AFWall+ (Android Firewall +)

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About this app

***ROOT REQUIRED*** If you don't know what root is, please search for "How to root android" in the Internet.

AFWall+ (Android Firewall +) is a front-end application for the powerful iptables Linux firewall.It allows you to restrict which applications are permitted to access your data networks (2G/3G and/or Wi-Fi and while in roaming). Also you can control traffic within LAN or while connected through VPN.


ACCESS_SUPERUSER Permission
More info on new permission - android.permission.ACCESS_SUPERUSER
https://plus.google.com/103583939320326217147/posts/T9xnMJEnzf1

PERMISSIONS & FAQ
INTERNET permission is only required for LAN functionality (API limitation)
https://github.com/ukanth/afwall/wiki/FAQ

BETA Testing
Join BETA for latest features/experiments - https://play.google.com/apps/testing/dev.ukanth.ufirewall

Features
- Material inspired Design ( not real material design )
- Supports 5.x to 11.x (for 2.x support use 1.3.4.1 version, for 4.x use 2.9.9)
- Import/Export Rules to external storage with UI
- Search Applications
- Filter Applications
- Profile Management with UI ( multiple Profiles )
- Tasker/Locale support
- Select All/None/Invert/Clear applications on each column
- Revamped Rules/Logs Viewer with copy/export to external storage
- Preferences
> Highlight system applications with custom color
> Notify on new installations
> Ability to hide application icons( faster loading )
> Use LockPattern/Pin for application protection.
> Use system level protection for app (Donate only)
> Show/Hide application ID.
- Roaming Option for 3G/Edge
- VPN Support
- LAN Support
- Tether Support
- IPV6/IPV4 Support
- Tor Support
- Adaptive Icons
_ Notification Channels
- Choose able languages
- Choose able iptables/busybox binary
- Support x86/MIPS/ARM devices.
- New Widget UI - Apply profiles with few clicks
- Blocked packets notification - Displays blocked packets
- Support for wifi only tablets
- Improved Log statistics with UI

Translations & Languages
- German translations by chef@xda & user_99@xda & Gronkdalonka@xda
- French translations by GermainZ@xda & Looki75@xda
- Russian translations by Kirhe@xda & YaroslavKa78
- Spanish translations by spezzino@crowdin
- Dutch translations by DutchWaG@crowdin
- Japanese translation by nnnn@crowdin
- Ukrainian translation by andriykopanytsia@crowdin
- Slovenian translation by bunga bunga@crowdin
- Chinese Simplified translation by tianchaoren@crowdin
- Polish translations by tst,Piotr Kowalski@crowdin
- Swedish translations by CreepyLinguist@crowdin
- Greek Translations by mpqo@crowdin
- Portuguese translations by lemor2008@xda
- Chinese Traditional by shiuan@crowdin
- Chinese Simplified by wuwufei,tianchaoren @ crowdin
- Italian translations by benzo@crowdin
- Romanian tranlations by mysterys3by-facebook@crowdin
- Czech translations by Syk3s
- Hungarian translations
- Turkish translations
- Indonesian translations by mirulumam

BIG THANKS for all the translators and http://crowdin.net for supporting opensource !

Translations Page - http://crowdin.net/project/afwall

AFWall+ is open source software, you can find the source here : https://github.com/ukanth/afwall
Official Support XDA forum - > http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1957231

Ratings and reviews

was working great until recently to solely block Google system apps (Play Services, Framework, etc) from *excessive* background data use (which, suspiciously, only seemed to occur via my Google Fi mobile data connection - not via WiFi). but now, possibly after an unwanted automatic system/OS or Google app update, the app causes both mobile data & WiFi to fail to connect to the Internet, and crashes every time i try to launch it.

Really awesome firewall. The only feature it's missing & I don't know if it's even possible to implement is: a toggle that will enable auto-whitelisting internet for new apps installed by the user to the exclusion of apps installed by other means. Often times branded phones auto-install apps in the background without your permission. It would be good to ignore those apps & leave them disabled from the internet by default until the user explicitly allows it.

On version 3.0.3, still cannot make persistent notification icon go away. When enabled, persistent notification is a shield, when disabled it is a white ball. Developer says white ball is from Google. That may be, HOWEVER, neither existed in v2.9 and earlier, so persistent notification icon is due to some change within the app between 2.9 and 3.0. Based on other reviews, these changes should be reverted back to how the old version handled things. I'm glad I still have a copy of 2.9.

What’s new

Maintenance release 3.6.1
- Android SDK requirements - Target version to latest
- Log supports ARM64 devices.
- Code cleanup.