# EinkBro: Android Browser, specifically made for Eink devices 

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](https://github.com/scoute-dich/browser), which is fully free/libre (as in freedom) Android app. 

[<img src="https://fdroid.gitlab.io/artwork/badge/get-it-on.png"
     alt="Get it on F-Droid"
     height="80">](https://f-droid.org/packages/info.plateaukao.einkbro/)
[<img src="https://play.google.com/intl/en_us/badges/static/images/badges/en_badge_web_generic.png"
     alt="Get it on Google Play"
     height="80">](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.plateaukao.einkbro)     
[<img src="https://badgen.net/github/release/plateaukao/einkbro">](https://github.com/plateaukao/einkbro/releases)   [<img src="https://badgen.net/badge/download/snapshot_zip/green">](https://nightly.link/plateaukao/einkbro/workflows/buid-app-workflow.yaml/main/app-release.apk.zip)   

### Screenshots

|Main Screen|Menu Items|Toolbar Configuration|
|----|----|----|
|<img src="fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/images/phoneScreenshots/1_1.png" width="200"/>|<img src="fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/images/phoneScreenshots/1_3.png" width="200"/>|<img src="fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/images/phoneScreenshots/1_4.png" width="200"/>|
|Touch Setting|Settings|Vertical Read|
|<img src="fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/images/phoneScreenshots/1_5.png" width="200"/>|<img src="fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/images/phoneScreenshots/1_6.png" width="200"/>|<img src="fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/images/phoneScreenshots/7.png" width="200"/>|

### 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
<img width="800" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/4084738/122229339-39f62080-ceeb-11eb-8c46-2f6ea270b486.png">

* 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)

### Development environment supported by JetBrains
[<img src="https://resources.jetbrains.com/storage/products/company/brand/logos/IntelliJ_IDEA_icon.png"
     alt="IDE supported by JetBrains"
     height="80">](https://jb.gg/OpenSourceSupport)   
     
<div>App icon is made by <a href="https://www.flaticon.com/authors/turkkub" title="turkkub">turkkub</a> from <a href="https://www.flaticon.com/" title="Flaticon">www.flaticon.com</a></div>