Smartphone browser with tablet UI - General Questions and Answers

Hi all,
I am on a Samsung S8 trying some new browser after Dolphin stopped working (continuous crashes, not loading, etc.) so I need a browser with the possibility to have a tablet UI (i.e. Tab bar and "new tab" button visible) and some other useful features that Dolphin has.
As far as I know, Chrome and Firefox aren't a good choice, they have the typical smartphone UI without tab bar, while Opera can switch between Tablet UI and Smartphone UI.
Does anybody know some other browser that has the most of:
- tablet UI (tab bar and New Tab button visible)
- loading images choice (Yes/No/Only Wifi)
- private/incognito mode
- deleting personal data when exiting app
- night mode
- full screen mode (reading mode)
- speed dial page
Thank you.

Related

Dolphin Browser HD v5.1.1 available

For the dolphin fans as me, a ne version-Dolphin Browser HD v5.1.1 comes out. You can get from their blog. It makes browsing from a mobile phone much easier than ever before with improved performance.
This minor update includes stability and bug fixes:
1. Fixed crash problem on Asus & Xoom when selecting batch mode to delete multiple bookmarks at once
2. Fixed Google image issue: When doing a google search and clicking on the "images" tab, then choosing an image the address bar slips in from the top of the screen causing a jittering effect as it slowly slides down.
3. Fixed some other random crashes according to the crash log you sent to us.
i have a problem with bookmarks.
i can not delete it from the bookmarks bar.

Modded ICS 4.03 Stock Browser - Ver. 1.1

Modded ICS 4.03 Stock Browser - Ver. 1.1
Features:
- ScrollingCache disabled
- Graphics optimized
- Pseudo-Incognito feature enabled by default and cannot be disabled.
Pros:
- Faster loading of Browser application (less than 2 second)
- Faster loading of contents in tab(s)
- Smoother or responsive scrolling
- Open new tabs as many as possible (at least more than 10) without causing the Browser to crash or stop responding.
Cons:
- The history and password details still cached
- *The opened tabs will disappear upon the 2nd time the Browser has been removed from the Recent Apps menu.
*wait for about 3 seconds before opening the Browser the 3rd time
Alternative download link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?r3ljzxx4xhc49dj

[APP] [4.1+] Speed Browser 5.7.5 - Material Designed, Fully Customizable and Fast

Presenting: Speed Browser
Powered by ACR developments open source Lightning browser, this browser has been designed with ease of use and simplicity in mind with a gorgeous minimalistic material design ui. Every component has been designed for maximum performance and efficiency so you can expect significantly faster page load times. Speed is still in beta so please report any bugs that you come across and I will fix them promptly.
Features
- Tabs and incognito tabs in same activity
- Adblocking, popup blocking
- Add custom urls to adblock list
- Intercept and download videos on playback
- Desktop mode, Reading mode and Night mode
- 3 different layout mode, Side drawers, Bottom drawer, Cards
- Built in file manager
- Drag and drop bookmarks and tabs
- And tonnes of other features
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
New Features
- Check for updates and share can be added to overflow menu via Display Settings > Edit overflow menu
- Keep page running in background (page info menu)
- Intercept page redirects and ask for permission (page info menu)
- Reorder and edit overflow menu
- Improved search suggestions look
- Save to external storage directory
- Floating window mode for tablet layout (beta)
- Tablet mode with chrome style tabs at top
- MinSDK now API 16 - Jellybean 4.1+
- Intercept all videos and option to open in external player
- Copy link text
- Automatically download favicons for imported bookmarks
- Pull down to refresh
- Import bookmarks from chrome (bottom drawer)
- Block popup dialogs
Full Changelog Below
Download (Build 5.7.5)
I'll be maintaining and adding features to this app whenever I have time, let me know what you guys think and feel free to leave suggestions.
Bugs
- Window mode bugs
- Sync history broken
- Fullscreen mode buggy
- Orbot proxying not available
- There maybe other bugs I am unaware of
Work in Progress Features
- Option to scroll to top on url box click
- Download manager service with multi threaded downloading
- Sync history and bookmarks with chrome
Help - Tips and Tricks
Open link in foreground:
If you have open links in background checked then you can open a link in a new tab and show it immediately by long pressing either "open in new tab" or "open in incognito tab". If you have open links in background unchecked you can do the reverse by long pressing either of those options.
