In chrome on android the "Simplified Page" feature does not have a button. If for some reason the browser decides not to display the layover toast message to access this feature, then the user is unable to enter "simplified view". The solution to this problem has been discussed before on Stack Overflow here, where they suggest opening a url to access a local resource on the browser cache. The local resource URL is formatted as follows:
chrome-distiller://<UUID>_<HASH>/?url=<URL>
It is not permitted to perform a javascript redirect to a local resource in the browser, however it is possible to display the URL as text.
javascript:function customModulo(r,o){const a=Math.floor(r/o);const t=r-o*a;return t}var sha256=function r(o){function a(r,o){return r>>>o|r<<32-o}var t=Math.pow;var n=t(2,32);var v="length";var f,e;var c="";var i=[];var u=o[v]*8;var l=r.h=r.h||[];var s=r.k=r.k||[];var h=s[v];var d={};for(var w=2;h<64;w++){if(!d[w]){for(f=0;f<313;f+=w){d[f]=w}l[h]=t(w,.5)*n|0;s[h++]=t(w,1/3)*n|0}}o+="\x80";while(customModulo(o[v],64)-56)o+="\0";for(f=0;f<o[v];f++){e=o.charCodeAt(f);if(e>>8)return;i[f>>2]|=e<<customModulo(3-f,4)*8}i[i[v]]=u/n|0;i[i[v]]=u;for(e=0;e<i[v];){var M=i.slice(e,e+=16);var g=l;l=l.slice(0,8);for(f=0;f<64;f++){var m=f+e;var k=M[f-15],S=M[f-2];var p=l[0],A=l[4];if(f<16){M[f]=M[f]}else{M[f]=M[f-16]+(a(k,7)^a(k,18)^k>>>3)+M[f-7]+(a(S,17)^a(S,19)^S>>>10)|0}var C=l[7]+(a(A,6)^a(A,11)^a(A,25))+(A&l[5]^~A&l[6])+s[f]+M[f];var b=(a(p,2)^a(p,13)^a(p,22))+(p&l[1]^p&l[2]^l[1]&l[2]);l=[C+b|0].concat(l);l[4]=l[4]+C|0}for(f=0;f<8;f++){l[f]=l[f]+g[f]|0}}for(f=0;f<8;f++){for(e=3;e+1;e--){var j=l[f]>>e*8&255;c+=function(){if(j<16){return"0"+j.toString(16)}else{return j.toString(16)}}()}}return c};var readerUrl="chrome-distiller://00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000_"+sha256(window.location.href)+decodeURIComponent("/%3Furl=")+window.location.href;window.location=readerUrl;It is also tricky to open a bookmarklet in Chrome on Android. The process is described here.
To use:
Save this bookmark to Chrome in Android, then open a web page you want to read, then search in the address bar for the bookmarklet, and then open it.
Confirmed as working. Nice and smart workaround! Thanks a lot!