(last updated on 07 July 2020)

Contents

1.Introduction

2.Getting started

• 1. Basic requirements

3.Features

Browser and browsing related features

• • 1. Browser main user interface details

    2. How to open a tab in browser

    3. Tab user interface details

    4. How to open search widget

    5. How to use voice search feature

    6. How to minimize current tab

    7. How to quickly switch between two adjacent tabs

    8. How to close tab

    9. Navigate to home page, next page and previous page

    10. Opening menu

    11. Quick-Links

    12. Bookmarks

    13. History

    14. Search history

    15. Search engines

    16. Incognito mode

    17. How to save/print webpage

    18. Find in page

    19. Make text size bigger in webpage

    20. Popup blocker

    21. Ad blocker

    22. Connection information and what is secure connection and insecure connection

    23. How to manage quick links, bookmarks, history, search history and homepages

    24. How to reload/stop loading of a webpage

    25. Switch to desktop version and mobile version of website

    26. Share website link with others (

    27. How to clear records i.e. cookies, cache, history, etc.

    28. Site settings

    29. How to close GinxDroid Browser

Downloader and downloading related features

• • 1. First of all, how it works?

    2. How to configure download path

    3. Downloader user interface

    4. How to start a new download task and configure segments

    5. Download task – pause and resume

    6. How to delete download task

    7. What is ‘Refresh download address’ option

    8. Error handling

    9. Downloader settings

    10. Background downloading

Theme related features

4.Support

5.Future enhancements

Introduction

GinxDroid Pro is an android app which is available for free on playstore. It is made in India app.

Using this app you can browse on internet and also this app is equipped with capable multi-segment downloader. Using that downloader you can also download files in multiple segments (if server supports multi-segment downlaoding). This app is also equipped with various other features like:

• Themes

• Configurable quick links

• Incognito mode

• History and search history

• Configurable Bookmarks

• Save/Print webpage

• Webpage related features such as configurable text size, find in page, etc.

• Configurable site settings

• Ad blocker and Popup blocker

• Search engines, etc.

Refer to this user manual while using the app to further familiarize yourself with app.

Getting Started

Basic requirements:

1. Obviously android device with minimum api level 24 (i.e. Marshmallow)

2. Internet connection

3. Basic knowledge of how to browse internet and how to download files using internet is always good!

4. Minimum ram required for proper working – 2 GB

5. Better device = Better performance!

Features

Browser and browsing related features:

1. Browser main user interface details:

As you can see in the image above, from main browser user interface, you can control tabs, themes, incognito mode; you can also clear records, open menu.

2. How to open a tab in browser:

You can open a new tab in browser by clicking on ‘+’ button which is present in bottom toolbar of main browser user interface screen. If you open a webpage and want to open a link in background; then you can long press that link and can open a new tab in background using ‘Open in background’ option.

Note that this menu also gives other options like copy link text, share link, etc. When you long press image this menu will also give open image in new tab and save image options. ‘Add tab’ option is also present in various menus of GinxDroid browser which you can use to open a new tab. You can also share webpage links to GinxDroid browser; GinxDroid browser will open shared links in respective new tab. You can open multiple tabs in GinxDroid Browser.

3. Tab user interface details:

As you can see in above screenshot a tab ui is made from three main ui elements. A top bar, webpage view (webview) and bottom toolbar.

4. How to open search widget:

You can open search widget by tapping 🔍 (magnifier like button) or by simply clicking on webpage-address which is present in top bar. In that search widget you can type a search entity/ paste a URL which you want to open in browser. If you open search widget by tapping on web address which is present in top bar then you will also see ‘Share’,’Copy’ and ‘Append URL in search input’ buttons otherwise if there is no URL present while opening search widget those buttons are not visible.

5. How to use voice search feature:

In GinxDroid Browser you can use voice search feature if you allow ‘Microphone’ permission. Tap on mic icon which is present at the end of search bar to proceed. First of all it will ask for microphone permission. If you allow then and then only it will open a voice search dialog in order to facilitate voice searching.

6. How to minimize current tab:

In order to minimize current tab you need to press small sqircle like icon from bottom toolbar which also denotes number of tabs.If you are on home page then you can also press back button to minimize current tab.

7. How to quickly switch between two adjacent tabs:

You can quickly switch between two adjacent tabs using swipe gestures on bottom toolbar. For example if you want to switch to previous tab then you can swipe from left direction to right direction; If you want to switch to next tab then you can swipe from right direction to left direction on bottom toolbar.

8. How to close tab:

When tab is in minimized state you can close particular tab by swiping it up or down. There is one more way, you can also use ‘×’ button to close that particular tab.

