12207480 / einkbro

An Android web browser based on webview, which is specialized for E-Ink device.

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EinkBro: Android E-ink device specific Browser

This browser is called EinkBro. It's designed to fit Eink devices' needs; no unnecessary UI transitions, clear B&W icons, useful feature for eink reading experience. It's originated from FOSS Browser, which is fully free/libre (as in freedom) Android app.

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Main Screen Menu Items Toolbar Configuration
Touch Setting Settings Vertical Read

E-Ink specific features

  • tapping on screen left/right edge for pageUp/Down (finger button on toolbar)
  • reader mode
  • vertical reading mode (for Chinese/Japanese content)
  • export web content to epub file (better results when used with reader mode)
  • pageUp / pageDown / Back button on toolbar
  • physical volume keys for pageUp/pageDown
  • desktop mode feature
  • all icons in high contrast colors
  • tab count in bottom function bar
  • font size configuration in first layer setting.

Customizable Toolbar Icons

image

  • web title
  • web tab count
  • bookmarks
  • refresh
  • go backward
  • go forward
  • bold font
  • increase font size
  • decrease font size
  • text size configuration dialog
  • touch screen area to turn page buton
  • page up
  • page down
  • reader mode
  • vertical reader mode
  • fulltext translation
  • setting
  • toolbar configuration dialog
  • rotate screen
  • fullscreen

Basic UI/Handling:

  • optimized for one hand handling (toolbar at bottom)
  • tab control (switch, open, close unlimited tabs)
  • full material design
  • fullscreen browsing (optional)
  • navigation button in fullscreen mode
  • fast toggle for most important settings
  • advanced gesture control for toolbar and navigation button

Some nice extra features:

  • small size
  • search on site
  • open links in background
  • Websearch (from marked text context menu)
  • screenshots of the whole website
  • share/save as PDF
  • open links in other apps (for example YouTube)

Nightly build

https://nightly.link/plateaukao/einkbro/workflows/buid-app-workflow.yaml/main/app-release.apk.zip

App icon is made by turkkub from www.flaticon.com

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An Android web browser based on webview, which is specialized for E-Ink device.

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