Reopen closed tab:
Simply long press the new tab button (not in overflow menu) and it will be reopened.
Share link:
You can add this option to the long click popup dialog from Display Settings > Edit link dialog menu
Undelete or Unmove bookmark:
Long press back button (not hardware or onscreen back)
Open bookmark in new tab:
Long press the bookmark without moving it to show the menu
Incognito bookmark folder:
Long press plus button when viewing bookmarks to show hidden folder. You can delete it and it will still be kept, but if you rename it and delete it the folder will be replaced with an empty one.
Use Hardware Rendering (Advanced Settings)
This enables hardware rendering for webviews and should only be enabled if you're experiencing very bad performance. It might help, or it wont make a difference in which case leave it off. This will use additional resources and RAM - it might also use more battery so you shouldnt enable this if the webview is rendering and scrolling fine.
Maximum performance
The most efficient layout is the bottom drawer layout, it only has 2 immediate children: the webview and the the toolbar. The bottom drawer is only made visible once you click the tab counter or when you touch at the bottom of the screen, this lets the UI avoid any additional layout calculation for the drawer. Scrolling is noticeably smoother with the bottom drawer and it most likely uses less battery in comparison to the other layouts. You can also turn off the pull to refresh to reduce the touch logic albeit for an insignificant gain. Disabling the adblock and manually adding urls as needed drastically reduces the amount of RAM the adblocker takes up and I would definitely recommend this.
Permissions
GPS - For websites that want to use location
Storage Access - Downloading files, crash logs, and for the built-in file manager
Network Access - Have a guess
Read/Write Bookmarks and History - Speed needs to be able to import bookmarks from chrome
Draw Over Apps - Floating window for tablet mode so Speed can draw over apps
Credits
This project would not be possible without the amazing work ACR development so huge thanks to Anthony! You can find the Lightning Browser repository and source code here: https://github.com/anthonycr/Lightning-Browser
I'd also encourage everyone to try out lightning browser (play store)
Since Speed is a fork of lightning, parts of Speed that contain lightning browser source code are licensed under Mozilla Public License 2.0
You can find the source code for Speed here: https://github.com/fusionxr/Speed-Browser
Additional classes and layouts that do not contain lightning code are not required to be disclosed under the MPL 2.0 hence why I've ommited them and the build will fail.
Special thanks to @beemgee, @IAmLucky, @Mrxyzl, @ratbags, @60nine for their early beta testing and continued help in improving Speed
Also huge thanks to everyone for all the support and for putting up with and reporting bugs.
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Minor Theme Update
Changelog
5.7.5 - 05/05/2016
Bugfix:
- Cards layout now stable and with incognito tabs
- Fixed navigation bar overlapping fullscreen videos
- Fixed edit overflow menu dialog getting cut off at bottom
5.7.4 - 04/05/2016
New Features:
- Keep page running in background (page info menu), works with videos/youtube
- Check for updates and share can be added to overflow menu via Display Settings > Edit overflow menu
- Added changelog viewer (click on Build Version from About Settings)
Bugfix:
- Fixed serious memory leak
- Fixed visual bugs in Cards layout
- Fixed overflow menu crash on 4.1 devices
- More code cleanup
5.7.2 - 03/05/2016
New Features:
- Intercept page redirects and ask for permission to load
You can add url to adblock list from this dialog
Bugfix:
- Fixed Cards layout random text showing up over tab and touches passing through.
- Fixed download force close and added popup message to be shown if download folder is invalid or download start fails.
- Fixed adblock manager deleting/editing force close.
- Fixed new folder/delete file crash in file chooser dialog.
