Requirements: 8.0 and up
Overview: A lightweight Android app for YouTube with additional features like video downloading, ad-blocking and background playing.
litube is a lightweight Android WebView wrapper for YouTube, offering many additional features such as ads blocking, background playing and video downloading.
Features:
● Block ads, including sponsor ads and video ads.
● Download video, supports downloading videos, audio-only, and saving thumbnails.
● Background playing.
● Display dislike count.
● Hide shorts.
● Chat in live streams, etc.
Tips:
• Ignore battery optimization and allow background activity for this app to prevent it from being mistakenly killed by the system.
• If you don’t need to download videos, feel free to use the lite version.
• Ads-blocking and some extensions may affect the normal behavior of Youtube and cause page to get stuck. Restart may help.
• Ads-blocking and downloader may not work on all videos — some ads may still be shown or some videos may be unavailable.
• This app should not be regarded as an alternative to other YouTube clients.
What’s New:
# Breaking v2.1.0 is Released!
**Thanks for all your patience. In this version, we introduce three major features: mini-player, local queue, and playlist download, along with many minor features, optimizations and fixes.**
## What’s New
### Local queue
You can find the entry for the local queue in the button above the player. When enabled, the local queue allows you to fully control the playback order and hides the YouTube playlist entry. When disabled, videos follow the YouTube playlist order. We also fixed the bug where playback did not follow the playlist.
There are three ways to add videos to the local queue:
* “Add to local” in the three-dot menu at the bottom-right of the video card
* “Add to local” in the preview dialog when long-pressing a video card
* “Add to local” button next to the download button on the playback page
You can also drag to reorder videos in the local queue.
### Playback control after video ends
Richer controls are now available after playback ends. By default, it plays the next video, but you can switch to loop, pause at end, or shuffle.
These controls follow the local queue when enabled; otherwise, they apply to the playlist when available.
### Mini-player
You can leave the playback page and continue watching in mini-player mode. The mini-player supports dragging, resizing, playback controls, and returning to the playback page. Pressing back now exits to mini-player instead of returning to the previous video. If you need the previous video, use the prev button. When in a queue or playlist, prev plays the previous video; otherwise, it returns to the last navigated video.
### Playlist download
You can download an entire playlist directly. Currently, only uniform quality and audio track are supported, with the default set to highest quality.
Two download entries are provided:
* Download button in local queue → download local queue
* Download button in YouTube playlist → download YouTube playlist
### Video card long-press preview
Long-press a video card to open a preview dialog showing thumbnail, full title, and uploader. From the dialog, you can share the link, download the video, or add it to the queue.
### Download preference memory
Download settings reuse the last configuration. If the selected quality is unavailable, it automatically falls back to the next available option (e.g., 1080p → 720p).
### Swipe gestures
* Swipe up/down in center → enter/exit fullscreen
* Left 1/3 → brightness
* Right 1/3 → volume
### Shorts
Add long-press 2x and ads blocking.
### Others
* Swipe left/right on the player to seek.
* Extension entry one-click reset supports.
* Added timestamp navigation (#132) .
## Optimizations
### Performance and caching
Network resources now use a more aggressive caching strategy. The extractor adopts separated long-term and short-term caches, while streaming data uses short-term caching. JavaScript polling is optimized with frequency limits for timer and interval usage to reduce overhead.
### 403 and login improvements
Improved PO token and extractor handling for 403-like issues. Added dedicated error messages for “not a robot” login checks, and logging into YouTube no longer requires an external browser. To reduce buffering for live stream, the selected resolution is treated as the maximum, and the actual playback resolution may dynamically adjust to a lower level if needed.
### UI & interaction
Various UI and interaction improvements across the app for better consistency and usability.
## Fixes
* Fix player controller initialization flicker
* Fix playback not following playlist order
* Fix playlist overlap issue #179
* Fix search suggestion overlap issue
> ## Notes
> Most features are implemented via JavaScript injection and NewPipeExtractor. All code is open source. Some features may break and may not be fixed immediately. The repository already contains a large amount of native, script, and bridge code and is hard to maintain, but the project is still under long-term maintenance.
## Contributors
@halcyra @HydeYYHH @CodeLab-SK @Korb
## What’s Changed
* opt:theme color by @HydeYYHH in #168
* Update full_description.txt by @Korb in #181
* Major Playback and Download Improvements. by @CodeLab-SK in #169
* feat: improve download UI/status handling, refine README wording, fix warnings, and define missing PAUSED status by @HydeYYHH in #183
* Fix audio track issue by @CodeLab-SK in #188
* chore: commit current dev branch changes by @HydeYYHH in #189
* Improve accessibility, scrolling input, and localized extension reset UX by @HydeYYHH in #190
* Refine fullscreen behavior and center swipe gesture by @HydeYYHH in #191
* Merge dev branch by @halcyra in #205
* Merge Dev by @HydeYYHH in #208
* Update fastlane and README by @HydeYYHH in #209
## New Contributors
* @HydeYYHH made their first contribution in #168
* @Korb made their first contribution in #181
* @CodeLab-SK made their first contribution in #169
* @halcyra made their first contribution in #205
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More Info:
https://github.com/HydeYYHH/litubeDownload Instructions:
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Mirror:
https://upfiles.com/2a6AIef.