chore: Release v5.26.1-dev.2 [skip ci]

## [5.26.1-dev.2](https://github.com/ReVanced/revanced-patches/compare/v5.26.1-dev.1...v5.26.1-dev.2) (2025-06-05)

### Bug Fixes

* **YouTube - Hide layout components:** Remove broken option 'Hide comments emoji picker' ([#5121](https://github.com/ReVanced/revanced-patches/issues/5121)) ([4b8499f](4b8499ff2c))

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## [5.26.1-dev.2](https://github.com/ReVanced/revanced-patches/compare/v5.26.1-dev.1...v5.26.1-dev.2) (2025-06-05)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **YouTube - Hide layout components:** Remove broken option 'Hide comments emoji picker' ([#5121](https://github.com/ReVanced/revanced-patches/issues/5121)) ([9a6a639](https://github.com/ReVanced/revanced-patches/commit/9a6a639c4905b00d6dffb0923c839c8e3ae54d0c))
+
 ## [5.26.1-dev.1](https://github.com/ReVanced/revanced-patches/compare/v5.26.0...v5.26.1-dev.1) (2025-06-05)
 
 

extensions/spotify/build.gradle.kts

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ dependencies {
 
 android {
     defaultConfig {
-        minSdk = 24
+        minSdk = 21
     }
 
     compileOptions {

extensions/spotify/src/main/java/app/revanced/extension/spotify/layout/hide/createbutton/HideCreateButtonPatch.java

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package app.revanced.extension.spotify.layout.hide.createbutton;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
+import app.revanced.extension.shared.Logger;
 import app.revanced.extension.shared.Utils;
 
 @SuppressWarnings("unused")
@@ -31,10 +32,21 @@ public final class HideCreateButtonPatch {
         }
 
         String stringifiedNavigationBarItem = navigationBarItem.toString();
-        boolean isCreateButton = CREATE_BUTTON_TITLE_RES_ID_LIST.stream()
+
-                .anyMatch(stringifiedNavigationBarItem::contains);
+        boolean isCreateButton = false;
+        String matchedTitleResId = null;
+
+        for (String titleResId : CREATE_BUTTON_TITLE_RES_ID_LIST) {
+            if (stringifiedNavigationBarItem.contains(titleResId)) {
+                isCreateButton = true;
+                matchedTitleResId = titleResId;
+            }
+        }
 
         if (isCreateButton) {
+            String finalMatchedTitleResId = matchedTitleResId;
+            Logger.printInfo(() -> "Hiding Create button because the navigation bar item " + navigationBarItem +
+                    " matched the title resource id " + finalMatchedTitleResId);
             return null;
         }
 
@@ -46,6 +58,14 @@ public final class HideCreateButtonPatch {
      * Create button.
      */
     public static boolean isOldCreateButton(int oldNavigationBarItemTitleResId) {
-        return oldNavigationBarItemTitleResId == OLD_CREATE_BUTTON_TITLE_RES_ID;
+        boolean isCreateButton = oldNavigationBarItemTitleResId == OLD_CREATE_BUTTON_TITLE_RES_ID;
+
+        if (isCreateButton) {
+            Logger.printInfo(() -> "Hiding old Create button because the navigation bar item title resource id" +
+                    " matched " + OLD_CREATE_BUTTON_TITLE_RES_ID);
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        return false;
     }
 }

extensions/spotify/src/main/java/app/revanced/extension/spotify/misc/privacy/SanitizeSharingLinksPatch.java

@@ -33,10 +33,11 @@ public final class SanitizeSharingLinksPatch {
                 }
             }
 
-            return builder.build().toString();
+            String sanitizedUrl = builder.build().toString();
+            Logger.printInfo(() -> "Sanitized url " + url + " to " + sanitizedUrl);
+            return sanitizedUrl;
         } catch (Exception ex) {
-            Logger.printException(() -> "sanitizeUrl failure", ex);
+            Logger.printException(() -> "sanitizeUrl failure with " + url, ex);
-
             return url;
         }
     }

extensions/spotify/stub/build.gradle.kts

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ android {
     compileSdk = 34
 
     defaultConfig {
-        minSdk = 24
+        minSdk = 21
     }
 
     compileOptions {

extensions/youtube/src/main/java/app/revanced/extension/youtube/patches/components/CommentsFilter.java

