Function for a new Android TV User Interface

[AlexN1997]

Checklist

• I checked, but didn't find any duplicates (open OR closed) of this issue in the repo.
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• This issue contains only one feature request. I will open one issue for every feature I want to request.

Describe the feature you want

If the user uses an Android TV for NewPipe, it uses the Smartphone/Tablet interface. This interface isn't useful for a TV with remote control.

There for I suggest making a new function that forces/detect an Android TV and change the UI to be more user friendly.

"Additional context" and "Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe it"

It got removed (my fault), but here I had made some suggestions and problem descriptions.

How will you/everyone benefit from this feature?

Making the market for NewPipe a lot bigger.
Watching video's without annoying ads

[naposm]

I was thinking the same a couple of days ago so I made a quick layout inspired by other Android TV applications (Netflix + Spotify) that I think would be good for NewPipe. I made it while in a rush so it's not perfect but it's an idea (don't look at the design, fonts ect. 🙈)

This is my idea for the home page, very classic with only icons that are then expanded when the menu is opened (selecting one of the icons):

Closed menu

Opened menu

The pink circle would be a cut version of the thumbnail of the video playing in the background since it's impossible to select it in the bottom part in the current design.

I know it's not perfect so I'll leave the svg of the file here if anyone wants to edit it or use it as a base for their idea.

DOWNLOAD SVG

[AlexN1997]

This is a kind of layout I also was thinking about XD.
The only difference with my thoughts was that the "trending subscriptions and playlist" are also moved to the left side

[ah1102]

I would like to see a redesigned interface for android tv sooner

[christopher-wilson]

@ah1102 I think a toggle would allow a dev to iterate on the current and functional design, instead of having to implement an entire redesign, then iterate on that.

Questions for anyone:

1. Do we have a sense of viable this is?
2. I'm not seeing guidelines on making UI changes. Are there any? If not, should I file another issue?

[ah1102]

Questions for anyone:

1. Do we have a sense of viable this is?
2. I'm not seeing guidelines on making UI changes. Are there any? If not, should I file another issue?

It's hard for me to say which option is better. I think that the one that will allow you to have fewer problems in the future.
And how is this implemented in the official YouTube application?

[naposm]

I think that's better to just adapt the current design. For example my approach (#5322 (comment)) is just a redesign of the current layout of the app (the menu is the same, just always opened, without the toggle; icons on the top like the current one; miniplayer like the current one but moved on the sidebar). This way there wouldn't be like two apps to edit for a new feature, but we would just have an adapted layout on TVs (and large Android devices, who knows what's coming next from Android device manufacturers 😝)

I deleted my Google account and switched to NewPipe on Android TV, a new interface will be such an upgrade. Controlling the app is a huge mess right now. Is this still in the roadmap?

[AlexN1997]

I deleted my Google account and switched to NewPipe on Android TV, a new interface will be such an upgrade. Controlling the app is a huge mess right now. Is this still in the roadmap?

Well I hope so, we can only suggest new features and hope someone will work on it

This is great! Exactly what I'd like to see! Not only will Android TV users will benefit from this, but also tablet users too. (And this includes Android on PC's—Android x86—as well.) The phone UI is really terrible on bigger screens, and I'm looking forward to this change