v0.22.0

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New

• New Fast Forward/Rewind behavior #4833
• Searchable Preferences / Settings #7586, #7860
• Highlight pinned comments as such #7577
• Added FSFE-Tube PeerTube instance #7481

Improved

• Unify error reporting and add error notification #7482
• Show an alert dialog when no appropriate file manager was found #7452
• Do not repeatedly say "Video preview thumbnail" when in reader mode #7619
• Increase playlist stuck target duration coefficient and catch BehindLiveWindowExceptions properly #7661

Fixed

• Fixed order of local search results #7491
• Respect cutouts when playing in MultiWindow #7451
• Fixed hashtags that use non-English characters. #7556
• Fixed readme link #6855
• Fixed view of sub-channel icon when not in use #7582
• Fixed search not accepting key input after closing player overlay #7607
• Load full stream info before using a stream, fixing empty fields in play queue #7036
• Fixed crash when sharing a playlist which is loading #7662
• Workaround: Set recovery before switching player #7668, #7852
• Added app icon to fastlane metadata #7672
• Always show playing in background/popup toast #7614, reverting #7224 and #7568
• Fixed first item always played in the play queue when reloading play queue manager #7693
• Load uploader url when showing channel details from play queue #7538
• Fixed crash when long-pressing stream while player is starting #7704

Development

• Bump ktlint, Checkstyle, Java version #7500 ⚠️ The app requires now Java 11 to be built
• Update/Fix "Get it on F-Droid" #7498
• Updated a bunch of libraries #7499
• Readd sonar CI job #7552
• Small improvements to code quality and readability #7562
• Updated NewPipeExtractor #7589
• CI: Upload test-report when an error occurs #7636
• Replaced JUnit asserts with AssertJ in HistoryRecordManagerTest #7654
• Fixed false warning #7648
• Add traditional Chinese README #7618
• Add Polish README #7694
• Some untranslatable string improvements #7317
• Ensure order of search history entries in tests #7670
• Sync weblate #7689
• Fixed some gradle deprecations #7678
• Improved HistoryRecordManager tests #7700
• Moved translated READMEs to subfolder #7784
• Updated FUNDING.yml #7682
• Small changes to license section of README #7710
• Added some stuff to paths-ignore #7803

v0.21.16

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Fixed

• Fix YouTube not playing any streams TeamNewPipe/NewPipeExtractor#785

v0.21.15

Fixed

• Removed MediaParser support to fix failing playback resume after buffering on Android 11+ #7555
• Disabled media tunneling on Philips QM16XE to fix playback problems. #7497

v0.21.14

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New

• Add a "add to playlist" option in the share menu #7194
• Add "Check for updates" button in update settings #7296
• Add support for y2u.be links #7304
• Support PeerTube short links #7353
• Show action to mark stream as watched all long press menus #7160

Improved

• Fix clicking timestamp shows Toast "Playing in popup mode" #7202
• Check if background player already active before displaying player toast #7224
• Added the 'Show Channel Details' menu item to the Queue long press menu #7222
• Use custom TextViews and EditTexts in all XML resources #7061 #7348
• [Feed] Save "Show watched items" toggle's status #7370
• Simple playback-speed-controls improvements #7363
• Rework feed new items handling #7050

Fixed

• Fixed shuffle button opacity UI bug #6844
• Prevent automatic replay after returning from background #7381
• [YouTube] Likes and dislikes extraction #7467 / TeamNewPipe/NewPipeExtractor#753

Localization

• Updated translations #7474

Development

• Update AndroidX Media library to 1.4.x #7148
• Deduplicated drawer code in MainActivity #7215
• Use the correct TAG in NavigationHelper #7196
• Clean up .gitignore files #7264
• Remove deprecated setUserVisibleHint #7265
• Update pager workaround code to Fragment 1.3.6 #7149
• Update some libraries #7263
• Update RecyclerView & Groupie libraries #7261
• Gradle: Replaced deprecated 'with' with 'using' #7395
• Update ExoPlayer to 2.14.2 #7005 and #7408
• Remove JCenter #5843
• Add gradle wrapper Sha256 #7418 and #7442
• Use DefaultLoadcontrol #7406
• Some code cleanup(s) #7412
• Better player error handling #7142

v0.21.13

• Fixed resuming playback #7286
• Ensure that the service for new version checks is not started in background 768bb0b

v0.21.12

Fixed a crash on app start when the check for new app versions was executed while the app was still in background #7232

Blog post: https://newpipe.net/blog/pinned/release/newpipe-0.21.12-released/

v0.21.11

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New

• Add a play next button to the long press menu #6872
• Add YouTube shorts path prefix to intent filter #7181

Improved

• Swap seekbar position with player buttons in Queue screen #6824
• Make all buttons in player have selectable item background borderless #7042
• Expand minimized player buttons clickable area #7177
• Search for updates immediately when enabling automatic update checks on GItHub builds #6980
• Added Tubus (Invidious) and EduVid (PeerTube) #6642

