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[Android Apps and Games] demonoidmaster:
If i were them then I'd simply remove the "oh **** the app is gone time to clean up everything even this important user folder called DOWNLOADS" mechanic in their code because this seems like something a newbie dev would do by mistake, if it's intentional by them then... Why are we even using their browser or making browsers using their code? I'd rather stick to Firefox.. but then again I'm waiting on Via browser to get a pc release and I'll switch from Firefox to that (my rom has Via by default, it's fast asf and is only 1.70mb while Kiwi is 114mb LMAO WHAT?)

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Works for me

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It's not rocket science yo, they're all browser extentions, ublock picker let's you precision pick what you wanna block you just install the extension and when you come across something you wanna block you block it, Stylish let's you personalise stuff
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
This download thing is the same with all browsers. That's how Android is.

Kiwi takes less than 1% of disk usage on one of the cheapest phone you can buy, for an app used every day. The same size as Firefox, I don't really see the debate.

On my phone it takes 0.05% of disk usage.

Via is a wrapper around the Chrome (WebView) that is already baked into the ROM (also 110 MB)
[Android Apps and Games] demonoidmaster:
1. Pretty sure he said nothing happens when pressing view or download nor does the video player show up

2. Here is what it's supposed to look like on another browser
[Android Apps and Games] demonoidmaster:
Nah when i uninstalled Chrome my downloads folder didn't get deleted, nor would it if i uninstall Firefox

As for app size, sure Via is just a frontend wrapper, but does it matter? Webview is a necessity for the OS so can't do anything about that

1.70mb wrapper that uses Webview or a 114mb browser that uses it's own stuff like Chrome does?

Only difference here is that Chrome itself can be used as Webview by the OS while Kiwi doesn't even show up in the Android Dev settings so replacing the default Webview with Kiwi just can't happen unlike with Chrome
[Android Apps and Games] Adrian1983xda:
Thank you! I am learning day by day thanks to this good community!

Greetings.
[Android Apps and Games] demonoidmaster:
If you need more details about how exactly the Picker works, say there's something you wanna block, you'd press the three dot menu then select ublock, then from there select this by pressing it (picture below) and switch back to the other tab you're on and click on whatever you wanna block, before pressing apply though press preview to make sure it removes exactly what you were intending to block, otherwise if you blindly select and apply and screw up you'll have to go into ublock settings and remove the entry you added
[Android Apps and Games] demonoidmaster:
As for Stylish it's no different than Tapermonkey/Violentmonkey/greasemonkey , it's all about userscripts

Only difference is Stylish is more about page look mods vs taper/violent/grease monkey being about all of the scripts you can ever think about

Scripts are mostly click to install and forget, nothing complicated, but be sure to check how recent the script has been updated, older it is the more likely it might not work anymore on the site it's intended for
[Android Apps and Games] Adrian1983xda:
Thank you very much! ?
[Android Apps and Games] Levi3DMG:
Is there any possibility for chrome sync to be implemented? Yeah I know most people don't like it but .. having it would help a lot for me. I've been going back and forth with Firefox but found chrome to be more responsive than fox. I would like to have my bookmarks/history synced if that's possible.

Edit: Also, Firefox Nightly has 60fps YouTube playback support.. and I've never seen chrome mobile running at 60 on mobile web version. Have to change to desktop site but it's too much. Just a thought
[Android Apps and Games] RedSkull23:
No. First of all this is already explained in OP, so if you read that you shouldn't even have the doubt regarding Sync feature added in the future.

Keep in mind that the same question is (and continue to be) answered daily now and the thread lately is already polluted with extensions-related questions, so use search before posting... You'll get your answer quickly without repeating a question answered already.
[Android Apps and Games] Racle90:
Seems that it's not correct. Woke up this morning and again 3/4 extensions required reload.

Somekind of automatic reload would be nice to have.