9. Navigate to home page ,next page and previous page:

You can navigate to home page by clicking on home icon. You can navigate back to previous link/page using back key of your device. You can navigate to forward by tapping on → (Rightwards Arrow) button which is present in bottom toolbar. Note that forward navigation will possible if and only if webview can move forward.

10. Opening menu:

In tab ui you can see bottom toolbar has 5 different buttons; The middle one (☰) (i.e. menu icon which has three horizontal lines) is for menu. When you click on that menu, you will see menu dialog which has different buttons for different features.

11. Quick-Links:

GinxDroid Browser has default home page which consists searchbar and default quick links. Quick links are nothing but the shortcuts of the webpage links. You can also add new quick links. For example if you want to add shortcut for particular visited website on that default homepage of GinxDroid Browser, then you can open menu by tapping menu button (refer Opening menu section of this document). That meny consists ‘Add to quick-links button’ which you can click and thereby you can add shortcut for that webpage on hamepage as a quick link.

Note that you can also remove quick links. Long press quick link of home page that will open a menu which has two options ‘Open in background’ and ‘Remove’ you can use ‘Remove’ option to remove that particular Quick-Link. Or from ‘Settings -> ‘Manage’ -> ‘Quick-Links’, you can manage your Quick-Links.

12. Bookmarks:

In GinxDroid Browser you can also bookmark a website. Browser menu has ☆ (Bookmark this) button which you can use to bookmark that particular website. To find your bookmarks tap on menu button and in menu dialog box that appears on your screen, tap on ‘Bookmarks’ button. You can also manage bookmarks using ‘Settings -> ‘Manage’ -> ‘Bookmarks’. You can also remove bookmark from menu(of course this is possible if and only if you previously bookmarked that particular website); if you bookmarked that particular website then you can un bookmark it in menu using ★ button.

13. History:

In GinxDroid Browser, when you visit website, that particular website URL alongside with its favicon and title will be saved locally on your device (Not in any cloud/Server). To view that browsing history, tap on menu button and then tap on history button. You can also manage your history using ‘Settings -> ‘Manage’ -> ‘History’. You can delete history entry using swipe gestures i.e. you can swipe left/right or use remove icon to remove that particular history entity. You can also clear all history using ‘Clear History’ button which is present at bottom.

Please note that if you are using incognito mode then your browsing history will not be saved. Also, you can turn on/off ‘Save sites in history’ feature using ‘Settings’->’Site settings’- >’Save sites in history’ switch.

14. Search history:

In GinxDroid Browser, when you search a keyword in search widget, that particular keyword will be saved locally on your device (Not in any cloud/Server). You can also manage your search history using ‘Settings -> ‘Manage’ -> ‘Search history’. You can delete single search history entry using remove icon.

Please note that if you are using incognito mode then your search history will not be saved.

Also, you can turn on/off ‘Save search history’ feature using ‘Settings’->’Site settings’->’Save search history’ switch.

15. Search engines:

GinxDroid Browser has 3 search engines you can choose a single search engine from those 3 search engines in ‘Settings’->’Search engine’. Search engines show search results when you search a particular keyword in search widget.

16. Incognito mode:

Incognito mode is a special mode of browsing experience. You can toggle on/off it using incognito mode button which is present in bottom toolbar of main browser ui. When you turn on incognito mode, you will see a dialog which states that, you can browse privately. Your browsing and search history will not be saved (of course since incognito mode is on); but your activity might still be visible to websites you visit, your employer/school, your internet service provider (ISP). It also states when you turn off incognito mode or take normal exit from browser’s main screen with incognito mode on, your cookies, unused favicon files, site data (for e.g. cache files of sites, etc.) will be cleared and you will be logged out from all sites. Pretty handy!

17. How to save/print webpage:

GinxDroid Browser will also give you save/print webpage feature. Tap on ‘menu’ button, in appeared dialog, click on ‘Print / Save’ button to print your webpage or to save it in pdf format. Note that this feature is available if and only if print service is available in your device. Otherwise it will show ‘Oopps... something went wrong’ toast.

18. Find in page:

Find in page is another handy feature of GinxDroid Browser. Suppose if you want to find a particular word entries in entire webpage, then you can use this find in page feature from menu of tab. It will query and show results if available. You can use bottom arrow button to view next result or you can use top arrow button to view previous result. Close button is used to close that find in page widget.

19. Make text size bigger in webpage:

If you want to make text size of webpage bigger, then you can use this feature. Open tab menu, there is a slider which you can slide down to reduce text size (min = 100%) or to increase text size (max = 200%).

