Tech Bytes gives you the latest Tech news from many leading Tech sites. Listen to tech podcasts as you go about doing your work. Tech Bytes is the The UI currently supports more than 60 languages.
We currently support the feeds from following sites:
- AnandTech
- AndroidAutority
- Clockwise Podcast
- Gizmag
- GSMArena
- Tech Hive
- TheNextWeb
- WP Central
- Xda
Please let us know in the Feature Request section if any of your favorite Tech-site is missing.
Some of the features of the app:
-Listen to Podcasts
-Automatically get notifications for new articles
-Read it later (offline reading) supported
-Download only when on WiFi option
-Auto clean up read/unread setting to clear the cache
-Enable/Disable auto sync
-Set sync interval from 1 minute to 24 hours
-Auto sync on startup
-Ability to turn off notifications
-Downloads section
-4 different cool themes to chose from (Dark mode for easy reading during the night)
-Optimized for tablets
-Widgets
-many more..
Note:- Automatic background sync and notifications are enabled by default. You can turn them off anytime or change the frequency of sync by going to settings.
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blazeappz
Version Information
Status: Stable
Created 2014-08-30
Last Updated 2014-08-30
good app
if more sites supported then it would be great
jeevan_500 said:
if more sites supported then it would be great
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Pls let me know which site you would need under the Feature Request section. Thanks
the following sites are there means it would be wonderful
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Pls let me know which site you would need under the Feature Request section. Thanks
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Android central, Android authority,Android police ,Android and me ,Android pit ,Android headlines etc. i also filled the Feature Request section kindly check it once
Link to Play Store.
jeevan_500 said:
Android central, Android authority,Android police ,Android and me ,Android pit ,Android headlines etc. i also filled the Feature Request section kindly check it once
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Will add some of them. I had thought of adding all of them initially but it would result in flooding with the same piece of news from various sites. It defeats the purpose and increases data usage, needs more space, etc.
But still might add in a couple of them as they offer breaking and exclusive news.
blazeappz said:
Will add some of them. I had thought of adding all of them initially but it would result in flooding with the same piece of news from various sites. It defeats the purpose and increases data usage, needs more space, etc.
But still might add in a couple of them as they offer breaking and exclusive news.
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Please add these two options in this priority order:
1) The ability to include or exclude feeds from the built in list (checkbox UI)
2) The ability to add your own feed url. You will likely need to specify supported content requirements.
Thanks for considering my requests.
Doug
I really thank you dev I followed you from the other thread about flowly. Thanks for putting this together. I'd definitely look at the sources in flowly because those are the a lot of the main android sources. Like someone posted above the ability to add or turn off feeds individually would be awesome. I know you're working with the appyet format so I don't know it's limitations but those would be the suggestions I have. A working replacement for flowly. Regardless thanks for putting this together.
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contesauce said:
I really thank you dev I followed you from the other thread about flowly. Thanks for putting this together. I'd definitely look at the sources in flowly because those are the a lot of the main android sources. Like someone posted above the ability to add or turn off feeds individually would be awesome. I know you're working with the appyet format so I don't know it's limitations but those would be the suggestions I have. A working replacement for flowly. Regardless thanks for putting this together.
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The ability to turn off feeds is under development I believe.
I did not want the app to be flooded with the same news over and over again. The IFA 2014 week has started and if a new mobile comes out it will be reported in all Android sites and my app will have the same news over and over again! Anyways I will release an update later in the week to add more Android sources.
Guys please click on the Thanks button and more importantly give our honest reviews at the play store.
Also spread the word, I have only 20+ downloads.
I love the way this app operates. The original Flowly was best tho, I ordered pro to get more themes but was obviously ripped off. This app is nice, but I agree with everyone that there isn't enough feeds. It wasn't flooded with redundant information, and not only that, but all the sites do different phone reviews and such. I waited a month and a half for my Note 4, so watching everyones review/hands on videos helped. Going to uninstall for now, let us know if you add more feeds.
Thanks for this, I also came from flowly. I would also like to ask for the ability to choose/unchoose feeds, and the option to add your own.
Rippley05 said:
I love the way this app operates. The original Flowly was best tho, I ordered pro to get more themes but was obviously ripped off. This app is nice, but I agree with everyone that there isn't enough feeds. It wasn't flooded with redundant information, and not only that, but all the sites do different phone reviews and such. I waited a month and a half for my Note 4, so watching everyones review/hands on videos helped. Going to uninstall for now, let us know if you add more feeds.
