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DNS Client for Android on Windows Pc

Developed By: Gryphius

License: Free

Rating: 4,1/5 - 66 votes

Last Updated: April 16, 2024

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 1.8
Size 4.5 MB
Release Date November 24, 23
Category Tools Apps

App Permissions:
Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (2)]

What's New:
Upgraded dnsjava to from 2.1.9 to 3.5.2. This provides more nice things like EDE support and more supported types like SVCB, HTTPSUpdated minimum anroid SDK... [see more]

Description from Developer:
This DNS client allows you to perform customised DNS queries directly from your mobile phone. In contrast to most other DNS clients, it does not impose restrictions on what you can... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download DNS Client for Android and install on Windows PC. DNS Client for Android is free Tools app, developed by Gryphius. Latest version of DNS Client for Android is 1.8, was released on 2023-11-24 (updated on 2024-04-16). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 10,000. Overall rating of DNS Client for Android is 4,1. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 66 users, 9 users had rated it 5*, 37 users had rated it 1*.

How to install DNS Client for Android on Windows?

Instruction on how to install DNS Client for Android on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install DNS Client for Android on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install DNS Client for Android using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "DNS Client for Android" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install DNS Client for Android on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "DNS Client for Android" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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This DNS client allows you to perform customised DNS queries directly from your mobile phone. In contrast to most other DNS clients, it does not impose restrictions on what you can query.

Features:
* Select recursive or authoritative server to query
* Specify any question type (not just the most common A/AAAA/MX ....), you can even enter the type ID for new/experimental question types
* Supports IN/CH/HS query class
* Set question flags
* DNSSEC validation
* experimental DNS-over-TLS and DNS-over-HTTPS support
* Question / response history
* Query bookmarks
* IDNA support

This app uses the dnsjava library ( http://www.dnsjava.org/ ) , Copyright (c) Brian Wellington, Ingo Bauersachs. All rights reserved.

The source code is available at: https://github.com/gryphius/androdns
Upgraded dnsjava to from 2.1.9 to 3.5.2. This provides more nice things like EDE support and more supported types like SVCB, HTTPS
Updated minimum anroid SDK level to 26
added local DNSSEC validation ( for DoT and Do53, unfortunately not for DoT yet)
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.