chore: Release v5.27.0-dev.6 [skip ci]

# [5.27.0-dev.6](https://github.com/ReVanced/revanced-patches/compare/v5.27.0-dev.5...v5.27.0-dev.6) (2025-06-08)

### Features

* **YouTube - Hide Shorts components:** Add hide 'New posts' button ([f8e31c8](f8e31c820a))

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,31 @@
+# [5.27.0-dev.6](https://github.com/ReVanced/revanced-patches/compare/v5.27.0-dev.5...v5.27.0-dev.6) (2025-06-08)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **YouTube - Hide Shorts components:** Add hide 'New posts' button ([ac6b916](https://github.com/ReVanced/revanced-patches/commit/ac6b916c0c212167c4645e2110500dc811b3e54a))
+
+# [5.27.0-dev.5](https://github.com/ReVanced/revanced-patches/compare/v5.27.0-dev.4...v5.27.0-dev.5) (2025-06-08)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **Google Photos:** Add `Enable DCIM folders backup control` patch ([#5138](https://github.com/ReVanced/revanced-patches/issues/5138)) ([328d232](https://github.com/ReVanced/revanced-patches/commit/328d232fe77406fa93a14768fc66e7b998506fba))
+
+# [5.27.0-dev.4](https://github.com/ReVanced/revanced-patches/compare/v5.27.0-dev.3...v5.27.0-dev.4) (2025-06-06)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **Bandcamp - Remove play limits:** Support latest app version ([#5124](https://github.com/ReVanced/revanced-patches/issues/5124)) ([863e92b](https://github.com/ReVanced/revanced-patches/commit/863e92b20ad6682f10524e475ed18f879048ecae))
+
+# [5.27.0-dev.3](https://github.com/ReVanced/revanced-patches/compare/v5.27.0-dev.2...v5.27.0-dev.3) (2025-06-06)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **Spotify:** `Hide Create button` patch failing in edge cases ([#5131](https://github.com/ReVanced/revanced-patches/issues/5131)) ([0923600](https://github.com/ReVanced/revanced-patches/commit/0923600739a126329fc62100b500216860d7005e))
+
 # [5.27.0-dev.2](https://github.com/ReVanced/revanced-patches/compare/v5.27.0-dev.1...v5.27.0-dev.2) (2025-06-06)
 
 

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

@@ -3,23 +3,29 @@ package app.revanced.extension.spotify.layout.hide.createbutton;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import app.revanced.extension.shared.Logger;
-import app.revanced.extension.shared.Utils;
+import app.revanced.extension.spotify.shared.ComponentFilters.*;
 
 @SuppressWarnings("unused")
 public final class HideCreateButtonPatch {
 
     /**
-     * A list of ids of resources which contain the Create button title.
+     * A list of component filters that match whether a navigation bar item is the Create button.
+     * The main approach used is matching the resource id for the Create button title.
      */
-    private static final List<String> CREATE_BUTTON_TITLE_RES_ID_LIST = List.of(
-            Integer.toString(Utils.getResourceIdentifier("navigationbar_musicappitems_create_title", "string"))
+    private static final List<ComponentFilter> CREATE_BUTTON_COMPONENT_FILTERS = List.of(
+            new ResourceIdComponentFilter("navigationbar_musicappitems_create_title", "string"),
+            // Temporary fallback and fix for APKs merged with AntiSplit-M not having resources properly encoded,
+            // and thus getting the resource identifier for the Create button title always return 0.
+            // FIXME: Remove this once the above issue is no longer relevant.
+            new StringComponentFilter("spotify:create-menu")
     );
 
     /**
-     * The old id of the resource which contained the Create button title. Used in older versions of the app.
+     * A component filter for the old id of the resource which contained the Create button title.
+     * Used in older versions of the app.
      */
-    private static final int OLD_CREATE_BUTTON_TITLE_RES_ID =
-            Utils.getResourceIdentifier("bottom_navigation_bar_create_tab_title", "string");
+    private static final ResourceIdComponentFilter OLD_CREATE_BUTTON_COMPONENT_FILTER =
+            new ResourceIdComponentFilter("bottom_navigation_bar_create_tab_title", "string");
 
