TeamNewPipe/NewPipe v0.27.3 on GitHub

⚠️ Known issues/regressions which are not fixed with this update ⚠️

[YouTube] "Sign in to confirm..."/"Watch on the latest version..." error messages are difficult to fix, but we are working on it. See #11139 for more details.
[PeerTube] No audio is played in videos with a separated audio file. See #11601 for more details.
[YouTube] Age-restricted content will not be available anymore, because YouTube removed all known ways to bypass age-restrictions without login. See #11382 for more details.

Some updates on development

It's been some time since the last release, due to team members being very busy with real life things, and we apologize for that. However, there has been some progress on the rewrite (see the refactor branch) and the NewPipe e.V. started hiring people with the money from donations, which led to the creation of NewPlayer. More details on this will follow in a blogpost on https://newpipe.net. If you want to help out with future releases or with the rewrite, please join our Matrix chat!

Changelog

This version also includes the changes from NewPipe Extractor version v0.24.3.

New

Add support for secondary audio track type #11714

Improved

Make playlist description clickable to show more / less content #11112
[PeerTube] Handle subscribeto.me instance links automatically #11110
Only start playing single item in history screen #11696
[YouTube] Throttle feed loading to avoid rate limits #11743

Fixed

Fix RSS button visibility #11067
Fix seekbar preview crashes #11584
Fix crash after adding item to a playlist caused by null thumbnail URL #11651
Fix seekbar crashing on drag with faulty frameset #11596
Fix UI crash when user navigates away before the download dialog appears #11621
Fix related items list enqueue popup crash #11614
Fix playlist order in add to playlist dialog #11566
Adjust the playlist bookmark item layout for RTL languages #11024 #11711

Localization and Documentation

Update backup and restore explanation in README #11003
Remove Kotlin code restriction from contribution guidelines #11209
Update README.pt_BR.md #11275
Fixing the 404 page not found, when clicking on "contribution notes" in multiple README.md's translated into different languages #11487
Adding Hash of Signing Key to README #11140 #11694
Fix a typo in README #11694
Use Android's elapsed time formatting #11244
Update French README.fr.md #10892
Readme translation to arabic #10969
Update backup and restore explanation & improve hindi, punjabi and assamese READMEs #11243

Development

Fix GitHub workflow for Android tests #11014
Migrate to non-transitive R classes #10918
Update PrettyTime to 5.0.8 #11094
Convert CommentTextOnTouchListener to a lambda #11075
Add NewPipe icon to Android Studio's new UI #11230
Remove outdated returnActivity test code #11428
Replaced IcePick with Bridge and Android-State #11636
Update Java version used in CI from 17 to 21 #11636
Update Gradle Wrapper from 8.2 to 8.9 #11636
Update AGP from 8.2.0 to 8.7.1 #11636
Replace symlink list_stream_card_item.xml by a copy of the pointed file to fix compilation on a default Windows setup #11636
Remove deprecated android.defaults.buildfeatures.buildconfig Gradle property #11636
Fix and update NewPipeExtractor dependency #11636
Make it possible to control the version code and name #11656
Add null-safe SharedPreferences.getStringSafe #11629
Update user agent to Firefox ESR 128 #11268