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[Android Apps and Games] 0815Gs:
Is there gonna be support for Android 12's new PiP animations? Official YouTube beta was recently updated to make use of this so I was wondering about Vanced. cheers
[Android Apps and Games] H3lipil0t:
So I installed this on a Samsung S20 and it works great. My Sony TV however is a different story. It runs Android TV and the app doesn't play well with it. For one there's no icon present in the apps list. I have to go to Settings > Apps > Vanced Manager and open YouTube Vanced from there. Then there are no virtual keyboards displayed when clicking a search field so I can't search unless I plug a keyboard to my TV. Also pressing OK on remote doesn't necessarily behave the same as tapping or pressing enter on a keyboard. Any chance at a tweaked version for Android TV? I'd bet many of you are running an Nvidia Shield or Firestick. Are there any tweaks I could play with to make this function properly on my TV? Appreciate the hard work on this. YouTube ads are getting out of control!
[Android Apps and Games] con_par:
Guys I have Samsung A52

When going to

pip mode

my phone is really laggy .

Why that happens?
[Android Apps and Games] DiamondJohn:
How is it using the google YT?

If by "buggy" you mean a crash, then a logcat would be in order.
[Android Apps and Games] joaovalois.ef:
There is a shortcut to full screen (Air Mouse)
[Android Apps and Games] Maru1:
Is there any news on microg casting issue? That issue has been persistent for quite a while now and many updates so far, not a single fix though.

Casting is an important function for me and I hope it will be fixed in the foreseeable future
[Android Apps and Games] Tulasiram999:
Hey vanced has been consuming more power then normal YouTube app has anyone noticed that
[Android Apps and Games] bobby_sucker:
Can confirm, it's definitely more laggy and has stronger appetite now
[Android Apps and Games] zgfg:
Please be aware that there are root and non-root YT version (you should have seen that when installing), with different architecture.

Comments without specifying what do you talk about are pretty much useless.

Also, if non-root version consumpts too much power, take attention does the app consumpts or MicroG.

Btw, it's already observed and commented, take time to read the thread back and/or use search
[Android Apps and Games] player4u:
Sure, it's well known today. There's a lot of posts about why is that and how to carry it out, so, take a tour.. cheeeers;)
[Android Apps and Games] ocps69:
Hi,

I can't find Vanced FAQ in the playstore (in French country), where I can find it now please ?

Thank you very much for your answer.
[Android Apps and Games] ipdev:
Looks like the Vanced Guide was pulled from PlayStore.

I do not know if it was Team Vanced or Google.

Vanced Guide - PlayStore - Link

You can find the page on web.archive.org - Link​

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At the end of MIUI instructions (link from the OP).

Miui Installation Guide - telegra.ph - Link​

There are links to more Telegraph pages.

Guide for installation tutorial for version v14 and below

Vanced troubleshooting

Vanced FAQ

Vanced music

Information regarding TOS, privacy, piracy

Not the app but, maybe one of the above links can help. ?

Cheers. :cowboy:
[Android Apps and Games] cukitas:
Can I use the oldest version of vanced and microg? I'm using an outdated android box and it can't run the latest version of vanced without crashing, freezing, I was using an older version and it was working OK, since I upgraded everything got messed up.

How far could I downgrade? any suggestions?
[Android Apps and Games] bobby_sucker:
Same, there hasn't been a single adequate answer.
[Android Apps and Games] zgfg:
Interesting indeed. Even if you go to the Vanced Website:

Vanced

The official website of Vanced - a Video client for Android (Not affiliated with Google/YouTube).

vancedapp.com

scroll to the very bottom and press Need help, it links to the no more existing VancedFAQ page on Google Play

However, VancedFAQ apk can be still found on Internet, e g. download from:

Vanced FAQ 1.0 APKs

Download Vanced FAQ 1.0 APKs for Android - com.vanced.faq. Created by Team vanced in Tools

apktada.com
[Android Apps and Games] ocps69:
Thank you very much for your faster reply.

Cordially.
[Android Apps and Games] Grumpy Cat:
Keeps spamming notifications after being cleared. Fix?
[Android Apps and Games] arsuu:
Cast on TV is not working. I have searched for troubleshooting the issue but could not find any.. everytime says:

Youtube vanced won't run unless you update Google Play Services.

