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[Android Apps and Games] asliaral:
Hello.

This plugin started giving errors today. I am getting this message. Without background execution for Youtube, I cannot use this browser. You are not in the forum. But I wrote that maybe the notification will go away.

Error message : Manifest version 2 is deprecated, and support will be removed in 2023. See https://developer.chrome.com/blog/mv2-transition/ for more details.

Update: A friend has found a solution from Github.
[Android Apps and Games] plusminus_:
The setting in Accessibility options seems to make it difficult to scroll from left to right while zoomed in. I wondered if it would be possible to turn the main script from FF TextWrap into a userscript, though I am currently not sure how! I also found this but it didn't work. Hmm.
[Android Apps and Games] Andreus94:
Please can you put a setting to remove the microphone icon from toolbar? I often click it by mistake and it's annoying 😔
[Android Apps and Games] Leonccyiu:
Hello

My biggest frustration with Chrome on Android is the incognito mode, if my phone crashes and restarts or runs out of ram, I lose all my tabs. I don't want to use the standard browsing mode because adverts start showing based on my browsing activity and its a pain having to manually clear history all the time.

On Safari for iOS, tabs only close when you close them, I think this is the way it should be as on mobile, ram is limited and apps auto close. Unfortunately I can't afford an iPhone although I might be forced to.

I tried Kiwi browser as it allows the use of Chrome extensions from desktop. On PC, session buddy is a real life saver, if my laptop battery runs out, I get the blue screen of death or for any reason Chrome prematurely shuts, all my open tabs are saved, and can be restored in an incognito window.

I tried installing session buddy in kiwi browser and I got excited when you can allow extensions in incognito mode. Unfortunately, it behaves strangely and the interface is not designed for mobile.

For the meantime, when my phone is low on memory, I notice that chrome or kiwi browser hibernates and restores the tabs when you switch back to the browser in incognito mode.

I was wondering if it was possible to create an option where incognito tabs are always restored when the browser closes just like Safari in iOS. There is also no option to bookmark all tabs like on desktop.

Hopefully one day, there'll be a working session extension for kiwi browser that can save incognito tabs. Otherwise, I'll get a used iPhone.

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] amn1987:
Instead of Session Buddy I use Export Tabs but it's of no use in case of Incognito tabs. You can install the excellent uBlock Origin extension in Kiwi and can get rid of 99.99% ads. Also if running A10+ you can just set Private DNS to Ad Guard and bid goodbye to ads in other apps as well. I have stopped using Ad Away and Blokada for blocking ads system-wide in light of the above. Chrome still displays an ad or two occasionally. I use it very rarely anyway.
[Android Apps and Games] Leonccyiu:
uBlock and AdGuard still do not prevent all the data being gathered without using a private browser for example gboard continues to send data unless you're in incognito mode.

Duckduckgo browser is the nearest thing to Safari on iOS, it's a private browser that remembers your open tabs until you choose to close them, problem is it's renderer is slower than Chrome and you cannot selectively clear data, so the user data and cache build up on your device.

I am sure it's possible to build an extension that can record all the open incognito tabs on a chromium for Android browser, session buddy was able to record a few tabs but the rest were not in memory, I can't believe that there isn't a single browser iOS or Android with a session manager.
[Android Apps and Games] amn1987:
I don't care about any data mining as long as I am not bothered by a single ad. Plus in Kiwi thanks to extensions I can customise the web pages just as I like them. Safari on iPad OS last I checked in my friend's iPad had only 8 extensions available and Dark Reader was priced at $8! Unless many, many more extensions become available it's not a viable option for me.

Edit: A Kiwi user posted in it's TG group that Bromite recently added a patch to enable recording of history of open Incognito tabs. This patch isn't available in Chromium yet so extensions are currently of no use. Bromite is very privacy focused so it might be to your taste. @Leonccyiu

Edit2: Tested and working. Had to relaunch the browser after making the changes. There's also an option to always open in Incognito mode. Under History there's a list of Incognito tabs available.

