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[Android Apps and Games] Sir.Nry:
For example when windowing a video in app, clicking on other video should open the new video and forget the previous one in my opinion

And sometimes when I click on a video it opens it in full screen and sometime it doesn't I'm not sure why, can you help me out ? ^^

But these are only little details and your work is already really good !
[Android Apps and Games] barty22:
Hi ermacwinds, how'd the exams go?

Can we expect a big update sometime soon perhaps? :victory:
[Android Apps and Games] ermacwins:
Im not doing the exams but the main dev is, all will be finished in about 5 weeks :( also we are trying to work on other projects.

He has shown me a different type of UI and I have told him about the bugs you listed and he said he will try and fix them :)
[Android Apps and Games] klau1:
Sweet! This actually works!

This is the best player ever!
[Android Apps and Games] klau1:
Nothing sure if this is a known issue already, but some videos in various video feeds like Subscription or What to Watch are doubled.

Not too big of a deal, just wanted to leave this out there.
[Android Apps and Games] Kaemo:
Absolutely love the app.

My main gripe is the fact that the video page looks terrible.

There is nothing dividing the items in it.

It's just a bunch of information in a white background.
[Android Apps and Games] badboy47:
Cant wait for the new interface. I was bored and made something out of curiosity. I am sure the one you are working on is probably 10x better :victory:.
[Android Apps and Games] lowspeed:
Never mind...
[Android Apps and Games] epithetic:
It's impossible to get to the popout button in landscape mode/fullscreen, touching the screen brings up the softkey navigation buttons (home/recents/back) and the bar covers the popout icon.
[Android Apps and Games] bengadget:
Bump
[Android Apps and Games] ermacwins:
If you press it a few times then wait for nav bar to disappear, you can get to it. Sorry but this one is a hard one to tackle at the moment.

I tried for a consent needed video and it played fine. Ok I'll let him know about the playlist
[Android Apps and Games] D-m-x:
Yeah this thing is really a unfortunate problem especially if you are using a Tablet. It's fine on a Phone because the buttons are on the side in landscape mode. You can however get rid of it, if you use the immersive mode for Viral. Not pretty but it works for now.

Gesendet von meinem Nexus 5 mit Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] ermacwins:
Small update. Can you try the background play from the menu/oveflow and not the longer way that I mentioned, it should work now for Samsung devices
[Android Apps and Games] mite_jan:
it is nice to see the desktop mode videos but i have a problem when i try to open CHILLOUT MIX 2012 VOL.2 (picture with a pool)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuVcuTYWPHE

it doesnt open it for me

could it be becouse this is not for mobile devices ?

can you tell me guys if you can open that video
[Android Apps and Games] D@vIcHoJD:
Hi mate, I tried playing in background with the last update but the problem continue in Viral pro, only working with the other method mentioned for you. I have a Galaxy S4 I9500. This with Viral Pro 2.3.0. Regards :thumbup::D

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---------- Post added at 03:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:04 PM ----------

Hi mate, I tried playing this video and working for me. Good music :thumbup: I copied the url. Regards.

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[Android Apps and Games] ermacwins:
You are certain of this? Can you quickly confirm with the free version please? (make sure its a fresh install)
[Android Apps and Games] D@vIcHoJD:
Yes, mate. I installed the free version and confirmed the same problem, no playing in background.

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[Android Apps and Games] IssamGS2:
The app is just amazing! With the last update it's even more amazing!

But 3 things are still annoying imo:

1)When i run a video in vertical position and click on the menu button (physical button of my phone) it shows a blank menu.

2) It'd be great if by clicking the menu button it shows the menu. Till now the only way is by actually clicking directly on yhe menu

3) Screen rotation works and rotation in horizontal right to horizontal left is fast and good. I can't say the same for horizontal to vertical which takes some time and the UI becomes all white.

Is it possible to fix those issues?

You really made the best youtube player in the world :)
[Android Apps and Games] barty22:
Please also note the "&" in the video title in your screenshot.

This is also a bug, it should simply say "&", nothing more.

I reported this long time ago already.