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Thanks Rippley! I am working on an update to add more feeds. Its in test phase now. Please stay tuned. You can expect the update to roll out in a couple of days.
lightsout said:
Thanks for this, I also came from flowly. I would also like to ask for the ability to choose/unchoose feeds, and the option to add your own.
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Thank You lightsout. I will look into your request.
Related
TeeVee allows you to track your favorite shows, so you never miss an episode. You can also see the shows and episodes information.
Market Link
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Features:
- Over 5000 TV shows, including Anime*
- No sign-in
- Offline mode
- Sync the airing episodes with your google calendar in a fast way without manual confirmation.*
- Language Support
- Timezones support
- Sharing
- Widget with multiple themes
*Feature only available on TeeVee. On TeeVee Lite you can only follow 2 shows.
All series data is requested trough TVRage.com (http://TVRage.com), and we have to thank them for their API.
We take bugs/requests very seriously and we keep working to fix/implement them as fast as possible. If you encounter a problem or would like to have some feature added you can submit a bug/feature on our website. To ensure that we can easily fix your problem be sure to take a look at "Issue reporting" section in our wiki and follow the guidelines.
Follow us @XenopsTeeVee(http://twitter.com/#!/XenopsTeeVee) to get the latest news and receive even faster support.
I just tried it and loved it. I used to use SeriesGuide, but the Sync with calendar option on this application got me curious. Bought the full version to give it a try and was totally worth it. Thanks
WorkingSoHard said:
I just tried it and loved it. I used to use SeriesGuide, but the Sync with calendar option on this application got me curious. Bought the full version to give it a try and was totally worth it. Thanks
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Glad to know someone is using and finding it useful, thanks!
I have a question,
I have two mobiles and an eee-pad transformer, and im installed TeeVee on all of them, and since i follow around 13 series, it was rather painless to add them on all devices. How about a feature to allow one to share all the series, maybe via a QR code or something, that could be read on other devices and add them automatically?
Thanks!
WorkingSoHard said:
I have a question,
I have two mobiles and an eee-pad transformer, and im installed TeeVee on all of them, and since i follow around 13 series, it was rather painless to add them on all devices. How about a feature to allow one to share all the series, maybe via a QR code or something, that could be read on other devices and add them automatically?
Thanks!
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Thank you for the suggestion we were already thinking of implementing that on future updates, if you have any more suggestions it would be really helpful to us. Glad you liked the application
You plan adding another contries?
Felimenta97 said:
You plan adding another contries?
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Hello. What do you mean by adding other countries? You can search shows from all over the world in the "Search" tab The "On Air" tab lists all the shows currently airing in the UK & US but you can follow any show from around the globe.
Thank you for your interest!
Hmm... tried to buy the app but market must not be working cuz it said: an error occured.
I dont know though... I can download other stuff... gonna try again later..
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Just bought your app - first tough - it would be nice to make adding your shows simpler. Now I need to add one by one, followed by skipping to the beginning of the list.. A little bit annoying
edit. it would also be nice to have most of the interface in English
koven said:
Just bought your app - first tough - it would be nice to make adding your shows simpler. Now I need to add one by one, followed by skipping to the beginning of the list.. A little bit annoying
edit. it would also be nice to have most of the interface in English
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Hello koven thank you for your opinion! There is English language available you just have to go to the Settings and change the language
About making adding shows easier, we'll take a look into it, I guess you're right. Well good thing is you only have to add them once
Thank you once again.
Masterwork said:
Hello koven thank you for your opinion! There is English language available you just have to go to the Settings and change the language
About making adding shows easier, we'll take a look into it, I guess you're right. Well good thing is you only have to add them once
Thank you once again.
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Some of the infos are not translated.
Maybe once, but it's o annoying and time consuming, I just stopped at 4 shows.
I can filter my shows, but as I don't remember all of them It would be nice to add a tick to the scroll list and then select add.
koven said:
Some of the infos are not translated.
Maybe once, but it's o annoying and time consuming, I just stopped at 4 shows.
I can filter my shows, but as I don't remember all of them It would be nice to add a tick to the scroll list and then select add.
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Thank you for your suggestion on adding shows, we'll implement it in a future update.
