First blogpost there and welcome!

Recently, a few hours ago, I have started to develop an Android app, called "Odysee Lite", which makes that alternative to YouTube also work on Android 5.0 and later as an app, next to the official app (requires Android 7.0 or later), where this one's faster and has a simpler UI for legacy phones and tablets. But first, what is Odysee? According to Wikipedia, "Odysee is an American decentralized video hosting platform, built on the LBRY blockchain. It positions itself as an alternative to mainstream services like YouTube, but with a focus on freedom of speech and decentralization.". Now let's talk about how I managed to start developing this application: Recently, when I was talking to Microsoft Copilot on about how can I make an Odysee app that supports Android 5.0 and later - and that idea came to my mind. I had to install Android Studio (Arctic Fox | 2020.3.1), and upgrade to Java 17. Then I started talking to the Copilot about working on the thing, adding in images, making splash screen and whatnot and after some hours, the result is like this:

The splash screen did not work, but got the UI to work, but is a mess. At least the appbar does work and looks accurate to the one from YouTube versions 6.x to early 12.x, with the hamburger menu icon on left and the labeling (which is "Home", seen in image) on right. Hopefully I will start to develop more, adding in more pages like searching, videos, channels, search page, watch page, channels page and more. Remember, this is my first Android app project, I might make a news app that would use RSS feeds, a nice UI and widget too after I finish with Odysee Lite. Thank you, and have a nice day or night.