By the way, I also have the bug where the settings menu is empty (like in your screenshot). But mine is also empty even when I click the 3-dot button. I can click on it to go to settings, but the text is not visible.

[MENTION=1983726]ermacwins[/MENTION], props for the recent update, but the app is still loaded with bugs unfortunately...
[Android Apps and Games] ermacwins:
Its been reported to main dev again :)
[Android Apps and Games] klau1:
This direct way remains non functional.

This may have gotten worse.

Once I follow the old way to windowize the video, and then I maximize it. Two audio streams end up playing simultaneously.

The one that was in the background lost its notification drawer and is inaccessible to user control, so can't be stopped.
[Android Apps and Games] ermacwins:
Yes it seems another bug was introduced where 2 videos can play at the same time :(
[Android Apps and Games] ranwej:
Great app, however background play still does not work on samsung galaxy s3 4.3 (workaround with minimized popup works). It would be good to include option to allow only one popup, so when i open a new video in popup mode, the current popup will be closed.
[Android Apps and Games] jacknicholson:
Just updated to 2.3.0 (Pro version) and noticed a little bug. If you tap on a video from the Channels tab, it'll instead open the video directly above the one you selected. (The obvious workaround for now is to always open the card above the one you actually want, of course.)

This happens in both portrait and landscape mode, and doesn't seem to affect the Subscriptions page (I haven't tried opening videos from other pages, though). Not sure if this is happening to anyone else, or just me. I'm running JB 4.1.1.
[Android Apps and Games] barty22:
I'm running 2.3.0 pro too, and tried to go to Channels -> Pick a channel -> Pick a video, and for me it opens the video BELOW the one I chose.

Oh and ermacwins, another thing which is really annoying the heck out of me, for basically all videos everywhere in the app (also reported a long time ago): the "views" and "likes/dislikes" counts are wrong.

For example, for a video that I just looked up, the video card says "8,548 views, 139 likes, 5 dislikes". Then I click on the video, and then viral says "9,492 views, 179 likes, 9 dislikes".

There are also many videos in the app that just show a blank like/dislike count. For example; "7,157 views, likes, dislikes"
[Android Apps and Games] ermacwins:
Yes both of these issues have been spotted by and reported a while ago. I'll remind him again.

Sorry guys
[Android Apps and Games] oae08:
Is there an option to download the videos so we can watch them later offline in our gallery?
[Android Apps and Games] barty22:
Downloading as mp3 or some video format, no. This wouldn't be allowed by Google. Some apps have this option, but none of them is available in the Play Store for this same reason.

[MENTION=1983726]ermacwins[/MENTION], perhaps an option to download with another app (like this one) would be allowed by Google? Could you give your opinion on this? Then we'll just have to install both apps, and a 1-click option in Viral (called "download with YouTube Downloader") will start the download?

But downloading to watch at a later moment in Viral, yes. This is a feature only available in the pro version.
[Android Apps and Games] unixz:
How can i uninstall it properly? Now it breaks the browser.

Whenever i go to youtube link the browser will stop loading. (Normally it opens in Viral app)

or maybe chrome couldn't process it as the first place. But why not open it in default youtube app instead it open in Viral.

Here is the example link.

http://www.youtube.com/v/65XRrpuvCv8

Notice the "/v/". Try put it in the Viral and it doesn't work either.
[Android Apps and Games] klau1:
You did clear the defaults, right?
[Android Apps and Games] unixz:
Yep, both chrome and youtube are grey out.

Doesn't it usually ask for what to do first like open with chrome or youtube?
[Android Apps and Games] klau1:
Can you try to install youtube or another youtube app again so it will recheck its associations?
[Android Apps and Games] unixz:
I remove youtube from system folder and it doesn't work. I also try reinstall it.

Its make me curious why not popup youtube but Viral.
[Android Apps and Games] GabiDan:
problems in v3.2.1.