5.7.0 - 02/05/2016
New Features:
- Floating window for tablet layout
- Save to external storage
- Reorder and edit overflow menu
- Search suggestions look improved with ability to copy text to search box
- Code cleanup and lots of small improvements
Bugfix:
- Rewritten cards layout with performance optimisations and bugfixes (still no incognito)
- Card thumbnails work properly when restoring tabs from coldboot
- Crash when choosing external storage location
- Crash when opening adblock manager
- Touches passing through left drawer
24/04/2016
Bugfix:
- Cards layout improvements and bugfixes - beta ready
Still some bugs which I will try to fix in next release
- Bottom drawer with bookmarks and file manager in cards layout
- Tablet mode tabs resize according to available space
- Fullscreen mode bugfixes and scrolling improvement (still buggy though)
- Side drawer file explorer removed
- Side drawer bookmark import/export menu now more obvious
- Other tweaks and code cleanup
22/04/2016
New Features:
- Tablet mode with chrome style tabs at top
- Option to disable pull refresh
Bugfix:
- Save File as dialog
- Link/Image dialog opening on drawer swipe
12/04/2016
New Features:
- Min SDK now 16 - Jellybean 4.1+
- Option to open videos in external player
Bugfix:
- Cards layout improvement
- Bottom drawer optimisations and listview bugfixes
10/04/2016
New Features:
- Copy link text
- Intercept all videos for all webviews
Bugfix:
- Dark theme
- File manager file/folder edit
- Search suggestions logic improvement
- GPU overdraw fixes and layout structure cleanup
- Bookmark settings bugfix and code cleanup
- Video download dialog showing twice
09/04/2016
New Features:
- Edit files from bottom drawer file manager
- Card layout improvements (still beta)
- Check for updates (About Settings)
- Auto update notification for some devices
- Fullscreen mode
- Option to enable window resizing to prevent textbox being hidden by keyboard (display settings)
Bugfix:
- More bugfixes and code cleanup
- Crash on start bugs
- Bottom drawer crashes
- Import from chrome now working
- Bookmark icons bugs
- And other smaller bugfixes/improvements
03/04/2016
New Features:
- Automatically download favicons for imported bookmarks
- Pull down to refresh
- Import bookmarks from chrome (bottom drawer)
- Search the web for selected text
- Google doodles now show on homepage
Bugfix:
- Swipe tabs crash
- Pull to refresh not working on new tabs
- Bookmarks in side drawer not working
- Default download location not working
- Homepage selection not working
- Cardview threading bug
28/03/2016
Bugfix:
- History page bugs
- File manager icons
- Intercept Videos option works on most sites
- Database indexing issues
27/03/2015
New Features:
- Intercept video playback and offer to download
- Add custom urls to adblock list
- Rewritten adblocking logic, pages now load twice as fast
- Dark theme now working
- Export bookmarks fro bottom drawer
- File explorer in bottom drawer
- Threading manager for UI fluidity and efficient resource management
Bugfix:
- Crash on start
- Back button not working
- Dark theme fix
- Page source crash
- Other misc bugfixes
23/03/2016
New Features:
- Slide up bottom drawer
- View page source
- Bookmarks in bottom drawer
- New threading manager for improved performance
- Heavy performance optimisations
- Simplified drag & drop logic
Bugfix
- More layout optimisations
- Rewritten progress bar logic to reduce unecessary computation
- Crash on start
- Bookmark icons disappearing
- Bookmark and history icons now show up
- Adblock not working
- Nightmode applies to all tabs
- Images not being downloaded
- Privacy settings not sticking
13/03/2016
New Features
- Bottom toolbar mode
- Hardware rendering option in advanced settings
- New bottom drawer layout with option to toggle between card view and list view
- Option to turn off swipe tabs
- Heavy layout optimisations and performance improvements
- Option to open bookmarks in new tab by long press without drag
Bugfix
- Other bugfixes
- Card view mode not being remembered
- Tabs in right drawer not working
- Dark theme link dialog
- Incognito bookmark folder disappearing
- Bookmark buttons not working on start
29/02/2016
Bugfix
- Fixed dark theme and scroll performance
- Fixed crash when link tries to open new tab
26/02/2016
New Features
- import bookmarks from file manager via 3 dot menu
- open files from file manager
- option to open links in background or show immediately
Bugfix
- Rename bookmarks
- Text reflow
23/02/2016
Bugfix
- Fix small memory leak and reduced file explorer memory consumption
- Clear history dialog defaults with all boxes ticked