20. Popup blocker:

Do you noticed? Sometimes you visit a website which has a download button; Now you want to download that file so you proceed; but alas that website just opens a new tab and shows an ad in that tab. Now if Popup blocker feature is on, then browser will not open new tab directly. First it will ask your confirmation i.e. it will show a dialog which has 3 options ‘Open blocked popup’, ‘Open’ button which is present next to ‘tapped link’ and ‘Close’ button. Please note that sometimes ‘Open’ button which is present next to ‘tapped link’ is not available if it is not able to find an underlying link. Now if you want to open that blocked popup, then click on ‘Open blocked popup’ button, if you want to open underlying tapped link (of course if it finds one) then you can click on ‘Open’ button which is present just next after ‘Tapped link’ or you can close that dialog using close button/ clicking outside of that dialog. You can turn on/off ‘Popup blocker’ using ‘Popup blocker’ switch which is present in tab menu, browser menu and in ‘Settings’->’Site settings’. Turning ‘On’ ‘Popup blocker’ is highly Recommended.

21. Ad blocker:

Using this ad blocker feature of GinxDroid Browser, you can block some ads on websites and save your internet data. You can turn on/off ‘Ad blocker’ using ‘Ad blocker’ switch which is present in tab menu, browser menu and in ‘Settings’->’Site settings’. Turning ‘On’ ‘Ad blocker’ is highly Recommended.

22. Connection information, secure connection and insecure connection:

When you visit website you can view connection information by clicking on lock/info button which is present in the top app bar. It will show a connection information dialog. If it is ‘https’ connection then it is secure otherwise it is not. This dialog will also guide about entering information such as passwords, credit/debit card information, etc. If it is insecure connection then it is recommended that you should not enter any sensitive information on that particular website for example passwords, debit card information, etc.

23. How to manage quick links, bookmarks, history, search history and homepages:

You can manage quick-links, bookmarks, history, search history and homepages in ‘Settings’->’Manage’ section.

24. How to reload/stop loading of a webpage:

Sometimes there may be need that you need to reload a webpage. You can reload webpage using reload button which is present next after web address field in top bar inside tab. Note that if site is loading then you can also stop site loading by clicking on this button.

25. Switch to desktop version and mobile version of website:

In GinxDroid Browser’s menu you cant find ‘desktop mode’ switch using that switch you can load desktop/mobile version of sites in that particular tab.

26. Share website link with others:

If you want to share website link with other apps then you can share using options such as ‘Share link’, ’Share button’(which is present in ‘Search widget’ please refer to ‘How to open search widget’ section in this user manual).

27. How to clear records i.e. cookies, cache, history, etc.:

It is best browsing practice to clear records i.e. cookies, cache, history, search history, etc. In GinxDroid Browser you can clear those records using ‘Clear records’ dialog. You can open ‘Clear records’ dialog by clicking on broom like icon which is present in bottom toolbar of main web browser ui. There are two more ways; navigate to ‘Settings’->’Clear records’ here you can also open that ‘Clear records’ dialog by clicking on ‘Clear records’ button. That dialog consists various checkboxes which you can check/uncheck and then after pressing ‘Clear’ button those particular records gets cleared. For example if you check ‘Cache’ and ‘Cookies’ checkboxes respectively then your cache and cookie files will be cleared. You can also auto clear records. To turn auto clearing on/off navigate to ‘Settings’-’Exit features’. In that ‘Exit features’ there is a switch entitled ‘Clear site data ...............upon exit from browser’s main screen’. Now if you turn this on and take a normal exit by pressing back press key of your device once from main browser ui then your records will be automatically gets cleared upon exit.

28. Site settings:

GinxDroid Browser gives you an option to configure site settings. You can configure site settings from ‘Settings’->’Site settings’. You can also reset site settings to default using ‘Reset’ button which is present at top right corner.

29. How to close GinxDroid Browser:

If all tabs are minimized and you click back button of your device, then it will close GinxDroid Browser.

Downloader and downloading related features:

1. First of all, how it works?

1. GinxDroid Browser has a capable multi-segment downloader. If download task supports multi-segment downloading then, it is best preferred way to download a file in multiple segments since you can seize maximum downloading speed while downloading. Occasionally there may be a situation where download task not supports multi-segment downloading, then downloader of GinxDroid Browser will download that download task in single segment. There are servers on this planet earth which will not return file size sometimes so if server not returns file size then downloader will download that file with chunk progress. Please note that you can see ‘Resumable’ or ‘Unresumable’ word on download task ui. Resumable simply means you can pause-resume download task. Unresumable means if you pause that download task and then want to resume that download task after sometime, then you have to start again from scratch since that download task not supports resuming since it is unresumable. Downloader of GinxDroid Browser will download download tasks in queue. Queue is nothing but serving one task at a time. That is for example, suppose if you queued 5 download tasks in downloader, then they will processed one by one and not at a time.

