Install browser-ng for QtWebEngine goodness

zubozrout · 3 Jun 2018, 22:04

@advocatux Funny. I had two OTA updates since I first installed the browser and it still works. That is click is obviously still there but I didn't have to reinstall the deb packages either. So maybe those dependencies landed in the system base already? ( haven't checked though)

hummlbach · 6 Mar 2018, 22:06

@marathon2422 Mhmm you could try to enlarge your root partition a bit by cloning this to your device: https://github.com/timsueberkrueb/plasma-phone-dev-setup. If I remember it right you have to adjust the size you want your root partition to have afterwards in usr/bin/resize-root-partition and execute it. Now the usual disclaimer should follow... Thanks to @TimSueberkrueb for having this on his git account!

Marathon2422 · 6 Mar 2018, 22:36

@hummlbach
Hey Thanks ,I shall do some studying.
I hope someone has figured a way to work this into the upgrade from 15.04 to 16.04 on the Pro 5

stefwe · 4 Jun 2018, 06:16

@zubozrout for me the same. I do some OTA's and the browser is still working without reinstall the deb packages.

doniks · 6 Apr 2018, 06:35

@UniSuperBox
3. seem to be unable to set a bookmark
4. unable to search from URL bar

advocatux · 6 Apr 2018, 08:12

@zubozrout yes, after the last OTA I have the browser running without reinstalling. Funny.

So it seems everything needed is there and the re-scanning after rebooting catches the app.

flohack · 4 Jun 2018, 08:28

@doniks Plz make issue tickets here: https://github.com/ubports/browser-ng/issues

BR

lfortanet · 4 Jun 2018, 15:02

Hi everybody.., I've tried the new browser and itś working in general well...For any reason I can't to view netflish vids...and other problem it's with the keyboard dimension, full all screen.

Good job guys.

doniks · 6 Aug 2018, 19:04

@flohack, Install browser-ng for QtWebEngine goodness

@doniks Plz make issue tickets here: https://github.com/ubports/browser-ng/issues

BR

done

tomoqv · 5 Jun 2018, 08:09

Home Assistant works with Browser Next, horray! However, I still get browser not supported by Google+.
There are some other issues too, such as that the browser appears to have no memory. I can set a bookmark in one session, but as soon as I restart the browser it is gone. Same with browsing history, it always opens with a new window and only the DuckDuckGo search tab open.
Also, while still mobile friendly, the UI is tinier than on the default web browser. Not a huge problem and sometimes an advantage I guess.

I will post some issues on github as I test it further.

Now, all I need is a way to utilize Browser Next in webapps and I will be all set.

flohack · 5 Jun 2018, 08:10

@tomoqv Good to hear. Basically this is work in progress, so expect updates now and then. Earliest possible release is OTA-5.

BR

tomoqv · 5 Jun 2018, 08:51

@flohack
Any chance it will be possible to create web apps based on Browser Next before OTA-5?

flohack · 5 Jun 2018, 09:38

@tomoqv Probably we need to test it, so yes. But no ETA right now. I dont even know the internals ob the web app container. But in theory it must be easy

BR

doniks · 6 Jun 2018, 05:51

How do I make it default browser?? when an app wants To launch one?

flohack · 6 Jun 2018, 10:21

@doniks You cannot do this alone, it will be later registered as proper URL handler. Good point, currently UT misses user selectable default handlers

doniks · 6 Aug 2018, 19:04

@flohack

You cannot do this alone

How dare you

Of course I can.

cd ~/.cache/url-dispatcher 
sqlite3 urls-1.db
.tables
.headers on
select * from configfiles;
delete from configfiles where name='the/one/for/the/old/browser';

Maybe I cannot go back, because I didn't take a backup, but that's another story.

flohack · 8 Jun 2018, 19:41

Brute-forced, I give up lol

Marathon2422 · 8 Jun 2018, 20:22

@unisuperbox said in Install browser-ng for QtWebEngine goodness:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install qml-module-qtwebengine

got it on my pro5
Subject to testing
Couldn't get it to install,before I increased my cache size, ( curious if that is what made the difference,or is it something you guys have changed since my last attempt ? )

Ingo · 9 Jun 2018, 18:09

@advocatux said in Install browser-ng for QtWebEngine goodness:

@zubozrout yes, after the last OTA I have the browser running without reinstalling. Funny.

So it seems everything needed is there and the re-scanning after rebooting catches the app.

Strange, I had to do the apt command again after installing an update on my Fairphone 2.

advocatux · 9 Jun 2018, 18:14

@ingo strange indeed, I still have the new web browser running fine after several updates (on krillin).