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[Android Apps and Games] mtkmanjaro:
[MENTION=9196003]arnaud42[/MENTION] hey there dude, i have a question always i uninstall kiwi browser all files downloaded with kiwi are delete from the download folder, this morning i uninstall kiwi and i lost almost 2 Gb of my files casually only files downloaded with kiwi, other files that i download with chrome still remain, this is the secon time that kiwi delete my files after uninstall, this is a sh**** like a piano i have using many browsers and none delete the downloaded files when you uninstall it. the worst part is that i do not uninstall kiwi because i have any complaints about it, I just wanted to make a clean installation of the new update
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
I know about it, and the only workaround seems to be to use another app (external downloader) for downloads as this is made on purpose by Android.

When you download a file on Android, Android system keeps track of which application created the file.

If you uninstall the application, Android system deletes all these files that were created with it

https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/9cvn39/psa_firefox_deletes_all_downloaded_files_when_its/

I will add on this thread and Play Store a warning, but it's not related to Kiwi specifically, and if you find some browsers that don't have that I'm curious and can see if there is some magic doable (it really depends on the Android version as well)
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
I have added the text in the Play Store description (may take few hours to appear) and in the first page.

Sorry that your downloads have been removed :(

If I can find a way to prevent Android from removing the files I'll implement it for you
[Android Apps and Games] Akash Raj1:
Deleted
[Android Apps and Games] mtkmanjaro:
Well i used many browsers and none of them delete the files, but i think this is because others browser uses his own path for download example Ucbrowser create the folder Ucdownload, and if you uninstall it all files remaining in the Ucdownload folder, thanks for you faster reply, well time to used a external download manager, i can live with that because i love kiwi. :laugh: by the way the last update is kicking some ass dude you are a machine. Thanks for you hard work.
[Android Apps and Games] Pseudonym:
Still hoping for Always Incognito ?
[Android Apps and Games] Pranjul:
Great app. No ads, faster, and less heating of phone as compared to chrome. I have a feature request - automatically add passwords from passwords.google.com and auto sign in feature of chrome.
[Android Apps and Games] thanhnvt194:
I don't think this is possible due to privacy
[Android Apps and Games] demonoidmaster:
Then an option to import them? Chrome can export passwords i think
[Android Apps and Games] Seosam:
I have a problem with twitter on kiwi. I can't change the setting, or anything which needs a pop up.

Any suggestions? Pop up and advertising is allowed.
[Android Apps and Games] pleasetouchmenot:
Is this browser fully compatible with Adguard? Not the browser extension, but the official Adguard app. Anyone can clarify it?
[Android Apps and Games] Seosam:
No problems for me with adguard (with root for certificate).
[Android Apps and Games] pleasetouchmenot:
Is it still blocking ads and not interfered by Kiwi Browser's default adblocker? If so, thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] dene18:
back up prefence manually how can I do ?

thanks
[Android Apps and Games] Seosam:
I turned off the adblocker of kiwi. So just adguard is blocking all.
[Android Apps and Games] Waffelman:
Bug report

[MENTION=9196003]arnaud42[/MENTION]

I love your night mode very much and would like to use it all the time, but there are some problems. When the background of a text is a image, the text becomes barely to read.

Here for example is one of my favorite blogs with kiwis night mode:

[IMG="kiwi night mode"]https://i.imgur.com/Ph3dine.jpg[/IMG]

https:// imgur.com/ Ph3dine (please remove blank spaces)

Here the same site without night mode:

[IMG="kiwi without night mode"]https://i.imgur.com/HcTTXG8.jpg[/IMG]

https:// imgur.com/ HcTTXG8 (please remove blank spaces)

Maybe you can fix it somehow

Thank you

PS: I also tried Dark Reader extension, it doesn't have such a problem, but has some other drawbacks, like flickering white background when opening a page form bookmarks.
[Android Apps and Games] Kofkingcyber:
Hello I'm spanish. My phone is in Spanish. in the last update of kiwi you can choose the translator in the menu. change to translate google. but when translating a page that is in English and I want it translated into Spanish. gives an error the translator says he can not translate from English to English. does not detect that my language is Spanish. if I look for a page in Spanish and active to translate if it is perfectly in English. the option of the microsoft translator detects that my language is Spanish and translates.

Enviado desde mi POCO F1 mediante Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] Tisckkytt:
So, tried out kiwi for the third time hoping to switch on it but...

1. kiwi seem to be having old chrome flags in kiwi://flags where a lot of awesome flags like duet (old duplex is there but duet > )(i can use bottom toolbar but i like duet more), native dark mode for ui, dark mode for contents, download home v2 etc are missing.

2. In theme selection true dark theme is missing, current night mode is just black, i prefer dark theme over black one. It wouldn't be a problem for me if i could enable native dark ui through flags but like i said, flags are missing.

These are just some cosmetic stuffs, i figured I should mention. Other than these, totally appreciate the extension support & the efforts given to make this app. Thanks. :)
[Android Apps and Games] luimx:
I've noticed an important improvement in latest Genie version on my old Moto G 2 (Titan) in terms of speed and performance, specially when opening a new website in incognito mode right after starting Kiwi (it was slower and used to fail on the first attempt in previous versions). And yes, I can confirm the animations are more fluid. Also I liked the UI's redesign.

Thanks and good work, arnaud.
[Android Apps and Games] fzoli990:
First of all, thank you for the great update.

Kiwi is getting better and I am really satisfied with the available features.

However, a really annoying issue still hasn't been fixed. For example please go to instagram.com, scroll down a little (to hide the bottom toolbar and become fullscreen) and try to click on the explore button or any button below on that website. Yes you will fail, unless you tap above the explore button. This occurs on several webpages that have links, buttons at the bottom.

Could you please make an option that can set the toolbar visible all the time? That would be the easiest solution. With this feature I could use properly the bottom toolbar.
[Android Apps and Games] xdarkstar:
Is remove amp working for links from google search app for others? I face issues, often having to edit amp=1 to amp=0
[Android Apps and Games] ibchh:
Nope. Any Solution for it? I only use mobile Facebook and Insta and i miss all notifications.
[Android Apps and Games] Tisckkytt:
Try Frost for FB app.
[Android Apps and Games] Grander0:
Any chance of getting a night mode switch in the Custom Tab? It's pretty annoying opening a white page from a different app and having to open it in the browser just for a dark background... I'd rather not install an addon for it, I think the native option works best.
[Android Apps and Games] Akash Raj1:
I don't have this bug. Night mode works in custom tab too. I am using genie version.
[Android Apps and Games] KyleKatastrophe:
Is the newest version still blocking trackers when blocking ads or was this functionality removed?
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
Totally, and it's now moved to a very explicit place, right into Settings ;)

No need to go deep into Site settings (that was annoying for extension users)

or you can enable it like always in Main Menu, "Hide annoying ads"

Otherwise, if you install Nano Adblocker you have any rules you want
[Android Apps and Games] dene18:
[MENTION=9196003]arnaud42[/MENTION]

back up prefence manually how can I do ?

thanks
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
Ok the release is ready, I will push it in few hours, it's 3 a.m. here and I don't want to do a mistake :)
[Android Apps and Games] Bingley:
Any way to import passwords from Android Chrome or Brave? Until Google sort out password autofil api I've too many logins to transfer manually I can't really switch to kiwi
[Android Apps and Games] Najner:
Mate, don't stress yourself so much about little things like that ;) Browser is great anyway, we can wait few days for a fix. It's going to be hard to race with devs from Google everyday ;)
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
About passwords, I think I have a very good idea that will be compatible with Chrome and Brave. I will write you in a two weeks as I need to setup a prototype.
[Android Apps and Games] fystrified:
Is it possible to turn status bar color from white to black when I enable night mode in the browser?
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
Today it will be changed to black :)
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
Hi,

A new version of the browser is available (release name: Jackfruit).

This is a quite small release, mostly to bring hotfixes, but I also took the opportunity to upgrade to the latest Chromium Canary.

If it is difficult for you to read text in night mode, in this version, if you set contrast to 101% or more, the text will become white (= easier to read).

It's up to your personal preferences.

One remark: The video player is not the final version. I am aware that the buttons and bar are too big and this will change soon (unless you like it).

This is the changelog:

- Upgraded to Chromium 69.0.3462

- Fix: Background play

- Fix: Status bar color

- Feature: AMP remover (Settings, Privacy)

- Feature: Open by default in external app (Settings, Accessibility)

- Improvement: Night mode stays on after restart (phone-only)

- Improvement: If you set more than 100% contrast, text becomes more visible in Night Mode (recommended: 101%)

Fun fact: Technically, you can find hidden inside the browser a functional (!) version of Duplex :D

In the upcoming versions, there are planned 3 possible settings for the toolbar: top toolbar (default), split toolbar (duplex-like/UC Browser/Samsung) and bottom toolbar

Also, updates in general:

My priority is to finish speed dial.

Once this is done, I can move forward with Bottom toolbar and Import bookmarks.
[Android Apps and Games] b.roid:
getting error 506 when trying to update via play store.

other apps updating fine.

update

cleared app data and update worked.

text much easier to read now in night mode :good:
[Android Apps and Games] prathu30:
New duplex seems good. If possible you could tweak that itself.
[Android Apps and Games] theasters:
Thanks sir, very nice job.

Please it is possible the option that we can open "bookmarks.html" directly on Kiwi, android give me the option to open with html editor,chrome, samsung...but not with Kiwi ,if you can ad that option we can keep like 1 bookmark, all bookmarks from Chrome, explorer ,firefox...
[Android Apps and Games] vipinaggar:
can you add yaaw2 for chrome extension to this
[Android Apps and Games] Seosam:
Thank you for this browser. Very very fast and smooth!

Is it possible to add cookiemanger? Something like allowed on this or this homepage, or to delete all on exit?
[Android Apps and Games] jobhax:
Can't wait for the doh dns and hope chrome extensions come. Once that happens will be removing other adblock filtering I have in place. :silly:
[Android Apps and Games] RealPsygnosis:
I don't understand how to change the search engine...I use startpage now.
[Android Apps and Games] johann0427:
The new update comes with brand new duplex is so damn good!

Totally like it! Love your amazing job.

I think It will be even better when the split toolbar can match to the current site's theme.

And here I have some thought about the night mode...

Could you make it based on a per site basis just like the adblocker do.

Cause I think it will turn img or maybe iframe into a high contrast mode and it's not good to watch in some websites.

This will help me solve the problems and you dont need to take a look into every cases anymore. Isn't that right?

Also, I'm the one who requested an external video player feature before,

If it's quite a simple work to do, could you please add an option, in the download section, to open a crdownload file when it was downloading and I can also streaming it as a media file too.

Now I can open a media crdownload file in my file manager so I think it is possible to do so.

This will be a good alternative to the stream grabber feature temporarily.

But if it's quite a lot of work to do, just forget about it. Thank you in advance. :)
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
Hi,

You can try again with the latest version.

Open links with external applications in Settings -> Accessibility

and Facebook Messenger promotion is removed on m.facebook.com ;)

Let me know if this works for you,
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
True, Startpage doesn't actually declare its website as a search engine (which is weird, everyone does it, except them).

I've sent them an email explaining what they technically should do, just add one line OpenSearch ( https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=348360 ) and waiting for their feedback.

Now waiting for their feedback,
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
Are you using yaaw2 as a torrent downloader ?

This extension doesn't look very safe, so I try to understand what you do with it so I can integrate the functionality.

One note: Kiwi can totally send the torrents to your favorite downloader if that's the case :)
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
Now yes, I've added a setting in Accessibility ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Avhill:
Hi,

It's me (again ?). I appreciate all the changes you've made so far. There is just one little thing : when night mode is enabled, the "new tab" page is white (as in every chromium-based browser). Would it be possible to change it to something darker when night mode is on ?

Thanks a lot.
[Android Apps and Games] protheusDK:
[MENTION=9519536]dene18[/MENTION] if you are root, you could try to backup shared prefs