Edit3: Soul Browser which I use in a years old device as it's even lighter than Kiwi especially after A11 update also retains Incognito tabs even after a reboot! Also has an option to record history of opened Incognito tabs amongst other useful features.
[Android Apps and Games] esysfound:
The whole point of incognito mode is to remove (minimize) traces of whatever. Saving between sessions defeats the purpose and is a security issue. If the tabs are so important, group them and bookmark them.
[Android Apps and Games] Leonccyiu:
I do use incognito mode to minimise traces of whatever, but I want to be able to switch to another app without losing my open tabs or if my battery runs out, or if my phone crashes and restarts and I am not ready to exit the tab yet.

Safari in iOS keeps your tabs open until you close them. Phones are not desktop PCs, they have aggresive app killing to conserve battery and keep the device speedy

I was going to say Chrome on Android doesn't allow bookmarking in incognito, but that seems to have changed now, it didn't allow bookmarking to select photos, but you can manually manage that, but you still can't bookmark all open tabs like on desktop, this is a real pain when you have dozens of tabs open and would be tedious to manually do all of them. The other issue is when you've bookmarked something, it comes up on the address bar autocomplete which is not ideal.
[Android Apps and Games] Leonccyiu:
Thanks for your efforts, I'll check out Bromite and Soul Browser, I really like kiwi so far, I feel that it's faster and Chrome and uses less ram, with Chrome my pixel 3 struggles, but with kiwi I can use another app without the browser closing.

Export tabs does work in kiwi, but because of the way chromium is designed on Android, you can only see the most recent tabs as the others are cleared from memory. On Chrome on desktop, even when you end tab process, or the tab closes due to lack of memory, session buddy can see it. It requires a change in programming.

I'd prefer to use an extension to record my open tabs as recording tab history and manually deleting it is not ideal.

I will point out that Firefox on desktop records tab history unlike Chrome, if you reopen closed tab in Firefox, it'll open your closed private tab. Whether that's a bad design decision is debatable. I don't mind session buddy recording my open tabs as it's not accessible by websites or the browser itself.
[Android Apps and Games] echo124:
@arnaud42

How to stop webrtc leak in last version?
[Android Apps and Games] necromnicon:
Please add a feature to open current tab in incognito mode. Thank you for the amazing browser. Your efforts are greatly appreciated 👍
[Android Apps and Games] die or die:
Any way to play videos on km player ? Like samsung browser?
[Android Apps and Games] genziutek:
Kiwi Browser in my tablet with this file got 4GB - can I delete it?
[Android Apps and Games] Mrxyzl:
I can confirm this, happened pretty often
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
I believe this may be because the adblocker is lagging, and in that case, it doesn't give signal whether the resource can be loaded or not.

I have prepared some other fixes, so I am going to rebase on the new Chromium and verify this case. I'm quite sure this can be fixed (especially I have the right debug tools)
[Android Apps and Games] besweeet:
Mmm... Dark mode... Probably worth switching from Bromite just for that alone. Can the address bar still be moved to the bottom of the screen via flags?
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
Bottom address bar is coming. At the moment, all you have is a functional duplex (split toolbar), probably not the one you are looking for ;)
[Android Apps and Games] wl03355609:
Why Google duplex:crying:

Just likes the lower nav one
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
Because Google removed it, I have to reimplement the bottom bar from scratch.
[Android Apps and Games] gello0:
Thank you so much for your efforts into this.

Is it me or everyone else who can are getting Singapore news?

I have two suggestions,

The hide ads toggle can be higher I edited my screenshot for example.

I really miss swipe edge to go forward and back, can you please add these two if possible.
[Android Apps and Games] Megabliss:
Hello, thanks for a great browser!

I have a question: I don't know how to copy the text of a link, not the URL but the actual text showing on screen. It seems there are two ways to copy the URL but I'm unable to copy the link text.
[Android Apps and Games] Haldi4803:
Hi.

Seems like there are still some issues with push.

https://gauntface.github.io/simple-push-demo/

I.e this page doesn't show the notification but automatically blocks it.
[Android Apps and Games] Magissia:
Will it work on Tegra 2 ? Latest chrome doesn't.
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
I happen to have an exact Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 at home, Chrome works but doesn't play videos right ?
[Android Apps and Games] Magissia:
On mine it force closes at browser start (tf101) and staying on old chrome is rather unsafe from a security point of view.

