I love RSS feeds, but they are not as convenient to use, are they?
I did some routing of the feeds and some tinkering with the gReader pro app.
Here are the results:
1. Offline cached with all images (magazine/flipboard/peopeller like)
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"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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2. Full articles in feed
Here is what i did:
1.Converted all feeds to full feeds using fulltextrssfeed.com
2. gReader settings:
Enable offline usage
3. Check to cache feed images, audio and video. Don't check load full content (it loads the webpage)
4. I changed theme to dark and enabled fullscreen, but it is up to you
And you are ready to go.
After feeds are synced, images/audio will be downloaded.
gReader pro is available on market at: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.noinnion.android.greader.readerpro
Free version is also available.
Hope it helps you guys in having a good time reading RSS feeds with convenience and style.
No response. RSS is dead perhaps.
Many thanks for all the effort into writing this post .. The ability to download full feeds will be very useful to me. I think I will stick to pulse though... It just feels so slick compared to greader that I can't bear to convert. even though I wish it could download images for offline viewing too.
jacknme said:
Many thanks for all the effort into writing this post .. The ability to download full feeds will be very useful to me. I think I will stick to pulse though... It just feels so slick compared to greader that I can't bear to convert. even though I wish it could download images for offline viewing too.
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Google propeller can do it too (offline image). It is free but is available is US only. I have the apk but I'm not sure if it is ok to post it.
I just used market enabler to spoof as a us device but couldn't find it.... Could I trouble you to pm the link to the apk?
thanks!
jacknme said:
I just used market enabler to spoof as a us device but couldn't find it.... Could I trouble you to pm the link to the apk?
thanks!
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The actual app released by Google is called Google Currents. I'm sending you dropbox link to it.
I guess i can post the link here. It's a free app. http://db.tt/d4DxmZKT
thanks!
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Thanks man!
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Hello all!
I have been lucky enough to finally get my Nexus One. Although my purchasing process was riddled with issues and lacked any support. I got the phone and it seems to be free of defects, and I am loving it even more than I thought I would.
I am moving from a Windows Mobile phone (FINALLY), and I had an app called Newsbreak which I used all the time. It would basically download all my feeds for offline viewing/listening including audio/video podcasts, and use the SD card for storage.
I have been looking for an equivalent on android and I appear to be left wanting. Most RSS reader appear to be online only, don't seem to support downloading podcasts, or requires Google Reader (sorry not wanting to give my Google Account password).
Does anyone know of a good offline RSS reader?
I have tried Newsrob (needs Google Reader), Listen (no offline?) and I am currently reviewing BlueRSS. I like BlueRSS, but I see no option to store on the SD card nor how to download the podcast or website for offline viewing. Since BlueRSS says it does this, I am not sure if I am missing something or it is just not able to do what I require.
If I need to I will design my own, but this is the only thing keeping me from using the N1 full time.
Thanks!
Check out Doggcatcher (no idea why they chose that name). Here's the feature list:
http://www.snoggdoggler.com/FeatureOverview
BeyondPod is a good solution as well. I use it for audio/video.
You can't beat Newsrob for RSS integration with GReader though. You can just create a new google account and export all your feeds and than use that exclusively for Newsrob.
Edit: Link: http://www.beyondpod.mobi/android/index.htm
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"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
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DoggCatcher looks like ti will work and I will check out BeyondPod. I did not find these before since they appear to be paid apps, and I just moved my SIM over so it was hiding them from me before.
Wish there was a free one though. Maybe that will be my first Andriod project.
I really don't like Google Reader. Its convenient, but giving my login information to an app is just not safe. If there was a Google one I might try it, but they seems to want to force people to be online. Why use bandwidth so irresponsibly? Just don't make sense.
Thanks all!
I recently released Twimager on the android market. It is an application that captures links clicked to popular image hosts like twitpic, flickr, yfrog and img.ly to name a few. It currently supports 9 image hosts, plus direct links to images.
It was intended for use with twitter clients for viewing images that others post, but it will work with any android application that opens links to an external application, like the Browser.
Twimager displays the image in a more mobile device friendly way, and only shows the image, instead of the full website that is not mobile friendly and requires a lot of scrolling to view the image.
Twimager is available on the android market for $0.99 or Twimager Lite is available for Free, but only supports TwitPic.
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Looks good, does it show image replies beneath?
So, I downloaded it in the end and it works well but I think as is, it is a little too basic to be charging for, even if it is only $0.99. If you were able to add nicely formatted replies to the image at the bottom so you can scroll down and see the replies then it would be a much better proposition.
