The Bromite project has been inactive for the last 9 months or so. Today I found this fork of Bromite that's well maintained and seems to work flawlessly. Hope it helps others who were looking for a replacement.
Bromite is dead, long live Cromite.
https://github.com/uazo/cromite
40 Comments
ThatHermanoGuy@midwest.social · 22 pts · 2y
Why waste your time with this when Firefox exists?
Atemu@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 2y
Can't use Firefox as system webview sadly.
seang96@spgrn.com · 5 pts · 2y
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.
Atemu@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y
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.
seang96@spgrn.com · 3 pts · 2y
I don't see it as n option in webview under dev settings but.. it uses it I believe? Screenshot
Atemu@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 2y
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.
seang96@spgrn.com · 2 pts · 2y
Ah TIL. From the user perspective they have similarities, but developer side they got some different use cases. Thanks for the references!
VicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
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.
SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org · 10 pts · 2y
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.
Engywuck@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 2y
Because OP prefers Chromite, maybe? Just a wild guess...
Caketaco@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 2y
I think people who prefer things other than what I prefer should be round up and shot.
Engywuck@lemm.ee · 0 pts · 2y
Hope you forgot an "/s" somewhere
Caketaco@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 2y
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.
Engywuck@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
Lol... Ok, cool 😅
FrancisFeliz@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 2y
Thank goodness someone picked up the project and released a fork. The browser is too good to be abandoned.
gplalpha@lemmy.sdf.org · 11 pts · 2y
Mulch?
SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org · 4 pts · 2y
That's another good alternative.
TheMadnessKing@lemdro.id · 10 pts · 2y
Does it allow playback of DRM media? I have some cough science websites that needs DRM for playback.
SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org · 4 pts · 2y
Yes, it does.
TheMadnessKing@lemdro.id · -1 pts · 2y
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.
sir_reginald@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
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.
TheMadnessKing@lemdro.id · 2 pts · 2y
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.
SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 2y
I don't think they want to. I don't recall why, but you can probably find a discussions about this easily.
TheMadnessKing@lemdro.id · -2 pts · 2y
It's a bummer. If the app was good then I would have replaced Brave with it on my parent's devices.
random65837@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
TheMadnessKing@lemdro.id · 1 pts · 2y
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.
DARbarian@artemis.camp · 8 pts · 2y
F-Droid release is long overdue
SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 pts · 2y
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.
typicalDude778@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 2y
I'm using it rn. has the same bromite simplicity and smoothness with extra features
BeanCounter@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 2y
Smokeydope@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Kiwi is the only android browser for me, being able to access all the standard desktop addons is game changing, like damn.
damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
I’ve not followed this scene a lot. Has chrome effectively killed off uBlock?
SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org · 10 pts · 2y
It does work on desktop afaik. Not sure why they decided to go with ABP instead.
betwixthewires@lemmy.basedcount.com · 5 pts · 2y
Are they including kiwi's extensions support? I know Bromite and others would not maintain it.
SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 2y
Not yet. But there's experimental support for userscripts.
gianni@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 2y
There is an open issue for JPEG-XL support. Once Cromite adopts JXL, I'd be willing to switch over
fne8w2ah@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Mulch can also be said to be another spiritual successor to Bromite since it's also supposed to be hardened against threats.
meullier@lemm.ee · -4 pts · 2y
I don't understand why bromite can't sync to chrome pc? Anyone?
SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org · 18 pts · 2y
It's not in the dev's hands. There may be some workarounds, but Google discourages against using them.
Zeus@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y
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
meullier@lemm.ee · 0 pts · 2y
Can link workaround?
SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 2y
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.