@@ -7,11 +7,6 @@ import app.revanced.extension.youtube.settings.Settings;
 @SuppressWarnings("unused")
 final class CommentsFilter extends Filter {
 
-    private static final String TIMESTAMP_OR_EMOJI_BUTTONS_ENDS_WITH_PATH
-            = "|CellType|ContainerType|ContainerType|ContainerType|ContainerType|ContainerType|";
-
-    private final StringFilterGroup commentComposer;
-    private final ByteArrayFilterGroup emojiPickerBufferGroup;
     private final StringFilterGroup filterChipBar;
     private final ByteArrayFilterGroup aiCommentsSummary;
     
@@ -50,14 +45,9 @@ final class CommentsFilter extends Filter {
                 "super_thanks_button.eml"
         );
 
-        commentComposer = new StringFilterGroup(
+        StringFilterGroup timestampButton = new StringFilterGroup(
-                Settings.HIDE_COMMENTS_TIMESTAMP_AND_EMOJI_BUTTONS,
+                Settings.HIDE_COMMENTS_TIMESTAMP_BUTTON,
-                "comment_composer.eml"
+                "composer_timestamp_button.eml"
-        );
-
-        emojiPickerBufferGroup = new ByteArrayFilterGroup(
-                null,
-                "id.comment.quick_emoji.button"
         );
 
         filterChipBar = new StringFilterGroup(
@@ -77,7 +67,7 @@ final class CommentsFilter extends Filter {
                 createAShort,
                 previewComment,
                 thanksButton,
-                commentComposer,
+                timestampButton,
                 filterChipBar
         );
     }
@@ -85,14 +75,6 @@ final class CommentsFilter extends Filter {
     @Override
     boolean isFiltered(@Nullable String identifier, String path, byte[] protobufBufferArray,
                        StringFilterGroup matchedGroup, FilterContentType contentType, int contentIndex) {
-        if (matchedGroup == commentComposer) {
-            // To completely hide the emoji buttons (and leave no empty space), the timestamp button is
-            // also hidden because the buffer is exactly the same and there's no way selectively hide.
-            return contentIndex == 0
-                    && path.endsWith(TIMESTAMP_OR_EMOJI_BUTTONS_ENDS_WITH_PATH)
-                    && emojiPickerBufferGroup.check(protobufBufferArray).isFiltered();
-        }
-
         if (matchedGroup == filterChipBar) {
             return aiCommentsSummary.check(protobufBufferArray).isFiltered();
         }

extensions/youtube/src/main/java/app/revanced/extension/youtube/settings/Settings.java

@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ public class Settings extends BaseSettings {
     public static final BooleanSetting HIDE_COMMENTS_AI_SUMMARY = new BooleanSetting("revanced_hide_comments_ai_summary", FALSE);
     public static final BooleanSetting HIDE_COMMENTS_BY_MEMBERS_HEADER = new BooleanSetting("revanced_hide_comments_by_members_header", FALSE);
     public static final BooleanSetting HIDE_COMMENTS_CREATE_A_SHORT_BUTTON = new BooleanSetting("revanced_hide_comments_create_a_short_button", TRUE);
-    public static final BooleanSetting HIDE_COMMENTS_TIMESTAMP_AND_EMOJI_BUTTONS = new BooleanSetting("revanced_hide_comments_timestamp_and_emoji_buttons", TRUE);
+    public static final BooleanSetting HIDE_COMMENTS_TIMESTAMP_BUTTON = new BooleanSetting("revanced_hide_comments_timestamp_button", FALSE);
     public static final BooleanSetting HIDE_COMMENTS_PREVIEW_COMMENT = new BooleanSetting("revanced_hide_comments_preview_comment", FALSE);
     public static final BooleanSetting HIDE_COMMENTS_SECTION = new BooleanSetting("revanced_hide_comments_section", FALSE);
     public static final BooleanSetting HIDE_COMMENTS_THANKS_BUTTON = new BooleanSetting("revanced_hide_comments_thanks_button", TRUE);

gradle.properties

@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ org.gradle.jvmargs = -Xms512M -Xmx2048M
 org.gradle.parallel = true
 android.useAndroidX = true
 kotlin.code.style = official
-version = 5.26.1-dev.1
+version = 5.26.1-dev.2

patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/spotify/layout/hide/createbutton/HideCreateButtonPatch.kt

