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[Android Apps and Games] barty22:
yes, will you fix it? (hide play/pause when it's loading/buffering) :fingers-crossed:

see attached screenshots; in the search results it says 02:05, when loading also 02:05, when playing 02:04... and it's like that for all videos

yes, it indicates that it's currently playing "3 / 14", for example. And in the playlist of videos, the one that is currently playing is highlighted. You should check it out yourself, pretty nice design and user interface work there. I don't want to upload a screenshot to prevent a direct comparison with the official app though ;)

not sure what you mean with the first part :confused: please see attached screenshot to see what i'm talking about

thanks!

fine, it's a pity :p

thanks

aren't there apps in the play store that can download youtube videos? i thought there were but i'm not sure. Sad that this feature might be impossible then..

would be great, thanks
[Android Apps and Games] ermacwins:
Seems like Google has changed the way 1080p videos are played/downloaded (splitting audio and video) so for now 720p is the highest resolution until we find a solution
[Android Apps and Games] Derrick Ross:
Does this have widget?
[Android Apps and Games] GermainZ:
No (at least not yet).
[Android Apps and Games] barty22:
Just wanted to let everyone know that the official YT app got a new feature in 5.2.27: Continue audio playback when screen is off or when app is in background.

Great news, but unfortunately one less reason to use Viral...

http://phandroid.com/2013/10/22/you...kground-audio-feature-hidden-within-download/
[Android Apps and Games] Syk69:
Latest version is now showing as incompatible for device, using a nexus 10 tablet here.
[Android Apps and Games] barty22:
Tried the latest update 2.2 (pro), and i'm noticing and loving the small improvements/fixes here and there, thanks a lot dev! It's getting better and more solid with each update.

Still some small issues left for me though, mainly:

-i'm still seeing the 1sec time difference for all videos, see previous post

-also hoping for some next update: indication in playlist, change all to duration, subscribed channels upon launch, smoother transition to popup and back -- i'm referring to my previous post for all

-maybe add in an "Action on turning off the screen" setting, default to continue playback, other option to pause playback?

(also maybe change the default of the "action of pressing the home button" to continue in background? think many users want this and are too lazy to look through the settings?)

-maybe add a direct link to "Play in background" from the settings (3-dot icon) in the video cards? (so with the options to play in pop-up mode, add to watch later, watch offline and share video)

-choose which comments to display; (i've seen these in youtube, maybe there are more?:) uploader comments, top comments, and of course all comments -- or just display the top and/or uploader comments first, followed and separated from "all comments"

-the customization/tools section in the settings has some spaces/capitals wrong (sorry for nitpicking! :laugh:)

-of course a 1080p fix

-notification contents don't update while playing playlist

-sometimes after using the slider to go to another time in the video, the play/pause button disappears...

-sometimes, very rarely, the player stops, jumps to the end of the video and says something like 390:37453:374 (or at least a huge number).

regards, bart
[Android Apps and Games] Blizzard22:
Subscribed channel upon launch should work in the newest version. At least it works for me.

And a few problems that you have didn't show up on my Note 2.
[Android Apps and Games] barty22:
For some reason, the app always seems to go to subscriptions upon launch, no matter what setting i choose. This is with today's latest update. And what i meant to say was to have "what to watch" (and all the other video categories) as choosable options in the settings, sorry for not being really clear.
[Android Apps and Games] ermacwins:
see answers in bold

This was caused because 2 new permissions that were added so videos playing in pop-up, minimized or background would pause when receiving a phone call. Because of this, tablets became excluded automatically. Some people complained about the permissions but ultimately it left out tablet users so these permissions are now revoked so try again.
[Android Apps and Games] barty22:
Hi ermacwins, thanks for your reply.

Regarding the 1sec time difference; if I'm the only one with the problem then maybe it is due to my current crappy phone (huawei ascend y300, but still very good for it's money), I broke my previous phone, and am now probably in for a nexus 5

Regarding the crammed options; I don't really experience that but I still think this would be a good new setting. And I can help with thinking about a more organized settings menu if you want?

Regarding 1080p; maybe with ffmpeg for decoding 1080p only, like you suggested earlier somewhere?

