Known compatibility issues with Android apps
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This article is about AdGuard for Android, a multifunctional ad blocker that protects your device at the system level. To see how it works, download the AdGuard app
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VPN apps
If you are using AdGuard in the Local VPN filtering mode, you cannot run other VPN apps at the same time. To solve this problem, we suggest that you:
- Use AdGuard VPN — its Integrated mode allows two apps to operate simultaneously
- Configure your VPN app to act as an outbound proxy and set up a local outbound proxy using the parameters from the third-party app
- Switch to the Automatic proxy mode. When you do that, AdGuard will no longer use local VPN and will reconfigure iptables instead
- Switch to the Manual proxy mode. To do this, go to Settings → Filtering → Network → Routing mode
The Automatic proxy mode is only accessible on rooted devices. For Manual proxy, rooting is required on devices running on Android 10 or later.
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
Requires root access.
Dolphin Browser: Dolphin Browser, Dolphin Browser Express
AdGuard cannot filter its traffic when operating in the 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