Request for Android 6 Compatibility

[ShareASmile]

Hi,

I would Request Lowering App's Minimum Sdk Requirement to 23. It would be useful to many users like me who are stuck on Android 6 & can't upgrade due to various reasons and use this app.

Thank You & Cheers for this Wonderful Open Source Project.

[JunkFood02]

Thanks for your request! This would be taken into account in next updates.

[JunkFood02]

Check v0.0.9-alpha03

[ShareASmile]

Wow, that was quick.

First impression First: App has a Simple Elegant UI, on it Material Design looks great. On the top it works😅 though 1'st download a 5MB extracted audio file took a bit of time, kind of slow & rotating spinner does not tell about status of download. To check status of download i think app needs download progress bar to show somewhere in notification or app itself.

Another thing encountered a crash though during first use (only) after setup on clicking Top right corner to open downloads. Can't reproduce it. If it happens again i'll tell.

Regarding low speeds ytdl/ytdlp fork can be checked if it's n' parameter function for throttling yt is working or not?

[JunkFood02]

Let's go step by step.
Since I don't have a device running on Android 6, I was only able to test it on Android Emulator. As a result, the app may behave properly on my side and not working well in real cases. So we would need more information and communications for debugging.

1. The app itself has two places to show real download progress, one is the progress bar at the bottom of the video card. The other is in notifications sent by app (make sure you enabled this in settings). These two just works well in my API 23 Emulator when downloading youtube videos.
2. Extract audio, just as its name, would sometimes download the whole video, extract audio from it, then delete the video file when no "audio-only" format is available. This would be the reason of the slow processing.
3. I don't get what your third question means, more info is in need.

Also, please provide the link of video so I can check whether the problem comes with app or yt-dlp.

[JunkFood02]

[ShareASmile]

1. Turned on notifications from settings & voila download progress was there. I think Notifications should be on by default. sorry my bad i somehow missed the progress bar in bottom of video.

2. Problem was with Internet slow speeds during that time of day. Tried same Link later in the day download speed was good. Video Link is here:
   https://youtu.be/95ERqz5WqkM

3. I meant to ask was whether ytdlp being used for fetching videos from youtube resolves throttling issue from youtube side, now i think it does actually as problem with my low download speeds was network operator specific & issue is no more there.

4. Another suggestion is to show user guide only on launch after fresh install/update not every launch. User guide can be added in settings . User should be informed to find it in settings to see it again.

[JunkFood02]

Glad to know problems got resolved now! And thanks for your suggestions, would be taken into account in next updates.
Also, the user guide dialog should have "Don't show up again" option after showing once.

[ShareASmile]

Thank you for the support and Good Wishes for the Project.