AOS APP [Tested] LibreTube (YouTube client) v0.28.0

LibreTube (YouTube client) v0.28.0
Requirements: 5.0 and up
Overview: An alternative YouTube front end, for Android. LibreTube is not connected to google directly, instead it uses piped instances to load data and play videos. Therefore this app doesn’t need to use any of Google Services installed. Also there is no need for a YouTube account, and it’s FLOSS.

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LibreTube is an alternative and free youtube app for Android. It requires no Google Play Service and allows users to access massive YouTube videos without login in a google/youtube account.

Features:

- Background video playback.
- Ad-free and simple UI.
- User accounts are supported.
- Manage your subscriptions.
- Subtitles integrated into the video.
- Explore trending videos and popular channels.
- Search videos you want without search filters

What's New:
Note:
This release adds a new option called "Full Local Mode", which allows you to use LibreTube completely independent of Piped and do all API requests directly to YouTube's servers, similar to NewPipe. This wouldn't be possible without the help of the NewPipe Extractor library, credits to its maintainers.

New features:
- feat: add "full local mode" to use the app without Piped by @Bnyro in #7151 and #7225
- feat: add progress indicator for local feed extraction by @Bnyro in #7145
- feat: implement local extraction support for SponsorBlock and DeArrow by @FineFindus in #7195
- feat: locally store channel info when local streams extraction enabled by @Bnyro in #7190
- feat: rebuild custom instances dialogs for better UX by @Bnyro in #7166
- feat(StreamsExtractor): generate PoToken by @FineFindus in #7069
- Smaller new features
- feat: make player default settings behavior more intuitive by @Bnyro in #7277
- feat: smoothen background player -> new video player and video player -> new background player transitions by @Bnyro in #7323
- feat: smoother, frictionless transition between audio and video mode by @Bnyro in #7261
- feat: Implement splash screen for older Android versions by @Isira-Seneviratne in #7154
- feat: increase corner-radius of watch-progressbar by @FineFindus in #7165
- feat(LocalFeedRepository): filter members only videos by @FineFindus in #7113
- feat: fallback to markdown instances list instead of hardcoded list by @Bnyro in #7290
- feat(feed): update local feed data when watching video by @FineFindus in #7141

Bug fixes:
- fix: automatically resume next paused download item after finishing previous one by @Bnyro in #7259
- fix: background shuffle mode doesn't builder a proper queue by @Bnyro in #7270
- fix: bound time remaining to mark a video as watched by @clarfonthey in #7173
- fix: can't load music playlists using local extraction by @Bnyro in #7210
- fix: comment count doesn't reset to 0 if comments disabled by @Bnyro in #7254
- fix: current playlist doesn't close after deletion by @Bnyro in #7226
- fix: display unstarted downloads in videos tab instead of hiding them by @Bnyro in #7256
- fix: download fragment buttons overlap miniplayer by @Bnyro in #7269
- fix: download tab scrolls to bottom when entered by @Bnyro in #7255
- fix(Feed): extract shorts uploadDate from feedInfo by @FineFindus in #7142
- fix(Feed): only update LastFeedWatchedTime when update time is newer by @FineFindus in #7320
- fix: infinitely looping channel tab items when using full local npe by @Bnyro in #7158
- fix: label of sleep timer input field overlapping by @Bnyro in #7212
- fix(Local): encode nextpage data as base64 by @FineFindus in #7244
- fix(Local): set channelOwner for Comments by @FineFindus in #7246
- fix: manual sponsorblock skip button not showing up by @Bnyro in #7177
- fix: max amount of concurrent download is ignored for playlists by @Bnyro in #7222
- fix: missing item metadata when playing download containing video AND audio by @Bnyro in #7288
- fix: missing playlist name in search results using local extraction by @Bnyro in #7211
- fix: only enable full local mode by default on new installations by @Bnyro in #7326
- fix(Player): hide sponsorblock skip button on video end by @FineFindus in #7185
- fix: playlist download service crashes for video titles with invalid filename characters by @Bnyro in #7180
- fix: properly open current video from media notification by @Bnyro in #7266
- fix: regressions from recent splash screen addition for Android < 11 by @Bnyro in #7224
- fix: remove unnecessary whitespaces at instances list fallback by @Bnyro in #7291
- fix: scroll state not reset to latest video after refreshing feed/subscriptions by @Bnyro in #7310
- fix: selected caption option not properly showing current selection by @Bnyro in #7176
- fix: skip already downloaded videos when downloading playlists by @Bnyro in #7287
- fix: sort channels alphabetically on client side by @Bnyro in #7191
- fix: subscription button state not updated after starting next video by @Bnyro in #7307
- fix: subscriptions feed scroll state reset after rotating phone by @Bnyro in #7268
- fix: subscriptions feed scroll state reset after switching tabs by @Bnyro in #7267
- fix: thumbnails of videos containing '#' can't be downloaded by @Bnyro in #7260
- fix(ui): standardize logo design across all app instances by @handokota in #7280
- fix: update checker doesn't detect new releases properly by @Bnyro in #7143
- fix: urls with timestamps don't work properly by @Bnyro in #7237
- fix: various bugs when deleting single or all downloads by @Bnyro in #7181
- fix: video sort order not preserved when starting video from sorted playlist by @Bnyro in #7286
- fix(WatchHistory): always show filter bar by @FineFindus in #7258
- fix: watch position saved on video end even if disabled by @Bnyro in #7242
- fix: wrong initial state of hide watched videos from feed filter by @Bnyro in #7175
- fix(Welcome): center mode group by @FineFindus in #7292

Refactor:
- refactor: enable full local mode by default by @Bnyro in #7325
- refactor: merge OfflinePlayerService with VideoOfflinePlayerService by @Bnyro in #7262
- refactor: move watch history logic to view model by @Bnyro in #7169
- refactor: remove channel info api calls when subscribing to channels locally by @Bnyro in #7215
- refactor: re-use app icon header in about, welcome and help activity by @Bnyro in #7289
- refactor: split video and trending layout into different adapters by @Bnyro in #7308
- refactor: use paging adapter for channel content items by @Bnyro in #7157
- perf(LocalFeedRepository): speed up local feed extraction by @FineFindus in #7214

Chore:
- chore: remove alternative videos layout option by @Bnyro in #7276
- chore: remove app/release folder from git by @Bnyro in #7138
- chore: remove unnecessary authApi uses for playlist nextpages by @Bnyro in #7149
- chore: small code cleanups related to playing queue by @Bnyro in #7278
- chore: update language name in settings for korean by @bermount in #7236
- chore: update privacy policy due to recent addition of full local data extraction by @figim in #7206
- chore: update readme to reflect recent addition of full local extraction by @Bnyro in #7213
- chore: update roadmap due to implemented local NewPipe extractor feature by @figim in #7161
- build: use NewPipeExtractor fork by @FineFindus in #7293