Use just one cronet instance throughout.

app/build.gradle

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.4.1'
     implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.1.3'
-    implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.6.0-beta01'
+    implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.6.0'
     implementation 'androidx.navigation:navigation-fragment-ktx:2.4.2'
     implementation 'androidx.navigation:navigation-ui-ktx:2.4.2'
     implementation 'androidx.legacy:legacy-support-v4:1.0.0'
@@ -83,6 +83,6 @@ dependencies {
 
     coreLibraryDesugaring 'com.android.tools:desugar_jdk_libs:1.1.5'
     implementation ('com.google.android.exoplayer:extension-cronet:2.17.1') { exclude group: 'com.google.android.gms' }
-    implementation 'org.chromium.net:cronet-embedded:98.4758.101'
+    implementation 'org.chromium.net:cronet-embedded:101.4951.41'
 
 }

app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/MainActivity.kt

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import androidx.navigation.NavController
 import androidx.navigation.findNavController
 import androidx.navigation.ui.setupWithNavController
 import androidx.preference.PreferenceManager
+import com.github.libretube.util.CronetHelper
 import com.google.android.material.bottomnavigation.BottomNavigationView
 import com.google.android.material.color.DynamicColors
 
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
     override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
         DynamicColors.applyToActivityIfAvailable(this)
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
+        CronetHelper.initCronet(this.applicationContext)
         val sharedPreferences = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(this)
         RetrofitInstance.url =
             sharedPreferences.getString("instance", "https://pipedapi.kavin.rocks/")!!

app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/PlayerFragment.kt

@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import com.github.libretube.obj.PipedStream
 import com.github.libretube.obj.Segment
 import com.github.libretube.obj.Segments
 import com.github.libretube.obj.Subscribe
+import com.github.libretube.util.CronetHelper
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.C
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayer
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.MediaItem
@@ -404,8 +405,7 @@ class PlayerFragment : Fragment() {
                         )
                     }
 
-                    val cronetEngine: CronetEngine = CronetEngine.Builder(context)
+                    val cronetEngine: CronetEngine = CronetHelper.getCronetEngine()
-                        .build()
                     val cronetDataSourceFactory: CronetDataSource.Factory =
                         CronetDataSource.Factory(cronetEngine, Executors.newCachedThreadPool())
 

app/src/main/java/com/github/libretube/util/CronetHelper.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package com.github.libretube.util
+
+import android.content.Context
+import org.chromium.net.CronetEngine
+
+class CronetHelper {
+    companion object {
+        private lateinit var engine: CronetEngine
+
+        fun initCronet(context: Context) {
+            this.engine = CronetEngine.Builder(context)
+                .enableBrotli(true)
+                .build()
+        }
+
+        fun getCronetEngine(): CronetEngine {
+            return engine
+        }
+    }
+}