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Known compatibility issues with Android apps

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이 문서는 시스템 수준에서 기기를 보호하는 다기능 광고 차단기인 Android용 AdGuard에 대해 다룹니다. To see how it works, download the AdGuard app

VPN apps​

Other VPN apps are incompatible with AdGuard running in the Local VPN filtering mode since you cannot have two active VPNs at the same time. To solve this problem we suggest you:

  • use AdGuard VPN — it has Integrated mode that allows two apps to operate seamlessly
  • use AdGuard in Local HTTP Proxy mode
caution

On Android 10 and later, the 'manual' HTTP proxy mode is no longer supported.

  • configure your VPN app to to act as an outbound proxy and set up a local outbound proxy using the parameters from the third-party app. To do this, a third-party VPN app must support SOCKS4/SOCKS5 mode. For example, AdGuard can be automatically configured with 'Orbot: Proxy with Tor'.

Private DNS​

The Private DNS feature was introduced in Android Pie. Before version Q, Private DNS didn't break AdGuard DNS filtering logic and the DNS forwarding through AdGuard worked normally. But starting from version Q, the presence of Private DNS forces apps to redirect traffic through the system resolver instead of AdGuard. See Android devs blog for more details.

  • To solve the problem with Private DNS, use the $network rule

Some device manufacturers keep Private DNS settings hidden and set 'Automatic' mode as a default one. Thus, disabling Private DNS is impossible but we can make the system think that the upstream is not valid by blocking it with a $network rule. For instance, if the system uses Google DNS by default, we can add rules |8.8.4.4^$network and |8.8.8.8^$network to block Google DNS.

Unsupported browsers​

UC Browsers: UC Browser, UC Browser for x86, UC Mini, UC Browser HD​

To be able to filter HTTPS traffic, AdGuard requires the user to add a certificate to the device's trusted user certificates. Unfortunately, UC-family browsers don't trust user certificates, so AdGuard cannot perform HTTPS filtering there.

  • To solve this problem, move the certificate to the system certificate store
caution

Requires root access.

Dolphin Browser: Dolphin Browser, Dolphin Browser Express​

AdGuard cannot filter its traffic when operating in Manual proxy mode because this browser ignores system proxy settings.

  • Use the Local VPN filtering mode to solve this problem

Opera mini: Opera mini, Opera mini with Yandex​

Opera mini drives traffic through a compression proxy by default and AdGuard is not able to decompress and filter it at the same time.

  • There is no solution at this moment

Puffin Browser: Puffin Browser, Puffin Browser Pro​

Puffin Browser drives traffic through a compression proxy by default and AdGuard is not able to decompress and filter it at the same time.

  • There is no solution at this moment