Youtube floating window removed in MIUI 12.0.3 update
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No it wasn’t legal cos Xiaomi made a work around for a premium feature and since it worked before I’m assuming that it’s either YouTube cutting compatibility like you said or just Xiaomi being forced to remove it.
. These limitations on Android, imposed by Google, are a joke, on us.
Turning it off and on resets app permissions which is kinda annoying. Or did they change it in MIUI 12?
its understandable tho. dont bite the hand that feeds you
i see..thank for info
Listening to YouTube in the background using Firefox browser, browsing Twitter, Reddit etc and music is still playing
lucky u, my floating window never worked 😓 Mi9T
You can still use floating window from control center
Well that’s surprising. I could swear I couldn’t do that with any browser including Firefox.
You can do screen off play too?
And here’s me, still on 11.2 without any updates in sight
Mi note 10
Me too. But i wonder does Soi and mikroG make android system to rise to 20% usage and battery consumption. I have Hotspot nonstop on all the time because i use phone flat internet for PC over 2.4Ghz wifi, hotspot battery consumption depends on data, doesent use more than 20% overall when just gamin online till recently android system was using 20% all the time, even at night when screen is off.
Using Firefox with uBlock – never needed that.
Use floating window in shortcut bar in upper screen that you slide down from the top.
Again it’s legal because they are not altering proprietary code, Xiaomi has the right to do what they want on their fork of android, it’s like saying that it is illegal for Google to support sideloading because it can be used to not pay the candy crash developers or whatever. Furthermore the premium features of YouTube include background playing and PiP, neither of these features is being used as both the video toolbox feature and the multitasking feature are not forcing the app to use those bit are rather their own implementation (the multitasking is like standard android multiwindows but more freely movable and the screen off play is just a layer on top of the app and not actually background playing of the app).
Btw I think the problem of not being able to open YouTube in the multitasking is that it was added to the apps in the video toolbox, if you remove it from there it will work again as before. I’d say that this is a miui bug or a “feature”
Can’t you just download apk with youtube from “older versions” section on their website?
You can. Here’s proof:
[https://imgur.com/a/zVNnnYM](https://imgur.com/a/zVNnnYM)
PIP has been there since v63: [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/63.0/releasenotes/](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/android/63.0/releasenotes/) And since Firefox is not Chrome and MIUI is not Google’s, there’s noone saying they shouldn’t allow this.
You may need to go over app permissions (allowing to draw over other apps, e.g.), disable MIUI battery optimizations for Firefox, enable all notifications, etc., if you’re not getting this.
Are you ok?
Nice, meanwhile this option for me disappeared ages ago. I mean vanced works perfect so I don’t care, Lucky Patcher iirc also worked so ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯, but I don’t know about other things.
No you can’t.
yep it work for me with vanced. I don’t know if it’s because I’m on a custom ROM, seems weird miui would disable it for specific app.
maybe it’s more YouTube restricting it
Couldn’t find it in the dev setting. Can you send me a screenshot, please?
Use youtube pink
Well, duh. It’s the split apks that are the issue. And there is no current, official Vanced build that isn’t split. Ghostrider’s mod might be a solution if you don’t want to go ADB, haven’t tried it myself.
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It works for me
I think there is a developer setting to force all apps to be floating-friendly
Vanced works absolutely fine with or without MIUI optimization.
It’s the installation of split-APKs that are an issue with MIUI Optimization at the moment.
Given the **huge** mess than toggling MIUI optimization, even once, creates – it’s far easier to simply install split-apks via ADB instead.
You cant background play YouTube with any browser. You need to use a modded Youtube app for a premium experience. Browser with adblock extension ain’t gonna cut it for me.
I prefer to use vanced because no ad
Disabling and/or reenabling MIUI optimization resets *any and all* application permissions in MIUI 12! Every single time! It’s a gigantic pain in the ass and it needs to be done for every single Vanced update.
It’s much less annoying to just download the correct Vanced apks and install them via ADB.
Youtube and other sites. Just not floating windows. It goes into PiP.
You can use NewPipe but it’s an entirely different app, not modded stock yt.
I use ghostriders’ non root split versions on MIUI 10 and 12 on EU and Global never had an issue
Yes. Playback in the background just works. To activate PIP mode, first go into fullscreen, then leave with going to home.
Which version? Anything semi-recent? How?
Are you on the MIUI EU Rom or official, stable firmware?
The limitation is not present in the latest EU ROMs.
why dont you root and break the chains
Doesn’t work for me
Well not a solution but a lil trick. Message urself link of any utube vid on what’s app and then use what’s app in floating mode. Open the link and utube opens in floating mode too . Cheers
Reapply ur theme after turning on MIUI optimization, worked for me on MI9T
Can I ask for the wallpaper, please? 🙂
Imo Vanced Is the GOAT of all apps. Literally the only essential app I can’t do without. It’s the best app of all time.
MIUI closely follows Google behind like a child (remember how they replaced native call recording with Google Dialer’s recording feature?). They could have been directed by Google to turn off this feature for YouTube so people will still try to buy YouTube premium.