My devices:

Samsung Note10+

Galaxy A50, A7

Everything is up to date including Google Play Services.

Please let me know the solution 🙁
[Android Apps and Games] rsngfrce:
I don't know the solution, since I don't cast, but I know it has been discussed here OFTEN that casting does not work, at least in later versions.
[Android Apps and Games] rsngfrce:
If you uninstall them and use Vanced Manager to install, it should give you a choice of available versions. I don't have any particular issues with the latest version, but recommendations have been made in this thread regarding prior versions that don't have specific issues.
[Android Apps and Games] rsngfrce:
I asked about the status of Vanced Guide on the Vanced Discord, a mod said it was pulled by Google. No surprise...
[Android Apps and Games] andreasy:
According to op info, casting a video to a smart tv will not stop ads because it will be the tvs youtube app that handles playback and hence ads. That's very clear and makes good sense.

Has anyone found any method to bypass ads on a Samsung smart tv? Sideloading a custom YouTube version for example? I don't even know if this is possible, that's why I'm asking
[Android Apps and Games] scoobyjenkins:
You can try SmartTubeNext, it's been mentioned here before and I use it on my android TV boxes, it's pretty decent
[Android Apps and Games] andreasy:
No android tv. Just Samsung smart tv
[Android Apps and Games] scoobyjenkins:
Ah, so no side loading of leanback apps?
[Android Apps and Games] andreasy:
I have no idea if those proprietary os tvs have a way of sideloading. I've seen some solutions with DNS but the IPs i found were wrong
[Android Apps and Games] PistolSlap:
Hello. So I'm not sure best place for this, but YouTube pollutes my feed with dumbass videos that are between 15 seconds and 3 minutes and I hate that kind of Tiktok crap. I think a great vanced feature would be to filter videos in the feed by length. Like I don't want to see any videos less than ten minutes long and that sort of filter would get rid of 70% of the retarded manic ADHD microscopic-attention-spam BS that YouTube thinks I am dumb enough to like.
[Android Apps and Games] H3lipil0t:
I can confirm that SmartTubeNext works beautifully on my Sony Android TV (XBR-55X900F). Exactly what I was looking for.
[Android Apps and Games] DisturbedShifty:
Hello all. I recently got a Galaxy S21 Ultra the other day and tried to install Vanced on it but it doesn't want to work. I went to the official sources for Vanced and followed the prompts for an nonrooted phone.

When I first got Vanced and tried to log into my Google account it got stuck on the agreement page and wouldn't move pass that. I uninstalled it and tried again a few times. It still wouldn't move past the agreement part. So I went to bed.

The next day I tried again. This time I got passed the agreement area and was able to log into my Google account. But as soon as I logged in YouTube Vanced would flash open then instantly shut down again. I tried it several times after that and it kept doing the same thing.

So one help link I found online said to remove your MicroG Google account from accounts section and disable regular YouTube. So I did that and I could at least open YouTube Vanced at that point. So I tired logging in again and it instantly closed again. After trying that a few times the app wouldn't even flash open. So I uninstalled everything, including MicroG, and started over. Sadly that didn't work either. I even tried installing older versions and the app won't open. Someone on Reddit suggested I try and older version of MicroG but I can't find an older version that doesn't come from a super shady source and the Telegram support that was suggest didn't work either.

Can anyone help me out?
[Android Apps and Games] BeeJ1109:
Hi Is a version "Vanced YouTube for Google/Android TV."

That I can install on my Chromecast Google TV device.

I have installed Vanced Manager then microG, Vanced_Youtube and music apps, separately. Manager can be modified, but will not allow cursor to continue install.

Same as Phone or Tablet versions I have been successfully got working.

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] rsngfrce:
I can't see what your issue is. If nobody here is able to assist you, you may want to install the Vanced Guide (Google recently pulled it from the Play Store), as it has a lot of troubleshooting steps. Otherwise, you might want to check the Vanced Discord, where they are more active.
[Android Apps and Games] schleima:
YouTube Vanced is suddenly behaving really strangely on my Pixel 3XL running Android 11.

I start playing a video normally. Then I minimize (pressing the square button) and switch to my mobile browser.

In the past, Vanced would minimize to a small square which I could then freely move around the screen to wherever I wanted, and it would stick there. If I wanted the small square to disappear but still listen to the audio, I would tap the square to wake up the "headphones" button. Likewise, if I wanted to close Vanced entirely, I could tap to bring up the X.

