FoxBox

FoxBox: Desktop Firefox on Android

App info

Version :

0.0.6

Category :

Tools

Update :

March 16, 2022

Installs :

2,898

Developer :

UserLAnd Technologies

Requires Android :

Android 5.0+

Content Rating :

Everyone

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App description

Android App Analysis and Review: FoxBox, Developed by UserLAnd Technologies. Listed in Tools Category. Current Version Is 0.0.6, Updated On 16/03/2022 . According to users reviews on Google Play: FoxBox. Achieved Over 3 thousand Installs. FoxBox Currently Has 93 Reviews, Average Rating 4.6 Stars

FoxBox 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

We are currently offering version 0.0.6. This is our latest, most optimized version. It is suitable for many different devices. Free download directly apk from the Google Play Store or other versions we're hosting. Moreover, you can download without registration and no login required.

We have more than 2000+ available devices for Samsung, Xiaomi, Huawei, Oppo, Vivo, Motorola, LG, Google, OnePlus, Sony, Tablet ... with so many options, it’s easy for you to choose games or software that fit your device.

It can come in handy if there are any country restrictions or any restrictions from the side of your device on the Google App Store.

What's New

Supports sound
Requires either:
A) Uninstall and reinstall of Foxbox (easiest)
or
B) Minimize the browser and run this in the terminal
sudo apt install pulseaudio
then stop Foxbox and restart it.

Will come up with better way to handle this later.

Rate and review on Google Play store

4.6

93 total

5 87.0

4 0

3 8.7

2 0

1 4.3

Total number of installs (*estimated)

Estimation of total number of installs on Google Play, Approximated from number of ratings and install bounds achieved on Google Play.

Recent Comments

Gilad the Grain

It's difficult to interact with the app. Consider implementing different gestures that are more comfortable and less complex, or implement a virtual touchpad instead of current navigation provided

David Lawal

It offers desktop browser on an android phone, what's there not to like about it?, it's the best coupled with userland. Hello dev do you mind giving its port number details, so one can connect from external clients?.