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ val hideCreateButtonPatch = bytecodePatch(
 
         if (oldNavigationBarAddItemMethod != null) {
             // In case an older version of the app is being patched, hook the old method which adds navigation bar items.
-            // Return null early if the navigation bar item title resource id is old Create button title resource id.
+            // Return null early if the navigation bar item title resource id is the old Create button title resource id.
             oldNavigationBarAddItemFingerprint.methodOrNull?.apply {
                 val getNavigationBarItemTitleStringIndex = indexOfFirstInstructionOrThrow {
                     val reference = getReference<MethodReference>()

patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/spotify/layout/theme/CustomThemePatch.kt

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ val customThemePatch = resourcePatch(
     val accentColorPressed by stringOption(
         key = "accentColorPressed",
         default = "#FF1ABC54",
-        title = "Pressed dark theme accent color",
+        title = "Pressed accent color",
         description = "The color when accented buttons are pressed, by default slightly darker than accent. " +
                 "Can be a hex color or a resource reference.",
         required = true,

patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/spotify/misc/fix/login/FixFacebookLoginPatch.kt

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ val fixFacebookLoginPatch = bytecodePatch(
         // The Facebook SDK tries to handle the login using the Facebook app in case it is installed.
         // However, the Facebook app does signature checks with the app that is requesting the authentication,
         // which ends up making the Facebook server reject with an invalid key hash for the app signature.
-        // Override the Faceboook SDK to always handle the login using the web browser, which does not perform
+        // Override the Facebook SDK to always handle the login using the web browser, which does not perform
         // signature checks.
 
         val katanaProxyLoginMethodHandlerClass = katanaProxyLoginMethodHandlerClassFingerprint.originalClassDef

patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/spotify/misc/widgets/Fingerprints.kt

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package app.revanced.patches.spotify.misc.widgets
 
 import app.revanced.patcher.fingerprint
-import app.revanced.util.indexOfFirstInstruction
 import com.android.tools.smali.dexlib2.Opcode
 
 internal val canBindAppWidgetPermissionFingerprint = fingerprint {

patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/layout/hide/general/HideLayoutComponentsPatch.kt

@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ val hideLayoutComponentsPatch = bytecodePatch(
                     SwitchPreference("revanced_hide_comments_by_members_header"),
                     SwitchPreference("revanced_hide_comments_section"),
                     SwitchPreference("revanced_hide_comments_create_a_short_button"),
-                    SwitchPreference("revanced_hide_comments_timestamp_and_emoji_buttons"),
+                    SwitchPreference("revanced_hide_comments_timestamp_button"),
                     SwitchPreference("revanced_hide_comments_preview_comment"),
                     SwitchPreference("revanced_hide_comments_thanks_button"),
                 ),

patches/src/main/resources/addresources/values/strings.xml

@@ -371,9 +371,9 @@ You will not be notified of any unexpected events."</string>
             <string name="revanced_hide_comments_create_a_short_button_title">Hide \'Create a Short\' button</string>
             <string name="revanced_hide_comments_create_a_short_button_summary_on">Create a Short button is hidden</string>
             <string name="revanced_hide_comments_create_a_short_button_summary_off">Create a Short button is shown</string>
-            <string name="revanced_hide_comments_timestamp_and_emoji_buttons_title">Hide emoji and timestamp buttons</string>
+            <string name="revanced_hide_comments_timestamp_button_title">Hide timestamp button</string>
-            <string name="revanced_hide_comments_timestamp_and_emoji_buttons_summary_on">Emoji and timestamp buttons are hidden</string>
+            <string name="revanced_hide_comments_timestamp_button_summary_on">Timestamp button is hidden</string>
-            <string name="revanced_hide_comments_timestamp_and_emoji_buttons_summary_off">Emoji and timestamp buttons are shown</string>
+            <string name="revanced_hide_comments_timestamp_button_summary_off">Timestamp button is shown</string>
             <string name="revanced_hide_comments_preview_comment_title">Hide preview comment</string>
             <string name="revanced_hide_comments_preview_comment_summary_on">Preview comment is hidden</string>
             <string name="revanced_hide_comments_preview_comment_summary_off">Preview comment is shown</string>