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YouTube: option to pause when leaving the screen #843

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Don't enter full screen when YouTube starts playing off screen
giunatale Oct 14, 2026
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Add option to pause YouTube when leaving the screen
giunatale Oct 14, 2026
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12 changes: 12 additions & 0 deletions modules/web/src/main/java/me/aap/fermata/addon/web/yt/YoutubeAddon.java
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Expand Up @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ public class YoutubeAddon extends WebBrowserAddon implements PreferenceStore.Lis
private static final Pref<BooleanSupplier> YT_SKIP_ADD = AUTO ? Pref.b("YT_SKIP_ADD", true) : null;
private static final Pref<BooleanSupplier> YT_PLAYER_CONTROLS =
Pref.b("YT_PLAYER_CONTROLS", false);
private static final Pref<BooleanSupplier> YT_PAUSE_ON_LEAVE = Pref.b("YT_PAUSE_ON_LEAVE", !AUTO);
private boolean ignorePrefChange;

@IdRes
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -110,6 +111,13 @@ public void contributeSettings(Context ctx, PreferenceStore store, PreferenceSet
o.subtitle = R.string.youtube_player_controls_sub;
o.visibility = visibility;
});
set.addBooleanPref(o -> {
o.store = getPreferenceStore();
o.pref = YT_PAUSE_ON_LEAVE;
o.title = R.string.youtube_pause_on_leave;
o.subtitle = R.string.youtube_pause_on_leave_sub;
o.visibility = visibility;
});

if (AUTO) {
set.addBooleanPref(o -> {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -174,6 +182,10 @@ void setScale(VideoScale scale) {
getPreferenceStore().applyStringPref(VIDEO_SCALE, scale.prefName());
}

boolean pauseOnLeave() {
return getPreferenceStore().getBooleanPref(YT_PAUSE_ON_LEAVE);
}

boolean autoHighestQuality() {
return getPreferenceStore().getBooleanPref(YT_AUTO_HIGHEST_QUALITY);
}
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8 changes: 4 additions & 4 deletions modules/web/src/main/java/me/aap/fermata/addon/web/yt/YoutubeFragment.java
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Expand Up @@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Set;

import me.aap.fermata.BuildConfig;
import me.aap.fermata.addon.AddonManager;
import me.aap.fermata.addon.web.FermataChromeClient;
import me.aap.fermata.addon.web.FermataWebView;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -133,7 +132,7 @@ protected void unregisterListeners(MainActivityDelegate a) {

@Override
public void onPause() {
if (!BuildConfig.AUTO) {
if ((getAddon() instanceof YoutubeAddon addon) && addon.pauseOnLeave()) {
MainActivityDelegate.getActivityDelegate(getContext()).onSuccess(a -> {
FermataServiceUiBinder b = a.getMediaServiceBinder();
if (YoutubeMediaEngine.isYoutubeItem(b.getCurrentItem()) && b.isPlaying()) {
Expand All @@ -150,7 +149,7 @@ public void onPause() {
@Override
public void onResume() {
super.onResume();
if (BuildConfig.AUTO || !playOnResume) return;
if (!playOnResume) return;
playOnResume = false;
MainActivityDelegate.getActivityDelegate(getContext()).onSuccess(a -> {
FermataServiceUiBinder b = a.getMediaServiceBinder();
Expand All @@ -177,7 +176,8 @@ public void onPlayableChanged(MediaLib.PlayableItem oldItem, MediaLib.PlayableIt
FermataChromeClient chrome = v.getWebChromeClient();
if (chrome == null) return;

if (!DEFAULT_URLS.contains(getUrl())) chrome.enterFullScreen();
// Only while on screen: off screen, full screen would hide the page and pause the video
if (isResumed() && !DEFAULT_URLS.contains(getUrl())) chrome.enterFullScreen();
} else if (YoutubeMediaEngine.isYoutubeItem(oldItem)) {
FermataWebView v = getWebView();
if (v == null) return;
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions modules/web/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
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<string name="sponsorblock_cat_music_offtopic">Non-music sections</string>
<string name="sponsorblock_cat_filler">Filler</string>
<string name="sponsorblock_cat_filler_sub">Aggressive category; disabled by default.</string>
<string name="youtube_pause_on_leave">Pause when leaving the screen</string>
<string name="youtube_pause_on_leave_sub">Pause when Fermata goes off screen and resume when it\'s back. Off: keep playing in the background</string>
</resources>
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