Bit.ly Youtube Android 6 [2021]

Android 6.0 Marshmallow

The year is 2015, and the tech world is buzzing with the release of . On a sleek Nexus 6 , a user scrolls through a YouTube description, looking for a way to install the latest OS update on their older Android One device. They find a cryptic Bitly link: bit.ly/AndroidOneM .

User taps Share under a YouTube video.
Share sheet displays Bit.ly Shorten as an option (alongside Copy Link, Share to …).
If Bit.ly account not linked → prompts for access token (OAuth login, works on Android 6 WebView).
After authorization, app calls Bit.ly API v4 to shorten https://youtu.be/... or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=....
Short link appears with a Copy button and Share via… button.
User shares shortened link – Bit.ly click stats are tracked automatically.

If you see a "Link Not Supported" error on your Marshmallow device, it usually means the bit.ly link is pointing to a ://youtube.com or ://youtube.com URL, which Android 6 occasionally struggles to map to the app. bit.ly youtube android 6

YouTube Vanced v17

This is where the Bitly links entered the conversation. Shared across tech forums and YouTube tutorial comments, these shortened URLs typically redirected users to an APK repository (such as APKMirror or Archive.org). They pointed not to the modern YouTube app, but to or similar legacy builds. Android 6