Why waste your time with this when Firefox exists?
this post was submitted on 04 Oct 2023
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Can't use Firefox as system webview sadly.
If you disable chrome and only have Firefox on it will use Firefox webview. Android should have make it use default browser or have a selection for default webview.
There is a selection in developer settings and it does not list Firefox.
Disabling Chromium or not having it in the first place simply makes apps that use WebView crash.
I don't see it as n option in webview under dev settings but.. it uses it I believe? Screenshot
What's shown in this picture has nothing to do with WebViews, it's a custom tab.
Try opening an app that has a WebView. I can't think of a good example on the top of my head but the Deutsche Bahn Navigator uses them and crashes without a WebView present.
Ah TIL. From the user perspective they have similarities, but developer side they got some different use cases. Thanks for the references!
I find mobile FF does have a webview component (aka custom tabs), but it must be explicitly called for in a app's setting. Otherwise the system only uses the Chrome webview.
I even installed the Mulch webview app. But the system still used Chrome's webview; that's until i temporarily disabled Chome. It was then Mulch shows up in deveolper settings.
I want to use Firefox on Android, but it's simply not there yet. It's noticeably slower, some sites have broken layout, and I kinda hate their tan management system. I still have it installed, and willing to switch if it's capable enough, but sadly it's not.
It's the best browser on desktop though, by far.
Because OP prefers Chromite, maybe? Just a wild guess...
I think people who prefer things other than what I prefer should be round up and shot.
Hope you forgot an "/s" somewhere
Nope, this is my genuine, unfiltered, dogshit opinion. I genuinely believe execution is the correct option when someone has a slight difference in preference compared to me.
Lol... Ok, cool 😅
Thank goodness someone picked up the project and released a fork. The browser is too good to be abandoned.
Mulch?
That's another good alternative.
Does it allow playback of DRM media? I have some cough science websites that needs DRM for playback.
Yes, it does.
Cool. I hope it is released on Play Store if it is possible. If brave & kiwi can be released, I'm sure they can also release without issue.
It's not free to publish apps on the Play Store. And I'm not sure if this is still the case today, but I recall of Google forcing to include their libraries on apps published there.
Chromium already does use tons of Google libs already underneath. The fees is a fair point though. But it's one time fees right? I think the community can raise that much money. Heck even I would be willing to donate a part of they are willing to publish on Play Store.
I don't think they want to. I don't recall why, but you can probably find a discussions about this easily.
It's a bummer. If the app was good then I would have replaced Brave with it on my parent's devices.
Why do you care whether it's on the play store or not?
I was looking to replace Brave on my Mom's phone, and having it on play store and auto-update, I woulnd't have to worry much.
F-Droid release is long overdue
Yes. I'm currently using their own f-droid repo. I might just keep using it even when the official repo is available, since f-droid is notorious for slow updates.
I'm using it rn. has the same bromite simplicity and smoothness with extra features
Kiwi is the only android browser for me, being able to access all the standard desktop addons is game changing, like damn.
Fennec has been amazing for me for quite a time now but it is a bit frustrating to use FF only when you're using android. That's only because Google sucks ass but this will somewhat be a remedy.
I’ve not followed this scene a lot. Has chrome effectively killed off uBlock?
It does work on desktop afaik. Not sure why they decided to go with ABP instead.
Are they including kiwi's extensions support? I know Bromite and others would not maintain it.
Not yet. But there's experimental support for userscripts.
There is an open issue for JPEG-XL support. Once Cromite adopts JXL, I'd be willing to switch over
Mulch can also be said to be another spiritual successor to Bromite since it's also supposed to be hardened against threats.
I don't understand why bromite can't sync to chrome pc? Anyone?
It's not in the dev's hands. There may be some workarounds, but Google discourages against using them.
I wonder if they could use firefox sync
i imagine it'd be more work as it's not pre-built, but samsung internet does it so maybe mozilla are a little more lax with who uses their services
Can link workaround?
I've never used any of them, so no idea if they work on Android or not. But here you can find some discussion about it.