None of this happens anymore.

Now, when I attempt to "stick" the minimized square elsewhere on the screen, it simply flies off the bottom of the screen, disappearing completely (but audio continues to play). This is particularly frustrating because the window always always appears over my keyboard, And when I attempt to move it, it just goes away.

If I want to close down the app, I have to drag it to the "circle X" at the center bottom. I can not easily tap the X or Headphones in the small window because even the shortest movement sends the window flying off the bottom of the screen.

If I want to bring Vanced video back, I have to tap the square android button, switch back to Vanced, then yeah the square button again, switch back to the other app I was using, and I'm back to having the small Vanced widow which continues to behave strangely.

This began happening suddenly and without reason. Did I unintentionally change a setting causing this to happen? It's extremely frustrating.

I'm using the latest version of Vanced and Vanced Manager.

Strangely, I've noticed that regular YouTube is behaving similarly-- not allowing me to stick the minimized swuare wherever I need to on the screen.

Any advice?
[Android Apps and Games] ipdev:
The official Vanced manager and microG releases are on GitHub.

YouTube Vanced - GitHub - Link

Releases.

Vanced Manager - Link

Vanced MicroG - Link

Go to the version you want and click on Assets to show the files.

Click on the apk name to download.​

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A while back I posted some links to the Vanced Telegraph pages.

Post # 19,258 - Link

You might find something in the FAQ or troubleshooting links.

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I have not tested the non-root version(s) in a while.

I am starting with Vanced microG 0.2.18.210390 installed and logged into my Google account.

Still installed from the last time I tested the non-root versions.

I do not have the "non-root" Vanced YouTube or Music installed..

Just did a quick test of non-root.

All installing and updating done with Vanced Manager.

Installed YouTube Vanced.

First installed was 16.02.35

Vanced manager installs this one first so you can link up your account.

- 16.02.35 would not load with older microG. (Just a spinning circle on screen).

I updated Vanced microG to 0.2.21.212417

- 16.02.35 worked fine.

Updated to YouTube Vanced 16.20.35

- 16.20.35 worked fine.

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Installed YouTube Music Vanced.

Now on microG 0.2.21.212417

First installed was 4.18.50

Vanced manager installs this one first so you can link up your account.

- 4.18.50 worked fine.

Updated to 4.30.51

- 4.30.51 worked fine.

Note about microG.

It is hidden from the app drawer.

You can got though the system setting on your device to find installed apps, open it from there and add you google account to vanced MicroG.

From Vanced manager, select vanced microG and press the square with an arrow pointing up to the right icon.

Hope it helps more than confuse. 🙃

Cheers. :cowboy:​
[Android Apps and Games] DisturbedShifty:
So I managed to get it working.

I ended up logging in to my Google account through YouTube Vanced and it proceeded to crash as it had been doing. Then from there I deleted the microG account in my settings then deleted the file completely from my phone. I left YouTube Vanced closed and went to the official site to re-download microG. I then installed it again and then opened up YouTube Vanced. By doing it this way it logged me out of my Google account and prompted me to log back in.

When I logged back in this time there was an extra step during the log in process that notified me of everything my Google account would provide before finally taking me to the agreement page/ Once I submitted the agreement it signed in and didn't crash again.

No idea why it worked that way but it did.
[Android Apps and Games] mikeprius:
I ended up downgrading to the previous version from the newest version. The lack of a casting button really bothered me. I didn't like having to deal with the original YouTube app which was full of ads just to get the casting feature to work which is why I was using Vance to begin with. I probably will not be updating the app anymore until that casting feature is eventually gets resolved for non root
[Android Apps and Games] BeeJ1109:
Hi Mikeprius.

Try Smart YouTube TV.

Works great. Loads up Normal YouTube, sets up same Login, Preferred, Tracks what you are watching. NO BLOODY ADS, can stream for Hours. NOT ONE ADVERT, NO SCAMMING CRAP,

CAN WATCH MULTIPLE FULL MUSIC CONCEŔTS IN HD ON BIG SCREEN, WITHOUT A DISRUPTION.

All play lists available. GREAT EXPERIENCE.