I would have Youtube on, summon Control center, click floating windows.
Could YouTube do that though?
Not according to the person I asked
split screen?
It says no apps available
The gesture controls mess it up. I had the window before I switched to gesture controls, now I don’t I don’t use the floating window though so that’s not a huge problem. [Here you can find some solutions.](https://www.reddit.com/r/Xiaomi/comments/hec121/youtube_pictureinpicture_doesnt_work_on_miui_12/)
Aah okay, I had that feature on my previous phone a Motorola, was nice. Will check out vanced
I don’t want to disable miui optimizations and have to re-set every single permition on my phone
For me it doesn’t even work on any of the apps.
(12.0.4)
Yes, just tested that now, playing a music video and locked the phone and I can still hear it playing fine
And it also supports PIP
12.0.4 here, floating yt window is still here.
I can’t since I’m on MIUI 11, I remember seeing it on my friend’s phone
Why do you want to install vanced via USB?!
Yes I tested it too with my browser (Fennec)
I could swear I couldn’t do that before, not even background play, let alone screen off play. I believe that’s a new thing, I dunno.
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YouTube Vanced best alternative
No need. Just download vanced from mobilism, they’ve the newer version without those split apk thingy.
I’ve never turned off my MIUI Optimisation at all while installing vanced.
Btw,how much battery should drain 1 hour of 1080p youtube video on xiaomi redmi note 9 pro with full brightness, no applications running in the background and only wifi on?
I’m not on MIUI anymore switched to a custom ROM.
But with Vanced you got that premium feature picture in picture mode. It’s basically a small floating video.
I didn’t even know it was possible, I’ve always just used YouTube Vanced
It is still possible. Just pull down the controls center and tap on “Floating windows”. Be sure to be in Landscape mode, for a true “picture in picture” mode. On my device the video disappears sometimes. The solution is to pause and resume the video.
Yes, I noticed that too, now I wanna go back
Well that’s surprising. I could swear I couldn’t do that with any browser including Firefox.
You can do screen off play too?
You dont need to, Use older version and you’re good to go! No need to turn off MIUI Optimisation.
Use Youtube Vanced 14.21.54_API19 with MicroG 0.2.6.17455_28052019
Nope, it still gets reset!
That doesn’t work for YouTube, atleast it didn’t work for me
maybe.
Just did it. Audio continues to play.
sorry typo non root non split
Spilt is working but floating window not…
At least it’s working now
The floating window thing was handy but now that’s gone for YouTube
Win some, lose some 😏
Why? I Intalled vanced on 3 phones without turning off optimizations
Is floating windows a miui 12 thing? Never seen that on miui 11.
my note 8 hasn’t even received miui 12 (global)
I turn on the optimization back after i done install it. Does it not change after all?
MicroG is using additional memory so higher battery usage, I guess… Or am I wrong?
Thanks! I didn’t know about it. Great app! And I didn’t know either about F droid
Of course! Here you go: https://ibb.co/CQQ91rQ
Couldn’t find the full res one though. I know that it is an iPhone 6s “smoke” wallpaper and I could find the white one, but not this black one.
You don’t need to disable MIUI Optimizations if you’re on Xiaomi.EU ROMs newer than 20.2 something build. For those on official ROMs like me, it’s a must to disable it, or use ADB and Shizuku to install Vanced every time it’s updated.
Read the titel again.
It was probably because Google could sue them for letting people use a feature meant for paid memberships only. Also Xiaomi does indeed follow Google but I think that’s a good thing.
Works for me and I do have Youtube Premium.
Btw I wish I could disable this thing all together. It does not work properly with Google Messages (which is the preinstalled SMS app)
But this disable MIUI optimization thing happens after installing it I guess and you have to install it no matter whether on usb or directly.
Take a screen video using control center to make YouTube a floating window on 12.0.3 or 12.0.4
Use NewPipe. It requires download and updates from web browser, but has no ads, no problem with installation plus you have free downloads in multiple formats, as sound or video, it has no ads. It’s for free. It’s ad-free. What more do you want?
12.0.1 same story
You must Go to themes and Apply your Theme again
Yes absolutely, after turning optimization on, you need to reboot your phone so the messy main screen gets organized.
No, youtube doesn’t appear there.
What they did was entirely legal though, it wasn’t hacking the app to activate premium features like Vance’s does and is instead a generalised feature of the os. Perhaps Google made YouTube not compatible by blocking lower resolutions/dynamic resolution or whatever affects this feature
what does that do anyways?
You can still do this through the control center.
I use KISS manager from f-droid as a launcher.
It doesn’t even show in my battery stats.
After installing Vanced just turn on MIUI optimization everything will be okay even fonts
You can install latest vanced via USB? How?
What why would you need to turn off optimization? Never had to do that with my Mi 9 on any version of Vanced. Or maybe it’s because I’m on xiaomi.eu?
I love this miui
What tool do you use for the install. It’s not Vanced Manager, is it SAI?