Enhancements to the image viewer

[RecklessDwark]

- (already mentioned) the media loads quite slowly (I'm on a 240 Mb connection, it shouldn't take several seconds to load a 5 Mb video/image) - for videos, it goes back to the very start of it when you change to other apps and back. It should know where it stopped - Also related to videos, some videos has that loading circle, and then it plays fully. Others, it shows the first frame, then stays there with no indication of loading whatsoever, and then starts playing (and stops mid way, because it hasn't loaded everything. And, when that happens, I usually need to go back to the start so that it loads a bit more and play at least a few more seconds (not sure if related to video source, never paid attention to it)

TODO

• The control buttons (play, start at the beginning) are quite small, and not so good to touch
• Maybe an option to double tap at the corners to fast forward/backwards, like YouTube, for example. Maybe 5 or 10s, dunno
• Tap to close could go away with that, and have an X button at the top to close. Tapping out of the media itself could hide everything/make it go full screen
• Media info (coupled with the other buttons) swipe action could be somewhere else, or... I dunno, I just swipe to homescreen too much trying to open it

- Not sure if related to the link handler (probably is), but the button to open the media in the browser does not work. It just loads another instance of the media in the sync media viewer. I shouldn't need to copy the URL, open my browser and copy the link to do it, even if the default handler is sync (in other words, if the user asks to open the media outside Sync, force it to not use the media viewer

[devanshux]

The first point has been addressed and solved

[laurencedawson]

• (already mentioned) the media loads quite slowly (I'm on a 240 Mb connection, it shouldn't take several seconds to load a 5 Mb video/image)

Done

[laurencedawson]

• for videos, it goes back to the very start of it when you change to other apps and back. It should know where it stopped

Done

[felimenta970]

Another thing to add to this issue: show how much was buffered/loaded, like other players (eg Youtube)

[felimenta970]

• Optional: colored background color (like Twitter)
• Last page of a gallery: update style to fit the Files picker UI or Google Photos Library tab (a bit of rounded corners, a tad bit more padding) (https://discord.com/channels/684912692485554230/780857483249713153/833090191388049458)
• Google Photos bottom sheet styling (maybe leave fewer buttons in the main UI, hide the rest in the bottom sheet) (https://9to5google.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/11/google-photos-menu-redesign-1.png)

[felimenta970]

Related ones

303 FEATURE REQUEST: Give option in media viewer to switch between horizontal and vertical gallery scrolling

400 [Request] Double tap to fast forward or reverse videos

419 Add Picture-in-picture Mode

[felimenta970]

Semi related: Caroussel view (like Instagram) Issue #2080 from old GitHub Swipeable Imgur albums in posts list

I'd like to be able two swipe through an album (Imgur) right from the posts view/list (dynamic/fixed-height/full-height cards) without having to open the preview for the album. I'm imagining something like a horizontally scrollable carousel if that's possible.

[felimenta970]

Issue #2050 from old GitHub [feature request] save images with post title

Please add option to save images with the same name as post's title minus special characters. Also an option to include subreddit name in the title would be nice.

Subreddit - title

Issue #1561 from old GitHub [Feature request] Option to save image with post title name, or title of user's choice

_See request thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/redditsync/comments/56zebd/request_save_image_with_name_of_post_title/_

[felimenta970]

Issue #2009 from old Github [Feature Request] Scroll through gifs/video

Rather than being dependent on the video/gif time/progression bar and having to click through it (which in my experience has been incredibly cumbersome often either not working or when you click to a different part of the video, it pauses for an extended period of time before playing in the newly selected spot) or having to press the fast forward or slow down options (which also has been cumbersome and often results in nothing happening or something else happening unintentionally), I am requesting the ability to scroll through the gif/video by sliding your finger from left to right (or reverse to reverse) anywhere on the video. How quickly you slide your finger changes the speed, how far you slide, changes the duration. Apollo for iOS uses this feature, and I have to admit, it really makes a much better user experience.

[felimenta970]

Issue #1527 from old GitHub [Feature Request] Selective image downloading from gallery overview

Long press to select an image from the gallery overview to download

[felimenta970]

Issue #1511 from old GitHub Add a better way to view Diy albums, or albums where you need to read the text.

Either the text covers the picture, or I have to slide to the next picture then slide up to read the text which is too muchwork to read text heavy albums. Maybe something like this http://imgur.com/olFJCgF

[felimenta970]

Issue #1509 from old GitHub [Feature request] Option to specify directory to save images from comments

Currently there is an option to save images from posts into subfolders corresponding to their subreddit. However, if when you save images/GIFs from comment sections, they always go to the default redditsync folder. An option to change that would be nice.

_Request thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/redditsync/comments/53co9i/request_sub_folders_for_comment_pictures/_

[felimenta970]

Issue #512 from old Github Chromecast support

[laurencedawson]

Re-assigned