- Fixed history not clearing via clear history dialog
- Fixed crash on last tab close
22/02/2016
New Features
- file explorer
- Rendering options in menu
- remove single history item
- Swipe tab button in omnibar to switch between tabs
- Import bookmarks from chrome
- Export/Import bookmarks (long press bookmark/star icon to pull up menu)
- Redesigned history page
- Option to keep browser open on last tab close
Bugfix
- Fixed bookmark rearrange/drag drop
- Clear browsing data dialog remembers previous options
- Reduced cpu activity on activity resume
05/02/2016
Bugfix
- Fixed omni swipe for incognito tabs
- Tab animations working now
- tabs switch faster
- changed app id to avoid overwriting lightning browser
- fullscreen mode working (slightly buggy)
- fixed desktop mode only for current tab
- fixed crash on restart after low memory kill
- fixed bookmarks not saving on low memory destroy and recent menu clear
- fixed dark theme toolbar coloring
30/01/2016
New Features
- Drag and drop tabs functionality
- Swipe to dismiss tabs
- Incognito tabs in same drawer
- Drag and drop bookmark folders
- Undo delete or move bookmark item/folder
- Redesigned find in page
- Added desktop mode option
15/11/2015
Material design theme
Improved Adblock
New tab and navigation buttons in drawer
Incognito tabs alongside normal tabs
Performance tweaks
Good and Fast!
I'm using it on Xperia J with Seraphic Season 7 ROM! Only 4.7Mb, very fast, nice graphic and no lags (I get a lot of freeze on Chrome and it use 80Mb )
Xp3r14J said:
I'm using it on Xperia J with Seraphic Season 7 ROM! Only 4.7Mb, very fast, nice graphic and no lags (I get a lot of freeze on Chrome and it use 80Mb )
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I'm glad it works for you! As you mentioned, chrome takes up a lot of ram on my galaxy s3, and I'm pretty sure most people face that problem with 1gb of ram, hence my reason for making this app.
I'm thinking of publishing this app on the Google play marketplace if I get enough good feedback.
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Updated app.
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Updated app.
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Is development dead? I'm not finding it there anymore
I'm back and with a huge update.
New features :
- Material design
- Enhanced adblock and popup blocker: sites can still open new tabs in the background so long as they aren't ads
- New tab and navigation buttons in drawer
- Incognito tabs alongside normal tabs
- Performance tweaks
I'll be maintaining and adding features to this app whenever I have time, let me know what you guys think and if you've got any suggestions.
edit: for some reason I cant attach files
edit: okay finally found manage attachments, download and screenshot in first post
New version released! Updated first post with video demo.
Just installed and totally amazed
Super light and pretty fast
Swipe to access tabs and bookmarks are great
Somethign for you to improve : when changed to dark mode the browser is not totally "dark", just tabs and settings and bookmarks are dark. And the 3dots menu icon on the bar is invisible in dark mode
Btw this going to be my default browser
How do I get the border around the address bar dark like in the screenshots you posted?
Phuclun510 said:
Just installed and totally amazed
Super light and pretty fast
Swipe to access tabs and bookmarks are great
Somethign for you to improve : when changed to dark mode the browser is not totally "dark", just tabs and settings and bookmarks are dark. And the 3dots menu icon on the bar is invisible in dark mode
Btw this going to be my default browser
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Thank you! I'm flattered that this is going to be your default browser.
As requested I've fixed the dark theme and the menu icon coloring in incognito mode. I updated the attached apk in first post.
I'm working on fixing the full screen mode and incognito mode too.
beastonprowl said:
How do I get the border around the address bar dark like in the screenshots you posted?
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You're using the wrong apk. Use the apk attached in the first post. Hope you like it!
Hey guys when I download something does the browser have a download manager
Just encountered an issue here
If the browser is killed because of low memory, when i re-opened it, it crashed and then all bookmarks and tabs are erased
Goku80 said:
Hey guys when I download something does the browser have a download manager
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Unfortuneately no. Net yet. I am working on this.