Also, can you tell me what infos are not translated? Thank you.
calendar actualization screen
lovely app, thanks
yantheus said:
lovely app, thanks
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Thanks a lot yantheus. Please review it on the Android Market it would help us develop some more applications.
Any info on new rel.?
Very good app
I thought you could actually watch them on a phone...
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Any info on new rel.?
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Hi koven we're planning on releasing a new version still this month.
tarunongo thanks a lot buddy.
bloodhunter112 sorry the purpose of this application is solely to keep track of the airdate and information of your favorite TV shows.
I'm enjoying your app so far, with one exception I hope you can address. Some of my shows aren't being put into the calendar on the correct days.
First thing I tried to resolve the issue was to hit the update button and re-populate the calendar, but nothing changed.
Here's a screenshot of the app on my phone. The show I'll use for an example is Boardwalk Empire (though it's not the only show that's listed incorrectly):
Next I thought there might be an error with http://www.tvrage.com/ so I went there to make sure the information is correct:
As you can see, the next episode should be airing on Sunday, 6 November 2011. So something is breaking down between http://www.tvrage.com/ and your app. Might be some kind of scraping error.
Edit: I should note that Sunday, 6 November 2011 is the correct air date for the next episode of Boardwalk Empire according to HBO.
Phonechievements is back
Phonechievements (latest version 1.35)
About
Phonechievements brings achievements to the mobile phone. For those who are gamers the concept isn't new, for those who are not, achievements are just rewards you get for accomplishing a goal. You don't get an actual prize, it's just a form of reward that you get in writing. Moreover, this app allows you to brag on Facebook with them (for now).
Open the app and navigate through the list. Each achievement has a description on how you can unlock it. Want to let everyone know how you master the phone? Share on Facebook the unlocked achievements. Just open the app and go to the achievement and a Facebook logo button will allow you to do that.
With each update new features and of course new phonechievements will be added.
If you like the idea and want to help me improve or have any suggestions for new achievements, please check it out.
The app is available for Android 2.0+. If you find any issues please let me know so I can fix them.
Thank you.
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Current Features
More than 70 unlockable achievements in 6 categories (more to come)
Share unlocked achievements on Facebook, Twitter or Google Plus
Show/hide unlocked achievements
Statusbar notification on phonechievement unlocked
Possibility to hide individual achievements
Option to switch GPS query ON/OFF (if you keep GPS on from android settings the you most probably want tot keep it OFF in the app)
Sync your profile online (check what you have synced on http://phonechievements.com/profile/yourchosennickname/) - for now an ugly 10 minutes of code website will appear. The nice one is under construction. This is just for checking purposes
Share online profile with most of the sharing apps installed
Profile forum signature:
E.g.:
Code:
[PLAIN][URL="http://phonechievements.com/profile/Nightfly89/"][IMG]http://phonechievements.com/profile/Nightfly89/sign/[/IMG][/URL][/PLAIN]
Social
Follow on Facebook
IMPORTANT
IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT YOU ALWAYS USE THE SYNC OPTION BEFORE DOING AN UPDATE AND ALSO ON A REGULAR BASIS. AFTER YOU UPDATED THE APP IF YOU EXPERIENCE LOSS OF STATS OR ACHIEVEMENTS USE THE SYNC OPTION AGAIN TO RECOVER THEM FROM THE SYNC SERVER
Other projects by us
SOZ Game
New update
Two new phonechievements have been added: Stalker and Meta. Check them out in the next update
Just installed. Seem fun.
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Cool app!
I downloaded it and it's cool, always went for trophies on games and used to brag about them to friends
Lol @ phoneception achievement
Also, can you give the app an ICS/JB theme for GB users? Thanks in advance!
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Sounds interesting
This sounds like a lot of fun. I'll definitely try it out.
This is an awesome idea. Installing now.
Love the idea, installed it, shared it. I really love this idea.
Thank you guys. Please let me know if there's any crash or any problem with the app. I see there's a general request for a JellyBean / ICS theme therefore I will be working on this alongside with the new features and achievements. The theme should be out soon so stay tuned. In the meantime enjoy the achievements and if you think of some new ones, please let me know and you could see them in the app.
Also I would appreciate some feedback regarding battery usage, memory usage and stuff like that. I got to test it on some friend's phones while on BETA and it was reported as ok, but the more data the better.