Hello and congratulation for yours awsome app

In v 2.3.1 i encountered this problems :

- it's minimisez in the meniu /( play in background) buton but don't play / (don't work in v3.2.0. too )

- play in both mode if is minimised in the main window player ( pop-up player and the main windows play simultaneously ) / v3.2.0 works fine

- the app it's force close when i try the maximises the pop-up player.../ v3.2.0 works fine

i report this in the crush report after the app is force-closed....
[Android Apps and Games] D@vIcHoJD:
Yes I have the same problems. And continue the problem when tried play in background, and only work with the method mentioned in the last post. This problem in Viral free and Pro version. Regards.

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[Android Apps and Games] juniecho:
korean translation problem

GREAT functionality but with very poor translation. probably translated by google translator, it really looks like an amateur app.

please improve (hire a professional translator), or just remove the korean translation so it can be used in english...
[Android Apps and Games] GermainZ:
I think Viral should be able to handle links that look like this as well:

http://www.youtube.com/attribution_...8OfDUs&feature=share&a=ixhOVNYsXOEVFbSHGARi6g

Thanks :)
[Android Apps and Games] txx3:
I like it. .even so it is still laggy
[Android Apps and Games] ermacwins:
Interesting idea but will have to wait until majority if not all bugs are killed but still cant promise this feature.

- Which phone are you using? Assuming it a Samsung with 4.3? There are problems with sammy roms and background play from the menu

- This happens all the time?

- FC everytime?

Samsung rom problem.
[Android Apps and Games] zaydaboss:
So there's a problem with this app and Samsung roms? Background play doesn't work. I see it's playing in my notification bar yet there's no audio. I'm using a note 3 with wicked version 5
[Android Apps and Games] GabiDan:
it's Note 2 with 4.3. yes. I understand the problem with play in background when it"s minimised from the meniu but the rest of the problem is not prezent in the v.2.3.0 . And yes , it's force close every time ....do you not receiv a report about that ?
[Android Apps and Games] sjamie:
Any update on the Sammy 4.3 background play problem?
[Android Apps and Games] Hankaws:
Great app but it's abit laggy. If you can fix it it will be much much better! :good:
[Android Apps and Games] sjamie:
Not playing in the background and fc-ing when maximizing a pop up window are the only problems I've experienced since updating my Samsung Galaxy S3 to Android 4.3. Viral worked perfectly for me on 4.1.2. I'm hoping that perfection can be restored with an update from the dev! :fingers-crossed:
[Android Apps and Games] jacknicholson:
Although everything's working perfectly on my JB 4.1.1 device (yay), I'm no longer getting an icon/notification after hitting the Home key on my Nexus 5 (stock 4.4.2 + Viral Pro). While background playback does work, upon further inspection it seems Viral doesn't seem to be registering Home key commands at all -- audio will continue to play in the background after hitting Home, regardless of what I've set in the settings (eg. Pause, pop up window). As such, I get the notification just fine after hitting 'Play in Background' from the menu, by the way.

Or if it saves the team some time, can anyone else on KitKat or an N5 confirm this behavior?

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] ayoubij:
[MENTION=1983726]ermacwins[/MENTION] what is the difference between your app and this one; https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adtube.tube
[Android Apps and Games] _jis_:
I installed your highly appraised youtube video player yesterday for the first time.

I was testing it for a few hours in a row because your app aroused my interest from the start and I must confirm that your app is really promising and better than I expected.

This very good experience convinced me to give you some quick feedback.

Why is free version in Play Store named "Viral Floating Youtube Po"? Shouldn't it be named "Viral Floating Youtube Pop-up HD"?

I have SGNII stock ROM 4.1.2 rooted and exposed with AMOLED display so I customised Viral with my own dark theme (only partial is possible), but it is not easy task for everyone. I think that a few built-in colour presets will be very good idea. At least dark theme as addition to built-in light theme. Despite a wide range of customization options it is now impossible to change Settings itself to dark theme.

When I invoke pop-up window in landscape it rotate underlying Touchwiz launcher from portrait to landscape too, but this launcher version doesn't support rotation, so after exiting Viral my home screen was back in portrait but distorted and I must reboot to get my launcher show home pages right again.

