FOSS Android apps that can view webpages offline? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 8 months ago by cynber@lemmy.ca to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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Firefox doesn't seem to do support it currently. Chrome and Brave do come up as options

I'm using a documentation framework that supports offline builds. It works well across browsers on desktop, but it's not great on mobile.

Any recommendations?

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[-] Pantherina@feddit.de 3 points 8 months ago

Common Chromium variants are Vanadium or Cromite. But those are huge.

https://gitlab.com/oF2pks/jelly

This is a fork of Jelly from LineageOS with supposed offline viewing capabilities, storing websites in its local data storage

[-] cynber@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

Thank you, I'll try those

[-] Pantherina@feddit.de 1 points 8 months ago

Also Singlefile for Mull is nice.

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/collections/17446767/Fenix-Addons/

Vanadium may have breakages only fixed in GrapheneOS

[-] SheeEttin@programming.dev 2 points 8 months ago

I would expect any browser to properly render a page, regardless of platform. Are you sure the page is mobile-friendly? Why do you say it's "not great"?

[-] cynber@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

I plan on experimenting with the suggestions posted here. That way I can narrow down where the problem is

The live website works on desktop and mobile. The offline folder works well on desktop, but it has issues on mobile, such as the search bar not working