Thank you.
A friends list would make this epic... a way to compare your lists with people you know
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looks interesting, testing
UntamedDeviance said:
A friends list would make this epic... a way to compare your lists with people you know
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Yes. That would definitely make it better. I added this to the TODO list... quite on top. This will be available on a unique username base and you would be able to add friends using their username. Also a profile webpage would display all your unlocked achievements and as you said allow you to compare with other users you know or share your profile link anywhere you want.
Can we change the "Oops, I did it again"? Lol
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New version published on Google Play
Just published a new update on GPlay. Give it some time to actually get it.
What's New:
* Added three new Phonechievements: Well Informed (Apps), I Always Take The Bus (Power Wizard), The Alternative Approach (Power Wizard)
* Minor bug fixes
* Battery usage reduced
Work in progress:
* Just started implementing the Twitter integration (a share button will be available next to the Facebook one).
* Another thing I started working on is a profile webpage. You will be able to choose a username and get a unique profile URL to share with your friends... and brag . Also a compare tool will be available so you can show your frinds that you have more phonechievements
* This is just the beginning as this webpage could easily be developed and improved. The way you will be able to update your profile is either automatically (setting) or manually.
* I also got a lot of complains about battery draining when GPS is on. I know what the problem is and it will be fixed in tomorrow's update
* AND THE BIG ONE COMING IN TOMORROW'S UPDATE: RandomChievements : The are phonechievements, yes they are ... but a little special. They are inactive most of the time, meaning you can't unlock them even if you accomplish the goal (by accident ). They become active randomly, at any time. You will get a notification that the randomchievement has become active. From that moment on you have a random amount of time to complete it. Sometimes it might be almost impossible to do it. But if you miss it , there's no worry, it will get active some other time. Randomly, of course. The only known fact is that it can not tell you to unlock it in less than 15 minutes. This is the lower limit. The upper limit is 6 hours. There will be a new category called Randomchievements where this new type of phonechievement will take its rest.
Last but not least... if you experience any issues , crashes , please report them so I can try and fix the issues.
Thank you.
P.S.
Rican Bx Bomba said:
Can we change the "Oops, I did it again"? Lol
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Do you have a suggestion ? Anyway.. I am considering this change for next version
You should add some sort of badge system - like with foursquare! But great idea - installed it now : )
xy90 said:
You should add some sort of badge system - like with foursquare! But great idea - installed it now : )
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This will be added in the future, when the profile website will be available.
slackydroid said:
This will be added in the future, when the profile website will be available.
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Oh - and maybe some sort of friendsystem or social integration?
Edit: Nevermind... Saw your post now
New thing though - You should hide what makes the achievement unlock - and only show descriptions, so that the exploring is more fun!
The update keeps crashing for me. Going to bed, I'll get more info out tomorrow if I can.
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I turned on the app at my house and almost got the first altitude achievement! Haha, love this app, such a simple idea that I am sure was a pain to program! I love all the devs that put everything into their apps for me to enjoy!
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Hey guys,
today I released Flowly.
It is an App for daily Android News and more.
You will get instantly notificated when there are new news and you have a lot of options and settings to personalize your Android News Experience.
The app uses public RSS Feeds of the best Android Blogs (Including XDA Developers) to get the content displayed.
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The goal is to keep making this app better and better so please send me your suggestions and wishes.
And of course, don't forget to give this app a rating.
I will try to add a new update every 1-2 days to produce a little 'Nightly feeling' and keep Android Hub up-to-date. :angel:
The .apk file is attached in this post aswell.
Version 1.5.1 Build 92
- Left menu action bar drawer is now matching to the Theme color
- fixed Bug: some articles won't load
- fixed Bug: Pull to refresh causing problems in Web Views
- Flowly is now deleting unread articles older than 3 days automatically in order to save storage
- Changed Top Bar Icon color and font from white to grey
- Removed link to Flowly Community Beta
- Pull down to refresh now displayed white in Top Bar
- Updated Support libraries
- API Update
- Increased performance on high end devices
- Removed shoutbox
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Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.linedev.android.hub
Have a great Day!
Line.Dev
Updated thread with pictures.
v1.1.3 is uploaded to Google Play Store and should be available in anout 1 hour.
The new .apk of v1.1.3 is attached in this post, I will update the thread with all the versions when I have over 10 posts.
