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How NewPipe (unofficially) made its way to Linux Mobile (gitlab.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/android@lemdro.id
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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/45207780

TIL about Android Translation Layer (ATL), a way to port Android apps to Linux Mobile

I was searching for YouTube clients on my Plasma Bigscreen Linux TV Box, and found NewPipe, a popular Android YouTube frontend. Turns out this tool is how they moved it over.

Great solution alongside projects like Waydroid, as you can post individual apps to Flathub or other Linux storefronts, rather than needing to install a whole ROM to get your Android apps to appear in your Linux app tray.

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[–] 21 points 1 year ago

Linux Mobile Intensifies

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    [–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Is it possible to get NewPipe on regular desktop Linux?

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    • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Amazing to see newpipe on my desktop but wow, over a gigabyte of flatpak trash downloaded. Android app is 12MB for comparison.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Similar apps:

    • Pipeline 8 mb

    https://flathub.org/apps/de.schmidhuberj.tubefeeder

    • VacuunTube 114 mv

    https://flathub.org/apps/rocks.shy.VacuumTube

    • Parabolic 114 mb

    https://flathub.org/apps/org.nickvision.tubeconverter

    Looks like the NewPipe flatpak is very unoptimized compared to what others are doing.

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    • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Tangentially related but since they mentioned TVs, are there any ways to flash smart TVs with something barebones? Not just "use pi hole and host jellyfin" but like... actually get rid of all the bloatware. Mines starting to slow down and I have a feeling its mostly that garbage corporate software it came with.

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  • [–] [S] 6 points 1 year ago

    Potentially. If:

    • the Android TV has a USB port that can interface with the host OS
    • can enable developer options and USB debugging from the settings
    • you aren't afraid of using a terminal console

    There exist ways: https://www.xda-developers.com/uninstall-carrier-oem-bloatware-without-root-access/

    If I didn't know what I was doing though, I'd either not or start out with an older Android phone to get familiar first.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Not really, no.
    If the TV is running Android you could do some trickery to (maybe) disable the bloat apps, but actually flash a new OS? No.

    Developing a third party OS for a closed device like this is super hard, and there's so many millions of TV models, the developers with the skill to do it end up focusing their time on other devices instead.
    I'd recommend looking into a TV box appliance of some sort.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago*

    Some of those OSes are pretty integrated with the TV's features, like picture processing, input settings and such, so I can envision that being problematic.

    I know it feels like I waste, but I think factory resetting it, airgapping it and using some external device is the way.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago*

    It's best to never connect a "smart" TV directly to the internet. Bloat and updates to the software will inevitably cause what you mentioned. It's almost intentionally planned obsolescence.

    A Android box, Raspberry Pi, or apple tv, or small pc would be the way to go IMO any day of the week.

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