What browser does the Samsung Galaxy use?

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LeBlaireau picture LeBlaireau · Sep 25, 2013 · Viewed 55.2k times · Source

Looking to check a site on a Samsung Galaxy, what browser does it use out the box and where can I emulate it - either online or on OSX?

Reason I am asking is a few CSS properties do not work and need to find a fix.

Answer

Strozykowski picture Strozykowski · Oct 23, 2013

The Browser app that is present on TouchWiz (Galaxy) devices is not the stock Android (AOSP) Browser. The Samsung Browser has customizations on top of the stock browser (such as the functionality for OS/Browser-controlled elements i.e. select fields).

The bad news is that it is difficult to recreate these issues without having a TouchWiz/Galaxy device in hand. While you can create an Android Virtual Device using the SDK to test the Browser, you may find that the controls are somewhat different than what are present in the TouchWiz browser.

There are apks of the Samsung Browser app out there, but they need to replace the existing stock browser in your device's system directory, which requires root access.

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