sirpryderi / open-hosts-editor

Free and open source application to edit the /etc/hosts file for android devices. Root required.

Open Hosts Editor for Android

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⚠ ROOT REQUIRED

Open Hosts Editor is a free and open source application to edit the /etc/hosts file for Android devices.

It is available for download from Play Store.

Your device must be rooted. Not all devices have the hosts file in the same path, so it might not work on yours. You can submit an issue so that I can investigate.

The application is free and contains no ad.

Contributions

🌍 This project is looking for translators!

Open Hosts Editor needs your help, all contributions are welcome! Open a PR, submit an issue, or suggest a feature!

Screenshots

Building the app

The required android SDK is 29.

The easiest way of building and running the app is by opening the project on Android Studio.

Building from the command line is equally easy, just run:

Windows:

gradlew.bat build

*nix:

./gradlew build

open-hosts-editor's Issues

Import from file feature

A few users have requested the ability to import from a txt file.

It also seems like the direct edit button (pen icon) is not very intuitive, possible UX improvement needed.

Crash on backup

User reported a crash when using the backup function.

Here's the stack trace:

java.lang.RuntimeException: Failure delivering result ResultInfo{who=@android:requestPermissions:, request=0, result=-1, data=Intent { act=android.content.pm.action.REQUEST_PERMISSIONS (has extras) }} to activity {me.vittorio_io.openhostseditor/me.vittorio_io.openhostseditor.activities.MainActivity}: java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not create file directory.
    at android.app.ActivityThread.deliverResults(ActivityThread.java:4965)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.handleSendResult(ActivityThread.java:5006)
    at android.app.servertransaction.ActivityResultItem.execute(ActivityResultItem.java:51)
    at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeCallbacks(TransactionExecutor.java:135)
    at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:95)
    at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:2068)
    at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:107)
    at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:224)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7551)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
    at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:539)
    at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:995)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not create file directory.
    at me.vittorio_io.openhostseditor.model.HostsManager.getBackupStorageDirectory(HostsManager.java:209)
    at me.vittorio_io.openhostseditor.model.HostsManager.saveBackup(HostsManager.java:183)
    at me.vittorio_io.openhostseditor.activities.MainActivity.onRequestPermissionsResult(MainActivity.java:273)
    at android.app.Activity.dispatchRequestPermissionsResult(Activity.java:8408)
    at android.app.Activity.dispatchActivityResult(Activity.java:8253)
    at android.app.ActivityThread.deliverResults(ActivityThread.java:4958)
    ... 11 more