Buccaneer

A lightweight web browser for Android TV, designed for remote control navigation and streaming content. Features

• TV-optimized UI — Full remote control navigation with D-pad, no mouse or touch required
• Streaming optimized — Autoplay support, popup blocking, and video playback controls
• Bookmarks — Save, organize, and manage bookmarks with folder support
• Dark mode — Native dark theme for comfortable night-time viewing
• Desktop site mode — Request desktop versions of websites for better layouts
• Quality preference — Optionally prefer lower-resolution streams (480p → 720p → 1080p)
• One video at a time — Prevents multiple videos from playing simultaneously
• Popup guard — Blocks ad popups and overlay ads
• Crash recovery — Watchdog service restarts the browser after GPU crashes
• Keypad — On-screen keyboard for typing in search fields and forms

Requirements

• Android TV / Fire TV (tested on Fire TV, Android 7.1.2, API 25)
• Minimum SDK: 22
• Target SDK: 33
• Compile SDK: 34