I think command line utilities will usually be the last to receive active counte...

self_awareness · on July 5, 2018

Youtube-dl has lots of GUI frontends and is embedded in easy to use Android apps.

severine · on July 5, 2018

I don't use the Play Store but a friend recently asked me for a youtube-dl frontend for Android (using other words), care to name some?

woodruffw · on July 5, 2018

Not the GP, but NewPipe is the one I'm familiar with. It's available on F-Droid.

severine · on July 5, 2018

I use NewPipe, but my friend does not sideload apps or use F-Droid, that's why I'm asking for Play Store options.

Timothycquinn · on July 5, 2018

It's unlikely that you will find a long standing play store app with youtube-dl built in.

nnain · on July 5, 2018

Well, should we be listing the related Apps here?

> the first rule of youtube-dl is not to talk about youtube-dl

severine · on July 5, 2018

There are ~40 hits for "youtube-dl" in Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/search?q=youtube-dl&c=apps

But I agree that people might have mixed feelings on pointing to the ones that work better.

I made another search, through DuckDuckGo, and got a hit that's not among those ~40 and looks good: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aviddapp.o...

Am I hurting them by linking, or any of you for adding feedback?

wyoh · on July 5, 2018

Ark tube is a good front-end for youtube-dl https://forum.xda-developers.com/general/paid-software/app-a...

Fnoord · on July 5, 2018

Problem is, just because something is "in the Play Store" doesn't mean it is harmless. It could, for example, contain trackers. So, yes, we should discuss and link them.

franga2000 · on July 5, 2018

The Play Store doesn't allow YouTube downloaders, so I doubt you'll find any good ones there. The moment one gets popular, it's taken down.

m-p-3 · on July 5, 2018

It's a bit hacky and out of reach to most casual users, but you can get YouTube-DL to work with Termux.

I have it set so that whenever I use the Termux share intent from another app, it use the shared URL and calls YouTube-DL with some parameters I want.

~/bin/termux-url-opener

    #!/bin/bash
    url=$1
    youtube-dl $url

~/.config/youtube-dl/config

    # Default Output Directory and Pattern
    -o /data/data/com.termux/files/home/storage/downloads/%(extractor_key)s/%(uploader)s/%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s