I tested go through my 250 items long favourites list - very good, but there was a problem with some videos which have incorrect thumbnails from other videos. After some more testing I have found that the reason for this was that I have in my list a few videos which was marked as deleted or private. When I deleted them from my list, everything was fine then. So you should take care for deleted and private items in the youtube lists.

Czech translation is so incomplete that I switch app into English by App Setting exposed module immediately. I can offer to you making/polishing the Czech translation after the English template will be finished.

The response of the video player GUI is slow and sluggish, especially when you slide with your finger up and down to control brightness or volume. We should have an option for switching off these controls, I think that such a trivial option could reduce the slowness. BTW this way of brightness control doesn't work on my SGNII anyway, not only in your app but in every video player which I have installed. I don't know if it is has something common with some bug in my 4.1.2 ROM version. And for the volume control we have standard volume buttons.

It is difficult to control play/pause hotspot in the centre of video because it is very small. Please enlarge this hotspot area because it would help immensely.

One thing I like more in the latest YouTube app than in Viral and it is implementation of playlists. I don't like that Viral immediately starts to play the first video and that the scrolling area for the rest of playlist is limited.

Thank you very much for a great app.
[Android Apps and Games] sjamie:
That is an excellent review! Fortunately, only #7 is something that is a slight annoyance to me and I would love to see the hotspot area enlarged. The bigger issue for me is background playback is broken once you upgrade to Android 4.3 on a Samsung device! It worked perfectly on my GS3 when I was running 4.1.2 and below.
[Android Apps and Games] _jis_:
Thank you :o

OT: I have so much bad personal experience with 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4 Android versions from my Nexus devices that I rather stay on rock stable 4.1.2 for my Note 2 (the same version was great for Nexuses too). I have no problem with anything major. I don't like be treated by Google like a guinea pig in their latest experiments and waste my time.
[Android Apps and Games] sjamie:
I completely understand your sentiments! Fortunately, I am running a very stable 4.3 custom ROM for my S3 called S3Rx 3.0.
[Android Apps and Games] ayoubij:
4.3 for s3 is imo better than 4.1.2.

Anyways great app hoping for more surprises :p
[Android Apps and Games] K.wayne_m3:
big Buck Bunny.

OMG! I love big Buck Bunny. I used to put it on for my little nephew when he was 2. He couldn't get enough big Buck. I couldn't help but notice it in the screen shot.+1 for big Buck Bunny.
[Android Apps and Games] sjamie:
I agree especially if dev can restore background playback on 4.3! :D
[Android Apps and Games] sjamie:
Although it does not have the features of Viral nor SuperTube, I just discovered FREEdi YT Player which successfully plays videos in the background on my Galaxy S3 running Android 4.3. This app will tide me over until Viral works again on my device!

PVSTAR+ also works but there is a long pause when switching to and from the app.
[Android Apps and Games] ermacwins:
It says they fixed background play but not specifically galaxy 4.3+ devices

You are sure that it wasnt also working with freedi and now it does? I did give them an email about this but no reply....
[Android Apps and Games] sjamie:
No, I don't know if FREEdi was working or not working previously. I just discovered the app two days ago when I was looking for an alternate app that could play YouTube videos in the background on my 4.3 S3 and this one works although the feature set is very limited. It only meets my basic needs until Viral or SuperTube works again for me.
[Android Apps and Games] arcrox:
I wish this app was being more actively developed.
[Android Apps and Games] sanju.cvrce:
hi

is AV support possible?
[Android Apps and Games] Twmade:
Are there any plans to incorporate the google's youtube version of swiping down on video to have it minimized in the corner while you browse for another video? If you are planning to add this then I'm sold ...

Edit:

I just tried some of the functions and I'm already sold. Bought it to support your development! Please consider adding swipe down to have video minimized while browsing for another video
[Android Apps and Games] St3ve32:
Anyone else having trouble with playing videos linked from other apps like chrome, feedly... My Viral just opens up but loads nothing, not even the comments. But when I search the same video manually and play it, it goes just fine. Is there any way to fix this?
[Android Apps and Games] landroidapp:
It looks good and is working well. i liked it. thanks
[Android Apps and Games] BFury123:
Apparently I posted to an older unused thread of the app. So I was having problems when resizing the popup video, was all black after stretching it past a certain point (so ofcourse the fullscreen option on the popup was also all black). I figured out it was the shadow setting that was screwing it up, so turned that off and all is good now.

