[UI Enhancement] - Double tap should be animated

[ccuser44]

Checklist

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Feature description

On NewPipe you can forward the video by double tapping. This displays three arrows pointing and shows the amount of time being skipped and it has a black circle in the background appear.

In the regular Youtube app this Circle is animated via a ripple effect. There are several ways this animation could (in my opinion) be added to newpipe (choose the one which is best for newpipe):

• A ripple animation
• The transparency of the circle is tweened to visible and then invisible
• The size of the circle could be tweened from 0 to max

Why do you want this feature?

When this is not animated it looks very visually unappealing and clunky, it sticks out a lot. If it would be animated it would look so much better. This is a very small change but it would improve the app experience a lot by making is smoother.

Additional information

See the normal Youtube app for reference.

[opusforlife2]

The current animation was changed to be different from Youtube's. We considered the visibility of the video underlying the animation to be more important. Hence the animation's effects were toned down. Moreover, Newpipe still runs on very old devices, so the animation also had to be simple enough that those devices wouldn't suffer.

[ccuser44]

The current animation was changed to be different from Youtube's. We considered the visibility of the video underlying the animation to be more important. Hence the animation's effects were toned down. Moreover, Newpipe still runs on very old devices, so the animation also had to be simple enough that those devices wouldn't suffer.

Thats understandable. Maybe the transparency of thw backround circle could be tweened which wouldnt be as obstructive and as performance intensive than a riplle effect?

[opusforlife2]

Are you able to provide a video example? It's difficult to visualise.

[ccuser44]

Are you able to provide a video example? It's difficult to visualise.

I mean, if you can't add a ripple effect to the circle, could it be possible if you tweened the transparency of the circle instead? From Invisible -> Visible -> Invisible

[opusforlife2]

I have no idea what that means. Maybe a developer could have a look.

[ccuser44]

I have no idea what that means. Maybe a developer could have a look.

What I mean is:

• Either have the background circle grow from size 0 to max size and disappear
• Or have the background circle become go from 100% transparency -> 50% transparency -> 100% transparency

Both of these would be less performance intensive than the ripple effect that youtube has

[ccuser44]

Apparently this is done so I'm closing this as completed

[opusforlife2]

That's weird. There has been no change to the animation at all. Are you sure your device settings haven't been reset or something?