Description of the issue: Occasionally, when browsing YouTube in Brave and tapping the full screen button while holding the phone in portrait, the display will move to landscape but the video will play in portrait - cut off in the bottom left corner. How can this issue be reproduced? Hold your ph…

We’ve opened an issue on our Github for this and hope to take a look at/resolve it soon: Trying to view Youtube content in full screen mode does not always function properly opened 07:28PM - 13 Dec 22 UTC (UTC) …

Hello there @Hxnd please accept my apologies for this issue. Could you please try deleting your cookies from the app to see if the issue is solved? In Brave, open the main menu, then Settings --> Privacy. Note: You can also select Menu --> History --> Clear browsing data Select Clear browsing dat…

Hi there. I cleared everything in the advanced tab (excluding passwords) for all time but the issue persists.

Hi again @Hxnd , on that case, please try disabling your shields while changing to full screen to see if this is the cause of the issue? Please let me know if that works.

Thank you kindly for your replies. I have disabled the Brave Shield and I can still reproduce this issue although anecdotally it may appear less frequently than with Brave Shield up.

@Hxnd thanks for that information. Are you using the release version of Brave on your device? If you are try installing Brave Beta or Brave Nightly from the PlayStore to see if the issue persist. Be waiting for your response.

Using release. Installed Beta and the issue is present there too.

Same issue happens on my Samsung Galaxy S9 using android 10 too.

@Hxnd do you have power saving mode enabled on your device? If that’s the case, please try disabling it to see if you no longer experience that bug. Be waiting for your response.

I have not enabled any kind of power saving mode on either phone.

YouTube Full Screen Occasionally Breaking (android)

Brave Browser Mobile Support

Hxnd December 12, 2022, 8:54pm 9

Is this really an upstream bug that has not been fixed in almost 3 years? If so that’s pretty disappointing.

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