Even with 8gb of ram and disabling battery optimization they are still unloaded :/
[Android Apps and Games] amn1987:
Samsung Internet Browser also has Text Reflow feature. I am sticking to 7.4 as IMO they ruined it in later versions by trying to copy UC in terms of recommended news etc in the homepage that can't be turned off and burying off the very useful Quick Menu. Its also very smooth. But only supports a handful of ad blocking extensions. I just hope Kiwi gets this Text Reflow feature really soon so I can stop juggling between browsers!
[Android Apps and Games] koyo:
Extensions work a bit better but extensions are still not allowed to create their own context menu button. Is this a chrome limitation?
[Android Apps and Games] ale82to:
do web notifications (for example Facebook) work for anyone?
[Android Apps and Games] androidfive:
Crashed often if i want to hold to a link or a picture
[Android Apps and Games] protheusDK:
Do you have substratum? If yes then recompile again
[Android Apps and Games] Giocarro:
I don't see any text reflow when zooming with Samsung Internet Browser.

Is it a feature that must be enabled manually somewhere?
[Android Apps and Games] gdgsdg123:
Check

this

, may be of help.

It's actually enforced in "Top bar" configuration...

Check

this

(#3).

Caveat: (if added) It should be made as an option instead of enforced as the default behavior.

I've used some browser with enforced "Text Reflow"... and the experience is horrible.

And essentially it's a simplified duplicate of

this

(#31)... see details below:

To realize this feature, the most simple & effective method is manipulating

innerWidth

, adapting its value according to the zoom.

While such design has a significant problem:

It also causes other non-targeted elements (eg. pictures) on the page to reflow... which is almost never expected.

While mitigations to the above problem is technically infeasible... (an algorithm of extreme complexity would be required for the "Text" to be effectively distinguished from other elements)

And there's also another problem:

For some texts, performing wrap on them is disastrous...

# /> ls -laR /storage/sdcard1/a

/storage/sdcard1/a:
-rwxrwxr-x root sdcard_r 616 2019-01-23 05:59 a.7z
-rwxrwxr-x root sdcard_r 720 2019-01-23 05:59 dump.sh
drwxrwxr-x root sdcard_r 2019-01-23 05:59 shared_prefs

/storage/sdcard1/a/shared_prefs:
-rwxrwxr-x root sdcard_r 1326 2019-01-23 05:59 a.xml
# /> 7za l /storage/sdcard1/a/a.7z

Path = /storage/sdcard1/a/a.7z
Type = 7z
Physical Size = 616
Headers Size = 138
Method = LZMA2:12
Solid = -
Blocks = 1

Date Time Attr Size Compressed Name
------------------- ----- ------------ ------------ ------------------------
2019-01-22 21:59:42 ..... 1326 478 a.xml
------------------- ----- ------------ ------------ ------------------------
2019-01-22 21:59:42 1326 478 1 files
[Android Apps and Games] jokeway:
Some problems and proposals

@ arnaud42

Although it is so excellent , but there are some problems and proposals in use.

1.For example, I add a extension called infinity pro , a newtab tool, but kiwi will open the homepage of kiwi browser itself ,so I have to touch

the homepage button to enter the newtab of infinity pro.

2.Also, in kiwi, you will enter a new big page but not a small window in current page like PC Chrome if you touch the extensions you install，

which makes the operations of the extension of Extension manager , Tampermonkey and so on inconvenient.

I hope kiwi can support the suspension window like yandex browser of Android。

3.What is more， if possible，please add the additional function of Scan QR code。

Finally， with the greatest respect to great developers of kiwi。
[Android Apps and Games] alessio89g:
[MENTION=9196003]arnaud42[/MENTION]

This browser is awsome, but its flaw, like all other chromium-based browser, it's the lack of Google sync (thanks, Google -.-).

So I thinked, is it possible to import all data (favourites, passwords, etc…) from Chrome? Like when you install a new browser on a PC, and it ask you for import data from another one.

The ideal would be doing this job whenever you open Kiwi, to mantein it up-to-date.

But I think that in order to do it on android, root is needed. I try to ask for it, but it's a your choice ;)

Bye, and thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] xxxmadraxxx:
Oh yes. I agree it should be an option. All such features should be optional.

