fullscreened video does not revert to portrait view on completion

[penguinland]

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Affected version

0.28.1

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Start playing a YouTube video on a phone
2. Push the fullscreen button. Observe that the video rotates to landscape mode to take up the entire screen
3. Wait for the video to be complete. Observe that it exits fullscreen mode again.

Expected behavior

When exiting fullscreen mode, things should rotate back to portrait mode. It worked this way in version 0.28.0 and earlier.

It also rotates back to portrait mode if the video is in the middle of playing and you tap the fullscreen button again: the problem only occurs when you exit fullscreen mode by having the video finish playing.

Actual behavior

Things remain in landscape mode. Pushing the fullscreen button more toggles whether the video is fullscreened (and still paused at the end of playback) or not, but it remains in landscape mode. The only way I've found to go back to portrait mode is to close NewPipe, open a different app, and then reopen NewPipe afterwards.

Screenshots/Screen recordings

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Logs

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Affected Android/Custom ROM version

Android 14

Affected device model

Pixel 5a

Additional information

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[jehad-husein]

I've noticed this since I started using NewPipe. The problem should be fixed.

[cynicallyconsistent]

I am also having this problem! Has anyone found a workaround in the meantime?

[penguinland]

Has anyone found a workaround

Once the video has ended, rewind a little so it's playing again, and swipe in from the side to go "back," rather than tapping the fullscreen button. That seems to work for me. 🤷

[njdjakt]

I started to use app in this new version for the first time so i thought it was normal as new user.
But i founded that this actually an issue and not happened in older version i guess.
Hopefully they resolve this problem soon.

[repor71n94u]

This started happening to me as well after the latest update to version 28.1

I use my phone locked in portrait all the time and never want to use any apps in landscape mode except newpipe and only when its in fullscreen. I've tried several different options flip-flopping them trying to get the expected behaviour back but nothing has worked yet.

[njdjakt]

There is only one option related i guess that is
"Start main player in fullscreen" button to ON/OFF
(Discription of button = Do not start videos in the mini player, but turn to fullscreen mode directly, if auto rotation is locked. You can still access the mini player by exiting fullscreen)

[volatilespecial]

Hi there,
I'm currently a student in a Computer Science degree and for one of my classes, Open Source Development, I have to contribute to a project by working on a bug or feature. As this issue seems interesting, I would like to work on this. Could you please tell me if there is a Discord server or something similar where I can discuss the development with other developers?

Thanks.

[absurdlylongusername]

Hi @volatilespecial, thanks for wanting to contribute! You can find our matrix channel information on the github README.