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# Radiant Lyrics Mobile
A Manager app for Android that patches TIDAL to bring the Radiant Lyrics experience to mobile.
## What it does?
This project adds ALLOT of completely Optional & Customisable Patches/Integrations to TIDAL on Android (iOS SoonTM).
Every Patch & Integration can be disabled/enabled & adjusted exactly how you want TIDAL to feel/look <3
### Patches:
- Insane Customisation of the Player Backdrop
- Higher quality lyrics from more providers (WIP)
- Progress pill overlay in lyrics mode (restored from old UI)
- Keeps lyrics controls visible
- One-handed player controls
- Redesigned mini-player with gestures
- Word Level Lyrics (Word by Word) <3
- Syllable Level Lyrics (Syllable by Syllable) <3
### Integrations
- Waze | Control TIDAL playback from Waze
### Disclaimer
This project is not affiliated with TIDAL in any way. Use at your own risk.
- I can't guarantee using this project won't result in any platform enforcement **(Bans)**
## Installation
### Batteries <3
- Phone of some unknown description
- The smallest amount of brain damage
- Android 7.0+ & >340 DPI
- Internet
- Paid TIDAL Account
### Steps
1. Download the latest `rl-manager.apk` from [Releases](../../releases/latest)
2. Install it (allow unknown sources if prompted)
3. Open the Manager & follow the instructions in the app
4. Install the patched TIDAL APK when prompted
5. You might need to disable Play Protect (might not be required so just ignore if you don't see a warning prompt)
## Building from Source
```bash
git clone https://github.com/meowarex/rl-mobile
cd rl-mobile/Manager
./gradlew :app:assembleDebug
```
## How Patching Works
The Manager downloads the TIDAL APK, disassembles it with baksmali, applies each `.patch` file in `patches/` as a unified diff against the matching smali class, reassembles, and repacks the APK.
Each patch file targets a specific class via its `--- a/` header — the filename itself is just for readability.
## Contributing Patches
### Adding a new patch
1. Disassemble TIDAL with apktool:
```bash
apktool d tidal.apk -o tidal-src
```
2. Copy the target smali file and edit it:
```bash
cp tidal-src/smali_classesX/com/tidal/.../Target.smali Target.smali.orig
# make your changes to Target.smali
```
3. Generate the patch:
```bash
diff -u Target.smali.orig Target.smali \
--label a/com/tidal/.../Target.smali \
--label b/com/tidal/.../Target.smali \
> patches/my-feature.patch
```
4. Test it applies cleanly:
```bash
cp Target.smali.orig Target.smali
patch -p1 < patches/my-feature.patch
```
### Rules for patches
- The `--- a/` header must be the full smali class path relative to the dex root (e.g. `com/tidal/android/feature/...`)
- Patches apply sequentially in filename order — if your patch touches a file another patch already modifies, make sure the context lines still match after the prior patch
- No new helper classes — the patcher only edits existing APK classes
- Keep patches focused: one feature per file
- Comment EACH patch line on the end with a simple 1-5 word description of what it does/or is for
- Make sure the patch file name is descriptive of what it does
### The Kawarp extension (generated smali)
`patches/extension/radiant/Kawarp.smali` and `patches/extension/dev/kawarp/KawarpEngine.smali`
are **generated — don't hand-edit them**. The engine comes from the
[Kawarp-AGSL](https://github.com/meowarex/kawarp-agsl) library, which the build tooling expects
cloned inside `tools/` (the clone is gitignored):
```bash
git clone https://github.com/meowarex/kawarp-agsl tools/kawarp-agsl
```
To change the TIDAL glue, edit `tools/kawarp-build/src/radiant/Kawarp.java`; to change the
effect itself, PR the Kawarp-AGSL repo. Then regenerate and commit the refreshed smali:
```bash
./tools/kawarp-build/build.sh
```
### Submitting
Fork the repo, add your patch to `patches/`, and open a PR describing what it changes and why.
- Patch PR should be prefixed with `[patch]` in the title
## Licence
**GPL-3.0** — see `LICENSE`.
Plain English: use it, change it, share it, even sell it. But if you distribute it (or a fork),
you must ship the source under the GPL too — **no closed-source forks**, and per GPL-3 §5(a) a
modified version has to carry a prominent notice saying it was modified and when.
"Radiant Lyrics" is the project's name — please pick your own for a fork, so users can tell
them apart.
Third-party components and their licences are listed in `THIRD-PARTY.md`. The TIDAL app itself
is not covered by this licence and remains the property of its owners.
## Credits
Inrixia — TidaLuna framework