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Version 2.80

22 Jan 20:54
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  • Added channel playlist support.
  • Added an option to download videos.
  • YouTube Player improvements, including:
    • Immersive mode: comments and video description can be viewed if the user swipes to the left and top respectively.
    • Double tap can stop/play the video.
    • Gesture mode: swipe to the left to view comments; swipe to the top to view video description.
  • Added thumbnail viewer for YouTube videos.
  • Added an option to download videos' thumbnails.
  • Main and channel toolbar aesthetics enhancements.
  • Users can now view channel's information/description via the about tab.
  • Feed is refreshed automatically.
  • Improved loading time for subscribed channels list.
  • Reduced subscriptions feeds refreshing time.
  • Added Russian translations.
  • Added Norwegian Bokmål translations.
  • Added Arabic translations.
  • Added Dutch translations.
  • Added Turkish translations.
  • Updated Polish, German, Hungarian and Portuguese translations.
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

Version 2.70

05 Nov 17:46
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  • Users can now import their YouTube's subscriptions list into SkyTube.
  • Added Android 8 support.
  • Updated Spanish translations.
  • Updated French translations.
  • App is now using newer third-party libraries.
  • Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

Version 2.60

25 Jun 19:50
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  • Preference overhaul and improved user-friendliness: Preferences are now using a two-pane layout.
  • Added option for users to backup and import their subscriptions and bookmarks databases.
  • Added option to change the video player's orientation.
  • App now is able to detect if a video is blocked by country.
  • Fixed issue #111: Fixed a bug which caused to app to crash on certain devices if the back button is pressed.
  • Updated Polish translations.
  • SkyTube Extra: Added the option for user to check for updates via the About preferences.

Version 2.50

21 May 14:28
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  • App is now using NewPipeExtractor library to retrieve video streams' URLs. In turn, this
    fixed #7.
  • Fixed app auto-updater bug for Android 7.0+
  • Added Italian translations.
  • Added Portuguese translations.
  • Updated Spanish translations.
  • Fixed bug #94 and #111: App crashed when the user presses the back button while on the Main
    Activity.
  • Fixed a bug which caused the app to crash when the YouTube's API quota is reached.
  • Other minor bug fixes.

Version 2.41

23 Apr 19:13
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  • This version was released mainly because of F-Fdroid's version 2.4(0) did not include the following fix (d3a0bab): App used to crash when the MainFragment is rotated.
  • Added a list of contributors which can be accessed via the Preferences.

Version 2.4

10 Apr 19:30
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  • Added subscriptions feed tab.
  • Added the option for users to use their own YouTube API key.
  • Added French translations.
  • Added German translations.
  • App is able to detect live streams (and offers user to play such videos externally).
  • Reduced the app stuttering issue when scrolling down videos together with other optimizations.
  • Fixed bug #91: App could not open video notification links sent by YouTube via email.
  • Fixed bug #32: Video player's title bar was not hiding on Android 5.0+.
  • Numerous other bug fixes.
  • App now correctly handles videos with disable ratings.
  • Moved the Video "Share", "Copy to clipboard" and "bookmark video" options/functionality from video cell to the actual video fragment.

Version 2.3

19 Feb 20:13
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  • Added video bookmarks feature.
  • Added Polish translation.
  • Added default tab preference.
  • Numerous bug fixes.

Version 2.2

31 Jan 21:44
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  • Emergency fix: "could not load decryption code" error for all YouTube videos. This was due to sudden change in YouTube website/service.
  • Featured & Most Popular videos are now placed in tabs.
  • Featured & Most Popular & channel videos can be swiped down in order to refresh.
  • Added Hungarian translation.

Version 2.1

23 Oct 18:17
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  • Added Spanish translation
  • Now using Picasso library for remote image loading (before such process was done manually by the app)
  • Orientation changes no longer causes the app to loss the current scroll position wrt Most Pop and Featured videos
  • Issue #21: Android 4.0 is now supported
  • Fixed issue #7: i.e. when a user tries to view some videos the following error used to popup: "An error has occurred while getting video streams for xxxxxxxx"
  • Playback errors are now more human friendly
  • Fixed issue #26: Saves the current video position when the app is minimized or when a user clicks on the video's channel.

Version 2.0

27 Aug 12:58
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Version 2.0:

  • Users can now subscribe to a channel
  • App update checker
  • Faster loading time and smoother scrolling
  • New material theme
  • Major cosmetic improvements to the Channel fragment
  • Videos: Add open-with to the video's context menu
  • External programs can open YouTube videos using SkyTube
  • Paste/Enter video URL in SkyTube
  • Comments: show the author's thumbnail.