Cheers, ENJOY
[Android Apps and Games] mikeprius:
Very nice. Currently tried this out and works great
[Android Apps and Games] rsngfrce:
(SOLVED: Rebooting after uninstalling Tor let me choose a browser again).

For some reason, when I click a URL in Vanced, it is opening the Tor browser, which won't display the link. I don't think it has always done this. I seldom use Tor so I uninstalled it and now Vanced says something like, "Sorry, the link cannot be displayed". Vanced open by defaults are set to none and open supported links are set to always ask. YouTube is disabled on my non-rooted Galaxy S10e, Android 11 (by non-root means).

II consider myself pretty familiar with how default apps work, but this has me stumped.
[Android Apps and Games] davdavo:
Hi,

I have a Galaxy S21 Ultra, Vanced works fine, except I cannot get rid of the overlay controls and info on top of the videos. Every video I play have this issue. I just want to play videos without it having being darkened out and overlayed. It doesn't matter what I do, it won't disappear. e.g my screenshot.

What can be done?
[Android Apps and Games] Spannaa:
You could turn off Accessibility player in settings.
[Android Apps and Games] scoobyjenkins:
Have you tried tapping the x at the top right? My partner had the same thing with regular YouTube and that sorted it for her
[Android Apps and Games] Spannaa:
Is there an X at the top right if Accessibility player in settings is turned off?

IIRC, the X is only there when Accessibility player is turned on and the controls appear initially for every video.
[Android Apps and Games] zer0nix:
Does anyone know what the last version was with a 'save to playlist' button in the player overlay? I just updated to get sponsorblock and I kind of regret it..

Alternatively, does anyone know how to reenable this button in the latest version?

I find that saving to playlists is a useful way of breadcrumbing, and having this button on the video player can be a massive time saver.
[Android Apps and Games] ulxerker:
Hi guys, is there a new version of YT in the works that supports casting again as microG has been updated twice meanwhile? Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] Michael Westen:
I'm still on version 14.21.54 rooted. Is that bad?
[Android Apps and Games] gigaboss:
I just got a notification to update to a new version but when I try to update the download keeps failing, anyone else has the same issue? I tried reinstalling and now I'm stuck with regular YouTube 😂
[Android Apps and Games] Lee0o:
I cant install

Why?

I can install microg but the yt no

Have other method?
[Android Apps and Games] minikahona:
Same here, it just won't download the apk.
[Android Apps and Games] adeptustech:
Same here. even tried to change default browser & turned off adaway to see if that would help still got same result.
[Android Apps and Games] tinko975:
Agree. Vanced manager not working.

Uninstalled youtube, uninstall vsnced sng install again. Works.
[Android Apps and Games] novoiperkele:
Vanced manager broken here also, does not have "install" buttons.
[Android Apps and Games] yozcaliskan:
https://api.vancedapp.com/api/v1 went down and gave Error 522

waiting for recover...
[Android Apps and Games] mikeprius:
Can confirm not working. May be a server issue.
[Android Apps and Games] mahroze:
Same for me...stuck at error downloading dark.apk seems to me that the server is overloaded or something.
[Android Apps and Games] Lughnasadh:
For those having trouble downloading the latest version, use alternate server by changing Channel URL to:

https://mirror.codebucket.de/vanced/api/v1/

-per Vanced Telegram Channel

(Or wait until they get their servers back up as they are down at the moment)
[Android Apps and Games] DiamondJohn:
I dont know if it woiuld be of any use, and I dont think it stires actual files, but you may be able to get the APK from the wayback machine

Wayback Machine

web.archive.org
[Android Apps and Games] RViN_:
No, do not use Smart YouTube TV, its old and deprecated and has many bugs and issues.

Use instead SmartTube Next, which is the modern, updated and supported version of the client. Far more usable and customisable.
[Android Apps and Games] tinko975:
But it is not multilamguage yet. I have like you said "old" but devs call it "stable" SMART YOUTUBE TV on Sony Bravia tv and works withotu issues.
[Android Apps and Games] RViN_:
On my X90j it only displays 720p videos, while official YouTube and the SmartTube client plays 4k HDR - and the latter even allows you to choose which stream/bitrate/codec you prefer.
[Android Apps and Games] tinko975:
Again, i installed vanced on 3 devices in 2 hours. First uninstall all, and manager. Install manager again, vanced microg, and youtube. If still error stays, reboot phone. I reboot 3 times and than instalation suceded..
[Android Apps and Games] tinko975:
Ok but it is still in beta phase.
[Android Apps and Games] TinySoul:
I was happy to see the notification for the new version of Vanced app, however that happiness was short lived when I realised that the "Refresh Bug" is still not fixed !