Phuclun510 said:
Just encountered an issue here
If the browser is killed because of low memory, when i re-opened it, it crashed and then all bookmarks and tabs are erased
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Fixed bookmarks not saving, updated apk. When you refer to tabs do you mean incognito tabs?
Fusionxr said:
Unfortuneately no. Net yet. I am working on this.
Fixed bookmarks not saving, updated apk. When you refer to tabs do you mean incognito tabs?
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No i mean the previous process ( websites) that i opened before
You say fixed does it mean there are no crashes or just the bookmarks saving ?
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Ok the bookmark problem is solve but crashes still exist
Can you do sth with that in future updates ?
Phuclun510 said:
[/COLOR]Ok the bookmark problem is solve but crashes still exist
Can you do sth with that in future updates ?
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Found the bug! All fixed now.
My gosh so quick
It's actually solved
You are the best
Love this so far. Could we have the option for the stack of tabs to come down from the top rather than build from the bottom of the screen?
Great use of material design - looks really clear. When will be released to google play?
ratbags said:
Love this so far. Could we have the option for the stack of tabs to come down from the top rather than build from the bottom of the screen?
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Option added! Updated apk in first post. Also full screen is working (slightly buggy and some pages will not display properly).
rebelionx123 said:
Great use of material design - looks really clear. When will be released to google play?
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I might release it on google play once its a bit more polished. Maybe in march?
Other changes:
- Contextual actionbar when highlighting text now overlays search bar
- find in page overlays toolbar as well
- drawers resize according to toolbar visibility in fullscreen mode

[APP] [ 5.0+ ] Stargon Browser - page-turning system

Mobile browser Stargon with convenient gestures. Stargon Browser is a lightweight and fast browser that allows you to browse the Internet conveniently with gestures.
The overall UI is easy to use with one hand, and the bottom bar can be changed in size, transparency and icon position.
Some browsers with gestures are very slow and have very hard movements. The Stargon browser introduces a page turning system for a smoother, faster response. This page turning is so convenient that once used it is hard to use other browsers.
There are many features you need to make your browser surfing more convenient.
? Key features
? Gesture - You can swipe through web pages with the swipe function.
? Ad Block - Ad filters help you remove unnecessary ads from your web pages.
? Custom fonts - Users can apply fonts, sizes, and thicknesses to web pages.
? Night mode - Supports high-performance night mode that reduces eye strain.
? Downloader - Built-in downloader that can download image and video and watch it.
? Full screen - Full screen capability to immerse yourself in web pages.
? Capture - There's a web capture feature for full, continuous, and partial screenshots.
?️ Safe Browsing - Safe browsing is possible by blocking dangerous sites in advance.
? Secret mode - You can start secret mode anytime, anywhere without secret tabs.
Translate - Translate web with Google translation system.
Many other functions are also built in.
This browser is still unknown. There are some shortcomings, but if necessary, it is reflected after the review.
I am a browser developer and I hope many of you will use this browser.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.onecook.browser
I've rated this 4/5 on Android Playstore. I've been looking for a Kiwi Browser replacement. Please look into the open source addon extension made available from Kiwi and implement. Bottom bar navigation would be awesome as well. Keep up the great work, will rate 5/5 once those two suggestions are implemented.
I've got one question and couple of suggestions.
Where do the "Saved Pages" go ? These aren't even accessible from archive in the main menu.
Replace the "Archive" with a proper Download Manager tool.
Replace "Text Editor" tool with an image editor tool that includes marker, eraser & text insertion, like that one in Google Photos or you can check Pure Browser's screenshot editor tool. :good:

[APP][6.0+] Fishpowered browser - less bull, more cat

{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Hey everyone. I'm the developer behind Fishpowered browser. I've been working on this in my spare time for the past couple of years and am starting to feel more comfortable in sharing my progress!
Here are some reviews from the Play store to whet your appetite...
This is THE BROWSER! There is simply nothing like it out there! I'm a geek obsessed browser lover and I cannot believe it! It has it all! Speed, customisation, takes very little space! And the cats on top of all as if it wasn't enough with just being the best there is!
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Epic!! Developers might have gone and made the best browser app for Android. Customisation options are great.