Version 1.1.3 Build 13
- added new Feeds: Cult of Android, Droid Life (Thanks to Jorge)
- preparations for Disqus Comment feature (coming with next Update)
- minimal changed Top Bar color
- fixed Bug: Google+ Tab showing wrong language (Thanks to Micaiah)
- changed auto sync time from 1h to 2h to avoid to much notifications on new installations (Thanks to Jorge)
- stability improvements for tablets
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Great App and a great design. Thanks a lot
congrats on getting featured on XDA
Scarface1991 said:
Great App and a great design. Thanks a lot
congrats on getting featured on XDA
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Hi Scarface, thank you very much.
I'm already working on todays update!
Great! Because this already became my favorite news app when it comes to Android
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Great! Because this already became my favorite news app when it comes to Android
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Wow, thanks a lot.
Any missing feeds I should add with next update?
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Wow, thanks a lot.
Any missing feeds I should add with next update?
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Well I mostly read XDA Developers, Android Police and Android Authority, so for me everything is already there :good::good:
Scarface1991 said:
Well I mostly read XDA Developers, Android Police and Android Authority, so for me everything is already there :good::good:
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Good, happy to hear that.
Under "News" XDA Developers should be the top listing instead of Android Central
Someone had to say it ...
Burginthorn said:
Under "News" XDA Developers should be the top listing instead of Android Central
Someone had to say it ...
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Haha, I will do so in todays update.
Really love this app sir and already gave 5 star on play store.
Looks awesome on both phones and tablets, really nice design. 5 stars
BTW, can you update the app icon, looks quite blurry on high res screen
Thank you guys, i tried to let the app look a bit like our loved Play Store.
I have a suggestion, dunno if its easily executable or not but here is what I imagined:
I'm a flashaholic, because since I don't know how to program android, as much as I would love to learn, I like to give back to the community by bug reporting and helping early or newborn roms to grow, (I'm a volunteer guinea pig in other words).
With that in mind it'd be great if the app could have a Rom Development News section where teams like PA, Carbon, CM and etc could update people about new rom developments and releases.
I go through XDA jumping from thread to thread to get that kind of information when I have free time to test new roms or builds and its an extenuating task.
To have it all in one place would simply be AMAZING!!
Also to avoid excess information and clutter integrate a filtering system that filters your updates/RomNews by Phone(s) model (either automatically or manually) and the ability to select your Roms of interest from an list of available devs/teams! I saw a kind of similar feature on the ROM Toolbox app, but it is not updated at all (last time I checked).
I'll leave a pic bellow.
Just a suggestion, unfortunately I don't have the knowledge required or I'd go for it, it'd be my first app!
Nonetheless, loved your app, found it very very useful! Thank you for your hard work!
RubenLockheart said:
I have a suggestion, dunno if its easily executable or not but here is what I imagined:
I'm a flashaholic, because since I don't know how to program android, as much as I would love to learn, I like to give back to the community by bug reporting and helping early or newborn roms to grow, (I'm a volunteer guinea pig in other words).
With that in mind it'd be great if the app could have a Rom Development News section where teams like PA, Carbon, CM and etc could update people about new rom developments and releases.
I go through XDA jumping from thread to thread to get that kind of information when I have free time to test new roms or builds and its an extenuating task.
To have it all in one place would simply be AMAZING!!
Also to avoid excess information and clutter integrate a filtering system that filters your updates/RomNews by Phone(s) model (either automatically or manually) and the ability to select your Roms of interest from an list of available devs/teams! I saw a kind of similar feature on the ROM Toolbox app, but it is not updated at all (last time I checked).
I'll leave a pic bellow.
Just a suggestion, unfortunately I don't have the knowledge required or I'd go for it, it'd be my first app!
Nonetheless, loved your app, found it very very useful! Thank you for your hard work!
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Hi, do you mean like a own news section for ROMS? Like reading the rss feeds of cyanogenmod, paranoid etc?
I think thats a great idea too!
Fantastic app! However, is it (or could it be made to be) possible to see the sources in the feed items? As it stands, I can see the article titles, preview text, time/date stamps, preview image and comments count, but nothing about where the article actually originated. Otherwise, this is great!
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Fantastic app! However, is it (or could it be made to be) possible to see the sources in the feed items? As it stands, I can see the article titles, preview text, time/date stamps, preview image and comments count, but nothing about where the article actually originated. Otherwise, this is great!
