Looking for new maintainer

[XiangRongLin]

I have decided to no longer create new releases for the preunified version. So v0.22.1 will be the last version from me. I started this, because I disliked the new UI back then and continued maintaining it, since it was something on my resume for my job search. Both don't apply anymore, which is why I'm looking for someone else to take over.

If anyone is interested in taking over, feel free to do so by creating a separate repo and pushing the code. Leave me a message and I will link your repo.

The whole release process is automated, only requiring the maintainer to update the extractor version, fix the occasional API change from the extractor and push a tag. This was also the main talking point for my resume. Initial setup is the creation of signing keys. See the action on how to do it https://github.com/r0adkll/sign-android-release.

P.S.: Please fix the typo in the repo name, when you create the repo 🙏 . I cry everytime I see it

[kubo6472]

Thank you for the amazing work while doing this. Had a blast while it lasted.

[manilenio]

saddened by this news, but still thank you for your effort all this time.

[TBN-MapleWheels]

Thank you for your work up to this point. It's been extremely appreciated. I'm not a Java Android dev sadly (C#/Xamarin). Maybe it's time for me to be relearn Java?

I'm still reliant on this as a music player because they still haven't fixed the issue with seek remembering the last playback position even if it's disabled in settings. So selecting songs in the list manually still makes it play in the middle of the song.

[nbmrjuhneibkr]

Thank you for keeping the original NewPipe alive. I hope that someone else can continue this project. Unfortunately, I am not able to do this myself, at least not right now.

The part about the job search is entirely understandable. But I'd be curious to know your opinion about the current NewPipe UI, and why do you think that sticking with the pre-unified UI may no longer be necessary.

[XiangRongLin]

ut I'd be curious to know your opinion about the current NewPipe UI, and why do you think that sticking with the pre-unified UI may no longer be necessary.

My personal problems with the new UI were mostly with the notification being very buggy and colorized according to the video thumbmail. The player too was buggy. But those things mostly resolved themselves to a satisfying level. So I switched back a while ago, since this fork does not get any updates besides the extractor. Most importantly no security updates.

[TBN-MapleWheels]

ut I'd be curious to know your opinion about the current NewPipe UI, and why do you think that sticking with the pre-unified UI may no longer be necessary.

My personal problems with the new UI were mostly with the notification being very buggy and colorized according to the video thumbmail. The player too was buggy. But those things mostly resolved themselves to a satisfying level.

My issue is still that I can't maintain a background music playlist and watch a video. I tend to build a dynamic playlist over time and NewPipe doesn't have multiple tabs or the fidelity of desktop YouTube.

That and it still doesn't start playing a song from the beginning if I navigate away from it by selecting another song instead of using the 'Next' navigation button.

[RSoulwin]

since this fork does not get any updates besides the extractor. Most importantly no security updates.

I have opened a PR for dependencies updates mostly security related, please check @XiangRongLin

[DI555]

Hello! @RSoulwin , please, update the extractor to v0.22.6, seems it’s outdated for a couple of months(( many thanks in advance!

[MapleWheels]

I can confirm this. According to the main New Pipe repo, there's been some major breaking changes to YouTube.