Fixed

• Fixed Settings import #7169
• Various fixes related to MediasessionManager #7166
• Disabled media tunneling on RealtekATV #7178
• Fixed seekbar not completed after video end #7176
• Fixed crash on missing title when sharing livestream #7213

Development

• Updated Android Gradle Plugin to version 7.0.2 #6974 ⚠️ Now requires Java 11 to build
• Allow passing in package name suffix through CLI #6420
• Extracted repeated variable to a constant #7132
• Removed deprecated preferenceTheme style attribute #7156
• Regenerated some drawables to their latest design #7152
• Updated Groupie library to 2.9.0 #7150
• Fixed typos in READMEs #7184

v0.21.10

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New

• Added Show Channel Details where it's missing #6919
• Allow choosing which types of search suggestions to show #3546
• Added support for CSV+ZIP subscriptions (Google Takeout) #6882
• Show popup menu when long pressing items in the video player's play queue #6955
• Added option to directly open fullscreen when the main player starts #5459
• Added darker splash screen for OS dark theme #7055

Improved

• Changed dark theme colors to darker variant #6244, #7085
• Replace UniversalImageLoader with Picasso #5928
• Change "not available" image from PNG to vector format #6917
• Provide mime type to file picker to gray out unselectable files #6820
• Explain how to remove tab from main page #6965

Fixed

• Catch errors while processing timestamp-links #6851
• Added wrapping settings titles to the next line #6952
• Re-add sharing of the content name with the "Share" command #6957
• Fixed double tapping the replay button #7014
• [Android TV] Fix long seekbar jumps when using a DPad #6985
• Close audio effect control session properly #6993
• Fixed some inconsistencies in the error panel #7004
• Change player progress bar update from 500 ms to 1 s #7071
• Fixed OnErrorNotImplemeneted crashes when trying to play in popup or getting search suggestions #7056
• Fixed toggeling description visibility while a video detail is shown #7056
• Fixed restarting not working properly #7068

Development

• Added gradle parameter to skip formatKtLint and use in CI #6858
• Using Eclipse temurin in GH actions #6995
• Use ExoPlayer default values for buffers #6515
• Use PackageInfoCompat.getSignatures(). #6634
• Fixed build problems and updated kotlin #6986
• Using integrated cache in actions/setup-java #7002

Translation

• Use custom cancel string everywhere #6848
• Added plural forms for download related strings #6930
• Reword part of the bug report template #6990
• Never use android.R.strings and remove unused add string #7024

v0.21.9

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New

• Added player seekbar thumbnail preview #6434
• Added comments disabled functionality #6483
• Added ability to mark a feed item as watched #6773 #6956
• Show hearts in comments #6741

Improved

• Improved metadata layout, better tags accessibility #6463
• Various improvements to the player (e.g. faster closing) #6566
• Apply service theme to UI components #6456 #6771 #6847

Fixed

• Made the thumbnail in the minimized player visible again #6616
• Fixed 'Unrecoverable player error occurred' when rotating device while playing a video #6503
• Fixed duplicate items in queue causing endless buffering #6712
• Delete pending missions with invalid storage fixing a crash when starting a download #6721
• Prevent ReCAPTCHA webview from keeping YouTube loaded in background #6733
• Fixed NullPointerException when checking if storage exists #6778
• Disabled feed click events while refresh overlay is shown #6550
• Fixed channel item span count for SubscriptionFragment #6814

Development

• Upgraded to Gradle 7.1.1 #6538
• Updated some libraries #6540 #6702
• Specify emulator-build version in CI job fixing emulator build #6560
• Remove option to immediately commit pref changes on import #6531
• Fix API level 29 from Android CI tests #6678 #6715
• Use GestureDetectorCompat #6637
• Added instrumented tests for LocalPlaylistManager.createPlaylist #5531 #6706
• Bumped compileSdkVersion to 30 #6654
• Fixed some build warnings #6688
• Added a Kotlin section in CONTRIBUTING.md #6659
• Use Kotlin methods in LicenseFragment #6675
• Use WindowInsetsCompat's getInsets() method #6689
• Consolidate edittext alert dialogs into one common layout #6720
• Fixed deprecated fill_parent attributes #6782
• Check formatting of kotlin files in CI #6808
• Updated some AndroidX libraries #6719
• Use NotificationChannelCompat #6633

v0.21.8

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New

• [PeerTube] Support livestreams TeamNewPipe/NewPipeExtractor#661

Fixed

• [YouTube] Fix buffering and throttling by decoding n parameter in stream URLs TeamNewPipe/NewPipeExtractor#683 TeamNewPipe/NewPipeExtractor#696
• [YouTube] Fix comments extraction and more improvements TeamNewPipe/NewPipeExtractor#604
• [YouTube] Fix crashes with disabled comments TeamNewPipe/NewPipeExtractor#652
• [YouTube] Fix music search TeamNewPipe/NewPipeExtractor#699