United StatesFoxBox allows you to run desktop Firefox on an Android device.
What is FoxBox?
FoxBox is not Firefox itself and is not a Mozilla project, but instead is a compatibility layer that sets up a Linux desktop Firefox build, launches it, renders it and provides a way to interact with it.
What features does it provide?
*Web page rendering
*Standard desktop Firefox extensions
*Built-in file manager. Can interact with files on sdcard, after you give it permissions.
*Developer tools.
*Sound support.
*Etc
How to Use FoxBox?
Use it just like normal. But here are some specifics to the app.
* Tap with one figure to click.
* Pinch to zoom.
* Slide to fingers up and down to scroll.
* If you want to bring up a keyboard, tap on the screen to get a set of icons to appear and then click the keyboard icon.
* Hold and slide one finger to pan (useful when zoomed in).
* If you want to do the equivalent to a right click, tap with two fingers.
* If you want to change the scaling or the dns settings, find the service android notification and click the settings. You have to stop and restart the app after changing these settings for them to take effect.
Why Use FoxBox?
Desktop Firefox has a different set of features than the Android mobile app. Also, websites behave different when opened in a desktop browser vs a mobile browser (even when you say you want the desktop version of a website).
Other tidbits:
FoxBox is fully open source with the source code posted on github: https://github.com/CypherpunkArmory/FoxBox
I love the concept, but there are some serious issues that should be addressed. The primarily being that it installs a Firefox ESR version that is 3 years old and is way behind, with no easy way to update. This needs to have auto-update capabilities and / or the ability to manually check for updates and apply them. Beyond that it works well, but that is such a serious issue that I cannot recommend this.
this app is rad af. would be 5 stars if i could update to 115. could a homie drop a hint? i spy a terminal, but by the time i update to bookworm, su doesnt work.
So far so good. Gives me desktop Firefox with a bash window on my Pixel 8Pro. Does the job!
Whoever you are...well done on the apps...You're way ahead of them.
Galaxy S23 audio not working. I have permissions enabled in app but websites will not play media. Also, everytime after disconnecting and reconnecting to a session the browser crashes, and asks to reload previous session
Screen display is clunky and no way to run it in background
It's interesting, but the version of Firefox it uses is close to 4 years old. Is there a way to update the version?
Add ability to set display preferences
Includes scaling
Includes setting screen orientation
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