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I will try to inculde that in tomorrows update.
Till then you can see the Source by watching the article.
Todays update is built, I will updat the Thread soon!
Great work ...many thanks
New Version 1.1.5 has been uploaded to the Play Store and is available in about 1-2 hours.
For those who cant waint, the Update is already attached in the first post of this Thread.
Changelog:
Version 1.1.5 Build 16
- added Disqus comment system to all feeds (Scroll down in articles and tap 'View Comments')
- added XDA Developer TV to YouTube Tab
- moved XDA Developers Feed to the top
- fixed Bug: Google+ Button in Android Central Feed not working
- improved battery usage
- App now compatible with older Android devices (Android 2.2+)
- stability improvements for 7" and 10" Tablets
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Hi all,
I've made a super simple app for reading news using news-api. It shows sources (groupped by categories). So in short, app can:
Add xml feeds sources to the app
Show each source latest news
Show a preview of news (with basic Share and Open in browser options)
Tries to fetch the full content of the news including images
Show latest news of Favorite sourcess
Shows you a bookmarked list or articles
Download on Google Play Store: Latest News
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TODO:
optimization everything for the tablet devices
select preferred language
Thank you for being an alpha tester. Please keep in mind that...
I'm opened for requests/ideas
I'll even fix any bugs you find!
Will change the name of the app to something better, since "latest news" will return at least 3029482093480 items when using search on google play store.
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Gregor :good:
Rollout of new release has started:
Version 0.0.1 build 6
- Improved speed of scrolling in Favorites list and News of Source
- Implemented the grabber system which fetches the whole article and parse possible text of article including images (this is alpha of alpha app!)
Nice app, can you please add CBC News (Canadian Broadcasting Company)?
paed808 said:
Nice app, can you please add CBC News (Canadian Broadcasting Company)?
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Thank you for your feedback. One of the next major improvements to app will be possibility of adding custom news pages. I will try me best to add it as soon as possible :good:
@paed808 & others
next release brings adding custom news sources:
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Another huge update being rolled out today: Custom feeds!
There's been lots of refactoring, small fixes and improvements, but the biggest thing is finally implemented. Adding custom feeds. Just add the url of the news page or direct feed url (example http://www.cbc.ca/news), select a category and hope for the best!
Feel free to report any bugs you find.
After some release-break, here's yet another one. This has been an amazing month with a-lot of effort going towards development. Started as a simple newsapi client, I've got a few requests for which, I was sure it will take a while to implement them all. Since today, Latest News includes:
- a superb wizard just to remind you its beginner friendly,
- revamped source adding, which doesn't relly on newsapi anymore but uses own methods to fetch xml feeds and parse the data,
- super awesome grabber(tm), which downloads and parses the whole article from the websites, removes everything except the text story and images.
- an awesome back-end synchronization, which makes sure, your sources are always safe,
- and increadible new and redesigned menu (yea, this deserves a place on the list too!) and extra animations
It has been an awesome month.
Now, its up to people to start using it
Another update has been pushed to beta channel:
- added feeds Gruenderszene, NBA, JS weekly, Android Police, XDA-developers, Mac Rumors
- update sync so it will now handle a conflict between different remote/local entries; you will now have options to overwrite local, db or merge both,
- added read flag to article after it has been read.
- fixed the issue with images not being overwritten after refreshing the articles
- fixed the width of items which text isn't long,
- synchronizing favorites should now also work better
Enjoy!
Hi everyone! I'm happy to announce the first PRODUCTION release being rolled out.
Enjoy and don't forget to submit any bugs you find or feeds suggestions you would like to see in the app.
greglord said:
Hi everyone! I'm happy to announce the first PRODUCTION release being rolled out.
Enjoy and don't forget to submit any bugs you find or feeds suggestions you would like to see in the app.
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Wow the app is really cool. I will give it a try for a few days and see what It can do.
Just a question: can you add a way to login using Google account? There's a lot of passwords to remember and using Google is much better, with synchronization is superb.
PS: If you need someone to help you translating to portuguese let me know.
Finally an app that allows me read short rss feeds in full. Loves it. Please any plans for an import feature so I can import my feedly subscriptions? Thanks
plans to add to XDA labs or f droid?
