Release 0.29.2 (please test!) #13993

New

• [YouTube] Add support for "Podcasts" and "Courses" tabs - [YouTube] Add support for "Podcasts" and "Courses" tabs #13713
• Add brotli support to downloader - Add brotli support to downloader #13789
• Feature: Divide player seekbar by chapters - [Backport] Feature: Divide player seekbar by chapters #13430

Improved

• Improve look of search menu "titles" - Improve look of search menu "titles" #13605
• [YouTube] Update Piped and Invidious instances - Update Piped and Invidious instances #13767
• Enabled asynchronous ARM Memory Tagging Extension (MTE) - Enabled asynchronous ARM Memory Tagging Extension (MTE) #13862
• Show full subtitle names when the service exposes them - Show full subtitle names when the service exposes them #13874
• a11y: contentDescription for play button and sort icon - a11y: contentDescription for play button and sort icon #13851
• Show queue progress and total duration for popup and background queue Show queue progress and total duration in PlayQueueActivity for Popup and background queue #13942 [Nightly] Fix queue progress display in landscape mode #13972

Translation updates

• strings Translations update from Hosted Weblate #13707 Translations update from Hosted Weblate #13737 Translations update from Hosted Weblate #13748 Translations update from Hosted Weblate #13791 Translations update from Hosted Weblate #13832 Translations update from Hosted Weblate #13885
• compose Translations update from Hosted Weblate #13708 Translations update from Hosted Weblate #13736 Translations update from Hosted Weblate #13750 Translations update from Hosted Weblate #13788 Translations update from Hosted Weblate #13839 Translations update from Hosted Weblate #13889

Fixed

• Fix audio ducking issue by using ExoPlayer's automatic audio focus management - Fix audio ducking issue by using ExoPlayer's automatic audio focus management #13169
• Fix: blacklist JMGO N1S 4K and TCL 65Q651G for media tunneling - fix: blacklist JMGO N1S 4K and TCL 65Q651G for media tunneling #13756
• Fix: black video delay when entering fullscreen - Fix: black video delay when entering fullscreen #13764
• Fix opening links with timestamps - Fix opening links with timestamps #13781
• Fix playlist not clearing when navigating back - Fix playlist not clearing when navigating back (#8888) #13732
• Use app locale instead of content locale for local list dates - use app locale instead of content locale for local list dates #13843
• Hide current fragment when opening settings search - Hide current fragment when opening settings search #13857
• Keep the chosen audio track when resuming downloads - Keep the chosen audio track for downloads #13883
• Feed: prevent group name subtitle leak into other fragments - fix(feed): prevent group name subtitle leak into other fragments (#13366) #13974
• [Bandcamp] Fix NetworkOnMainThreadException on rotate / back - [Bandcamp] Fix NetworkOnMainThreadException on rotate / back #13955

Development

• Replace KeyboardUtil with library helper class - Replace KeyboardUtil with library helper class #13711
• Mention word mark in README - Mention word mark in README #13685
• Handle Description conversion to record class - Handle Description conversion to record class #13553
• Update PR template to encourage users to explain their testing/QA procedure - Update PR template to encourage users to explain their testing/QA procedure #13720
• Make using the PR template mandatory in the contribution guidelines - Make using the PR template mandatory in the contribution guidelines #13804
• [YouTube] Update NewPipeExtractor and adapt to removals - [YouTube] Update NewPipeExtractor and adapt to removals #13801
• Migrate settings appearance screen - Migrate settings appearance screen #13684
• fix: log stream progress save errors with Log.e - Fix: log stream progress save errors with Log.e #13849#13849
• Add missing function parameter comment documentation - Add missing function parameter comment documentation #13865
• Fix inconsistent History page title when opening the History page from the sidebar - Fix inconsistent History page title when opening the History page from the sidebar. #13457
• Update user agent to Firefox ESR 153 - Update user agent to Firefox ESR 153 #13887

