Diminishing Proxy Support – Request for Direct Feed Extraction

[akashsriramganapathy]

Describe your suggested feature

Currently, the availability of reliable proxies for Piped has drastically decreased, with fewer than five functional options remaining. This instability makes it impractical to depend entirely on proxies for feed extraction.

Given the uncertainty around the future support for proxies by Piped, I request the implementation of a direct feed extraction method. This would ensure that feed data can be fetched reliably without being dependent on the dwindling proxy infrastructure.

This feature is especially crucial for LibreTube users who rely on this app for their daily use. A direct extraction method would solidify the app's reliability and usability in the long term.

Other details

Acknowledgements

• I have searched the existing issues and this is a new ticket, NOT a duplicate or related to another open issue.
• I have written a short but informative title.
• I will fill out all of the requested information in this form.

[Figim]

I really like that too. It would be great if everything was a free choice for the user

[Bnyro]

I'd appreciate some people testing this before the next release in about a week or so because this has been a large refactor and added a lot of new code.

[Figim]

I'd appreciate some people testing this before the next release in about a week or so because this has been a large refactor and added a lot of new code.

I will help.🙂

[Bnyro]

Note that if you don't swipe to refresh it manually, it's only updated once a day. It internally makes sure the last refresh has been more than a day ago in order to automatically refresh the feed, to avoid large loading times each time you open the feed.

[Figim]

Note that if you don't swipe to refresh it manually, it's only updated once a day. It internally makes sure the last refresh has been more than a day ago in order to automatically refresh the feed, to avoid large loading times each time you open the feed.

Now everything should work like newpipe?
Or only subscribes?

Error when opening "Local Feed Extraction" option and clicking on the subscriptions button

java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.github.libretube.ui.adapters.VideosAdapter.onBindViewHolder(VideosAdapter.kt:96)
at com.github.libretube.ui.adapters.VideosAdapter.onBindViewHolder(VideosAdapter.kt:38)
at androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView$Adapter.onBindViewHolder(RecyclerView.java:7678)
at androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView$Adapter.bindViewHolder(RecyclerView.java:7761)
at androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView$Recycler.tryBindViewHolderByDeadline(RecyclerView.java:6582)
at androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView$Recycler.tryGetViewHolderForPositionByDeadline(RecyclerView.java:6848)
at androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView$Recycler.getViewForPosition(RecyclerView.java:6688)
at androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView$Recycler.getViewForPosition(RecyclerView.java:6684)
at androidx.recyclerview.widget.LinearLayoutManager$LayoutState.next(LinearLayoutManager.java:2362)
at androidx.recyclerview.widget.GridLayoutManager.layoutChunk(GridLayoutManager.java:584)
at androidx.recyclerview.widget.LinearLayoutManager.fill(LinearLayoutManager.java:1622)
at androidx.recyclerview.widget.LinearLayoutManager.onLayoutChildren(LinearLayoutManager.java:687)
at androidx.recyclerview.widget.GridLayoutManager.onLayoutChildren(GridLayoutManager.java:182)
at androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView.dispatchLayoutStep2(RecyclerView.java:4604)
at androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView.dispatchLayout(RecyclerView.java:4307)
at androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView.onLayout(RecyclerView.java:4873)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:24461)
at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:7412)
at com.google.android.material.appbar.HeaderScrollingViewBehavior.layoutChild(HeaderScrollingViewBehavior.java:149)
at com.google.android.material.appbar.ViewOffsetBehavior.onLayoutChild(ViewOffsetBehavior.java:43)
at com.google.android.material.appbar.AppBarLayout$ScrollingViewBehavior.onLayoutChild(AppBarLayout.java:2365)
at androidx.coordinatorlayout.widget.CoordinatorLayout.onLayout(CoordinatorLayout.java:918)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:24461)
at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:7412)
at androidx.swiperefreshlayout.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout.onLayout(SwipeRefreshLayout.java:689)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:24461)
at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:7412)
at android.widget.RelativeLayout.onLayout(RelativeLayout.java:1103)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:24461)
at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:7412)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.layoutChildren(FrameLayout.java:374)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.onLayout(FrameLayout.java:312)
at android.view.View.layout(View.java:24461)
at android.view.ViewGroup.layout(ViewGroup.java:7412)
at androidx.constraintlayout.motion.widget.MotionPaths.setView(MotionPaths.java:723)
at androidx.constraintlayout.motion.widget.MotionController.interpolate(MotionController.java:1356)
at androidx.constraintlayout.motion.widget.MotionLayout.evaluateLayout(MotionLayout.java:3742)
at androidx.constraintlayout.motion.widget.MotionLayout.onMeasure(MotionLayout.java:3078)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:27129)
at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:7980)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:197)
at androidx.appcompat.widget.ContentFrameLayout.onMeasure(ContentFrameLayout.java:141)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:27129)
at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:7980)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureChildBeforeLayout(LinearLayout.java:1552)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureVertical(LinearLayout.java:842)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.onMeasure(LinearLayout.java:721)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:27129)
at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:7980)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:197)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:27129)
at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:7980)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureChildBeforeLayout(LinearLayout.java:1552)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.measureVertical(LinearLayout.java:842)
at android.widget.LinearLayout.onMeasure(LinearLayout.java:721)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:27129)
at android.view.ViewGroup.measureChildWithMargins(ViewGroup.java:7980)
at android.widget.FrameLayout.onMeasure(FrameLayout.java:197)
at com.android.internal.policy.DecorView.onMeasure(DecorView.java:1278)
at android.view.View.measure(View.java:27129)
at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performMeasure(ViewRootImpl.java:4536)
at android.view.ViewRootImpl.measureHierarchy(ViewRootImpl.java:3228)
at android.view.ViewRootImpl.performTraversals(ViewRootImpl.java:3533)
at android.view.ViewRootImpl.doTraversal(ViewRootImpl.java:2919)
at android.view.ViewRootImpl$TraversalRunnable.run(ViewRootImpl.java:10491)
at android.view.Choreographer$CallbackRecord.run(Choreographer.java:1108)
at android.view.Choreographer.doCallbacks(Choreographer.java:866)
at android.view.Choreographer.doFrame(Choreographer.java:797)
at android.view.Choreographer$FrameDisplayEventReceiver.run(Choreographer.java:1092)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:938)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
at android.os.Looper.loopOnce(Looper.java:226)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:313)
at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:8669)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:571)
at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:1135)

[Figim]

All servers are down. Subscription channels are also not loaded in this section for this reason.

[Bnyro]

Now everything should work like newpipe?
Or only subscribes?

Only the video feed.

[Bnyro]

The mentioned crash should be fixed now, it's been unrelated to the local feed extraction though.

[akashsriramganapathy]

Thank you much am missed to test right after the release anyhow community checked this is the major key feature. Thank you so much