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Two changes: 1. Launcher name is now just 'Straw', not 'Straw debug' — past the debug-branding phase. Kept the .debug applicationId suffix (package stays com.sulkta.straw.debug) on purpose so fdroid updates install in place and the in-app auto-updater keeps working; dropping the suffix would change the package id and force a reinstall that wipes everyone's subs/history. That's a separate, deliberate release-track cutover. 2. Stream-selection logic moved out of Kotlin (resolveStreamPlayback) into the Rust strawcore wrapper as resolve_playback(StreamInfo, max_height) -> ResolvedStreams. The app keeps a thin shim that supplies the resolution cap (Settings.maxResolution) and attaches SponsorBlock segments. Byte-for-byte behavior parity with the old Kotlin picker: highest-bitrate stream at/under the cap, lowest-height fallback when nothing fits, first-element-wins on ties (matching Kotlin maxByOrNull/minByOrNull, not Rust's last-on-ties max_by_key), and isNotBlank() handling for the DASH/HLS URLs. First step of moving all backend logic to Rust; the picking lives at the FFI boundary because it depends on an app setting, keeping strawcore-core a pure extractor. Wrapper cargo check + clippy clean (no new warnings); FFI surface adds ResolvedStreams + resolvePlayback, bindings regen at build. |
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Straw
A Sulkta fork of NewPipe. Android YouTube client, Compose UI, Media3 player, with SponsorBlock and Return YouTube Dislike baked in.
The extractor is strawcore, a Rust port of NewPipeExtractor exposed to Kotlin
via UniFFI. No InnerTube/JS deobf code path lives on the JVM anymore.
Install
F-Droid repo: https://fdroid.sulkta.com/fdroid/repo
Add the repo in your F-Droid client of choice, then install Straw.
The app also self-updates from the same repo when an APK lands there with a
higher versionCode.
What's in
- Search, video detail, channel pages, playlists
- Inline player + fullscreen + minibar + background audio + PiP
- Media3 ExoPlayer (DASH / HLS / progressive / merged DASH chunks)
- SponsorBlock auto-skip (categories user-toggleable)
- Return YouTube Dislike on video detail
- RSS-based subscription feed (fast — ~1s for 50 subs)
- Hide-shorts / hide-paid / hide-age-restricted feed filters
- Resume positions + watch history + search history
- Local playlists, downloads (video + audio)
- NewPipe-format settings import (subs + playlists + history)
What's out (on purpose)
- Trending / algorithmic feeds. Subscriptions only.
- iOS / desktop targets. Android-only for now.
- Google Play Services anything.
Layout
strawApp/ Sulkta-authored app — Compose UI, Media3 wiring, SB + RYD clients
rust/ strawcore — UniFFI wrapper around the Rust extractor
shared/ KMP scaffold inherited from upstream NewPipe (unused for now)
app/ Upstream NewPipe :app module — kept for reference
Build
./gradlew :strawApp:assembleDebug
Requires the Rust toolchain plus the four Android targets:
rustup target add aarch64-linux-android armv7-linux-androideabi \
x86_64-linux-android i686-linux-android
cargo install cargo-ndk uniffi-bindgen
…and ANDROID_NDK_HOME pointing at NDK r27c (or newer). The Gradle build runs
cargo ndk + uniffi-bindgen automatically.
License
GPL-3.0-or-later, inherited from upstream NewPipe.
Upstream
This repo tracks https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe. Upstream changes
get pulled periodically via the upstream remote.
Disclaimer
Not affiliated with YouTube, Google, NewPipe e.V., the SponsorBlock project, or Return YouTube Dislike. Trademarks belong to their owners. Straw uses public web endpoints; nothing here authenticates to any account.