But reading your reply I guess you tested and it should work for most part.
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
I haven't absolutely tested it :D It's deep in my drawers and my cat uses it to play fishing games, once I can find the charging cable I'll test ;)
[Android Apps and Games] iamfarhanansari:
Please add sync option (if google doesn't allow this. add an option sync to other servers)

Add webpage translate options

Your browser is really amazing

But please add these features
[Android Apps and Games] Zeuskk:
Hey, thanks for this great browser. I love it so much and is my daily app now, Chrome bye bye :) I have only one request, I really miss my passwords and autofill with them in Kiwi. Could You make it works with Bitwarden and/or Enpass, couse they are also with KeePass best password managers for PC and Android with great security. I really do not recommend LastPass couse it has paid android app (free version sucks) and it was sold to LogMeIn and we should not really trust this kind of companies who 'buy/sell' our private data ;/ So my small request is please make it to works with passwords managers like Bitwarden/Enpass :)

Thanks for Your great and hard work!
[Android Apps and Games] arnaud42:
Hello,

I haven't contacted or reached to Bitwarden or Enpass but I am contacting them soon.

About LastPass and 1Password this is +/- the situation now:

- LastPass is investigating, and 1Password is thinking about it ( https://www.reddit.com/r/androidapp...browser_fast_quiet_night_mode_adblock/e0r9ymm )

I hope it answers the question ;)
[Android Apps and Games] iamfarhanansari:
Thanks for the amazing work

I want to use this browser as my daily driver

But because it lacks auto fill , sync and webpage translate i can't do this

Btw browser is really amazing
[Android Apps and Games] GorfDroid:
Fantastic work. It's better than brave browser. Dark theme is amazing
[Android Apps and Games] NewEra Studios:
nice

good job man
[Android Apps and Games] exodius48:
Hello dev,

First of all, i know your app from xda news. I tried it and i like it. This is now as replacement of sucks browser chrome.

I have some request:

1. Could you implement this filter https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uAssets into your app? Because of that filter have anti adblock feature. Some website i visited does not load and show me to turn off adblocker.

2. Ability to clear record when i press exit button

3. Can save downloaded files to custom external sdcard folder

Thanks in advance
[Android Apps and Games] Bingley:
Use mx player
[Android Apps and Games] Bingley:
Tabs are experiencing visual glitches on Samsung Tab S8 (ok on the S7), it's posted on the issue tracker & reddit but no response. Anyone else have this?
[Android Apps and Games] zecabra:
Same thing, and there is no visual distinction between the various open tabs, it is impossible to know which tab is active, i have a xiaomi tab 5 and running version 103.0. 5060.102 of Kiwi
[Android Apps and Games] Bingley:
I do wonder if it's worth staying with Kiwi as it frequently seems abandoned at least on here/reddit/git, nothing new in play store, git versions say no change. Perhaps someone knows a fork which is being maintained?

No disrespect to the dev, I love the work that's been done, but nothing seems to be happening now
[Android Apps and Games] amn1987:
Kiwi received an update a few days back and several more in quick succession a little before that(Github) . The dev had mentioned that upgrade to Chromium v103 had brought about a few complications which have to squashed before the update could be released on the Play Store. One interesting feature is the Vulcan renderer which is supposed to reduce battery consumption by lowering the load on the CPU. But enabling it seems to interfere with video playback so I haven’t updated yet.
[Android Apps and Games] Youtube_Ll0r3nt3:
I have an old version, possibly just before Kiwi Browser came back for Android 12.

99.0.4844.94

I'm on Android 12. Do you recommend updating?
[Android Apps and Games] zecabra:
New version of Kiwi, but an old bug still remains, the tabs are transparent and its impossible to know which is the active on
[Android Apps and Games] Bingley:
Same. Updated on Pixel & Tab S8, still getting corrupted tab graphics on new tabs & switching
[Android Apps and Games] pstein:
as I found out I can edit the labels below the SpeedDial thumbnails on Homepage.

BUT only on MODERN Homepage style.

If I switch back to CLASSIC Homepage (what I prefer because of the bigger, nicer Thumbnails) I cannot edit them.

Why not?

What I need is a combination of big thumbnails (like in Classic Homepage) together with editable labels below them (like in Modern Homepage).