     /**
      * Injection point. This method is called on every navigation bar item to check whether it is the Create button.
@@ -33,28 +39,20 @@ public final class HideCreateButtonPatch {
 
         String stringifiedNavigationBarItem = navigationBarItem.toString();
 
-        boolean isCreateButton = false;
-        String matchedTitleResId = null;
-
-        for (String titleResId : CREATE_BUTTON_TITLE_RES_ID_LIST) {
-            // In case the resource id has not been found.
-            if (titleResId.equals("0")) {
+        for (ComponentFilter componentFilter : CREATE_BUTTON_COMPONENT_FILTERS) {
+            if (componentFilter.filterUnavailable()) {
+                Logger.printInfo(() -> "returnNullIfIsCreateButton: Filter " +
+                        componentFilter.getFilterRepresentation() + " not available, skipping");
                 continue;
             }
 
-            if (stringifiedNavigationBarItem.contains(titleResId)) {
-                isCreateButton = true;
-                matchedTitleResId = titleResId;
+            if (stringifiedNavigationBarItem.contains(componentFilter.getFilterValue())) {
+                Logger.printInfo(() -> "Hiding Create button because the navigation bar item " + navigationBarItem +
+                        " matched the filter " + componentFilter.getFilterRepresentation());
+                return null;
             }
         }
 
-        if (isCreateButton) {
-            String finalMatchedTitleResId = matchedTitleResId;
-            Logger.printInfo(() -> "Hiding Create button because the navigation bar item " + navigationBarItem +
-                    " matched the title resource id " + finalMatchedTitleResId);
-            return null;
-        }
-
         return navigationBarItem;
     }
 
@@ -63,16 +61,15 @@ public final class HideCreateButtonPatch {
      * Create button.
      */
     public static boolean isOldCreateButton(int oldNavigationBarItemTitleResId) {
-        // In case the resource id has not been found.
-        if (OLD_CREATE_BUTTON_TITLE_RES_ID == 0) {
+        if (OLD_CREATE_BUTTON_COMPONENT_FILTER.filterUnavailable()) {
+            Logger.printInfo(() -> "Skipping hiding old Create button because the resource id for " +
+                    OLD_CREATE_BUTTON_COMPONENT_FILTER.resourceName + " is not available");
             return false;
         }
 
-        boolean isCreateButton = oldNavigationBarItemTitleResId == OLD_CREATE_BUTTON_TITLE_RES_ID;
-
-        if (isCreateButton) {
+        if (oldNavigationBarItemTitleResId == OLD_CREATE_BUTTON_COMPONENT_FILTER.getResourceId()) {
             Logger.printInfo(() -> "Hiding old Create button because the navigation bar item title resource id" +
-                    " matched " + OLD_CREATE_BUTTON_TITLE_RES_ID);
+                    " matched " + OLD_CREATE_BUTTON_COMPONENT_FILTER.getFilterRepresentation());
             return true;
         }
 

extensions/spotify/src/main/java/app/revanced/extension/spotify/shared/ComponentFilters.java

