[tor-bugs] #30551 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Android - Use different port numbers

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#30551: Android - Use different port numbers
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 Reporter:  sysrqb                    |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-mobile                |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                            |         Points:
 Reviewer:                            |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by sysrqb):

 Replying to [comment:1 sisbell]:
 > These values are the ones defined by Orbot but we can override them for
 torbrowser.
 >
 > We can extend AndroidTorSettings (say BrowserTorSettings) and override
 transPort(), getHttpTunnelPort(), dnsPort() to all return null. This will
 remove them from the generated torrc file so there will not be any
 conflict.
 >
 > Then in TorService.onCreate(), we detect if the package name is
 torbrowser and if so use BrowserTorSettings rather than AndroidSettings.
 >

 Hmmm, okay, I'll look into this. Thanks! We'll be sad if we must special
 case it based on package name (we have three different packages right now,
 `torbrowser`, `torbrowser_alpha`, `torbrowser_nightly`). And other apps
 may want this capability too.

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