/data/data/com.kiwibrowser.browser/shared_prefs

And do a test, or use titanium backup
[Android Apps and Games] JerryGoyal:
feature i would love to have: swipe left/right to switch tabs instead of page navigation.
[Android Apps and Games] Grander0:
Not my point at all, I want to be able to access the option in the menu that lets you switch.
[Android Apps and Games] protheusDK:
[MENTION=5084935]JerryGoyal[/MENTION] you can swipe left/right (to change tabs) over toolbar, it's better if it's at bottom, in settings/accessibility you can enable swipe up to open tab switcher
[Android Apps and Games] Beatz106:
Any way that this does not appear ?? Every time I use the full screen in videos or even streaming, those spaces always appear and the status bar still appears when that must be hidden. I've tested if the bug was solved on YouTube (I can't open the comments box also), Xvideos and DailyMotion and nothing was changed, at least was not reported until now.
[Android Apps and Games] KyleKatastrophe:
Sweet! Thanks for the great work again guys!
[Android Apps and Games] protheusDK:
[MENTION=9325764]Beatz106[/MENTION] you should try to change screen's dpi, do it step by step. Please post your device model and OS version. So arnaud can check and fix.
[Android Apps and Games] Beatz106:
Really? I have LineageOS 15.1 (Oreo) with the DPI in 449, my phone is a Galaxy A3 (2015 model). Its a browser bug because the full screen is working well on Chrome at least on YouTube page and their buttons as functions too. I don't like the big things on a little screen. I've tried with the stock browser and it also works as it should.
[Android Apps and Games] protheusDK:
[MENTION=9325764]Beatz106[/MENTION] Other users have had that issue, they solved it changing dpi as far as I know.
[Android Apps and Games] Beatz106:
I'm going to wait for news with the developer... At the moment Chrome still be the browser for daily use and Kiwi for download music and things what I need and watch some streaming in specific websites.
[Android Apps and Games] dene18:
thank you :)
[Android Apps and Games] duh1:
On rooted device, copied over the Chrome Bookmarks file to same folder in Kiwi to quickly migrate. Set the same permissions and owner/group as original. Why are they not showing up in Kiwi? Checksum should still be valid since the file was unaltered. Unless the hash key is different for some unfathomable reason. Anyone get this to work?

By the way, setting the Startup page to off in settings, still seems to give a startup page. Startup page and new tab page are the same thing, or is that no longer the case? Just like to start off blank, and new tab blank.
[Android Apps and Games] Tilman:
Why am I getting this Home - Unnamed Road when I have nothing copied to my clipboard. Reinstalled Kiwi, same problem. Checked with other browsers & no such issue.
[Android Apps and Games] duh1:
All I can think of is that you live way too far in the boonies. Perhaps move closer to town...
[Android Apps and Games] protheusDK:
[MENTION=6433025]duh1[/MENTION] in settings/home page/ that switch shows or hides home button, but you have to edit the default url in Open this page and change it to about:blank or try new ntp chrome-search://local-ntp/new-ntp.html
[Android Apps and Games] duh1:
Thanks, but seems that Home Page on/off button does not change any page behavior. Should when off default to about:blank for any new tabs, or at least startup blank, but not the case.

That new-ntp link seems nearly identical to the default with some custom button options...
[Android Apps and Games] protheusDK:
[MENTION=6433025]duh1[/MENTION] exactly only affects the toolbar. Some users did not use the home button, but they wanted to use another home page. That's why the configuration is like that.
[Android Apps and Games] vanuaboy:
Does anyone know how to have an "Undo close tab" popup come at the bottom after closing a tab? Not having this feature makes restoring an accidentally closed tab a very involved process.
[Android Apps and Games] duh1:
Sure, but the switch should still work, otherwise why have it there. Off should revert the homepage to about:blank...
[Android Apps and Games] MDV106:
How do i set duckduckgo as the default search engine?
[Android Apps and Games] luimx:
Settings -> Search engine -> DDG
[Android Apps and Games] MDV106:
Its not there, i checked.
[Android Apps and Games] luimx:
Yes, there it is. Basically you have two options to add it: clean install Kiwi (and you'll have it included on the default list of search engines), or go to DDG, search anything and then it will show up on the list.
[Android Apps and Games] Molkio:
Hi!

Ublock original no works in webs like bing.com since last version
[Android Apps and Games] ZionMainframe:
Possible to get grey background?

Samsung internet browser has this grey background in nightmode, whereas the night mode kiwi browser is completely black. I actually prefer the grey background since its more pleasing to the eye and it reduces strain.

If I reduce the Night Mode contrast, the background becomes grey but, the text color also becomes grey, hence more unreadable.

Ideal thing would be a grey background with thick white text. Is there an option/settings to enable this?

