About

Viola Browser is a WebView-based Android web browser. The goal is to create a browser that embodies the beauty and functionality of most mainstream browsers, while making it as lightweight as possible. It was originally called Browservio and has been in active development since 2020.

Viola Browser currently requires at least API Level 14, and is 2.2 MiB in size.

Features

Current features

• Material You design + Monet colours + Force Dark
• Simplistic start page + Wallpapers
• Reach Mode (moving address bar to the bottom)
• Custom Tabs
• Hosts-based ad blocker
• Do Not Track & Global Privacy Control
• Desktop mode & Custom user agents
• Working logins for apps
• Search suggestions
• Shortcuts & Web-Apps
• Viewing page source
• Favourites & History
• Recents-based multi-tab
• Basic Download Manager
• Pull-to-refresh + Smart disable
• Printing
• Find in Page

Upcoming features

• Custom Javascript loader (9.x)
• Theming (10.x)
• Built-in multi-threaded download manager (11.x)
• Built-in multi-tabs manager (12.x)

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