Regarding the play/pause buttons disappearing and the other large number issue; it's really hard to replicate them, they seem to happen randomly and only occasionally while playing around with the time seeker and the play/pause button.

Oh and about the permissions now being revoked, does that mean that videos will no longer be paused when in a call?

Thanks for the other fixes and the great "customer support", as usual.

Edit: I noticed some more issues tonight:

Links opened manually or shared to viral that look like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vhPTUnFYY8#action=share don't behave right, no comments are displayed, no info, no similar videos, unable to add to watch later, etc. Only after removing the #action=share from the url, and opening that, then the video opens properly.

And in the watch later menu, there is a lot of wrong info in the video cards, for almost all my watch later videos: "uploaded by: null null", wrong info on when it was uploaded, and many videos have a duration of 00:00, according to the watch later screen. Correct info is displayed when opening the video.
[Android Apps and Games] fafinaf:
If you can add this feature it'd be amazing.

have the viral app/popup player continue playing from time/position where the YouTube app was at rather than just starting the video all over again?

Love this app and will keep telling others about it! Thank you for making this wonderful app!
[Android Apps and Games] barty22:
Hi, found some more bugs today:

- many videos (video cards) in the search results incorrectly say "0 views, likes - dislikes", when opening that video then the correct amount of views and likes/dislikes are displayed.

- the "from YouTube" sections in the left-side menu show wrong videos. For example, the trending section shows videos from years ago, and it always shows these same videos, and the featured, top rated and most popular sections all show the same videos? Not sure if the other sections show the correct videos either...

- and it always goes to subscriptions after launch, the video category setting doesn't work

Edit: one more bug; when there is a "&" in the title of a video, it is displayed correctly in the video cards but it is displayed as "& amp;" after you open the video.
[Android Apps and Games] jacknicholson:
Just noticed the Play Store price drop (thanks AppSales!) and immediately upgraded to the paid version. Only $1.99, folks -- get on it!
[Android Apps and Games] ermacwins:
We might be seeing 1080p back again but initially for pro version because it was very hard to figure out and had many sleepless nights trying to solve this. And google might change their code again so just a way of saying thanks to the Pro users.
[Android Apps and Games] cajunflavoredbob:
This news goes great with my new Sony Xperia Z1. :)
[Android Apps and Games] barty22:
Hi ermacwins,

Thanks for version 2.2.1,

For the first time i tried 1080p on my temporary low budget phone, didn't expect much from it of course, but after a few seconds it stops the video, jumps to the end, and shows 391:47:20 as the video time. So this might be a memory related problem or something else maybe? Good news is that i can duplicate it, let me know if you want me to do something.

Any comment maybe on my other bugs list from earlier? Thx!
[Android Apps and Games] ermacwins:
Havent noticed that but Im not sure if its because of your low specced phone. Let me know how to duplicate it
[Android Apps and Games] evertonmdz:
thanks for this app!! Youtube HD!!!!
[Android Apps and Games] V4lve:
I would love this to work but all I get is a blank window. Nothing plays.
[Android Apps and Games] barty22:
Sorry for the late reply, it happens for me on all 1080p videos for example, though i should say "happened", because now because of another new bug all 1080p videos (and the highest resolution available of all videos) don't play at all. I'm sure it also has to do with my low speced phone, but maybe you can trace the root cause with this and prevent it from happening on better phones as well.

I also still see several issues that i reported earlier, but maybe they're being worked on already. I'll report after new version hits someday :)
[Android Apps and Games] ermacwins:
Actually Youtube removed the 480p and 1080p download method, you can test this with other youtube apps and common youtube downloaders and browser extentions/plugins. Only way it downloads now is downloading the video and audio streams separtely then merging it.

So no 480p and 1080p stream/download on low end and highend devices unless a solution can be found...
[Android Apps and Games] cj360:
Any chance to add the option of choosing which youtube account we use? For instance I still use the account that doesn't show my name and email, eg avoding using my real name. And the app only signs into the account with my real name. < Does that make sense?
[Android Apps and Games] Ed V:
Look in Viral Settings for Login via web, then you can logout and login with another account in the menu.

