NewPipe v0.28.1

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NewPipe 0.28.1 is shipped with NewPipe Extractor 0.25.0. For extraction related changes see the linked release.

New

• Support on.soundcloud link opening #12694
• Add metadata fields for OPUS audio downloads #12974

Improved

• Fix clearing queue and keep current player when clicking on timestamps #12252 #12254 #12898
• Try to recover pending download missions when possible #12550
• Add option to delete a download without also deleting file #12544
• Add enqueue option to router dialog #12821
• Add more specific error messages and deduplicate their handling #12578 #12603
• Overlay Permission: display explanatory dialog for Android > R #12253
• Notifications are no longer requested again after rotating the phone #12716
• Allow dragging boorkmarked playlist in both directions #13008

Fixed

Player

• [Player] Use original audio language by default #12931
• Remember and restore orientation on fullscreen exit #12840 #12781
• Fix ghost notifications and fix random player crashes ("startForegroundService() did not then call startForeground()") #12606
• Fix audio language button pushing player controls off-screen in portrait and popup #12699 #12714 #12729
• Fix scaleX being NaN on minimize to background app switch #12952

Downloader

• Fix insufficient permissions on opening downloaded streams #12934
• Fix download resume corruption when server returns HTTP 200 #13014
• Fix missing subtitle text in manually downloaded *.SRT files #12575
• Fix initial numbering of frames in TTML to SRT converter #12671

Other

• Fix short count formatting for Android versions below 7.0 #12460
• Fix and simplify opening URLs in browser #12605
• Fix long-pressing Play All-button does nothing #12692
• Enforce using SAF on FireOS TVs with Android 10+ #12642
• Commit all the playlist changes to db immediately to prevent incorrect UI states #13005
• Fix incorrect UI states of PlayQueue items #12922
• Fix crash on screen rotation while entering SoundCloud import URL #12995

Translation / Localization

• Update translations #12801 #12910
• Update PR template to specify target branch for features #12811

Development

• Target SDK 35 #12388
• Correctly ignore new version check for Picasso #12483
• Update Android Gradle Plugin to 8.13.0 #12616
• Remove isUsingDSP #12676
• Switch to version catalogs, migrate Gradle files from Groovy DSL to Kotlin DSL #12706 #12765
• Migrate from KAPT to KSP #12746 #12816 #12820 #12489 #12849 #12864 #12954 #12975
• Dependency updates #12684 #12776
  • Revert Google Material Components to 1.11.0 #13018
• Deprecation fixes #12885 #12897
• Use context.getString() shorthand instead of context.getResources().getString() #12949
• Convert newpipe/util/KioskTranslator.java to kotlin #12947
• Add AI policy to contribution guidelines and PR template #12909
• Code quality improvements #12973 #12963 #12981
• workflows: Update actions versions #12986
• Kotlin migration #12978