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Im absolutely blown away how good this browser is, and its super user friendly. And I really love the gestures. Keep up the awesome work.
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I've totally just over hyped it but I needed your attention. This is actually my first android app (I'm a web dev by trade) and my technical abilities don't match my ambition yet, but it's getting a little closer with every release!
Why should you care about Fishpowered browser?
There are browser conventions that are widespread and probably shouldn't be e.g. UI layouts that require hand gymnastics, "bookmarks", browsing history etc. I've tried to re-design everything with a fresh pair of eyes.
What are my motivations?
Having a successful project
Building something that protects my privacy and lets me uninstall many other apps on my phone
Making a browser that gets rid of all the spammy cr*p you see on sites these days
Helping people out with internet addiction and responsible internet/phone usage. This is not something that's actually in the browser yet (I've been trying to build a solid base first) but is coming in the future and I have some interesting ideas for it.
Making a browser that works well with one hand
Making a browser that's good for language learning (I'm trying to learn Finnish)
How do I make money?
I don't. There is zero ads/spyware/crapware and there never will be. If it ever gets really popular (maybe 100k+ active users? I dunno haha) I would monetise it by selling themes and accepting donations. Nothing that compromises anyone's privacy. But I only have a few hundred users so I guess that's not likely to ever happen.
Is it open source?
Nope, not while it's still being developed. You can follow the development and see the code on Twitch though (channel: fishpowered)
How can I trust this?
Good question which is unfortunately difficult to answer. As mentioned above I try to do a lot of coding on twitch. I also made a video where I download Fishpowered and the major anti-virus apps from the play store and ran through all the tests so you don't have to: www.twitch.tv/videos/877039346 If you watch the video you'll see why this would be incredibly hard for me to fake because of the infinite picture in picture.
Do not trust any download links outside of this post and Google play store as I have nothing to do with all those other APK sites.
What's bad with it/still left to do?
It's built on the Android webview component which is essentially a wrapper for Chrome. This has the advantage that you get security updates instantly (whenever Chrome is updated) but also has some limitations as it wasn't really designed for being a full-on web browser. For example, I try to add a lot of context sensitive help e.g. if you select some metric/imperial unit in a recipe, it will convert the unit for you, but things like this won't work inside webpages that use iframes (e.g. Google AMP) because webviews can't view selections inside an iframe. Performance isn't amazing either, if you have an old device, you may struggle a bit.
Lastly there are some other things that could obviously be added/improved but simply don't make sense for me to spend time on yet if they will take ages or are very niche features, it's just me working on it in my spare time.
Features
DOWNLOAD LATEST FROM GOOGLE PLAY STORE (RECOMMENDED)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fishpowered.best.browser&hl=en
Official APK downloads (note: I have only provided downloads for Fishpowered on here and Google Play Store so use other sources at your own risk)
APK download v1.6.0 (beta 2)
APK download v1.5.2
APK download v1.5.0
APK download v1.4.3
APK download v1.3.3
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Having a quick play around with fishpowered browser and I really like it.
Kudos...and welcome to XDA
Made some Fishpowered themed mobile wallpapers as well if anyone's interested...
Download from deviantart: https://www.deviantart.com/fishpowered/gallery/74845548/mobile-phone-wallpapers
Wow, a powerful browser with 3.7Mb app size... Gotta try that
Recommendations
Ability to import bookmarks
Ability to not play videos instantly when page opened(site settings)
When typing an address of a site that visited before, whole address of that site can appear in the address bar
When typing something in address bar, search results should be positioned below the middle of the screen, close to the address bar(to help one hand usage)
When using swipe up to close a tab, it should also check the swipe speed/distance of finger, instead of checking only swiped-to position in order to make fast but short distance swipes work
Thanks for the feedback. Most of this was already on my todo list. The bottom alignment of the search results is tricky though without completely changing how the speed dial works as those screens show all sorts of things and the point is u can filter those as well, not just the suggestions. I will try to improve it as I obviously want it to work on phones with tall screens too
Bruh, this is my new Naked Browser. Love it! My only future request is to be able to arrange the favorites..drag and drop maybe?
