Release 0.28.4

.github/workflows/backport-pr.yml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
         github.event.comment.author_association == 'MEMBER'
         )
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Get backport metadata
         # the target branch is the first argument after `/backport`
         env:

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      - uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v4
+      - uses: gradle/actions/wrapper-validation@v5
 
       - name: create and checkout branch
         # push events already checked out the branch

app/build.gradle.kts

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
  */
 
+import com.android.build.api.dsl.ApplicationExtension
+
 plugins {
     alias(libs.plugins.android.application)
     alias(libs.plugins.jetbrains.kotlin.android)
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ kotlin {
     }
 }
 
-android {
+configure<ApplicationExtension> {
     compileSdk = 36
     namespace = "org.schabi.newpipe"
 
@@ -42,9 +44,9 @@ android {
         minSdk = 21
         targetSdk = 35
 
-        versionCode = System.getProperty("versionCodeOverride")?.toInt() ?: 1008
+        versionCode = System.getProperty("versionCodeOverride")?.toInt() ?: 1009
 
-        versionName = "0.28.3"
+        versionName = "0.28.4"
         System.getProperty("versionNameSuffix")?.let { versionNameSuffix = it }
 
         testInstrumentationRunner = "androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
@@ -77,19 +79,18 @@ android {
                 resValue("string", "app_name", "NewPipe $suffix")
             }
             isMinifyEnabled = true
-            isShrinkResources = false // disabled to fix F-Droid"s reproducible build
-            proguardFiles(getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android.txt"), "proguard-rules.pro")
+            isShrinkResources = true
+            proguardFiles(
+                getDefaultProguardFile("proguard-android-optimize.txt"),
+                "proguard-rules.pro"
+            )
         }
     }
 
     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 {
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ android {
 
     sourceSets {
         getByName("androidTest") {
-            assets.srcDir("$projectDir/schemas")
+            assets.directories += "$projectDir/schemas"
         }
     }
 
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ android {
     buildFeatures {
         viewBinding = true
         buildConfig = true
+        resValues = true
     }
 
     packaging {
@@ -270,7 +272,8 @@ 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 +39,8 @@
 
 ## 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>;
+}