As regards its foibles and imperfections, Text-Reflow [a la Yandex] isn't perfect. Page layout tends to jump around a bit as the text scales up and other page elements have to move out of the way. And, of course it will cause problems with things like code blocks.

But, at the end of the day, even with these shortcomings, it's still 100% improvement on having to do the infuriating back and forth horizontal scroll for each line –and infinitely better than not being able to read the text at all!

Incidentally, while on the subject of Yandex, another suggestion occurred to me:

The dev might want to look at Yandex's implementation of what in Kiwi's prefs is called "Simplified view for web pages"

The way Kiwi does it is quite intrusive; popping up an alert saying "Show simplified view" at the bottom of every page where it's available....

Yandex just puts a wee document type icon in the URL bar when the simplified view is available....

I ended up turning the option off in Kiwi's prefs coz it got kind of annoying having that alert pop up all the time –I only tend to use the simplified view if a page is particularly badly laid out. Most of the time Text-Reflow [Yep! I'm beating that drum again!] suffices to solve any readability issues. The Yandex way is less intrusive. The 'readability' facility is there if you want it, but it doesn't bug you.
[Android Apps and Games] BigBrosMo:
What did you find when you searched this thread for Google sync?
[Android Apps and Games] alessio89g:
If you really read my post, you will understand that I don't refer to Google sync, but to a workaround.
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
It's coming, one way or another, since extensions are supported, there is no difficulties to write any software component that reads chrome.bookmarks or chrome.history and sends it wherever we want in real time ;)
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
The big question will be, where to sync, likely on user's GDrive, will see (I'd rather not have access to it, so I have nothing to maintain, and no responsibility)
[Android Apps and Games] alessio89g:
:D

Maybe, passwords too?
[Android Apps and Games] Levi3DMG:
Hide annoying ads is being annoying af. Most of the time it conflicts with websites probably because of ublock origin but.. i wish there was a universal switch instead of per webpage switch. I have to disable it Everytime I load into another webpage/site.
[Android Apps and Games] Levi3DMG:
LMAO! Thanks mane. That's what I needed! Should have checked on that before posting. My bad!
[Android Apps and Games] Fixided:
WORKAROUND FOR EXTENSIONS NOT WORKING IN INCOGNITO

1. Open an incongnito tab (necessary)

2. Menu > Extension (Can be from incognito or normal tab)

3a) Disable then re-enable extension

or

3b) Go to extension details and disable then re-enable Allow in incognito

PS. Extension will look like it didn't do anything but it works.

PPS. Yup you have to do this every single time you want to use incognito after you start up Kiwi.
[Android Apps and Games] vipinaggar:
is anybody aware of any simple way to take full page screen shot in jpg/png
[Android Apps and Games] a1717177:
The extension api chrome.windows.onRemoved.addListener(function callback) doesn't seem to work
[Android Apps and Games] ale82to:
can please someone explain me why this ****ing simple extension is not working?

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/get-video-links/cleiebhajbhkgnlalgigfgmlheilimip

it works flawlessly in both yandex and Firefox
[Android Apps and Games] inguna:
Can you check why "Tabs limiter with queue" extension and similar won't work. Thanks a lot in advance

I installed Yandex browser just to check if it works there. I can confirm this extension is working without any problems in Yandex browser. Would be highly appreciated if you could find what causes this extension not to work in Kiwi. Thank you
[Android Apps and Games] protheusDK:
I guess part of the code isn't implemented

chrome.tabs.insertCSS({

file: "styles.css"

});

chrome.tabs.executeScript({

file: "extracter.js"

});

But you can use

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/猫抓/jfedfbgedapdagkghmgibemcoggfppbb

Or

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stream-video-downloader/imkngaibigegepnlckfcbecjoilcjbhf
[Android Apps and Games] a1512:
Is it possible to implement tabs queue like in Firefox?

awesome feature.. Imo
[Android Apps and Games] ale82to:
thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] brath23:
For me, porting desktop option to import passwords from csv and bookmarks from HTML is more than enough
[Android Apps and Games] jokeway:
About right-click menu.