PS: Sorry if this question is already asked. I searched "grey background" in the thread and it didn't help much, felt I'll ask anyway.
[Android Apps and Games] MMWolverine:
I did a full wipe of my OP5 and now I can't add my certificate for banking websites into Kiwi Genie. Certificate is properly imported to system as it works ok in Brave. I wiped all the data, with cookies and stuff, but still no confirm/import pop-up window.
[Android Apps and Games] Waffelman:
[MENTION=7356148]ZionMainframe[/MENTION]

you can try to use Dark Reader extension, it produce dark gray background. Maybe together with night mode if you don't want flashing withe background.
[Android Apps and Games] Bingley:
dns-over-https

This has been mentioned but without response:

Are you able to enable dns-over-https? A flag in Chrome can enable this, and Bromite supports it here: https://github.com/bromite/bromite/wiki/Enabling-DNS-over-HTTPS

Can this be implemented?
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
Finally! After one year of hunting, I fixed your issue in this test build https://storage.googleapis.com/kbdevreleases/Kiwi-20190710154528.apk

I'm curious if it resolves it for you :D

(and yes you can move the address bar to the bottom)
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
Could you share the name of the bank in PM ? (it sounds like a Nordic bank, otherwise they are rarely using certificates)
[Android Apps and Games] Soumy1234:
I have a problem with an extension 'disappearing'. I've tried to install the YouTube background extension by going to the extensions section in kiwi, hitting 'load' and selecting the zip file through a file manager. However, after a while, it seems to disappear from kiwi, no matter how many times I've installed it, and it's frustrating to have to add it again. Is there a way to fix this?
[Android Apps and Games] jasonmiikee:
https://t.me/betaversionofkiwibrowser

get kiwi browser's beta updates on telegram now

and share your problems and ideas in this group

Check out Kiwi Browser's team https://t.me/joinchat/LHfWlhb2l1pvW0D1-6CQMA
[Android Apps and Games] protheusDK:
[MENTION=8489742]Soumy1234[/MENTION] The way I install extensions coded by myself is this:

Install total commander, in kiwi go to extensions and enable developer mode, tap on load, use totalcmd(file://url ) to load extension's file.

This way you can install unzipped extensions loading manifest.json file.

I use kiwi's dev release, so I'm constantly updating kiwi, Lately I noticed that extensions loaded using above method are being deleted after installing a new dev release, so save the files of your extensions.
[Android Apps and Games] Soumy1234:
Thanks for the tip! Will try it out.
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
Hi,

New-ntp is constantly changing (it's made by a contributor btw, I am doing the other ntp (the default)).

I've reported the issue to Eduard ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Razorsoup:
Awesome. I switched back to the other (yours) and it seems to be working fine.
[Android Apps and Games] zack483:
Hi, i have request;

1. can u make kiwi browser have direct "exit" button on toolbar? Beside the tab&hand button

2. Can u make it can replace homepage as bookmark list? So everytime i click homepage button it will show bookmark list.

---------- Post added at 04:49 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:49 PM ----------

Hi, i have request;

1. can u make kiwi browser have direct "exit" button on toolbar? Beside the tab&hand button

2. Can u make it can replace homepage as bookmark list? So everytime i click homepage button it will show bookmark list.
[Android Apps and Games] Waffelman:
+1

Put:

chrome-native://bookmarks/

under Settings > Homepage
[Android Apps and Games] BigBrosMo:
I really love the zoom text reflow feature BUT it also has some bugs.

1. Some page layouts can't be used, or can't be navigated after zoom. For example:

https://www.bcferries.com/current_conditions/actualDepartures.html

Is this related to the map bug?

2. When trying to zoom on an image the image stays the same size but all the text reflows. When the feature is off, I can zoom the image itself.

Can you make it so it senses if the pinch occurs over an image and then just zoom that, or reflow text AND zoom the image?

Failing these fixes, can you add a page exclusion option or simple enable/disable quick access checkbox in the main menu?
[Android Apps and Games] LPW00:
It's fixed. :eek: u managed to do what Google couldn't... :D
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
It'll go live in about 15 days :)
[Android Apps and Games] ihaunted24:
Hi, sorry I'm new. I tried this browser and is really good, but the 'Add to Home screen' function is not working for me. I tried many sites but nothing is beeing added to my home screen at all.