That bug is quite irritating to say the least hence I have uninstalled the app. Though I will be checking the new updates from time to time.

I would like to thank the developer team for creating a wonderful app, unfortunately the fix for the "Refresh Bug" is important to me.

Thanks 🙏
[Android Apps and Games] Nandeesha H K:
Hey guys!

I wanna ask for a feature like sponsor block for Vanced YouTube music because most of the video songs have starting intro effects and some dialogs in between, which is very annoying and if you add silence skipping feature that should be a great.
[Android Apps and Games] i5lee8bit:
***Magisk Files for YT Vanced v16.29.39***

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For more background info, and installation / troubleshooting info, see this post: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=83741225&postcount=17198

YouTube 16.29.39 .APKS / YouTube Vanced 16.29.39 Magisk Modules:

YouTube-Vanced-16.29.39-Dark_Magisk.zip: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=7161016148664782904

YouTube-Vanced-16.29.39-Black_Magisk.zip: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=7161016148664782905

Stock YouTube 16.29.39 APKS (.zip file): https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=7161016148664782903

(sorry, AFH doesn't allow uploads of .apks files, so I zipped up the stock apks file before uploading)

note: btw the module id tags are the same in each module, so you can easily switch between dark and black by simply flashing the other module and rebooting.

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* For some reason, on my older devices (Nougat), from an existing Magisk install, I can simply install the new APKS, then flash the new module with the new version and reboot, and the app works perfectly. Basically just a simple "upgrade" with all settings intact.

* But then I've noticed on my newer devices (Pie, Q, and R), doing that exact same procedure will cause the app to force close after rebooting, making it necessary to follow the steps I outlined in my previous post that I linked at the top of this post. Not really a huge deal, just annoying and need to redo the settings and preferences. However, it does seem to update properly without issues by simply adding just one additional step before the upgrade - disabling or deleting the old Magisk module first and rebooting, then updating.

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So basically, probably the safest steps to update from my previous module versions would be:

- Disable or delete my old Magisk module. REBOOT.

- Install new version APKS via SAI.

- Flash my new version Magisk module. REBOOT.

And like usual, from here you can change between dark and black theme by just flashing the other and rebooting.

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I think it may have something to do with the way the newer SDK levels handle split APK installs. I think perhaps having the Magisk module enabled when updating YouTube causes some components to be unable to fully install - but only on newer versions of Android. Ultimately, my older devices can skip the one added step of removing my old Magisk modules before updating, but in either case it wouldn't hurt to go with the steps I outlined above - it's more of a failsafe method that works in both scenarios.

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Here are the custom YouTube Vanced app logos, for those where it's not showing up for some reason. Use these if your launcher allows changing app icons: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=319601

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...and finally as usual, the biggest thanks of all is reserved to the entire Vanced development team! Thanks for continuing the work on this project!
[Android Apps and Games] Bricktop600:
I know there is a know bug regarding casting, I'm on S21+ connected to Sony x900H, it looks like casting works only if you unlink and link to TV first.

as long as YTV is working in the background you don't have to relink, but as soon as you close it, you will get error "YTV won't work unless you update Playstaore" you have to link your TV again
[Android Apps and Games] PingXdX:
Support for direct USB Audio (DAC) - Android Driver ?

Did vanced ?
[Android Apps and Games] zgfg:
Usually, once you have root, there is no question which one to install - root version

However, you can actually install both of them in parallel (how come: read, search back and learn through the previous discussions in this thread) and make your own decision (for your own phone, firmware/ROM, etc)
[Android Apps and Games] mkanet:
Is it possible to display the video quality icon on the video overlay, same as the YouTube website?

Something like this?
[Android Apps and Games] bartleby999:
Root. Does everything that non-root does and is also able to integrate with "OK Google". And you don't need MicroG.

If you have Root there's literally no reason not to use root version.
[Android Apps and Games] mkanet:
Is there a way to play videos in "theater mode" after clicking on the play button? Similar to web browser addons?