Can this be added in next Kiwi Browser release?
[Android Apps and Games] denzel09:
How can sync bookmarks between Kiwi and Safari/Chrome on desktop? I am going crazy for this!
[Android Apps and Games] IamTheBRAVE:
Save as html, then load it in bookmark manager
[Android Apps and Games] denzel09:
Hi, after some tries i see that there is always a webrtc leak. I tried different chrome extensions but the leak is still there. You can use this site to see the leak: ipleak.net

How block this webrtc leak on this Kiwi browser?
[Android Apps and Games] kubalav:
In uBlock add custom filter:

*##+js(nowebrtc)
[Android Apps and Games] denzel09:
Simply stunning! Thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] Barkuti:
The following is going to be a quick bug report, it is about the password manager bar appearing in all sorts of input fields or boxes in webpages irrespectively of their class (i.e. no matter what).

I think the bug is present in all newer 105.x versions of Kiwi Browser. I tested its presence in v105.0.5195.33 and v105.0.5195.29, here are a few screenshots:

Thanks to alex193a's XDowngrader for making this stuff possible much quicker.

As you can see, the password manager bar appears in this forum's search box, also on Google's, on GitHub, and nearly everywhere.

That's about it. Hope Arnaud fixes this without much delay; for now I'm sticking with v103.0.5060.104.

Thanks for making this amazing web browser. :)
[Android Apps and Games] denzel09:
Stupid question: how often, more or less, is Kiwi updated on the Play Store?
[Android Apps and Games] Fytdyh:
once every 3-4 weeks
[Android Apps and Games] sosimple:
I'm using in android, in kiwi fvd speed dial for google chrome plugin . But i can't change the order of speed dials. Everything else working as i wanted. I readed the fag, and said that i must right click in a speed dial to move it.. But it doesn't work. I press with finger for more time (to do a right click) but doesn't work..

Can i do anything? Change something to kiwi?

If not, is there any other speed dial plugin working, but with folders. I want to have speed dials in categories somehow. For example sleed dial folder or category : News, Business etc.

I use opera mobile in android which does it, but I'm trying to change it with kiwi, and this is my only problem.. If anyone have a solution.

Thanks..
[Android Apps and Games] sosimple:
Is there any solution to this? Perhaps i can add any extension to color the current tab?

I'm using galaxy tab s8 ultra android 12
[Android Apps and Games] IamTheBRAVE:
I'm unable to install any extension. I'm up to date with play store version. And adding .crx isn't working either. Wonder if anyone is facing this problem?
[Android Apps and Games] Dadeeyow:
Kiwi: chrome extension using zip won't load. device i'm using is an android 7.1, manifest 3.0 (i don't think this is relevant)
[Android Apps and Games] IamTheBRAVE:
I found out, it was my fault. I'm using adaway and was blocking one of google servers. If you can't see any extension preview on the front page, that's probably it. Check your list of added hosts for something ending with googlevideo
[Android Apps and Games] forjest63:
merhaba arkadaşlar videoyu otomatik oynatmayı nasıl devre dışı bırakabilirim? Teşekkürler.
[Android Apps and Games] dedycx:
Damn… where have I been all this time?

I find this the best browser ever made a week ago, and I love this browser.

Thanks to developers.
[Android Apps and Games] flo040:
Is there a way to support these developers? using this browser now for almost a year and it is absolutely fantastic.
[Android Apps and Games] Barkuti:
flo040, you could probably try to send Arnaud a PayPal donation to his email address, I think you can view it on the application's Play Store corner if you open it with the Play Store application; or you can probably ask him directly via private message. 👀

I did not upgrade this application for a while, can someone say something about the Google password manager bar bug I reported earlier with the newer v107 version(s)? If not, I may have to give it a try myself sooner or later.

By the way, speaking about extensions, do any of you face a problem about certain extensions' settings not being persistent? Id est, the extension settings not being saved? It happens in my device with the extension Ultimate Enable Right Click ─ Allow Copy, although it may well be that the extension itself 🤔 is buggy. Or maybe with uBlock Origin? Just curious.

Cheers everyone. :)
[Android Apps and Games] Barkuti:
Installed Kiwi 107.0.5304.74 from Uptodown some hours ago.

