feat(YouTube/Spoof client): partial fix for watch history issue of brand accounts on iOS clients

[inotia00]

Application

YouTube

Feature description

This is not a patch request, but a description of the feature that will be introduce in the next release.

Watch history does not work on brand accounts when spoofing with iOS clients.

I've been tracking this known issue for a long time and found out that SmartTubeNext can force the generation of Watch history.

(This is invoked by the TrackingService class in the MediaServiceCore library.)

Of course, it is impossible to directly apply the method of SmartTubeNext, which is a completely different client, to ReVanced, but it seems possible to apply it to ReVanced with restrictions.

If this is implemented in ReVanced, there are the following limitations:

1. Watch history for brand accounts only works on YouTube 18.38.45 or earlier.
2. The last watched time is not saved. (I haven't implemented this in the patch yet.)

Motivation

Although there are many prerequisites, it may be useful for someone.

Acknowledgements

• This is not a feature request for YouTube.
• This issue is not a duplicate of an existing feature request.
• I have chosen an appropriate title.
• All requested information has been provided properly.
• I have written the title and contents in English.

[KobeW50]

Watch history for brand accounts only works on YouTube 18.38.45 or earlier.

Will this work when spoofed to this version or earlier (via the spoof app version patch)?

[inotia00]

Will this work when spoofed to this version or earlier (via the spoof app version patch)?

This fix doesn't work with Spoof app version

It seems to be related to the YouTube API response changing in YouTube versions after 18.38.45

[0xrxL]

What is the goal of this issue tracking? Improve the already existing patch by ReVanced?

[inotia00]

What is the goal of this issue tracking? Improve the already existing patch by ReVanced?

ReVanced doesn't fix brand account's watch history issues

See #2290 (comment) and #2290 (comment)

[0xrxL]

Then the title of ReVanced's PR is wrong. 🤔

[inotia00]

reflected in revanced-patches-4.12.1