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Wow the app is really cool. I will give it a try for a few days and see what It can do.
Just a question: can you add a way to login using Google account? There's a lot of passwords to remember and using Google is much better, with synchronization is superb.
PS: If you need someone to help you translating to portuguese let me know.
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Hi there @PaideLis and thank you for an positive feedback! I will try my best using logging in with Google. Give me few days :good: About the translations... sounds like a plan I will keep in touch.
udegbunamchuks said:
Finally an app that allows me read short rss feeds in full. Loves it. Please any plans for an import feature so I can import my feedly subscriptions? Thanks
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Hi @udegbunamchuks - Just checked the OPML generated and yes, this is doable. You woulld like to see an option to import the exact OPML file, right? Sadly, it will take longer than one afternoon. Hope to keep you in the app until then :good:
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With that, do you just mean if I plan to list the app on both services or completely open-source the code?
listing mostly but OS would be nice also.
feel like it would get more love at xda and f Droid.
btw been testing it and working great. been looking for a good rss reader for a long time.
b.roid said:
listing mostly but OS would be nice also.
feel like it would get more love at xda and f Droid.
btw been testing it and working great. been looking for a good rss reader for a long time.
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thank you so much for your feedback. I will bring it on f-droid and xda labs in the future
None of my sources in this app shows any pictures. I even added MTV News since you used that in your screenshots and yours shows pictures for each article. It doesn't show any pictures on mine.
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None of my sources in this app shows any pictures. I even added MTV News since you used that in your screenshots and yours shows pictures for each article. It doesn't show any pictures on mine.
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good evening @sourbear and thank you for your report. Just for test, please try adding "neowin". There are A LOT of sources, that just don't add image as leading article image (default rss image for specific article). However, it just happened none of your picked up source articles currently dont include any images.
MTV, at that time, had images, I've tested it again and what you found is correct. (Shame on them! ). Give them all a day or two.... you will start seeing them eventually. :good:
math in blogs
This is a great news for me, as I have been using feedMe for some time, but it cannot display mathjax properly.
So, two questions, do you plan to add mathjax/mathml support, and offline support as well?? Right now I tried https://terrytao.wordpress.com/feed/ and the math is not shown properly. Some formulas appear too big, some don't appear at all. Thank you for your work @greglord
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This is a great news for me, as I have been using feedMe for some time, but it cannot display mathjax properly.
So, two questions, do you plan to add mathjax/mathml support, and offline support as well?? Right now I tried https://terrytao.wordpress.com/feed/ and the math is not shown properly. Some formulas appear too big, some don't appear at all. Thank you for your work @greglord
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Hi there
I will take a look immediatelly what's going on with those formulas!
Update @gilcu3
Just checked the source of the article and... oh my So far, I've made the formulas visible, however, since there is so much mixing between paragraphs and images (formulas), the "grabber" does not add texts to the full story. I humby ask for re-test after new update. If the content isn't something that suits you, I will invest more time and refactor the grabber to be more smart.
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Sh-ort is a how I reimagined a URL Shortener app using Material Design to build a branded experience, through UI and Motion.
There are several apps that take care of shortening urls, and they are great at what they do but they all have more or less the same design and are a little boring.
Also when you have many urls it is difficult to manage the statistics well and to have everything at hand, maybe a general overview of how your links are performing would be fantastic - I thought - and also give the user the possibility to render the entries in the list more recognizable thanks to the preview of the article, or of the page whose URL you have shortened.
Then I thought about who could use the app, to a tempt who perhaps manages several websites for work, and who might want to see how the links belonging to the same site perform.
I have created a small app that attempts to improve the experience with URL shortener, through its structure (overview, all links, best links), the ability to filter links based on the site they belong to, the date, or whether they are added to favorites or not.
The details department is still in its early stages but you can have the complete statistics on clicks already by default, without the need for a subscription as happens in major similar apps.
Of course there is still a lot to improve, so I trust in your feedback to find bugs and to add features that I missed in this first release.
There is a complete lack of translations in all languages and dark mode, which will be implemented once the app has reached a modest number of functions and use cases, making it an attractive app for the average and pro user.
Find more information on my app design and branding process in the Medium article linked below, as well as the link to download the app.
I look forward to hearing from you and your feedback, thanks for your attention.
