New Screen.Channel(channelUrl, name). ChannelViewModel calls
NewPipeExtractor's ChannelInfo.getInfo() + first ChannelTab (Videos) for
the list of streams. ChannelScreen renders banner + circular avatar +
subscriber count + LazyColumn of recent videos.
Wiring:
- SearchViewModel.StreamItem now carries uploaderUrl from
StreamInfoItem.uploaderUrl.
- VideoDetailViewModel.VideoDetail likewise.
- VideoDetailScreen: uploader name is now a clickable Text in primary
color when uploaderUrl is non-null. Tap → Screen.Channel.
- StrawActivity routes Screen.Channel to ChannelScreen.
Smoke test: tapping "jawed" on the Me-at-the-zoo detail screen opens the
jawed channel — banner, avatar, 6.1M subscribers, the one video he ever
uploaded (this still cracks me up).
Day-4: tappable uploader in search row, channel tabs (Playlists, Shorts),
subscription toggle wired to a Subscriptions store.
Detail screen: VideoDetailViewModel now also fetches SponsorBlock segment
count for the user's currently-enabled categories alongside RYD. When >0,
detail screen shows a "⏭ N skip(s)" AssistChip next to the like/dislike
chips. Lets the user see at-a-glance whether SB is going to do anything
on this video before tapping Play.
Settings screen: "History" section at the bottom with two OutlinedButtons —
"Clear watch history" and "Clear searches". Each calls the corresponding
HistoryStore.clear* method. List updates immediately via the StateFlow.
Empty-category set on SB now means "skip the API call" (was already
checking this in PlayerViewModel.resolve, now also in VideoDetailViewModel).
New: SettingsStore (SharedPreferences-lite, same pattern as HistoryStore)
exposes a Set<SbCategory> StateFlow.
7 SponsorBlock categories surfaced as toggle rows in a new Settings screen:
sponsor (on by default), selfpromo, intro, outro, interaction (reminders),
music_offtopic (talking in music videos), filler.
Wiring:
- StrawApp.onCreate: Settings.init(this)
- StrawHome: new Settings gear icon next to "straw v0.1.0" header. Tap
routes to Screen.Settings.
- PlayerViewModel.resolve: reads Settings.get().sbCategories on resolve.
Empty set = SponsorBlock skip disabled (no API call).
Material-icons-core dep added (1.7.5) for the Icons.Filled.Settings glyph.
Day-4 ideas: theme override, default audio-only playback, preferred quality,
clear history buttons.
New: HistoryStore — JSON-encoded SharedPreferences for two lists. Watches
keyed by videoId (max 50, FIFO), searches deduped case-insensitively (max
20). Surfaced as StateFlow so screens recompose live.
Wiring:
- StrawApp.onCreate: History.init(this)
- VideoDetailViewModel.load: recordWatch after StreamInfo resolves
- SearchViewModel.submit: recordSearch on each query
UI:
- StrawHome: redesigned. Tight inline header, full-width Search button,
"Recently watched" LazyColumn below. Tap a recent row → VideoDetail.
- SearchScreen: when query is blank, show recent searches as
AssistChip row. Tap a chip → onQueryChange + submit (instant search).
Day-4 graduates to Room when there's a real query pattern that SP can't
serve (date ranges, full-text search). For now the JSON-blob approach
ships in 30 minutes vs an hour of Room+KSP plumbing.
Four polish items, all visible:
1. Fixed RYD URL: was returnyoutubedislike.com (the website, 404s on /votes)
→ returnyoutubedislikeapi.com (the actual API).
2. Bundled Sectigo "Public Server Authentication CA DV R36" intermediate
as an additional trust anchor (network_security_config.xml) for the
.com web host — the API uses Google Trust Services already so this
is defensive, in case we ever fetch the landing page.
3. Added intent-filter for YouTube URLs (VIEW + SEND) on StrawActivity.
Single-task launchMode; pickYouTubeUrl() routes the initial Intent
to Screen.VideoDetail(url) instead of Home.
4. stripHtml() utility removes <br>, </p>, and other tags from
NewPipeExtractor's description. Chapter timestamps now render
readably; raw HTML gone.
Also added Log.d to SponsorBlockClient and RydClient for visible
verification (StrawSb / StrawRyd tags). PlayerScreen now shows a
"SB: N segments" overlay chip in the top-left so the user can see
that SponsorBlock is armed.
Verified on Android 14 emulator with "Me at the zoo" intent:
- RYD: 👍 18.9M / 👎 424.2K renders
- Intent: direct URL → VideoDetail (no Home pass-through)
- HTML: chapter timestamps render clean
Phase A: NewPipeExtractor + OkHttp Downloader wired in. Search bar +
LazyColumn results. Tap = navigate to detail.
Phase B: VideoDetail screen — StreamInfo metadata + Return YouTube
Dislike chips + description.
Phase C: Media3 ExoPlayer in Compose. Resolves StreamInfo to best
playable: DASH MPD → HLS → combined progressive → merged
videoOnly+audio.
Phase D: SponsorBlock SHA-256 prefix lookup. 250ms position-poll loop
inside PlayerScreen — exoPlayer.seekTo(segment.end) when entering
a sponsor segment. Toast on skip.
Phase E: Verified live on Android 14 emulator. linus tech tips search
returns real results with thumbnails; tapped result opens detail;
hit Play → video plays through ExoPlayer.
Architecture: everything in :strawApp for now (not pushed into :shared
yet — KMP refactor is day-3). Pure-state nav (sealed Screen + stack,
no nav library).
Known polish gaps (day-3): RYD chips render empty on some videos,
description has raw HTML (markdown render needed), no Koin DI yet,
no persistence.
GPL-3.0-or-later per upstream NewPipe.
Initial Sulkta fork of NewPipe with a new :strawApp module that ships a
clean Compose-based Android APK at applicationId com.sulkta.straw.
What's here:
- :strawApp — thin Android application shell, MaterialTheme + StrawHome
Composable. Lives alongside legacy :app so we don't break upstream.
- buildSrc — STRAW_APPLICATION_ID/VERSION constants alongside the existing
NEWPIPE_APPLICATION_ID_OLD/NEW.
- docs/sulkta — RECON.md (NewPipe codebase breakdown) + DECISIONS.md
(stack + scope decisions).
NewPipe's :shared KMP scaffold is at 892 LOC and renders nothing; this
fork picks up there and races ahead. Day-1 ships a hello APK; day-2 wires
NewPipeExtractor + Media3 player + SponsorBlock + Return YouTube Dislike.
GPL-3.0-or-later per upstream.
