fix(YouTube - Remove background playback restrictions): Enable for Sh…

…orts as well (#3671)

extensions/shared/src/main/java/app/revanced/extension/youtube/patches/BackgroundPlaybackPatch.java

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package app.revanced.extension.youtube.patches;
 
+import app.revanced.extension.youtube.settings.Settings;
 import app.revanced.extension.youtube.shared.PlayerType;
 
 @SuppressWarnings("unused")
@@ -8,10 +9,10 @@ public class BackgroundPlaybackPatch {
     /**
      * Injection point.
      */
-    public static boolean allowBackgroundPlayback(boolean original) {
+    public static boolean isBackgroundPlaybackAllowed(boolean original) {
         if (original) return true;
 
-        // Steps to verify most edge cases:
+        // Steps to verify most edge cases (with Shorts background playback set to off):
         // 1. Open a regular video
         // 2. Minimize app (PIP should appear)
         // 3. Reopen app
@@ -22,13 +23,13 @@ public static boolean allowBackgroundPlayback(boolean original) {
         // 7. Close the Short
         // 8. Resume playing the regular video
         // 9. Minimize the app (PIP should appear)
-
         if (!VideoInformation.lastVideoIdIsShort()) {
             return true; // Definitely is not a Short.
         }
 
-        // Might be a Short, or might be a prior regular video on screen again after a Short was closed.
-        // This incorrectly prevents PIP if player is in WATCH_WHILE_MINIMIZED after closing a Short,
+        // TODO: Add better hook.
+        // Might be a Shorts, or might be a prior regular video on screen again after a Shorts was closed.
+        // This incorrectly prevents PIP if player is in WATCH_WHILE_MINIMIZED after closing a Shorts,
         // But there's no way around this unless an additional hook is added to definitively detect
         // the Shorts player is on screen. This use case is unusual anyways so it's not a huge concern.
         return !PlayerType.getCurrent().isNoneHiddenOrMinimized();
@@ -37,10 +38,7 @@ public static boolean allowBackgroundPlayback(boolean original) {
     /**
      * Injection point.
      */
-    public static boolean overrideBackgroundPlaybackAvailable() {
-        // This could be done entirely in the patch,
-        // but having a unique method to search for makes manually inspecting the patched apk much easier.
-        return true;
+    public static boolean isBackgroundShortsPlaybackAllowed(boolean original) {
+        return !Settings.DISABLE_SHORTS_BACKGROUND_PLAYBACK.get();
     }
-
 }

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

@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ public class Settings extends BaseSettings {
     public static final BooleanSetting SWITCH_CREATE_WITH_NOTIFICATIONS_BUTTON = new BooleanSetting("revanced_switch_create_with_notifications_button", TRUE, true);
 
     // Shorts
+    public static final BooleanSetting DISABLE_SHORTS_BACKGROUND_PLAYBACK = new BooleanSetting("revanced_shorts_disable_background_playback", FALSE);
     public static final BooleanSetting DISABLE_RESUMING_SHORTS_PLAYER = new BooleanSetting("revanced_disable_resuming_shorts_player", FALSE);
     public static final BooleanSetting HIDE_SHORTS_HOME = new BooleanSetting("revanced_hide_shorts_home", FALSE);
     public static final BooleanSetting HIDE_SHORTS_SUBSCRIPTIONS = new BooleanSetting("revanced_hide_shorts_subscriptions", FALSE);

patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/misc/backgroundplayback/BackgroundPlaybackPatch.kt

@@ -1,30 +1,33 @@
 package app.revanced.patches.youtube.misc.backgroundplayback
 
-import app.revanced.patcher.extensions.InstructionExtensions.addInstruction
-import app.revanced.patcher.extensions.InstructionExtensions.addInstructions
 import app.revanced.patcher.extensions.InstructionExtensions.getInstruction
 import app.revanced.patcher.extensions.InstructionExtensions.instructions
 import app.revanced.patcher.patch.bytecodePatch
 import app.revanced.patcher.patch.resourcePatch
+import app.revanced.patches.all.misc.resources.addResources
+import app.revanced.patches.all.misc.resources.addResourcesPatch
 import app.revanced.patches.shared.misc.mapping.get
 import app.revanced.patches.shared.misc.mapping.resourceMappingPatch
 import app.revanced.patches.shared.misc.mapping.resourceMappings
+import app.revanced.patches.shared.misc.settings.preference.SwitchPreference
 import app.revanced.patches.youtube.misc.extension.sharedExtensionPatch
 import app.revanced.patches.youtube.misc.playertype.playerTypeHookPatch
+import app.revanced.patches.youtube.misc.settings.PreferenceScreen
 import app.revanced.patches.youtube.misc.settings.settingsPatch
 import app.revanced.patches.youtube.video.information.videoInformationPatch
 import app.revanced.util.addInstructionsAtControlFlowLabel
 import app.revanced.util.findInstructionIndicesReversedOrThrow
+import app.revanced.util.getReference
+import app.revanced.util.returnEarly
 import com.android.tools.smali.dexlib2.Opcode
 import com.android.tools.smali.dexlib2.iface.instruction.OneRegisterInstruction
-import com.android.tools.smali.dexlib2.iface.instruction.ReferenceInstruction
 import com.android.tools.smali.dexlib2.iface.reference.MethodReference
 
 internal var prefBackgroundAndOfflineCategoryId = -1L
     private set
 
 private val backgroundPlaybackResourcePatch = resourcePatch {
-    dependsOn(resourceMappingPatch)
+    dependsOn(resourceMappingPatch, addResourcesPatch)
 
