TypeType for Android 1.6.0

TypeType for Android 1.6.0 adds account portability, a complete appearance system, richer player gestures and a more efficient playback and startup path.

The application is still in beta.

Playback

• Show the active resolution, frame rate and codec instead of generic quality labels. #34
• Select AV1, VP9 or H.264 from the decoders available on the device and fall back safely when a codec fails. #35
• Add configurable three-zone double-tap actions for play, pause and seeking, including a custom seek duration. #31 #36
• Morph the active player continuously between full screen, portrait and the mini-player while preserving playback state.
• Continue a downward full-screen gesture into the mini-player and restore the previous layout when the gesture is cancelled.
• Preserve full screen during autoplay, restore the player after Shorts and keep video visible in picture-in-picture.
• Adapt portrait controls, expose player actions to screen readers and improve buffering feedback.
• Redesign audio-only playback with a waveform derived from decoded audio.
• Keep playback allocations, abandoned SABR windows and comment caches bounded.

Data Portability

• Add the unified export and import workspace backed by TypeType-Server.
• Support TypeType, PipePipe, NewPipe, Invidious, Piped, LibreTube, ViewTube, Materialious, Flow, SkyTube, Grayjay, YouTube Takeout and OPML data.
• Show source formats with their service icons, extensions and supported categories.
• Add Select all for exports while keeping individual categories available.
• Preview imports before applying them and choose Skip or Replace for duplicates.
• Show job progress, request IDs, downloadable artifacts and diagnostic reports.
• Prevent accidental navigation while a portability job is active.

Appearance

• Add Classic and Manga interface personalities.
• Add TypeType, Dynamic, Nord, Cream, Forest and Plum color themes.
• Add Manga paper, headline and motion controls inspired by Komi Store while preserving the TypeType visual identity.
• Keep Manga text readable when the selected paper and system color mode differ.
• Preserve a pure-black AMOLED option without forcing light mode to remain dark.
• Apply appearance choices consistently across content, settings and shared surfaces.

Navigation And Interface

• Open supported YouTube links directly in TypeType. #37
• Create fresh channel state when navigating between uploaders.
• Restore the mini-player and portrait layout correctly after leaving Shorts.
• Add an open-source licenses screen with dependency and asset attribution.
• Simplify Player, Profile, Account, Privacy, Blocked and portability settings.
• Improve channel, podcast, playlist, search, history and notification surfaces.
• Keep typed errors, status codes and request IDs available when an operation fails.

Performance

• Show the cached startup destination immediately and defer token and background preference initialization.
• Refresh the startup baseline profile and add startup memory measurements.
• Load blocked items, recommendations and comments incrementally.
• Bound decoded-image memory and reduce unnecessary recomposition during player transitions.
• Add rendered-frame benchmarks for player expansion, minimization and full-screen gestures.
• Resolve remote media through TypeType-Server consistently while keeping image requests bounded.

Compatibility

• Support Android 6.0 through Android 17, API 23 through API 37.
• Keep core behavior independent from Google Play Services.
• Preserve baseline H.264/AAC playback and gate newer codecs by decoder capability.
• Keep extraction, SABR sessions, PO tokens, recommendations and synchronization owned by TypeType-Server.

Thx

Thx to @therealresonix and @gursuj for the codec, playback-format and control feedback. #31 #34 #35 #36

Thx as well to everyone testing the beta builds, sharing logs, reporting regressions and helping TypeType Android improve.

Installing

Download the APK attached below. It is built from the tagged source, signed by the release workflow, checked for 16 KiB page alignment and verified against the Gradle application version. A SHA-256 checksum is provided alongside it.

The stable and beta F-Droid channels use the same application identity. Switching channels updates the existing installation instead of installing a second TypeType application.

If something does not work correctly, please open an issue in the TypeType-Android repository.

If u want to support TypeType Android, please share it with others. If u want to support it financially, u can do so through GitHub Sponsors.

Full changelog: v1.5.0...v1.6.0