Dependency updates

• Update Gradle and dependencies to latest stable release - Update Gradle and dependencies to latest stable release #13787 Update dependencies to latest release #13935
• Update dependencies and Gradle - Update dependencies and Gradle #13901
• Migrate room to v3 - Migrate room to v3 #13903

Breaking

In this release the target and source compatibility Java versions are increased from 11 to 17. #1489

Convert Description to a record class - #1486

YouTube API changes

• YoutubeParsingHelper.isHooktubeURL(URL url) is removed because the Hooktube has been discontinued. Ability to change default number of threads #1532

Following methods are removed because poToken for ANDROID and IOS clients cannot be generated anymore:

• YoutubeStreamExtractor.forceFetchIosClient
• YoutubeParsingHelper.getAndroidUserAgent
• YoutubeParsingHelper.getIosUserAgent
• YoutubeParsingHelper.isAndroidStreamingUrl
• YoutubeParsingHelper.isIosStreamingUrl
• YoutubeParsingHelper.isWebEmbeddedPlayerStreamingUrl
• InnertubeClientRequestInfo.ofAndroidClient
• InnertubeClientRequestInfo.ofIosClient
• InnertubeClientRequestInfo.ofWebEmbeddedPlayerClient
• PoTokenProvider.getAndroidClientPoToken
• PoTokenProvider.getIosClientPoToken
• PoTokenProvider.getWebEmbedClientPoToken

For more information see #1529.

New

• [YouTube] Add support for live chat comments - Add Youtube comments #1481
• [YouTube] Add support for podcasts and courses channel tabs - unfortunate design flaw in the Downloads section #1524

Improved

• [YouTube] Fallback to avatarThumbnailUrl for comment thumbnails - #1525
• [YouTube] Mark auto-dubbed streams as auto-generated - Send track informations via A2DP/AVRCP (on bluetooth) #1507
• [YouTube] Update Invidious instances - Ability to change default number of threads #1532
• Validate HTTP response codes across the extractor - Sign In/Log In Option #1322
• [YouTube] Expose captionTracks name on SubtitlesStream
• [YouTube] Extract client version from service worker data - Screen in the app to show and download APKs from github releases. #1520
• [YouTube] Update n-sig parsing - Fixing #1543 - Removed incorrect explanations of the M4A and WebM audio formats #1545 Use minified youtube links when sharing video URL #1556
• [Youtube] Detect comment avatar size dynamically and add tests for hard-coded images sizes Options when choosing external audio player #1526

Fixed

Development

• Add more uses of streamAsJsonObjects - Enable auto-rotation for just the internal player (ignore system setting) #1489
• [YouTube] Remove broken clients, update clients constants and fix some tests - Shuffle feature #1529
• Update user agent to Firefox ESR 153 - [Feature Request] Disable Bluetooth Control #1552

Dependency updates

• Bump gradle-wrapper from 9.6.1 to 9.8.2 - Auto upgrade Newpipe #1531 Background Playback unpauses when minimized #1538 [Feature] option to randomize feed #1549 NewPipe merchandise for conferences, developer meetings etc. #1554 no download button #1557
• Bump com.google.code.gson:gson from 2.14.0 to 2.15.0 - Additional checks to obtain WiFi status #1560#1560
• Bump com.google.protobuf:protobuf-javalite from 4.35.1 to 4.36.2 - Delete #1537 Unable to save downloads to SD card #1544 [BUG] Videos Do Not Play #1547
• Bump com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle from 12.3.0 to 12.3.1 - Opus 160kbs download broken? #1553#1553
• Bump com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp from 5.4.0 to 5.5.1 - DayNight Mode #1535 [Bug] the videos are locked at a certain moment #1559
• Bump org.jsoup:jsoup from 1.22.2 to 1.23.2 - internet interface change, notification area background player appears #1527 Media (player) controls doesn't work for windowed video #1542

CI

• Bump actions/setup-java from 5 to 6 - Filtering by playlists,channels or videos doesn't work in version 0.13.6 #1540