There's things like URLCheck that allow you to check and decide on how URLs are handled, but it might be overkill
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i thought its overkill too, but i tried it out and it works surprisingly well. I use the Automation script like this, alao using Via because for some reasons Firefox/Brave keep playing audio even when you minimize. Everything from Unshort to Toast are the defaults, I only added the last 2:
{ "Unshort bit.ly": { "regex": "https?:\/\/bit\.ly\/.", "action": "unshort", "enabled": false }, "Send everything to webhook": { "regex": ".", "action": "webhook", "enabled": false }, "Toast example": { "regex": "TrianguloY", "action": "toast", "args": { "text": "๐๐" } }, "YouTube to Secondary Browser": { "regex": ".(youtube\.com|youtu\.be).", "action": "open", "args": { "package": "mark.via.gp" }, "enabled": true, "stop": true }, "Everything else to Vanadium": { "regex": ".*", "action": "open", "args": { "package": "app.vanadium.browser" }, "enabled": true, "stop": true } }
It works. If I tap a Youtube link, Via / Brave / Firefox opens. Otherwise, it is Vanadium.
Good work; that's quite the code!
No need for outside tools, go to Settings>Apps>Default Apps>Opening Links and set which apps open which links. No idea if it's an Android or a Graphene feature, since I'm on Graphene as well. I've set up Revanced to handle all my Youtube links, works flawlessly.
that unfortunately only works if you have another app (not browser) that can play Youtube video like Revanced or NewPipe. If you have 2 browsers and no Youtube apps installed, there will be no options to select the youtube.com links.
I am on graphene.
Give me a minute.
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Go to settings > apps > default apps > opening links
Select vanadium > select in browser
Should now say don't allow to open links.
Set your preferred browser to open in app.
Test.
thanks but i swear i must be missing something here:
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Settings / Apps / Defaults Apps / Opening Links
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Vanadium => Open in browser. It now says Dont allow to open links
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Firefox => Open in App. It now says Allow to open links
I assume Vanadium is still aet as Default browser in Settings/Appa/Default App / Browser app. Then, I only do the steps you show above.
Test: tap on anylink => vanadium opens.
You can open a link in a specific Browser using share. When you long press a link and select share > Firefox, you will open it in Firefox. Probably works with all browsers.
Have you tried Grayjay? It's supposed to support using your account.
Alternatively there are a couple browsers specifically for making a website behave like an app: Hermit and Native Alpha.
Grayjay doesn't allow adding comments to Youtube, only to their own protocol.
Real people comment on YouTube? I had sincerely hoped that all those "we getting out of [reference] with this one" and "thank the algorithm" comments were AI.
If they are bots, they've been running for well over a decade, close to two perhaps. The other possibility is that Youtube simply historically doesn't foster in-depth comments.
Seems like a choice, doesn't it?