Select Text to Search
Select Text to Search is a free, open-source app for Android. Add a "Web search" action to the text selection toolbar. It has 137 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.
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About Select Text to Search
This tiny app can add a "Web search" action to the text selection toolbar on Android. It also adds a "Web search" as target for sharing text. The default search engine can be configured in its settings page, openable in Custom Tabs toolbar, or the App info page for this app in system Settings. Text selection toolbar requires Android 6.0 or above, so this app requires it as well.
Privacy and F-Droid
F-Droid builds Select Text to Search from its published source code and flags anti-features such as ads, tracking or reliance on non-free services.
No anti-features flagged on the latest F-Droid build.
Screenshots
Screenshots from the app's F-Droid listing.
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Is Select Text to Search free and open source?
Yes. Select Text to Search's source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free. F-Droid, which builds it from source, flags no anti-features such as ads or tracking on its latest build.
How do I install Select Text to Search?
You can install Select Text to Search from F-Droid (package me.zhanghai.android.textselectionwebsearch) and from Google Play; the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: v1.1.3).
Is Select Text to Search still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Jun 1, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Jul 6, 2025. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.