Version 2.961

Small bug fix release to address critical issues with 2.96:

• Fix problem with Youtube API keys
• Use newer NewPipeExtractor to fix video downloading issue

The APK signing key has been changed since 2.95, due to the maintainer change, sorry for the inconvenience.

Version 2.96

• Chromecast support in SkyTube Extra
• Better off-line experience with the downloaded videos, and better handling of off-line startup, where lot's of information previously queried from YouTube, now the app can revert to use the already stored data.
• Fix screen saver prevention to only be active during playtime.
• Video watch status tracking is much more solid, many small bug were eliminated.
• Add ability to disable immersive mode.
• Improved search autocomplete experience.
• Version upgrades in lot's of dependencies (Using AndroidX component library).

The APK signing key has been changed, due to the maintainer change, sorry for the inconvenience.

Version 2.95

• Emergency fix: Video playback error.
• Updated French, Japanese, Arabic and Turkish translations.

Version 2.94

• Videos displayed within a channel or playlist fragment will no longer output the channel name given that the user is already within the channel fragment.
• App is now using newer third-party libraries.
• Updated French, Japanese, Indonesian, Spanish, Chinese (traditional), Turkish, Arabic, Italian, Polish, Persian, Norwegian Bokmål, Portuguese (Portugal), German, Dutch and Croatian translations.

Version 2.93

• Added an option to enable/disable the video blocker.
• If the gestures control is disabled, the video brightness will be identical to those used by the Android System.
• Added preferred resolution when using mobile network (instead of WIFI).
• Added Persian translations.
• Updated Spanish, Portuguese (Portugal), Turkish, German, Polish, Italian, Croatian, Dutch, Norwegian Bokmål, Russian and Chinese (Traditional) translations.

Version 2.92

• Added Android 9.0 (API 28) support.
• Video gestures can now be enabled/disabled.
• Users are now warned before downloading/streaming videos on mobile network (such as 4G). This warning can be disabled.
• The video publishing date for downloaded videos is now displayed/calculated correctly.
• Lazy loading for tabs - potentially reducing network usage.
• Added option to automatically download videos to folders named after the channel.
• Added Croatian translations.
• Updated German, Polish, Spanish, Japanese, French, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Italian, Chinese (Traditional), Norwegian Bokmål, Russian and Dutch translations.
• Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

Version 2.91

• Emergency fix: "This video is unavailable" error occurred due to recent YouTube changes.
• Updated Italian, French and Norwegian Bokmål translations.

Version 2.90

• Added a video blocker, which includes:
  • Channel blacklisting;
  • Channel whitelisting;
  • Block videos if their language is not the same as the user's preferred one(s);
  • Low views video blocking;
  • High dislikes video blocking;
  • Icon in the toolbar displaying how many videos were blocked.
• Added search history: search history is stored and used as suggestions for future searches (this feature can be disabled).
• Added volume and brightness swipe controls.
• Videos are now played using the Exoplayer. Legacy player still supported.
• App now gives the user the option to resume playing (previously) partially watched videos.
  • YouTube's videos and playlists links inside the video description are now handled and opened inside SkyTube.
  • New launcher icon.
  • Subscribed channels can now be sorted alphabetically.
  • Added tutorial for the gestures applicable to the video player.
• Added Japanese translations.
• Added Chinese (traditional) translations.
• Added Vietnamese translations.
• Added Indonesian translations.
• Updated Russian, Norwegian Bokmål, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Turkish, Italian, Portuguese and French translations.
• Bug fixes and other minor improvements.

Version 2.82

API DDOS attack mitigation controls.

Version 2.81

• Emergency fix: "This video is unavailable" error occurred for some YouTube videos.