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+package app.revanced.extension.spotify.shared;
+
+import app.revanced.extension.shared.Logger;
+import app.revanced.extension.shared.Utils;
+
+public final class ComponentFilters {
+
+    public interface ComponentFilter {
+        String getFilterValue();
+        String getFilterRepresentation();
+        default boolean filterUnavailable() {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static final class ResourceIdComponentFilter implements ComponentFilter {
+
+        public final String resourceName;
+        public final String resourceType;
+        // Android resources are always positive, so -1 is a valid sentinel value to indicate it has not been loaded.
+        // 0 is returned when a resource has not been found.
+        private int resourceId = -1;
+        private String stringfiedResourceId = null;
+
+        public ResourceIdComponentFilter(String resourceName, String resourceType) {
+            this.resourceName = resourceName;
+            this.resourceType = resourceType;
+        }
+
+        public int getResourceId() {
+            if (resourceId == -1) {
+                resourceId = Utils.getResourceIdentifier(resourceName, resourceType);
+            }
+            return resourceId;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getFilterValue() {
+            if (stringfiedResourceId == null) {
+                stringfiedResourceId = Integer.toString(getResourceId());
+            }
+            return stringfiedResourceId;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getFilterRepresentation() {
+            boolean resourceFound = getResourceId() != 0;
+            return (resourceFound ? getFilterValue() + " (" : "") + resourceName + (resourceFound ? ")" : "");
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean filterUnavailable() {
+            boolean resourceNotFound = getResourceId() == 0;
+            if (resourceNotFound) {
+                Logger.printInfo(() -> "Resource id for " + resourceName + " was not found");
+            }
+            return resourceNotFound;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static final class StringComponentFilter implements ComponentFilter {
+
+        public final String string;
+
+        public StringComponentFilter(String string) {
+            this.string = string;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getFilterValue() {
+            return string;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getFilterRepresentation() {
+            return string;
+        }
+    }
+}

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

@@ -267,6 +267,10 @@ public final class ShortsFilter extends Filter {
                         Settings.HIDE_SHORTS_GREEN_SCREEN_BUTTON,
                         "greenscreen_temp"
                 ),
+                new ByteArrayFilterGroup(
+                        Settings.HIDE_SHORTS_NEW_POSTS_BUTTON,
+                        "yt_outline_box_pencil"
+                ),
                 new ByteArrayFilterGroup(
                         Settings.HIDE_SHORTS_HASHTAG_BUTTON,
                         "yt_outline_hashtag_"

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

@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ public class Settings extends BaseSettings {
     public static final BooleanSetting HIDE_SHORTS_DISLIKE_BUTTON = new BooleanSetting("revanced_hide_shorts_dislike_button", FALSE);
     public static final BooleanSetting HIDE_SHORTS_FULL_VIDEO_LINK_LABEL = new BooleanSetting("revanced_hide_shorts_full_video_link_label", FALSE);
     public static final BooleanSetting HIDE_SHORTS_GREEN_SCREEN_BUTTON = new BooleanSetting("revanced_hide_shorts_green_screen_button", TRUE);
+    public static final BooleanSetting HIDE_SHORTS_NEW_POSTS_BUTTON = new BooleanSetting("revanced_hide_shorts_new_posts_button", TRUE);
     public static final BooleanSetting HIDE_SHORTS_HASHTAG_BUTTON = new BooleanSetting("revanced_hide_shorts_hashtag_button", TRUE);
     public static final BooleanSetting HIDE_SHORTS_HISTORY = new BooleanSetting("revanced_hide_shorts_history", FALSE);
     public static final BooleanSetting HIDE_SHORTS_HOME = new BooleanSetting("revanced_hide_shorts_home", FALSE);

gradle.properties

@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ org.gradle.jvmargs = -Xms512M -Xmx2048M
 org.gradle.parallel = true
 android.useAndroidX = true
 kotlin.code.style = official
-version = 5.27.0-dev.2
+version = 5.27.0-dev.6

patches/api/patches.api

@@ -192,6 +192,10 @@ public final class app/revanced/patches/googlenews/misc/gms/GmsCoreSupportPatchK
 	public static final fun getGmsCoreSupportPatch ()Lapp/revanced/patcher/patch/BytecodePatch;
 }
 
+public final class app/revanced/patches/googlephotos/misc/backup/EnableDCIMFoldersBackupControlPatchKt {
+	public static final fun getEnableDCIMFoldersBackupControlPatch ()Lapp/revanced/patcher/patch/BytecodePatch;
+}
+
 public final class app/revanced/patches/googlephotos/misc/extension/ExtensionPatchKt {
 	public static final fun getExtensionPatch ()Lapp/revanced/patcher/patch/BytecodePatch;
 }

patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/bandcamp/limitations/Fingerprints.kt