2. How to configure download path

When download location is unknown it will show a dialog which has button ‘Select download location’ upon clicking that button, it will open documents provider; you can choose download location from that documents provider. Note that some devices sometimes hides storage. So documents provider has an option to show storage. If storage is hidden then first of all unhide that storage and thereby proceed towards selecting download location. Please also note that documents provider is not part of GinxDroid Browser. When you click on ‘Select download location’ button, it will allow you to pick a directory subtree. The system will display various DocumentsProvider instances installed on the device, letting you to navigate through them. You can also configure download path from downloader settings. Please refer to ‘Downloader settings’ section of this user manual.

3. Downloader user interface:

As you can see in above screenshots downloader contains two separate fragments. One for queue of download tasks which are not yet complete and one for completed download tasks. It also has ‘+’ button on top; using that button, you can add a new download task. Note that you can also share download link with downloader; it will fetch metadata about download task and thereby processes it and show results.

4. How to start a new download task and configure segments:

You can start a new download task in downloader in three ways. Downloader is attached with GinxDroid Browser. So it will automatically show a dialog if GinxDroid Browser finds a download link. You can also share download link with GinxDroid Downloader from other apps. You can also add a new download task manually in downloader. Downloader ui has ‘+’ button. You can use that button to add a new download task. When it fetching of metadata about download task is done, it will show below dialog.

As you can see in above screenshot, after fetching metadata about download task it will show a dialog which has ‘Download’ and ‘Cancel’ buttons. It also has ‘Segments’ seek-bar. You can select between 2, 4, 6, 8 segments using that segments seek-bar. Please note that sometime server does not returns file size/multi-segment downloading is not possible. So in such cases downloader will download that file using single segment and hence above prompt dialog will not show ‘Segments’ seek-bar in those cases. You can also copy file URL using ‘Copy’ button.

5. Download task – pause and resume:

You can pause/resume download task using pause/resume button if download task is resumable. For example Click on ▶ icon to pause download task and vice versa. Note that it will also show an info button (button with 🛈 like icon) if there is any error. If there is one then it will show error dialog which will show error details alongside with possible solutions. Note that unresumable download task does not supports pause and resuming. If you pause; and resume unresumable download task after some time then it will start from scratch.

6. How to delete download task:

Long press on download task and press ‘Delete’ button from menu. Note that from confirmation dialog you can also check ‘Delete source file too’ checkbox to delete source file from storage alongside with download task entry from downloader. You can also delete multiple download tasks at once. To delete multiple download tasks, first of all click on menu button which is present at top right corner of main downloader ui (button with ⋮ icon). Then click on ‘Edit’; thereby you can see tools to delete multiple download tasks in top bar.

7. What is ‘Refresh download address’ option:

Sometimes download link expires, in such cases you can refresh this broken download link using ‘Refresh download address’ option from download task’s menu. To open this dialog, Long press on download task and press ‘Refresh download address’ button from menu. You can paste new download link. When you paste, it will process and if possible then you can resume broken download task.

8. Error handling:

Downloader of GinxDroid Browser also has powerful error handling. To view which error occurred, press info button (button with 🛈 like icon) of download task in which error is occurred. This will open error details dialog which will show error details alongside with possible solutions.

9. Downloader settings:

Navigate to ‘Settings’->’Downloader settings’ or from downloader’s menu you can also navigate to downloader settings. You can choose/change download path in downloader settings. Please refer to How to configure download path section of this user manual. Downloader settings also has ‘Auto reconnect’ switch which you can use to on/off auto reconnect feature. Do you noticed? Sometimes network gets lost due to problems like range, etc. If auto reconnect is on then it will auto reconnect to network when network becomes available and resumes download task if possible.

10. Background downloading:

Downloader also supports background downloading. It will show a foreground notification to facilitate background downloading. For example see below screenshot.

Theme related features:

In GinxDroid Browser you can also set dark/light theme alongside with force dark web ui. From GinxDroid Browser’s main ui, click on theme icon (pallete like icon) that will open theme dialog. You can choose any theme. After choosing theme, browser will restart and reload webpage(s). Note that you can also choose ‘Force dark web ui’ option which is experimental. This option will darken webpage. You can choose this option when browsing in night to reduce eye-stress.

Support

You can write review about this app on playstore. Your feedback is always appreciated. You can write me at below email.

Email: ginxdroid@gmail.com

Future enhancements

On this planet earth every thing can be improved! There is always a chance of improvement. You can write review about this app on playstore and can suggest improvements. Your suggestions are important and always appreciated.

Thanks! Keep Supporting!