YouTube ReVanced for Android 5

Unofficial ReVanced Extended for YouTube 16.40.36. Based on kitadai31's fork of ReVanced Extended for Android 6/7

How to patch

• Prerequisites:

  • GmsCore installed on your device
  • Patches from the Release section
  • YouTube APK
  • revanced-integrations for Android 5
  • Zulu OpenJDK 17
  • revanced-cli v3.1.1

• Patch with the following command (file names changed for brevity):

java -jar revanced-cli.jar patch YouTube_16.40.36.apk -p -o YouTube_ReVanced_16.40.36.apk -b revanced-patches-2.161.4.jar -m revanced-integrations-0.97.1.apk

• Or use auto-cli for automated patching. The prerequisites are downloaded automatically.
• You can also use the fork of ReVanced Manager for Android 5-7.

🧩 Patches List

📦 com.google.android.youtube

💊 Patch	📜 Description	🏹 Target Version
client-spoof	Spoofs the YouTube client to prevent playback issues.	16.40.36
custom-branding-icon-afn-blue	Changes the YouTube launcher icon (Afn / Blue).	16.40.36
custom-branding-icon-afn-red	Changes the YouTube launcher icon (Afn / Red).	16.40.36
custom-branding-icon-revancify	Changes the YouTube launcher icon (Revancify).	16.40.36
custom-branding-name	Changes the YouTube launcher name to your choice (defaults to ReVanced Extended).	16.40.36
custom-video-speed	Adds more video speed options.	16.40.36
default-video-quality	Adds ability to set default video quality settings.	16.40.36
default-video-speed	Adds ability to set default video speed settings.	16.40.36
disable-haptic-feedback	Disable haptic feedback when swiping.	16.40.36
disable-landscape-mode	Disable landscape mode when entering fullscreen.	16.40.36
disable-update-screen	Disables the app update screen.	16.40.36
enable-external-browser	Use an external browser to open the url.	16.40.36
enable-minimized-playback	Enables minimized and background playback.	16.40.36
enable-old-quality-layout	Enables the original quality flyout menu.	16.40.36
enable-open-links-directly	Bypass URL redirects (youtube.com/redirect) when opening links in video descriptions.	16.40.36
enable-seekbar-tapping	Enables tap-to-seek on the seekbar of the video player.	16.40.36
enable-tablet-miniplayer	Enables the tablet mini player layout.	16.40.36
enable-wide-searchbar	Replaces the search icon with a wide search bar. This will hide the YouTube logo when active.	16.40.36
force-premium-heading	Forces premium heading on the home screen.	16.40.36
force-vp9-codec	Forces the VP9 codec for videos.	16.40.36
header-switch	Add switch to change header.	16.40.36
hide-auto-captions	Hide captions from being automatically enabled.	16.40.36
hide-auto-player-popup-panels	Hide automatic popup panels (playlist or live chat) on video player.	16.40.36
hide-autoplay-button	Hides the autoplay button in the video player.	16.40.36
hide-cast-button	Hides the cast button in the video player.	16.40.36
hide-channel-watermark	Hides creator's watermarks on videos.	16.40.36
hide-comment-component	Adds options to hide comment component under a video.	16.40.36
hide-create-button	Hides the create button in the navigation bar.	16.40.36
hide-crowdfunding-box	Hides the crowdfunding box between the player and video description.	16.40.36
hide-email-address	Hides the email address in the account switcher.	16.40.36
hide-endscreen-cards	Hides the suggested video cards at the end of a video in fullscreen.	16.40.36
hide-endscreen-overlay	Hide endscreen overlay on swipe controls.	16.40.36
hide-firsttime-background-notification	Disable notification when you launch background play for the first time.	16.40.36
hide-fullscreen-panels	Hides video description and comments panel in fullscreen view.	16.40.36
hide-general-ads	Hooks the method which parses the bytes into a ComponentContext to filter components.	16.40.36
hide-info-cards	Hides info-cards in videos.	16.40.36
hide-live-chat-button	Hides the live chat button in the video player.	16.40.36
hide-mix-playlists	Removes mix playlists from home feed and video player.	16.40.36
hide-next-prev-button	Hides the next prev button in the player controller.	16.40.36
hide-player-captions-button	Hides the captions button in the video player.	16.40.36
hide-player-overlay-filter	Remove the dark filter layer from the player's background.	16.40.36
hide-shorts-button	Hides the shorts button in the navigation bar.	16.40.36
hide-shorts-component	Hides other Shorts components.	16.40.36
hide-snackbar	Hides the snackbar action popup.	16.40.36
hide-suggested-actions	Hide the suggested actions bar inside the player.	16.40.36
hide-time-and-seekbar	Hides progress bar and time counter on videos.	16.40.36
hide-tooltip-content	Hides the tooltip box that appears on first install.	16.40.36
hide-video-ads	Removes ads in the video player.	16.40.36
layout-switch	Tricks the dpi to use some tablet/phone layouts.	16.40.36
materialyou	Enables MaterialYou theme for Android 12+	16.40.36
microg-support	Allows YouTube ReVanced to run without root and under a different package name with GmsCore. ("GmsCore" is new Vanced MicroG).	16.40.36
optimize-resource	Removes duplicate resources and adds missing translation files from YouTube.	16.40.36
os-version-check	Check the Android version and show a warning if the device is Android 6.0 or higher.	16.40.36
overlay-buttons	Add overlay buttons for ReVanced Extended.	16.40.36
patch-options	Create an options.toml file.	16.40.36
return-youtube-dislike	Shows the dislike count of videos using the Return YouTube Dislike API.	16.40.36
settings	Applies mandatory patches to implement ReVanced settings into the application.	16.40.36
sponsorblock	Integrates SponsorBlock which allows skipping video segments such as sponsored content.	16.40.36
spoof-app-version	Spoof the YouTube client version to enable the new layout or restore old layout.	16.40.36
swipe-controls	Adds volume and brightness swipe controls.	16.40.36
switch-create-notification	Switches the create button and notification button.	16.40.36
theme	Applies a custom theme (default: amoled).	16.40.36
translations	Add Crowdin Translations.	16.40.36