     execute {
         prefBackgroundAndOfflineCategoryId = resourceMappings["string", "pref_background_and_offline_category"]
@@ -58,45 +61,54 @@ val backgroundPlaybackPatch = bytecodePatch(
 
     val backgroundPlaybackManagerMatch by backgroundPlaybackManagerFingerprint()
     val backgroundPlaybackSettingsMatch by backgroundPlaybackSettingsFingerprint()
+
+    val shortsBackgroundPlaybackFeatureFlagMatch by shortsBackgroundPlaybackFeatureFlagFingerprint()
+    val backgroundPlaybackManagerShortsMatch by backgroundPlaybackManagerShortsFingerprint()
+
     val kidsBackgroundPlaybackPolicyControllerMatch by kidsBackgroundPlaybackPolicyControllerFingerprint()
 
     execute { context ->
-        backgroundPlaybackManagerMatch.mutableMethod.apply {
-            findInstructionIndicesReversedOrThrow(Opcode.RETURN).forEach { index ->
-                val register = getInstruction<OneRegisterInstruction>(index).registerA
-
-                addInstructionsAtControlFlowLabel(
-                    index,
-                    """
-                        invoke-static { v$register }, $EXTENSION_CLASS_DESCRIPTOR->allowBackgroundPlayback(Z)Z
-                        move-result v$register 
-                    """,
-                )
+        addResources("youtube", "misc.backgroundplayback.backgroundPlaybackPatch")
+
+        PreferenceScreen.SHORTS.addPreferences(
+            SwitchPreference("revanced_shorts_disable_background_playback")
+        )
+
+        arrayOf(
+            backgroundPlaybackManagerMatch to "isBackgroundPlaybackAllowed",
+            backgroundPlaybackManagerShortsMatch to "isBackgroundShortsPlaybackAllowed"
+        ).forEach { (match, integrationsMethod) ->
+            match.mutableMethod.apply {
+                findInstructionIndicesReversedOrThrow(Opcode.RETURN).forEach { index ->
+                    val register = getInstruction<OneRegisterInstruction>(index).registerA
+
+                    addInstructionsAtControlFlowLabel(
+                        index,
+                        """
+                            invoke-static { v$register }, $EXTENSION_CLASS_DESCRIPTOR->$integrationsMethod(Z)Z
+                            move-result v$register 
+                        """
+                    )
+                }
             }
         }
 
         // Enable background playback option in YouTube settings
         backgroundPlaybackSettingsMatch.mutableMethod.apply {
-            val booleanCalls = instructions.withIndex()
-                .filter { ((it.value as? ReferenceInstruction)?.reference as? MethodReference)?.returnType == "Z" }
+            val booleanCalls = instructions.withIndex().filter {
+                it.value.getReference<MethodReference>()?.returnType == "Z"
+            }
 
             val settingsBooleanIndex = booleanCalls.elementAt(1).index
             val settingsBooleanMethod = context.navigate(this).at(settingsBooleanIndex).mutable()
 
-            settingsBooleanMethod.addInstructions(
-                0,
-                """
-                    invoke-static {}, $EXTENSION_CLASS_DESCRIPTOR->overrideBackgroundPlaybackAvailable()Z
-                    move-result v0
-                    return v0
-                """,
-            )
+            settingsBooleanMethod.returnEarly(true)
         }
 
+        // Force allowing background play for Shorts.
+        shortsBackgroundPlaybackFeatureFlagMatch.mutableMethod.returnEarly(true)
+
         // Force allowing background play for videos labeled for kids.
-        kidsBackgroundPlaybackPolicyControllerMatch.mutableMethod.addInstruction(
-            0,
-            "return-void",
-        )
+        kidsBackgroundPlaybackPolicyControllerMatch.mutableMethod.returnEarly()
     }
 }

patches/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/misc/backgroundplayback/Fingerprints.kt

@@ -70,3 +70,17 @@ internal val kidsBackgroundPlaybackPolicyControllerFingerprint = fingerprint {
     )
     literal { 5 }
 }
+
+internal val backgroundPlaybackManagerShortsFingerprint = fingerprint {
+    accessFlags(AccessFlags.PUBLIC, AccessFlags.STATIC)
+    returns("Z")
+    parameters("L")
+    literal { 151635310 }
+}
+
+internal val shortsBackgroundPlaybackFeatureFlagFingerprint = fingerprint {
+    accessFlags(AccessFlags.PUBLIC, AccessFlags.FINAL)
+    returns("Z")
+    parameters()
+    literal { 45415425 }
+}

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

@@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ This is because Crowdin requires temporarily flattening this file and removing t
             <string name="revanced_settings_screen_11_misc_title">Misc</string>
             <string name="revanced_settings_screen_12_video_title">Video</string>
         </patch>
+        <patch id="misc.backgroundplayback.backgroundPlaybackPatch">
+            <string name="revanced_shorts_disable_background_playback_title">Disable Shorts background play</string>
+            <string name="revanced_shorts_disable_background_playback_summary_on">Shorts background play is disabled</string>
+            <string name="revanced_shorts_disable_background_playback_summary_off">Shorts background play is enabled</string>
+        </patch>
         <patch id="misc.debugging.enableDebuggingPatch">
             <string name="revanced_debug_screen_title">Debugging</string>
             <string name="revanced_debug_screen_summary">Enable or disable debugging options</string>