@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ package app.revanced.patches.bandcamp.limitations
 import app.revanced.patcher.fingerprint
 
 internal val handlePlaybackLimitsFingerprint = fingerprint {
-    strings("play limits processing track", "found play_count")
+    strings("track_id", "play_count")
 }

patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/bandcamp/limitations/RemovePlayLimitsPatch.kt

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package app.revanced.patches.bandcamp.limitations
 
-import app.revanced.patcher.extensions.InstructionExtensions.addInstructions
 import app.revanced.patcher.patch.bytecodePatch
+import app.revanced.util.returnEarly
 
 @Suppress("unused")
 val removePlayLimitsPatch = bytecodePatch(
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ val removePlayLimitsPatch = bytecodePatch(
     compatibleWith("com.bandcamp.android")
 
     execute {
-        handlePlaybackLimitsFingerprint.method.addInstructions(0, "return-void")
+        handlePlaybackLimitsFingerprint.method.returnEarly()
     }
 }

patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/googlephotos/misc/backup/EnableDCIMFoldersBackupControlPatch.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package app.revanced.patches.googlephotos.misc.backup
+
+import app.revanced.patcher.patch.bytecodePatch
+import app.revanced.util.returnEarly
+
+@Suppress("unused")
+val enableDCIMFoldersBackupControlPatch = bytecodePatch(
+    name = "Enable DCIM folders backup control",
+    description = "Disables always on backup for the Camera and other DCIM folders, allowing you to control backup " +
+            "for each folder individually. This will make the app default to having no folders backed up.",
+    use = false,
+) {
+    compatibleWith("com.google.android.apps.photos")
+
+    execute {
+        isDCIMFolderBackupControlDisabled.method.returnEarly(false)
+    }
+}

patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/googlephotos/misc/backup/Fingerprints.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package app.revanced.patches.googlephotos.misc.backup
+
+import app.revanced.patcher.fingerprint
+
+internal val isDCIMFolderBackupControlDisabled = fingerprint {
+    returns("Z")
+    strings("/dcim", "/mars_files/")
+}

patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/layout/hide/shorts/HideShortsComponentsPatch.kt

@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ private val hideShortsComponentsResourcePatch = resourcePatch {
                     SwitchPreference("revanced_hide_shorts_upcoming_button"),
                     SwitchPreference("revanced_hide_shorts_green_screen_button"),
                     SwitchPreference("revanced_hide_shorts_hashtag_button"),
+                    SwitchPreference("revanced_hide_shorts_new_posts_button"),
                     SwitchPreference("revanced_hide_shorts_shop_button"),
                     SwitchPreference("revanced_hide_shorts_tagged_products"),
                     SwitchPreference("revanced_hide_shorts_search_suggestions"),

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

@@ -827,6 +827,9 @@ To show the Audio track menu, change \'Spoof video streams\' to iOS TV"</string>
             <string name="revanced_hide_shorts_green_screen_button_title">Hide Green screen button</string>
             <string name="revanced_hide_shorts_green_screen_button_summary_on">Green screen button is hidden</string>
             <string name="revanced_hide_shorts_green_screen_button_summary_off">Green screen button is shown</string>
+            <string name="revanced_hide_shorts_new_posts_button_title">Hide New posts button</string>
+            <string name="revanced_hide_shorts_new_posts_button_summary_off">New posts button is shown</string>
+            <string name="revanced_hide_shorts_new_posts_button_summary_on">New posts button is hidden</string>
             <string name="revanced_hide_shorts_hashtag_button_title">Hide hashtag button</string>
             <string name="revanced_hide_shorts_hashtag_button_summary_on">Hashtag button is hidden</string>
             <string name="revanced_hide_shorts_hashtag_button_summary_off">Hashtag button is shown</string>