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[Android Apps and Games] hystericalz:
looks pretty good! good luck with it!
[Android Apps and Games] Regys:
Hi, good apps, but you can fix the horizontal orientation during a video reading and locked the screen during the video reading.

Thx !
[Android Apps and Games] jkgao:
This app is pretty nice.. I have themed it to the way I like and it's pretty neat!

If you want my values, it makes it like a night theme.. Here they are anyway. If you want to incorporate it as a default theme, then that would be great. I'm going to leave out the # signs because I don't want to type that

General

Holo color logo

Action bar: ff222222

Spinner: ff4b4b4b

Homepage: ff1a1e1f

Background: ffe0e0e0

Colour font: ff000000

Colour uploader: ff2c2c2c

Colour body: ff424242

Navigation

Drawer: ff444444

Item dividers: ff2a2a2a

Header Dividers: ffc5c5c5

Text: fffefefe

Items: ffdadada

Tab

Tabs: ff333333

Indicators: ff8d8d8d

Dividers: ff000000

Text: ffbebebe

Player

Head: ffff2f32

Buffer: ff000000

Seek: ff757575
[Android Apps and Games] ermacwins:
Post some screenshots
[Android Apps and Games] jkgao:
http://imgur.com/a/4S0fM
[Android Apps and Games] ermacwins:
Embedded your screenshots
[Android Apps and Games] rugerredhawk:
Thanks, installed and it seems to be working good. The new youtube doesn't work on my droid x2 so this is a good workaround application. UI looks nice.
[Android Apps and Games] ermacwins:
What do you think of the new card ui? Still needs some overall changes in ui though
[Android Apps and Games] techpal:
Really love this app and amount of customizations it offers is great. One of the BEST apps on playstore.Stopped using default youtube app now. Only thing missing(in all youtube app as of now) is 1080p videos,hope to see it in future updates.
[Android Apps and Games] -=Khalifah=-:
Viral Pro 2.2.5 is a great app overall and I can't wait to see the next update.

As for the UI,

The new card UI is a little bit big on tablets even when choosing small thumbnails from the settings

I wish the new UI for tablets would be something like the old version of YouTube that shows many thumbnails on tablets
[Android Apps and Games] whishey:
Was thinking of getting a chromecast will this app suporr my guess is no
[Android Apps and Games] ermacwins:
Is the sdk out? If so, we can certainly think of adding support for it
[Android Apps and Games] whishey:
Good Point guess you would need the SDK. I'll Poke Around my guess is no so can only prob use official wold love you APP to support

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Looks like some doors are starting to open

http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/21/google-chromecast-sdk-hackathon-app/

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Looks like some doors are starting to open

http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/21/google-chromecast-sdk-hackathon-app/
[Android Apps and Games] badboy47:
I like the new style. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] ermacwins:
Sorry we dont have a tablet so its really hard optimising a good layout
[Android Apps and Games] GermainZ:
When the activity first loads, a white screen appears until it applies the color settings we chose. Can anything be done about that (I realize the colors can't be applied directly, but can we at least get the option to have it launch with a dark activity)? It'd be really useful for dark themes as the white contrast is ugly and blinding. :)

Also, is there a way to make the popup window go full screen (not only resize to fit the screen)?
[Android Apps and Games] JDC2389:
I love the app, I have one request I think others would like too. Make a Viral youtube widget 3x2 that shows new youtube videos! :good:
[Android Apps and Games] Kazimir_Burundukov:
Is it just for Youtube? How about other video hostings?
[Android Apps and Games] dazed1:
I just found out for this app, i was SUPER MEGA EXCITED, then i read that YT blocks/ruined 1080p playback, NOW IM SUPER MEGA SAD AGAIN!

So what do i need to do in order to get 1080p playback? does going to YT site, mobile/desktop version allow 1080p videos? :mad:
[Android Apps and Games] cajunflavoredbob:
Desktop only seems to be the way to get 1080 at the moment.
[Android Apps and Games] IamPro:
I use to be able to put the pop-up at the edge of my screen but now it is limited, what happened?

