Merge branch 'dev' of https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe into add_proxy_settings

# Conflicts:
#	app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/App.java
#	app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/util/image/PicassoHelper.java
#	app/src/main/res/values-ru/strings.xml
#	app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml

Author: fokin33

app/build.gradle.kts

@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ import com.android.build.api.dsl.ApplicationExtension
 
 plugins {
     alias(libs.plugins.android.application)
-    alias(libs.plugins.android.legacy.kapt)
+    alias(libs.plugins.jetbrains.kotlin.android)
+    alias(libs.plugins.jetbrains.kotlin.kapt)
     alias(libs.plugins.google.ksp)
     alias(libs.plugins.jetbrains.kotlin.parcelize)
+    alias(libs.plugins.jetbrains.kotlinx.serialization)
     alias(libs.plugins.sonarqube)
     checkstyle
 }
@@ -43,9 +45,9 @@ configure<ApplicationExtension> {
         minSdk = 21
         targetSdk = 35
 
-        versionCode = System.getProperty("versionCodeOverride")?.toInt() ?: 1007
+        versionCode = System.getProperty("versionCodeOverride")?.toInt() ?: 1009
 
-        versionName = "0.28.2"
+        versionName = "0.28.4"
         System.getProperty("versionNameSuffix")?.let { versionNameSuffix = it }
 
         testInstrumentationRunner = "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ configure<ApplicationExtension> {
                 resValue("string", "app_name", "NewPipe $suffix")
             }
             isMinifyEnabled = true
-            isShrinkResources = false // disabled to fix F-Droid"s reproducible build
+            isShrinkResources = true
             proguardFiles(
                 getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android-optimize.txt"),
                 "proguard-rules.pro"
@@ -87,13 +89,9 @@ configure<ApplicationExtension> {
     }
 
     lint {
-        checkReleaseBuilds = false
-        // Or, if you prefer, you can continue to check for errors in release builds,
-        // but continue the build even when errors are found:
+        lintConfig = file("lint.xml")
+        // Continue the debug build even when errors are found
         abortOnError = false
-        // suppress false warning ("Resource IDs will be non-final in Android Gradle Plugin version
-        // 5.0, avoid using them in switch case statements"), which affects only library projects
-        disable += "NonConstantResourceId"
     }
 
     compileOptions {
@@ -249,6 +247,12 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(libs.google.android.material)
     implementation(libs.androidx.webkit)
 
+    // Coroutines interop
+    implementation(libs.kotlinx.coroutines.rx3)
+
+    // Kotlinx Serialization
+    implementation(libs.kotlinx.serialization.json)
+
     /** Third-party libraries **/
     implementation(libs.livefront.bridge)
     implementation(libs.evernote.statesaver.core)
@@ -275,7 +279,8 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(libs.lisawray.groupie.viewbinding)
 
     // Image loading
-    implementation(libs.squareup.picasso)
+    implementation(libs.coil.compose)
+    implementation(libs.coil.network.okhttp)
 
     // Markdown library for Android
     implementation(libs.noties.markwon.core)

app/lint.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 NewPipe e.V. <https://newpipe-ev.de>
+  ~ SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+  -->
+<lint>
+    <issue id="MissingTranslation" severity="ignore" />
+    <issue id="MissingQuantity" severity="ignore" />
+    <issue id="ImpliedQuantity" severity="ignore" />
+</lint>

app/proguard-rules.pro

@@ -39,3 +39,23 @@
 
 ## For some reason NotificationModeConfigFragment wasn't kept (only referenced in a preference xml)
 -keep class org.schabi.newpipe.settings.notifications.** { *; }
+
+# Prevent R8 from stripping or renaming Protobuf internal fields
+-keepclassmembers class * extends com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessageLite {
+    <fields>;
+}
+
+## Keep Kotlinx Serialization classes
+-keepclassmembers class kotlinx.serialization.json.** {
+    *** Companion;
+}
+-keepclasseswithmembers class kotlinx.serialization.json.** {
+    kotlinx.serialization.KSerializer serializer(...);
+}
+-keep,includedescriptorclasses class org.schabi.newpipe.**$$serializer { *; }
+-keepclassmembers class org.schabi.newpipe.** {
+    *** Companion;
+}
+-keepclasseswithmembers class org.schabi.newpipe.** {
+    kotlinx.serialization.KSerializer serializer(...);
+}

app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml

@@ -96,14 +96,6 @@
             android:exported="false"
             android:label="@string/title_activity_about" />
 
-        <service
-            android:name=".local.subscription.services.SubscriptionsImportService"
-            android:foregroundServiceType="dataSync" />
-
-        <service
-            android:name=".local.subscription.services.SubscriptionsExportService"
-            android:foregroundServiceType="dataSync" />
-
         <service
             android:name=".local.feed.service.FeedLoadService"
             android:foregroundServiceType="dataSync" />