About the design: https://mirko-ddd.medium.com/how-material-design-helps-you-brand-your-app-b7cb191524f7
App download: https://sh-ort.app/gkd9g
can you use it on the computer?
I don't care about tracking, do I still have to use a Google account?
prplt said:
can you use it on the computer?
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For the moment I am focusing on the android app, but in future I may extend to web and other platforms
wfred said:
I don't care about tracking, do I still have to use a Google account?
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Hello, the login part has nothing to do with tracking, it is simply used to let the user create collections of short urls on the server, and sync it across devices.
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Sh-ort is a how I reimagined a URL Shortener app using Material Design to build a branded experience, through UI and Motion.
There are several apps that take care of shortening urls, and they are great at what they do but they all have more or less the same design and are a little boring.
Also when you have many urls it is difficult to manage the statistics well and to have everything at hand, maybe a general overview of how your links are performing would be fantastic - I thought - and also give the user the possibility to render the entries in the list more recognizable thanks to the preview of the article, or of the page whose URL you have shortened.
Then I thought about who could use the app, to a tempt who perhaps manages several websites for work, and who might want to see how the links belonging to the same site perform.
I have created a small app that attempts to improve the experience with URL shortener, through its structure (overview, all links, best links), the ability to filter links based on the site they belong to, the date, or whether they are added to favorites or not.
The details department is still in its early stages but you can have the complete statistics on clicks already by default, without the need for a subscription as happens in major similar apps.
Of course there is still a lot to improve, so I trust in your feedback to find bugs and to add features that I missed in this first release.
There is a complete lack of translations in all languages and dark mode, which will be implemented once the app has reached a modest number of functions and use cases, making it an attractive app for the average and pro user.
Find more information on my app design and branding process in the Medium article linked below, as well as the link to download the app.
I look forward to hearing from you and your feedback, thanks for your attention.
About the design: https://mirko-ddd.medium.com/how-material-design-helps-you-brand-your-app-b7cb191524f7
App download: https://sh-ort.app/gkd9g
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I've tried this app and it is really amazing compared to Bitly android app.
Thanks, Mirko!
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Hello, the login part has nothing to do with tracking, it is simply used to let the user create collections of short urls on the server, and sync it across devices.
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Sorry, I meant syncing and saving, not Google tracking me.
Just installed/uninstalled, the app won't even start without a Google login.
I'm not interested in saving, collecting, or syncing shortened URL's, just sending “one and done” links from my phone. Can you tweak this to eliminate the login?
wfred said:
Sorry, I meant syncing and saving, not Google tracking me.
Just installed/uninstalled, the app won't even start without a Google login.
I'm not interested in saving, collecting, or syncing shortened URL's, just sending “one and done” links from my phone. Can you tweak this to eliminate the login?
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The app is designed to assign an owner to every short url so the owner can check the short url performance. If you are not interested in stats means that this is not an app that fits your needs.
fulvius31 said:
I've tried this app and it is really amazing compared to Bitly android app.
Thanks, Mirko!
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Thank you very much Fulvius
Mirko ddd said:
The app is designed to assign an owner to every short url so the owner can check the short url performance. If you are not interested in stats means that this is not an app that fits your needs.
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True, no problem. I'm not your target user.
For some reason that app force closes every time I try to load it. Tried clearing cache/data & even uninstall/reinstall. Android 10 stock, w/ magisk
Chaprnks said:
For some reason that app force closes every time I try to load it. Tried clearing cache/data & even uninstall/reinstall. Android 10 stock, w/ magisk
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Hello, thanks for reaching out but I cannot guess what is the problem just knowing your android version. For sure I can say that have not passed at least 3 hours yet since you got crashes because the crash console is flat.
Write your device model and as soon I get the report I can see what s wrong and eventually I will fix it.
Mirko ddd said:
Hello, thanks for reaching out but I cannot guess what is the problem just knowing your android version. For sure I can say that have not passed at least 3 hours yet since you got crashes because the crash console is flat.
Write your device model and as soon I get the report I can see what s wrong and eventually I will fix it.
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Would sending you a logcat of the crash make it easier?
Chaprnks said:
Would sending you a logcat of the crash make it easier?
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The app code is obfuscated, I don t know if you would actually get something useful from it. But giving a try doesn t cost anything, right?
you can find the email where to send the log in the Google Play page of the app
Edit: by the way, the package name is it.mirko.sh_ort if you want to clean your log