No, it doesn't show any replies, and I have no intention to add them. That goes beyond the scope of the application. It is meant to remove the "clutter" and show only the image. Though I will have the ability to open the original source, so if you want to read the replies and other things on the original site you still will be able to do so.
I have added the ability to zoom, so you can see the image in its original size, and I am working on saving the images, also I am always looking for additional hosts to support. chzb.gr links were just added last night.
Support for Imageshack, Imagesforme, TinyPic and Imagesforme?
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Support for Imageshack, Imagesforme, TinyPic and Imagesforme?
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TinyPic is already supported, and I will look at adding support for the others too.
Hmm, the lack of comments is the only really offputting thing about it. I know you say it is beyond the scope but I would think you'd sell a lot more if it could fully replace the image hosting site, and the only way to do that is by offering the same experience of picture and comments.
I have tried almost every application available on market (in Sweden) but none supports widget in free version.
The purpose in looking for new apps for both Twitter and Facebook is that I'm tired of timescape and replacing it with two separate applications..
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I have also tried many free twitter apps.
I have to say that Twicca was the most suitable for me. Leaving running on background, and set interval to half hour, i get the most updates trough the notification. Also there is a widget, to bad it doens't show the last post/reaction of your following, but you have a nice neat set of buttons to make directly your own pic, search user, watch all the posts of your following.
The most best of all is that twicca can post your GPS location and post a pic directly from camera, or search your phone for a picture/movie or record a movie.
Twicca is on my phone for a month now... Still happy with it, only to save my battery drain i always kill the app when i am done xD
Im not into Tweeter that much.
Try these out. Didn't test by myself.
Twidgit Lite (Twitter Widget)
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"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
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Tweetrait - A Twitter Widget
TweetMeep
Twitmemo
I recommend using the twicca app..I like it and it has a widget too.
It has a clean UI and is fast.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/jp.r246.twicca
I am using tweetcaster version 1.9 by handmark. I actually preferred twiccas twitter interface just a tiny bit better than tweetcasters, but tweetcasters widget blows twiccas out of the water. The widget is 4x2 and has a text input bar for directly tweeting from the home screen, it also has your latest tweet from your feed on the homescreen, with a button to play your twitter feed, skip ahead to the next tweet, or back to the previous one (if not your most recent). It is the most useful twitter widget i have been able to find (on a free app) and the usefulness of the widget pushes it above all the other twitter apps I have tried. I have not bought any of the premium twitter apps to try their widgets (touitter, twidroid, etc.) so cant really comment on those.
Look for tweetcaster, if its available in your region, and give it a try. it is free after all, so cant hurt to try.
+1 for tweetcaster. Love it.
I use Twicca too, really like it.
Hi there!! I am currently studying software engineering and as a grad thesis I have developed an android application to browse a movie, series and actors/directors database. You may think, what´s the difference with IMDB or Wikipedia?? Well, this app has two big differences: it´s lite and it has offline functionality.
It´s lite because it only brings the absolutely needed information everytime you search something. For every movie, series or person you search it only downloads about 20kb or 30kb plus its image, which can be disabled or limited to wifi.
It´s offline because not only saves the articles that you have searched but it also synchronize with a server and authomatically downloads articles searched by other users. This way, you can access them offline later. This sync also doesn´t spend network data as it can be configured only for wifi use or it can be disabled.
For those interested, I tell you how it works. The info is taken from a Google´s Freebase API and, as it looks for articles it creates documents for a local NoSQL CouchDB database that syncs with a server. It´s a very shallow explanation but I don´t want to bore everybody. However, I will gladly explain it in a more detailed way to anyone who wants.
I attach some pics and and you can look for this in the play store ( i cand post links ) :
Lite Movie Database
To sum it up, thanks to everybody that read up to here. I hope some of you are interested in the app, and those who don´t, if you just wanna download it and use it a bit , would be really helpful .
Thank you!!!!!
Play store link : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tesis.localfilmdatabase
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ICon!!
Thank you jdstrydom!!!!
It is called Lite Movie Database and has this icon:
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gabocapde said:
Thank you jdstrydom!!!!
It is called Lite Movie Database and has this icon:
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Pleasure
Sent you a pm.
Works really well and fast too. Just what I have been looking for. Had one fc when clicking on a cast member link, but second time around it was fine.
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Looks good. I'll give it a try for sure
Can't find it...
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Good work. What about box?
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Good work. What about box?
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