[Feature Request]: Allow third party plugins

[PedroZamecki]

Preflight Checklist

• [X] I use the latest version of YouTube Music (Application).
• [X] I have searched the issue tracker for a feature request that matches the one I want to file, without success.

Problem Description

I would like to download and run third party plugins.

Proposed Solution

Have a folder with the said plugins, with dynamic loading, something like 'datapacks' in minecraft.

Alternatives Considered

Have a different way to have those apps, something similar with what 'vencord' does with their plugins. I think this solution would be usefull for creating and aproving apps more easily.

Additional Information

No response

[JellyBrick]

We already allow third-party plugin same way as Vencord.

[ArjixWasTaken]

We do?

Darn

[PedroZamecki]

Well, I may have misunderstood how vencord manages its plugins, but the way I was thinking was more like: "what is the easiest way to create and use a plugin that I coded myself and making sure I have the latest build?" (That may imply not needing to build the app myself with the plugin hardcoded)

[PedroZamecki]

How can I do this? Is this possible now?

[ArjixWasTaken]

Ok, I haven't used a third party plugin on vencord, so I didn't know how they did it.

Looks like you need to use a developer build to have custom plugins.

Only difference with vencord is that, uhh, vencord supports a folder named userplugins which is not in the git history, so it won't have conflicts when vencord updates.

We don't support a secondary folder like that, plugins have to be part of the actual source code.

Which is not that bad, but it may be a pain someday.

[ArjixWasTaken]

So basically, you make a plugin like normal. No special instructions as it doesn't differ from the official plugins.

[ArjixWasTaken]

@JellyBrick maybe we should allow a separate folder for unofficial plugins.

That way there is a clear distinction between them.