyro in #5463
feat: add option to also clear watch positions when clearing history in the watch history screen by @arkibax in #5565
feat: (re)add player actions for external player and pip by @Bnyro in #5619
Bug fixes
fix: android back button doesn’t work due to dependency upgrade by @Bnyro in #5653
fix: bad performance when scrolling in subscriptions feed by @Bnyro in #5655
fix: clearing watch positions doesn’t works sometimes by @manish99verma in #5557
fix: clear views on VideoAdapter’s onBindViewHolder by @RafaelsRamos in #5497
fix: correctly display colors in system panel by @nik-conder in #5575
fix: crash after resuming from locked screen with comments/chapters opened by @Bnyro in #5730
fix: crash when importing a playlist whose id already exists by @Bnyro in #5585
fix: crash when subscription avatar is null on export by @Bnyro in #5733
fix: don’t show history when closing video on channel page by @abGit9 in #5486
fix: don’t toggle system bars in player fragment when locking player by @Bnyro in #5559
fix: Erratic navbar and miniplayer behaviour. by @RafaelsRamos in #5460
fix: false message about no comments and scroll to top button by @Bnyro in #5751
fix: going back from a video shows search history instead of playlist by @Bnyro in #5724
fix: homepage not loading when trends disabled by @Bnyro in #5602
fix: improve solo queue repetition performance and make independent of autoplay by @Bnyro in #5461
fix: items cut off in watch history by @Bnyro in #5749
fix: miniplayer minimized when opening video via link by @Bnyro in #5698
fix: mini player overlaps navigation bar by @KhubaibKhan4 in #5694
fix: paused video autoplays when unlock screen after few minutes locked by @Bnyro in #5697
fix: placeholders not properly shown at fast scrolling by @Bnyro in #5654
fix: playback pauses after orientation change by @Bnyro in #5750
fix: player seekbar can be hard to grab by @Bnyro in #5561
fix: playing queue actions still visible after miniplayer closed by swipe by @Bnyro in #5560
fix: poor subscriptions filter options menu performance by @Bnyro in #5725
fix: properly vertically center align channel search results by @Bnyro in #5481
fix: reduce concurrency of playlist import api calls by @Bnyro in #5620
fix: Remove inappropriate runBlocking call by @Isira-Seneviratne in #5591
fix: replay video from notification player by @manish99verma in #5542
fix: ResettableLazyManager not being reset on changing instances. by @RafaelsRamos in #5480
fix: resolve stuttering when scrolling to the bottom of channel/playlist videos list by @abGit9 in #5607
fix: set music playback speed only once by @FineFindus in #5634
fix: settings activity quickly switches to landscape mode before returning to portrait mode by @Bnyro in #5729
fix: some livestreams are not filtered out in videos filter by @Bnyro in #5623
fix: SponsorBlock UserID field only accepts numeric inputs by @Bnyro in #5613
fix: stuttering when scrolling in watch history by @Bnyro in #5657
fix: switch back to home bookmarks layout on home screen by @Bnyro in #5534
Refactor
refactor: Add parcelableArrayList extension by @Isira-Seneviratne in #5543
refactor: Avoid boxing for segment pair by @Isira-Seneviratne in #5569
refactor: don’t recreate player on orientation change by @Bnyro in #5635
refactor: Improve HDR check by @Isira-Seneviratne in #5483
refactor: remember video feed, don’t auto reload by @Bnyro in #5521
refactor: Rewrite comments fragments using Paging library by @Isira-Seneviratne in #5589
refactor: Rewrite search functionality using Paging by @Isira-Seneviratne in #5528
refactor: settings reorganization to improve UX by @Bnyro in #5603
refactor: Simplify ContentFilter toggling by @Isira-Seneviratne in #5544
refactor: Simplify dearrow process by @Isira-Seneviratne in #5529
refactor: Simplify getVideoIdFromUrl by @Isira-Seneviratne in #5578
refactor: simplify initalization of MutableLiveData in PlayerViewModel.kt by @Bnyro in #5512
refactor: Simplify NetworkHelper by @Isira-Seneviratne in #5484
refactor: simplify NowPlayingNotification.kt by @Bnyro in #5637
refactor: simplify scrolling logic by @Bnyro in #5656
refactor: simplify watch position timer tasks by @Bnyro in #5672
refactor: store notification ids in an enum by @Bnyro in #5533
refactor: seperate trends fragment into a viewmodel to improve ux by @IndusAryan in #5498
Chore
chore: add baseline profile generation by @Isira-Seneviratne in #5414
chore: bump ksp to match kotlin 1.9.23 by @imwints in #5728
chore: bump target sdk to 34 and fix pip issues by @Bnyro in #5663
chore(deps): use version catalog for ksp by @imwints in #5731
chore: reformat code using ktlint by @Bnyro in #5673
chore: remove unused resources by @Bnyro in #5670
chore: reorganize player settings to be more intuitive by @Bnyro in #5492
chore: update list of fallback instances via script by @Bnyro in #5625
chore: update list of public instances by @Bnyro in #5752