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Improved

• Removed License#contentUri #5544
• Remove unnecessary concat with empty string #5543
• Removed resizing text from popup player #5554

Fixed

• Fixed crash when reordering channel groups. #5718

And all the fixes from NewPipeExtractor v0.20.11

Development

• Add crash button to debug settings #5672
• Update okhttp from 3.12.12 to 3.12.13 #5589
• Update Gradle plugin to version 4.1.2 #5581

Translation

• Add Northern Kurdish to language selector #5721

New

• [YouTube] Added support for chapters in player controls #5274
• Added a secondary control panel and tabs to video detail fragment #4534 #5563
• [PeerTube] Added sepia search #5257

Improved

• Disable restoring brightness if brightness gesture is disabled #5283
• Update displayed licenses #5066
• Disable sending metrics to Google when using Android System WebView #5337
• Toggle play/pause with hardware space button in fullscreen player #5331
• Add list item to play video on kodi #5310
• VideoDetailFragment: Don't exit fullscreen on rotation in tablet UI #4939
• Updated invidious instances list #5480
• Reduce API requests for NewPipe update checks #5474

Fixed

• Fixed URLs with timestamps not being played #5317
• Fixed null pointer exception in play button method #5301
• Dynamically get package name, fixing issues with multiple NewPipes installed #5221
• Fixed wrong speed indicator in queue activity #5371
• Fixed crash when no default browser is set and improve share dialogs (on some devices) #5187 #5429 #5466

Development

• Merge player classes into a single one #5371 #5502
• Use AndroidX Media compat in AudioReactor #5065
• Use Objects.requireNonNull() #5254
• Use view binding in VideoPlayer #5253 #5442
• Make Localization.relativeTime testable #5358
• Use view binding in fragments #4814 #5417 #5438 #5430 #5463
• Switch to Groupie's view binding module #5029
• Extract settings import #5225
• Merge the two Constants files #5418
• Remove APK testing section from PR template #5284
• Re-add APK testing section to PR template #5465
• Convert AnimationUtils functions to extension functions #5333
• Convert ExceptionUtils methods to extension functions #4947
• Checkout branch in CI process #5407
• Set all default settings at the beginning #5503

Localization

• Fixed Somali language name #5376
• Added Somali Readme #5383
• Add Romanian README #5501
• Added Brazilian Portuguese Readme #5397
• Add Japanese translation of README #5468
• Change "Export" to "Import" in Korean Readme instructions #5250
• Update README.md to include installation methods other than F-Droid #5108

Fixed

• [YouTube] Fixed channel continuation TeamNewPipe/NewPipeExtractor#539

New

• [media.ccc.de] Support livestreams
• [media.ccc.de] Add "live" kiosk #5286
• [media.ccc.de] Add "recent" kiosk

Development

• Replace Travis CI badge with GitHub actions one for dev branch pushes #5278
• Remove .gitmodules #5266

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New

• YouTube Mix support (radio icon as creator avatar used to differentiate between normal playlists) #3243
• [YouTube] Display additional info about search query (Covid-19), video creators (public broadcaster) or video content (Covid-19) #4754

Improved

• Update Invidious URL list in the manifest #4859
• Use user agent of DownloaderImpl also in ReCaptchaActivity #5215

Fixed

• Fixed crash deleting video refreshing #5116
• Fixed blank ReCaptcha webview #5208
• Removed timestamp from share URL for all services except YouTube #5228
• Updated NewPipe's website domain name #5184 #5236
• [YouTube] Music search TeamNewPipe/NewPipeExtractor#484
• [PeerTube] related streams TeamNewPipe/NewPipeExtractor#490

Development

• Use GitHub actions as a CI instead of Travis. #5132
• Fix some typos #5112
• Use ContextCompat.getDataDir() #5176
• Use a notification instead of a ProgressDialog in MissionAdapter #5142
• Use ActivityCompat.recreate() #5178
• Extract export database logic into own class #5059, #5186, #5204
• Use view binding in activities #4762, #5259
• Use WebViewClientCompat #5217
• Use ServiceCompat.stopForeground() #5218

Improved

• Improve "export database" summary #5043

Fixed

• YouTube comments parsing TeamNewPipe/NewPipeExtractor#477
• Display name of media.ccc.de service
• Add a workaround for a possible null offset ID. #5067

Localization

• Updated

Development

• Fixed a few inconsistent line breaks and typos #4961

Improved

• [PeerTube] update instances list #4969

Fixed

• Fixed enless loop of crashes when accessing NewPipe's ErrorActivity #4995

Other

• Updated contribution guidelines #4318

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New

• Re-added option to hide thumbnail on lock screen #4642
• Pull to refresh feed #4893

Fixed

• Fixed crash when starting NewPipe after it was removed from RAM #4921
• Fixed crash on startup when there is no internet connection #4948
• Fixed respecting brightness-volume-gesture settings #4937

Development

• Various code improvements #4929
• Improved performance in local lists #4891
• Use the Kotlin Parcelize annotation #4377
• Use try-with-resources #4815
• Dispose of RxViews disposable in BaseStateFragment #4944
• Updated most dependencies #4768

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New

• Replace specific enqueue options with only one #4425
• Two finger to close player gesture #4476
• Add button in settings to clear reCAPTCHA cookies #4453
• Add option to not colorize notification #4643

Improved

• Do not show notification creation / update time #4410
• Remove remember popup properties setting #4367
• Ask for confirmation before replacing even single video queues #4463
• Also delete stream state when deleting stream history #4413
• Improve age restriction and yt restricted content strings #4354

Fixed

• Fix crash when stream was paused and fast forward / rewind buttons were clicked #4410
• Fix PlaylistAppendDialog showing when no local playlists exist #4345
• Don't rearrange lists by dragging the thumbnails #4550
• Fix opening VideoDetailFragment and more #4562
  • Fix infinite buffering
  • Better detect when to autoplay and when not to
  • Make sharing to NewPipe more consistent
• Fix playlist select dialog and do some refactoring #4771
• Change YouTube subscription import instructions to Google takeout #4759
• Correct Gigaget's license from GPLv2 to GPLv3 #4892

Localization

• Add Santali language #4749
• Add Central Atlas Tamazight localization
• Add Korean translation of the README #4845
• Updated translations

Development

(huge thanks to @Isira-Seneviratne)

• Use DisplayCutoutCompat in VideoPlayerImpl #4338
• Use DrawableCompat. #4592
• Use ContextCompat methods #4276
• Use TextViewCompat.setCompoundDrawablesRelativeWithIntrinsicBounds(). #4594
• Hide Leaks launcher icon #4436 #4450
• Format all XML resources #4471
• Disable Ktlint pending upstream update #4517
• Use Core KTX functions #4547
• Use multidex for all build types. #4557
• Migrate AboutActivity to ViewPager2 #4553
• Optimize and shrink app PNGs #4610
• Convert notification actions to a custom preference #4652
• Use Java 8 APIs #3817 #4556
• Separate player gesture logic and UI #4587
• Use RxJava instead of AsyncTask #4499
• Change loop index from float to int #4784
• More miscellaneous little fixes and improvements #4710
• Fix NullPointerException in queue handling and improved performance #4555

Other

• Pull request template reworked #4317
• Issue templates reworked #4378 #4379 #4415 #4431 #4606
• Add info on how to use a local NewPipe Extractor version #4528
• Add Weblate widget to README #4530

Fixed

• [YouTube] Fixed crash when loading video TeamNewPipe/NewPipeExtractor#441