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NextDNS
That doesn't work with a VPN (unless you have root)
Oh, I'm rooted, I didn't know that.
AdGuard supports your scenario with AdGuard adblocker + AdGuard VPN. But it’s a paid solution.
On Android, I didn’t find any apps that let you filter blocklists and using your own VPN other than Rethink, but the blocklists feature requires using Rethink’s DNS.
You probably missed it but you can totally use rethink's block list without rethink's DNS (system DNS or Wireguard).
It's called On-device blocklist
I installed the app from FDroid and it does in fact have on-device blocklists.
I did a search and found this comment, https://reddit.com/r/rethinkdns/comments/1f7ydjo/git_vs_fdroid_google_play_app_version/
After
v055b, we hit numerous bugs (and unbelievably difficult ones) in our WireGuard integration. Releasedv055cand subsequent versions to fix the most annoying bugs among them.We paused Play Store builds at
v055ebecause each new version since has had its own glaringly annoying bugs (that were of course fixed in the subsequent versions). Why? Play Store brings in the most number of Rethink users (per our estimate), and we decided to halt publishing there until we can figure out how to stablize Rethink's feature-set affected by WireGuard.Pausing roll-out like this is a one-off.
Typically, you can expect all flavours (GitHub / Website / Play Store & F-Droid) to be at the same version.
If you're feeling particularly adventurous: You can temporairly seamlessly update (without having to reinstall) to the GitHub / Website version if you're currently using Rethink installed from the Play Store. And then later, when Play Store catches up, update from Play Store again.
Thanks for the info ! I mostly download my applications directly from the source with Obtainium.
However I didn't notice any bugs with wireguard recently. The 0.5.5n seems rather stable to me :).
Glad you found it ! Hope it fill in the gaps you needed with RethinkDNS which is IMO rather complex and overall very customizable !
I just use NextDNS via the DNS-over-TLS (Private DNS) setting in Android
If you are at home you can run the vpn on your router.
Invizible Pro can act as a VPN (Tor and l2P) and allows you to choose from a list of DNS servers.