Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@Andrew67

Andrew67/cn-browsers-android.md

Last active April 7, 2021 04:55
Show Gist options
  • Save Andrew67/31e07dd04a2b4bdc4aaaafbb6e84380f to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Save Andrew67/31e07dd04a2b4bdc4aaaafbb6e84380f to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Download ZIP
Chinese browsers for Android
Raw
cn-browsers-android.md

From Fyrd/caniuse#4463

UC Browser: http://sj.qq.com/myapp/detail.htm?apkName=com.UCMobile

  • Version 13.3.3.1113 as of April 5 2021
  • User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 6.0.1; zh-CN; Nexus 5 Build/M4B30Z) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/78.0.3904.108 UCBrowser/13.3.3.1113 Mobile Safari/537.36
  • Ignores the system language setting (which is en-US) in User agent, but Accept-Language is correct
  • Not WebView
  • Package and behavior below differ from Google Play version (Version 13.3.8.1305 in English with no permission prompts etc, used to have outdated Chrome but currently synced on 78)
  • Note: will not launch until Storage permission is denied twice, Location and Phone (make and manage phone calls) are also requested but can be denied once
  • Note: will install a few launcher icons and a persistent notification
  • Note: installs a photo viewer to the "Choose an app" list
  • Note: page title is shown instead of URL in address bar

QQ Browser: http://sj.qq.com/myapp/detail.htm?apkName=com.tencent.mtt

  • Version 11.3.5.5512 as of April 5 2021
  • User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 6.0.1; en-us; Nexus 5 Build/M4B30Z) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/85.0.4183.127 MQQBrowser/11.3 Mobile Safari/537.36
  • Not WebView
  • Note: will request but not require Storage and Location permissions
  • Note: will install a few launcher icons and persistent notification
  • Note: will launch a pop-up if certain other apps such as Baidu Browser are deleted
  • Note: adds a photo viewer to the "Choose an app" list
  • Note: page title is shown instead of URL in address bar

Baidu Browser: http://sj.qq.com/myapp/detail.htm?apkName=com.baidu.browser.apps

  • Version 4.18.0.31 as of July 13 2020 (which is weird because it was Version 7.20.11 as of November 2019)
  • User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 6.0.1; Nexus 5 Build/M4B30Z; wv) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/83.0.4103.106 Mobile Safari/537.36 SP-engine/0.0 flyflow/4.18.0.31 lite baiduboxapp/4.18.0.31 (Baidu; P1 6.0.1)
  • Is WebView (compared to Version 7.20.11)
  • Note: this version got flagged by Google Play Protect (Update: Version 4.15.0.30 not flagged)
  • Note: requests (but does not require) Location, Phone (make and manage phone calls) and Storage permissions at launch
  • Note: will install a persistent notification (Update: no longer the case on Version 4.15.0.30)
  • Note: installs a photo viewer to the "Choose an app" list (Update: no longer the case on Version 4.15.0.30)
Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment