Hikari AdBlock v1.2.3

Hikari AdBlock — free, open-source, no-root Android ad blocker.

What's new in v1.2.3

Shizuku mode now fails fast and tells you why

• Added a clear error dialog for Shizuku mode. If your ROM and kernel deny
  permission for iptables/nftables, Shizuku mode can't work on your device.
  Previously the app could sit on "Connecting..." and silently retry for a very
  long time before giving up with no real explanation. It now detects the block
  immediately and explains exactly what happened.
• One-tap "Switch to Direct (VPN) mode". The blocked dialog now has a button
  that switches you straight to Direct (VPN) mode and starts protection, so you
  still get ad blocking even when Shizuku is unavailable on your ROM.
• Added a pre-flight probe. When you select Shizuku mode, the app now runs a
  single cheap, read-only netfilter command first. If the ROM/kernel refuses it,
  you're told right away and the service is never started, so no filters are
  fetched and no retry loop runs.

Under the hood

• The pre-flight probe is used from the Settings toggle, from the power-button
  toggle, and when a pending Shizuku start is retried after returning to the app.
  The service also runs the same probe as a safety net.
• Filters are loaded exactly once before the retry loop, so retries no longer
  re-fetch or re-seed the filter lists.
• Bumped the version to 1.2.3 (versionCode 7).

If your ROM and kernel deny iptables permission, Shizuku mode cannot work on
your device. Use Direct (VPN) mode (the dialog can switch you over with one
tap) or the root backend instead.

📥 How to download

• app-universal-release.apk — works on every phone (pick this if you're not sure)
• app-arm64-v8a-release.apk — most modern phones (recommended, smaller download)
• app-armeabi-v7a-release.apk, app-x86-release.apk, app-x86_64-release.apk — other CPU types

Hikari AdBlock v1.2.2

Hikari AdBlock — free, open-source, no-root Android ad blocker.

Fixed — Shizuku mode now enables in the release build

The Shizuku fix from 1.2.1 was present in the code but did not actually work once installed as a release APK. Root cause: on Android 12+, showing the Shizuku permission dialog moves the app to the background, and the app then tried to start its foreground service from that background state. Android silently refuses that start, so even after tapping Allow the mode stayed off. (The debug build only appeared to work because Shizuku permission was already granted on the dev device, so the dialog never appeared.)

• The Shizuku service is now started before the permission dialog is shown, while the app is still in the foreground, and waits for the grant before applying rules.
• If the start is still refused, it is automatically retried when the app returns to the foreground.
• The permission flow polls Shizuku directly, so forks (e.g. Shevery) that never deliver the result callback still work.
• Added the missing R8/ProGuard keeps for the Shizuku/Sui classes and Parcelable creators (a classic "works in debug, breaks in release" cause).
• A refused foreground-service start can no longer crash the app.

If Shizuku mode still does not turn on after this update, try tapping the toggle once more after granting permission, and share the in-app logs so we can dig further.

📥 How to download

• app-universal-release.apk — works on every phone (pick this if you're not sure)
• app-arm64-v8a-release.apk — most modern phones (recommended, smaller download)
• app-armeabi-v7a-release.apk, app-x86-release.apk, app-x86_64-release.apk — other CPU types

Hikari AdBlock v1.2.1

Hikari AdBlock — free, open-source, no-root Android ad blocker.

✨ What's new in v1.2.1

🐛 Fixes

• Shizuku mode stuck on "Connecting" — fixed. The permission grant is now handled reliably and shell commands have proper timeouts, so the proxy starts instead of hanging.
• Shizuku mode not turning on — fixed. iptables setup via Shizuku now works consistently, without root and without the VPN icon.

✨ New

• In-app update dialog — when a new release is published, Hikari AdBlock shows an update prompt with an update icon and the changelog. Tap Update now to download and install directly in the app, or Release page to download it manually from GitHub.

📥 How to download

• app-universal-release.apk — works on every phone (pick this if you're not sure)
• app-arm64-v8a-release.apk — most modern phones (recommended, smaller download)
• app-armeabi-v7a-release.apk, app-x86-release.apk, app-x86_64-release.apk — other CPU types

⚠️ If the app was installed with a different signing key, uninstall the old version first — Android cannot overwrite an app signed with a different key.

Hikari AdBlock v1.2.0

Hikari AdBlock — free, open-source, no-root Android ad blocker.

New in v1.2.0

Shizuku mode - block ads with no root and no VPN icon

• Added a new Shizuku mode: applies the same powerful iptables DNS ad-blocking engine via Shizuku (ADB shell) privileges, so you get full ad blocking without root and without a permanent VPN status-bar icon.
• Choose between Root, Shizuku and VPN modes from the Protection settings.

YouTube ad blocking

• Block YouTube feed and related (sponsor) ads instantly - no app restart needed.
• Works together with the instant in-video ad skipping added in v1.1.0.

UI tweaks

• New floating glass bottom bar and rounded glass cards across the app.
• Polish and small layout fixes on the DNS server, protection level and WireGuard screens.

Fixes

• Fixed a potential crash when granting the Shizuku permission.

📥 How to download

• app-universal-release.apk — works on every phone (pick this if you're not sure)
• app-arm64-v8a-release.apk — most modern phones (recommended, smaller download)
• app-armeabi-v7a-release.apk, app-x86-release.apk, app-x86_64-release.apk — other CPU types

⚠️ Uninstall any older Hikari AdBlock before installing this update — different
signing keys cannot overwrite each other.

Hikari AdBlock v1.1.0

Hikari AdBlock — free, open-source, no-root Android ad blocker.

✨ What's new in v1.1.0

• Block YouTube Ads — new toggle in Settings → Protection, right below YouTube Restricted Mode. It blocks YouTube's ad network — ad decisions, ad creatives and ad tracking on doubleclick.net, googlesyndication.com, adservice.google.com, ads.youtube.com and s.youtube.com — so YouTube has no ads left to show. Takes effect instantly: no restart, no filter update, no phone reboot. Blocked queries are labeled "YouTube Ads" in the DNS log.
• Stable signing key — releases are now signed with the project's own keystore, so future updates can install right on top of this one.

📥 How to download

• app-universal-release.apk — works on every phone (pick this if you're not sure)
• app-arm64-v8a-release.apk — most modern phones (recommended, smaller download)
• app-armeabi-v7a-release.apk, app-x86-release.apk, app-x86_64-release.apk — other CPU types

⚠️ Uninstall any older Hikari AdBlock first. This build has a new signing key and Android will refuse to install it over a different-signature app.

Hikari AdBlock v1.0.3

Hikari AdBlock — free, open-source, no-root Android ad blocker.

• app-release.apk — release build (signed, installable)
• app-debug.apk — debug build

Built and signed automatically by GitHub Actions.

Hikari AdBlock v1.0.2

Hikari AdBlock — free, open-source, no-root Android ad blocker.

• app-release.apk — release build (signed, installable)
• app-debug.apk — debug build

Built and signed automatically by GitHub Actions.

Hikari AdBlock v1.0.1

Hikari AdBlock — free, open-source, no-root Android ad blocker.

✨ What's new in v1.0.1

• Green launcher icon — matches the Hikari brand color.
• Sponsor row removed from Settings.
• UI refresh — new accent green and updated wording so the app doesn't look like a plain copy of anything else.
• ⚡ Instant whitelist & blacklist — adding or removing a domain, custom rule or firewall rule now applies immediately (no toggling the VPN off/on, no filter update, no phone restart).
• ⚡ Instant app whitelist — whitelisting/un-whitelisting an app applies automatically within ~1 second (fast silent tunnel rebuild).

📥 How to download

• app-universal-release.apk — works on every phone (pick this if you're not sure)
• app-arm64-v8a-release.apk — most modern phones (recommended, smaller download)

⚠️ Uninstall any older Hikari AdBlock first. This build has a new signing key.

Hikari AdBlock v1.0.0

Hikari AdBlock — free, open-source, no-root Android ad blocker.

• app-release.apk — release build (signed, installable)
• app-debug.apk — debug build

Built and signed automatically by GitHub Actions.