Browser keeps logging me out sites after some time. If I go into incognito mode, I'm logged out when I return to default tabs.
imakul8 said:
Browser keeps logging me out sites after some time. If I go into incognito mode, I'm logged out when I return to default tabs.
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Should be fixed in 1.4.0! Never thought this was possible due to not being able to change the default cookie manager but I found a workaround.
1.3.3 released to Google play store and I've added an APK download in the OP as I've noticed it popping up on random sites that have nothing to do with me.
Changelog:
- [Enhancement] Photo upload support
- [Enhancement] Added button bindings for: find in page tool, full screen mode, close app
- [Enhancement] Over-scroll tab animations
- [Enhancement] Translation improvements
- [Enhancement] Long pressing what's hot item gives you option to add to faves or clear history for domain
- [Enhancement] Long pressing fave item gives you option to edit or delete
- [Enhancement] Support for translated tutorials
- [Enhancement] Performance enhancements to tab scrolling
- [Enhancement] Turkish translations
- [Bug] Disabled downloading to view "Saved for later" items offline as no longer works with webview
- [Bug] Fixed swipe priorities so edge swipe gestures and tab swiping work better at the same time e.g edge swipes for navigating back/forward*+ center swipes for changing tabs
- [Bug] Fixed crash from TTS not being available on certain devices
- [Bug] Fixed image uploads not working if choosing image from child app
- [Bug] Fixed startpage.com results not showing clearly in history
- [Bug] Fixed tab bullet hints being shown when using edge swiping for means other than changing tabs
- [Bug] Fixed long pressing tab thumbs not copying URL
- [Bug] Fixed selected text Share and Search buttons not working perfectly in iframes+foreign languages
- [Bug] Fixed tab hints occasionally getting stuck on the screen if link opened when keyboard was opened
fishpoweredbrowser said:
You can set incognito mode to "Lite" which will still block 3rd party/tracking cookies but cookies belonging to the sites themselves/such as logins are not cleared when exiting incognito mode.
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This works for me.
Great browser, been using it as my main browser for 2 days and it works well, sans packed with nice features.
Only issue I've encountered so far is that LastPass isn't working properly. Instead of detecting which website I'm browsing, LastPass only detects the browser itself (eg. Fish powered) so it doesn't propose any password for the site I'm on.
MrRoy3 said:
Great browser, been using it as my main browser for 2 days and it works well, sans packed with nice features.
Only issue I've encountered so far is that LastPass isn't working properly. Instead of detecting which website I'm browsing, LastPass only detects the browser itself (eg. Fish powered) so it doesn't propose any password for the site I'm on.
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I've submitted a bug report to Google. Unfortunately the autofill API doesn't work and the console log gives me no useful indication as to why and documentation is scarce. You might be able to workaround this by pinning your current tab to the mini window and then trying from there as it least in the preview window the autofill works with Google's default autofill
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This works for me.
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The issue with not restoring the session when leaving incognito mode is fixed in v1.4.0 (hopefully out in the next 2 or 3 weeks). I found a workaround
fishpoweredbrowser said:
I've submitted a bug report to Google. Unfortunately the autofill API doesn't work and the console log gives me no useful indication as to why and documentation is scarce. You might be able to workaround this by pinning your current tab to the mini window and then trying from there as it least in the preview window the autofill works with Google's default autofill
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I was having the same issue with Vivaldi browser for Android. I looked on their forums and they have a thread regarding this. The devs on there have talked about this same issue and apparantly it's not something easy to fix... Here's the thread, if it has any value to you :
https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/40036/lastpass/20
Specifically in the last page:
In order to support Android Autofill API, we need to get on Android's compatibility list. How to get on this list is something the team has been trying to figure out, but we've exhausted quite a few options without much success.
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fishpoweredbrowser said:
The issue with not restoring the session when leaving incognito mode is fixed in v1.4.0 (hopefully out in the next 2 or 3 weeks). I found a workaround
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Thank you bruh. I understand that you are still learning. I would like the ability to drag and drop tabs. Also, could you make the option to make tabs smaller so we can fit more than 3? I will now go to donate.