Now I have another question. Does the popup aspect ratio thing not work? I mean I can stretch the video in any one direction and distort the image as much as I want, the 16:9 or whatever or even original isn't staying.
[Android Apps and Games] sjamie:
It took the freedi folks almost 2 weeks to reply to my email about a non-related issue. Have you made any other discoveries that will help us S3 users with Viral? I really miss using it but background play is that important to me.
[Android Apps and Games] Twmade:
I just want to report that sometimes I am unable to close the notification of my backgrounded viral videos. Clicking on them has no response/reaction and pressing x does nothing. Sometimes I can hear the sound of the videos sometimes I can't. The only way to get rid of this persistent notification is when I restart my phone. Note 3 stock intl unrooted
[Android Apps and Games] dems86:
I've had that same issue also.
[Android Apps and Games] sjamie:
Did you try force closing Viral?
[Android Apps and Games] Twmade:
By using the task manager when long pressing home button ? Yes. Not by going to application manager though, that would be too tedious.
[Android Apps and Games] sjamie:
Tedious... Yes, but it's probably faster than rebooting.
[Android Apps and Games] Twmade:
It doesn't happen all that often, usually when I am toggling between float view and full screen or when im trying to minimize it for viewing later. I'll just wait for OP to fix the issue :good:
[Android Apps and Games] sjamie:
I just received the new update and now all videos are playing in pop-up mode even though I selected "view video within app" in settings under "How to open video links". Is there another setting I'm missing? Personally, I never use the pop-up feature.

Btw, I like the new icon.
[Android Apps and Games] Syk69:
Touch video thumbnail anywhere besides play icon in middle.
[Android Apps and Games] sjamie:
That's hilarious... it worked! :p

Tell me it hasn't always been like that, right? I remember always clicking the middle of thumbnails.

Background play seems to be working again on my S3...................... HELL YEAH!!!! :highfive:
[Android Apps and Games] jacknicholson:
Just updated! The new icon's great and I'm glad to see Viral live to fight another day (remember when we used to watch videos on the YouTube app? How again?).

Had a momentary hiccup with background play on my Nexus 5 (stock 4.4.2 / Viral Pro), but disabling hardware acceleration in the settings fixed that. (The video would permanently stop after returning from background play.)

As well, Viral Pro still doesn't seem to register settings selected for home key actions-- whether the video is set to pause, open a popup, etc., it will always continue playing in background after hitting the home key (which, consequently, means a notification icon will not appear, although an icon does show when manually entering background play from the action bar dropdown).

That said, it'd take a lot more for you to lose my infinite thanks for such a splendid app. ∞ Thanks.

Edit: I've attached a partial logcat, recorded as I attempted to reopen the app activity after minimizing, with hardware acceleration enabled.
[Android Apps and Games] ankitgokani:
I always use it.. its the best
[Android Apps and Games] mm902:
Potentially the best youtube player ...but let down by not being able to retrieve a full list of a playlist(s) a user has when wanting to add a video/item to one of them. Would also be great to be able to sort that list alphabetically, newer, most used etc.
[Android Apps and Games] dems86:
In latest update for Viral Pro videos aren't going completely full screen and dropping out the Navbar, so while watching its still subject to the 15 second display sleep timer and have to keep touching the screen to watch a video, unless of course I extend my display sleep timer, but then I'd have to go back and forth when watching and not watching. Anyone else having this problem?

Also, even though I have open video in-app selected it opens up the pop-up no matter what after last update.

Also having the other problem with notification and app not shutting down properly, it doesn't happen most of the time though.
[Android Apps and Games] Twmade:
Any chance you can add a share button in the pop-up video, hopefully one that doesn't disrupt the video? Thanks!