There is no such thing as a "right-click menu" on Android, so some extensions related to the right-click menu naturally have no use. Can you solve the problem?
[Android Apps and Games] RedSkull23:
If possible to implement, adding a function that allows to hook to an extension contextual menu after a long press on an element could easily solve this. Like simulating a right click, thing that usually you would do on an element you need to interact with, while instead you long pressed it and "hooked" to the extension contextual menu through a function in Kiwi contextual menu.
[Android Apps and Games] River_side:
On the right way to be perfect

I love this browser, is what I was looking for (startpage as se, extensions, night mode, ad and pop up block, quick access at homepage). You have done an amazing good job.

It can be improved in some aspects or features:

1-quick access like samsung browser (here I had to add them one by one, really annoying).

2-reader mode not as a pop up but like a shortcut/icon in address bar

3-disabling history would be an appreciated feature

4-home button maybe moved on the right?

5-there are no quick access websites at homepage in incognito, it's helpful having them instead of blank page

6-grouping extensions at the top of options would be nice.

I would like to know others opinion about improving this browser and again A BIG THANK YOU for your job devs.
[Android Apps and Games] ichbang:
Can you make it capable for watching Netflix in desktop mode?

thank you
[Android Apps and Games] Zilla0617:
I have the ublock extension within kiwi. Is there anyway I can set the extension to be permanently on? Every time I close the browser I have to reload the extension for ublock to take effect. Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] dragunbayne:
I know not a lot of people use DEX, but I'm hoping it may be an easy fix... Tabs are not clickable when the browser is 'windowed' like it is on DEX. I have attached a screenshot of the browser open. If you look, you can see the top of the XDA page under the tabs. If you try to click a tab, you actually click whatever is under the tab. It behaves IMO like the browser is not compensating for the fact that the window's bar is at the top.

Screenshot
[Android Apps and Games] abacate123:
Hey [MENTION=9196003]arnaud42[/MENTION], is there any evolution about the 64bit version of this browser? I only saw you mention it here once or twice, and nothing more.
[Android Apps and Games] amn1987:
I was mistaken. My apologies.

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+1 to both suggestions. Should highly improve the usability.
[Android Apps and Games] mindtrappergr:
I too have to reload extensions often. Usually when kiwi has stayed in the background for a bit, so maybe it's a ram thing.
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
I'm desperately trying to reproduce it, once I catch it I will fix :fingers-crossed:
[Android Apps and Games] inguna:
What can we expect in new version? Thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
Yep, today is the first fully functional version:

https://storage.googleapis.com/kbdevreleases/Kiwi-20190502153013.apk

(dev release)

The dev versions will all become 64-bits in June 2019.

The official release for stable on the Play Store is in July 2019.
[Android Apps and Games] KaMyKaSii:
I saw that it is not possible to install this dev version over the stable one. It would be nice if you either use the same signature in both (I believe that is the reason for the installation to fail but maybe it's the change in the arch libs) or use different package names (as there is Chrome Beta, Chrome Canary...).

Thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] abacate123:
Thanks, the app is way more fluid! Where will you push/send these dev builds (so that I can get further updates)? A different app through the Play Store?

Also it'd be interesting if you put somewhere in the app that it's a dev build, or something to look different than the standard one.
[Android Apps and Games] ale82to:
really great update today dev version just a very sad thing enabling diamond black in setting and disabling night mode makes the new tab page white, shouldn't it stay back?

thanks
[Android Apps and Games] protheusDK:
Read the first post!!

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diamond black only affects to the ui, now users that have "dark reader" or similar extensions, won't be affected, because inbuilt night mode caused changes in colors in the websites.

Good point, I don't use extensions for "dark mode" but I guess home page would be white all the time
[Android Apps and Games] abacate123:
My mother once told me "if you don't know what you're talking about, just don't say anything to don't look dumb". Then yours should've taught you this lesson as well.

If you read my message carefully, and also the developer one before mine, you'll see that I'm talking about the ARM64 build aka Dev version, which's not something yet official or being mentioned in the first/second post. So please, you can either help or you leave the developer to answer. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
Good question :) Opinion wanted.