1.4.0 Released! Will be available on Google Play Store in the next 1-7 days (once it gets approved).
Alternatively, check the OP for apk download although if you are already installed using the play store it is recommended to stay on that.
Full changelog...
## 1.4.0 (2020-11-15)
- [Feature] Bookmark import/export
- [Feature] Faves can be pinned to speed dial + home screen
- [Feature] Back button (long press) can now be rebound
- [Feature] Faves under a tag can now be removed along with the tag
- [Feature] Button bindings for: view downloads, open site settings
- [Feature] Italian translations
- [Feature] Time bar can now be displayed in full screen mode
- [Feature] Cyber+Muted themes
- [Enhancement] Updated dependencies to latest versions (incl. switch to Google Crashlytics)
- [Enhancement] Pinch zoom working on all pages (enabled in settings)
- [Enhancement] Tab thumbs now stored in cache dir so can be cleared for space
- [Enhancement] Session cookies now restored when leaving incognito mode
- [Enhancement] Speed dial icons don't shrink in size when opening speed dial+keyboard on tall phones
- [Enhancement] Performance enhancements
- [Enhancement] Site offline pages now translated
- [Enhancement] Added tips about navigating forward/restoring tabs
- [Enhancement] New translation mode that should work a bit better on dynamic sites (old one available by long pressing translate button)
- [Enhancement] Easy reach mode is removed more easily when scrolling down
- [Bug] Fixed pressing <3 button on address bar multiple times causing multiple faves to be saved
- [Bug] Fixed infinite loading Listen mode if TTS errors
- [Bug] Fixed stopping TTS in incognito mode causing memory leak/lag
- [Bug] Fixed "page menu unassigned" showing in settings if it was bound to a long press action
- [Bug] Fixed saved for later icon/caption displaying incorrectly when selecting links
- [Bug] Disabled RTL mode until I can fix it properly
- [Bug] Fixed 100+ tabs showing 10
- [Bug] Fixed "clear tabs on close" not removing tab thumbnails
- [Bug] Fixed fave icon appearing over address in RTL layouts
- [Bug] Fixed inability to swipe from first/last tab in RTL layout
- [Bug] Fixed current tab bullet hint going a bit crazy in RTL layout
- [Bug] Fixed direction new tabs are opened in in RTL layout
- [Bug] Fixed page menu scroll hint in RTL layout
- [Bug] Fixed closing a tab that had been opened by an external link by swiping up causing app to minimise
- [Bug] Fixed selected tab bullet hint being incorrect when closing tabs
- [Bug] In incognito mode, duckduckgo won't be forced on user if they are already using another privacy focused search engine
- [Bug] Downloads are now organised by type, hopefully fixing the issue of files being hard to find on certain Android devices
- [Bug] Fixed swipe priorities so edge swipe gestures and tab swiping work better at the same time e.g edge swipes for navigating back/forward*+ center swipes for changing tabs
1.4.1 Released, see original post for download, changelog btw.
## 1.4.1 (2020-12-10)
- [Feature] Ability to fave/download/search/open/share images that are also hyperlinks
- [Feature] Selecting email links and phone numbers now gives option to launch relevant app from context menu
- [Feature] New theme
- [Enhancement] Certain images can now be downloaded/faved that couldn't be faved before
- [Enhancement] Certain videos can now be long pressed and pinned/opened/shared/downloaded etc
- [Bug] Fixed crash from being unable to install TTS
- [Bug] Fixed local storage not being cleared when leaving incognito mode
- [Bug] Fixed telephone links not launcher dialer on certain devices
- [Bug] Hidden back press tips if using gesture navigation
- [Bug] Fixed night mode button being missing from youtube videos
- [Bug] Fixed override site zoom not working
what an awesome browser!
My thoughts:
1) needs setting to enable desktop mode by default. the desktop toggle always resets to OFF when you enter a new url. some websites detect the device and forces redirect to mobile site pages and doesn't allow desktop view.
2) backup and restore all active tabs and settings. for long term use and saving all actives tabs to say, an html file or plain text.
3) html content hide feature is awesome, very nice. dark mode is great.
4) more quick actions and customisations please
will keep on using daily to test and report on bugs.

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