Edit: Never mind, found the setting to remove border :)
[Android Apps and Games] ermacwins:
Just youtube.
[Android Apps and Games] ermacwins:
Whats the next best video streaming provider after YouTube?
[Android Apps and Games] cajunflavoredbob:
Probably Vimeo.
[Android Apps and Games] jacknicholson:
Been loving Viral since its inception, now more than ever (in fact, I'd marry it, if I could). The only reason I've kept the stock YouTube app around is because I still need it to handle app links (eg. from the browser, Play Store, etc). I don't suppose there's a way to get Viral to automatically launch instead?

(Edit: I can manually long press and share the link from my browser, of course, but that's not possible from every app, and as previously noted by others, can break certain YouTube features like comments displaying properly. If it's a matter of the system looking for a specific package name, however, perhaps an Xposed module could do the job?)
[Android Apps and Games] barty22:
If you go to Settings -> Apps -> Youtube -> Clear defaults

Then next time you open a Youtube link Android should ask you which app to open the link with, and Viral should be one of the options.

However, there are some bugs in Viral where links opened are sometimes not opened properly, I reported this bug a long time ago.
[Android Apps and Games] ermacwins:
Play Store uses youtube app for video without even prompting for viral. As for everything else try what barty said: Settings -> Apps -> Youtube -> Clear defaults

then you should get prompts for default player
[Android Apps and Games] jacknicholson:
Thanks, but I've already cleared YT defaults. Given the responses, I suppose my browser (Boat Browser) handles video links differently than others (similar to the Play Store, you're not presented with the app picker). Oh well, not a big deal as I can still share the links to Viral. Will always love this app anyway!
[Android Apps and Games] Waslawi:
this is cool:good:
[Android Apps and Games] jamus28:
Been using your app on my phone and tablet for a while. On the larger tablet screen, the UI is REALLY difficult to control. The center of video play/pause button hotspot is tiny and finicky to press. Same for the fullscreen toggle button.

A slight increase in their margin of activation would go a long way.

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] Bionic22:
Don't know if this has been mentioned already, but the Categories such "Most Discussed, Most Recent, Top Commented" pretty much all show the same videos.
[Android Apps and Games] barty22:
Yea, basically ALL "from youtube" categories show completely wrong videos.

I reported this bug quite some time ago already.

It's a pity that this app has so much potential, but bugs/suggestions that have been reported over and over for a long time are still not fixed. I stopped reporting since there's no point anymore repeating the same stuff. I feel like this could be the reason for customers losing interest in the app, which is a real shame. Also the play store rating suffers from this fact.
[Android Apps and Games] neemypeemy:
Hello,

Any way to mark videos as watched after viewing?

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] barty22:
Just to let the dev and users know that if someone gets the error “Couldn’t install on USB storage or SD card” while installing Viral on a KitKat-based ROM, the solution is here. Fix seems to work for 4.4 only at the moment.

I'm running Android 4.4.1 now, and this is the only app for me that gave this error upon installing on my system. However, unfortunately above solution doesn't seem to work on 4.4.1 (as confirmed by other posts online).

Can the Viral app please be updated to work correctly on KitKat's Enforcing mode?

Thanks

Edit: see temporary fix for KitKat 4.4.1 on next page
[Android Apps and Games] klau1:
Offline function Doesn't work.

On the note 3 stock rom, all that happens is the notification bar has an entry labeled "Offline Video Began" and flashing.

Slows down the notification bar pull down animation too.

Looks like it's looping a function.
[Android Apps and Games] ermacwins:
Sorry for slow updates and responses but the main dev is busy with exams and other projects but we will look into them

Works fine on my Nexus 4. One you start the offline mode and it shows notfication, tap the notification to see the progress
[Android Apps and Games] klau1:
I found out that it stops flashing once I dismissed the Facebook notification above it.

It's kinda buggy to be honest.

The video still is stuck at 0% download after several minutes.

Great promising program so far tho.

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On the Note 3, Android 4.3 stock

Bugs:

Stops playing one in background. Even when play is pressed in the notification panel. The option, continue playing when home Button is pressed, Nothing actually plays in the background.

