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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.

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[–] ThatHermanoGuy@midwest.social 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Why waste your time with this when Firefox exists?

[–] Atemu@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can't use Firefox as system webview sadly.

[–] seang96@spgrn.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't see it as n option in webview under dev settings but.. it uses it I believe? Screenshot

[–] Atemu@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Because OP prefers Chromite, maybe? Just a wild guess...

[–] Caketaco@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think people who prefer things other than what I prefer should be round up and shot.

[–] Engywuck@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hope you forgot an "/s" somewhere

[–] Caketaco@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 points 1 year ago

Lol... Ok, cool 😅