I guess it's better to keep the content of the page white all the time.

There are new colors coming in, especially the new Chrome Dark color scheme (once I have a bit of time to integrate it).
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
On Discord here: https://discordapp.com/invite/XyMppQq

This is where I distribute dev builds (including these experimental 64 bits build)

x64 builds will appear systematically on XDA Forums in June (becoming "stable")

It will reach PlayStore in July.

Noted about the dev note ;)
[Android Apps and Games] protheusDK:
it's in the very first post of this forum..

I read the recent posts, I should be more clear, join to discord
[Android Apps and Games] abacate123:
Thanks.

No problem, thanks anyways.
[Android Apps and Games] protheusDK:
As home page is an internal page, it should be related with the theme, not sure if "Chrome Dark" will turn it dark
[Android Apps and Games] ale82to:
it s such inconvenient and unnatural if one choose diamond black also ntp should be black i m thinking switching browser once again for this sorry for being a downer but black with amoled screen is very important

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also i still cannot enable notification for Facebook in yandex just work perfectly
[Android Apps and Games] protheusDK:
Did you enable night mode in kiwi Or you just choose the theme? Because I have all the time night mode enabled with 101% contrast (settings/accessibility)
[Android Apps and Games] ale82to:
I d like to have black new tab page with just diamond black enabled for the ui.

(nighr mode disabled)
[Android Apps and Games] abacate123:
By the way, it could be something simple, like a dev sign on the kiwi icon, maybe? Just similar to Chrome Dev's, I imagine.
[Android Apps and Games] ale82to:
I ll try once again maybe this time I ll have more luck.

if someone enable diamond black setting for the ui he also expect internal pages like extension or new tab page to be black without having to be forced enabling night mode (so he s free to use his style or extension for web pages).

so please the developer consider making a dev build with black internal pages without night mode enabled
[Android Apps and Games] Zeus12345:
Disabling Automatic Tab Discarding

Heya, just found the browser and so far i'm a very big fan having come off Firefox after their recent addon signing fiasco. Mostly nothing but praise to be had. Love the night mode and auto-translation! Big props for that and the niceties like pulling fown to refresh. Add-on support is what got me here at all so that's gotta get a mention too! I also notice you're quite active on reddit and here so i'm hoping you'd consider a request :)

A while back i had a browser (not sure if Mozzilla had it or just chrome) which had a nice function where i could keep a tab for ever, switch to it or off it at will and it only ever reloaded when i told it too manually. I hate the new functionality every browser seems to default to where it reloads tabs automatically! It sometimes clears forms im half through, it wastes data, it gives me a loading bar i didn't need to see before and if the content changed or got removed then i just lost access to what i was reading. From googling I believe this process is called "automatic tab discarding". Would it be possible for you to add an option to disable this? Would really be a game changer for me!
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
Hey,

Thanks for joining the ship.

Sounds interesting and smart idea. ;)

I'm working around all the tab sleeping functionality at the moment (because of fixing some edge cases in extension. Because extensions cannot access sleeping tabs obviously, since they don't exist) so I'll definitively take a look today or tomorrow to see if I can put a never sleep button.
[Android Apps and Games] Zeus12345:
Good grief you are fast!

Thanks a lot for your consideration. Certainly happy to be on this ship with this kind of service!

I'll keep my eyes on this thread. :D
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
You may be interested into the Discord to get access to the latest builds: https://discordapp.com/invite/XyMppQq

Generally lot of discussions happen there too ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Mekrel:
Thanks for developing this great browser! Decided to give this a go after the recent Firefox add-on issue. One issue I am having however is not being able to autofill using Enpass password manager. Usually an autofill popup appears next to either the username or password input fields in other browsers, but this doesn't happen with Enpass.

Is there a solution or something I'm missing?
[Android Apps and Games] RedSkull23:
Enpass works for me from always, without issues. Be sure to activate the accessibility option that gives permission to show over other apps and both autofill options in security menu. If neither this should work, you could try to assign to the various profiles specific URLs in way to help Enpass to get easily called when the URLs you pointed out is browsed.