Orientation does not follow system orientation when the option, follow system orientation has been selected instead of follow sensor.

It will continue to follow sensor.

EDIT:THIS WORKS AFTER A COMPLETE RESTART OF APP

Just wanted to list these for future reference.
[Android Apps and Games] ermacwins:
We are still trying to figure why it doesnt play in the background but we noticed that its only on Samsung phones with 4.3. Are you rooted?

What works after restart of app?
[Android Apps and Games] klau1:
Yes I am stock rooted via URDLV

The restart fixed the orientation issue. But that's it.

Background play remains non functional.

Tho it worked only once. And not again
[Android Apps and Games] klau1:
Just like to add Feature Request:

Recognition of PlayList URLs.

ie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UTWqIDGTx4&list=PLEB9750DAD8FCA1CF

Currently, it just plays the first video in the list then stops.

The Official Youtube App behaves as expected: Shows the list of videos in the playlist and provides an option to "Play All" or Individually.
[Android Apps and Games] barty22:
True that, also links that have #whatever behind the link are not opened correctly, for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vhPTUnFYY8#action=share

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I've managed to

install Viral Pro on KitKat 4.4.1 (cm11) now, and the fix is:

Use Root Explorer to mount the complete "root" folder as R/W. Then installing Viral from the Play Store will work.

However, after every reboot the app will no longer be installed, and you'll have to do this same trick to install it again.

To fix THAT as well, go to Android settings -> Apps -> Viral (Pro) -> Move to phone.

Now Viral will still be installed after a reboot and it will continue to work.

[MENTION=1983726]ermacwins[/MENTION], any idea why this is happening? Does Viral automatically install to SDcard maybe (if so, why??), and is there a change in sdcard handling in KitKat?

This simply might be a cm11 error as well, though I'm not sure if the Viral app has to be updated too to work better with Android KitKat, as not all apps have this problem. As I said before, this is the only app with this problem on my phone.
[Android Apps and Games] ermacwins:
Can you do me big favour and grab a logcat when you press play in background so we can narrow this problem down?

Lets try and kill bugs before feature requests
[Android Apps and Games] klau1:
I'll try, might not get to it too quickly tho.

Busy week
[Android Apps and Games] badboy47:
Hi!! Just noticed I cant see all comments. It only shows about 15 comments. I am on 4.2.2.

Edit: Fixed. After clearing Viral app data / cache. Its working now :).
[Android Apps and Games] ermacwins:
Any luck? Also can you go to settings and scroll to Smooth Transition pop-up and uncheck and then try background play please?
[Android Apps and Games] klau1:
Here it is, with smooth transition off.

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] ermacwins:
Thanks but is this log when it doesnt play in the background? i.e. without changing any settings when it doesnt play in background?

And when you uncheck smooth transition, does background play work?
[Android Apps and Games] klau1:
This is just the following:

1 disabled smooth transition (didn't help the issue)

2 play video in viral

3 hit play in background

4 enable catlog recording

5 pull down notification menu to return to previously started video

6 hit play in background

7 return to catlog

8 end recording
[Android Apps and Games] ermacwins:
Thanks, so whether smooth transition checked or unchecked, background play still doesn't work?
[Android Apps and Games] explorer-10:
supports playing while screen is off?
[Android Apps and Games] klau1:
yes, either mode exhibits the same problem.

iirc, yes
[Android Apps and Games] bengadget:
I'm experiencing some bugs, where a video just won't play. I'm using the pro version. I suspect it has to do with videos that require a log in or some kind of parental consent. I'm also noticing it doesn't show full playlists. Like if a playlist has 100 videos, the app will only show between 10 or 15, and the list will just loop itself. Is it possible to add a quit button if the bug can't be fixed with the videos not playing? Because completely closing the app is the only way I can get videos to work again once they stop.
[Android Apps and Games] Sir.Nry:
This app is very nice, especially the quality feature over 3G. It's a little bit messy in my opinion but really good!

Thanks for this app
[Android Apps and Games] ermacwins:
Ok try this:

1. Uncheck smooth transition

2. When watching a video, press the pop-up icon

3. Now press the minimise icon and it should play in the background

What's messy exactly?