Concerning the password manager bar bug, looks like the problem is fixed. 😃

Mmm, the tabs are now quite small when lots of tabs are open, they certainly look tiny in my 5.2" Z2 PRO with “768dp smallest width” (225 dpi) setting. 😅

Great job. Thanks a lot Kevin, THANKS!!! 🤗
[Android Apps and Games] Barkuti:
Wellp, the other day while I was writing my quick update about the password manager bug I did notice some little issues which didn't seem important (password manager bar appearing for a flash when setting the cursor in this forum's search box, for example), but it certainly looks like the password manager bar bug is still not yet fully fixed:

Thanks in any case. 🤗
[Android Apps and Games] Raz0Rfail:
Is there any information about the status of the kiwi Browser?

The GitHub page of kiwi Browser SRC.next was updated in October of last year. The play store shows the same old version.

And so I'm wondering what's with this browser.I hope they didn't cancelled to work on this browser.
[Android Apps and Games] Bingley:
Abandoned (again)?
[Android Apps and Games] Barkuti:
Abandoned? Google Chrome's current version is 109.0.5414.86, whereas Kiwi is 107.0.5304.74. This is pretty fresh in my book; even v103.0.5060.104 is fresh, in my opinion.

Kevin is doing Kiwi browser just because he loves it, and it is far better than standard Google Chrome. This is noteworthy. I love it too, with all of my heart.

I do not think there's any reason to complain just because this project is not updated every other day or whatever. Kevin has a life, like everyone else, and is doing this altruistically. He has all my blessings in this respect.

In my lightful opinion, the single most important thing about any piece of software is whether it works well or not, which is very different than having a higher version number. A higher version number does not necessarily mean better software.

I grew up using computers since the late 80s. In the 90s applications were updated “when they were ready”, so it could take years for major upgrades. There was not any sort of “update frenzy” back then, with the exception of slip-ups, of course. In contrast, nowadays many applications are being updated just because @#$% thee and I certainly cannot agree with this. They keep rolling updates while not fixing the bugs they introduce, which can be fairly annoying. An example of this is the Telegram application, which since last summer (last good version is 8.6.2) has a bug which involves incorrect operation of the cursor keys in the chat input field, which is pretty annoying for people like me who use keyboards with cursor keys (there are software keyboards with cursor keys too). I hope the ****e hits them hard soon, just so they are forced to fix the bug. End of off-topic.

The moral is that if you need your software to be updated faster than “when Kevin feels like it”, then install another browser.

And of course, thank you Kevin. 🤗
[Android Apps and Games] Barkuti:
Now that we're here, I've noticed a little bug in Kiwi 107.0.5304.74. It is triggered when opening pages with a long tap or right click and selecting “Open in a new tab”, albeit only for the first time when doing it this way. The problem is that the site web address is not shown in the url bar / omnibar or whatever it is called nowadays, it shows “about:blank” instead.

However, if the “Open in a new tab” event is triggered using the Tap To Tab extension, the bug happens all of the time and the url bar always shows “about:blank”.

Here is a quick video I just shot showing the issue:

In it I do open this link from my mobile device, first with a long tap / open in tab sequence which results in an “about:blank” in the address bar, then again with a long tap / open in tab sequence which then shows the correct web url, and at last I open it again with a double tap thanks to the Tap To Tab extension mentioned above, which results in the address bar showing “about:blank”.

It is a pretty trifling problem, but of course it is good to make it known so here is a report.

Cheers everyone. :)
[Android Apps and Games] underflash:
The latest GitHub release randomly and constantly crashing (app window just closes) on Nexus7 running crDroidAndroid-11.0 with BiTGApps-arm-11.0.0-v1.8. Logcat/dev-info attached. Would be thankful for any help.
[Android Apps and Games] Barkuti:
Continuing with my previous bug report around a couple weeks ago, I noticed that when opening bookmarks with a long tap and “Open in a new tab” command sequence, “about:blank” appears in the browser's address bar each and every time:
[Android Apps and Games] bluemu:
Thank you for your assistance. When I select a word in the Gmail app and try to do a web search based on this word using the pop-up menu, Kiwi browser is not showing up as one of the browser options. All of the other browsers I have installed do show up. Is there a way to make Kiwi show up in the "Complete action using" menu?
[Android Apps and Games] shui288:
When moving bookmarks, can you add [Select All] button?

You can refer to Via browser bookmark management
[Android Apps and Games] amn1987:
I have requested if it's possible to improve bookmark management several times in the past but to no avail. Probably it's not possible to implement in the mobile version. You can use "Export Selective Bookmarks" extension.