Being an avid news reader, I really missed the good old Google reader when it shut down. After that, a couple of services like Feedly, FlipBoard popped up...but I didn't like the curation done by them. Feedly is an awesome service...but its UI has become really old and no longer interesting.
I prefer my news only from a couple of websites and don't want any curation. In my opinion, an Rss reader should be lite and offer a complete offline support -- I hate turning my phone to a brick when the network goes off.
So I started off on this project initially for my personal use, but decided to release it for public use. It is adfree and I don't hold any backend servers to serve the feeds. This app grabs the feeds directly from the websites you subscribe to and save them on your device. I have provided a couple of default feeds, but you can add your own feeds as well. OPML import available too.
This app has come out really well so far and now, I can use some feedback from the XDA community to perfect it Please let me know how I can improve the app further.
Note on Feedly Support Feedly support is done, but the developers at feedly have closed down support for new apps. I will enable that as soon as I get a response from them here https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/feedly-cloud/6OHPVevlnRM. If you have a developer token and would like to use that feature, let me know and I will push an update with limited feedly functionality(250 api calls per day, manually refresh your token every 30 days).
I am currently working on having support for NewsBlur service here.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.udn4hc.purerss
To list out a few features in the app -
- Complete offline support
- flip scrollng - similar to flipboard
- pager scrolling - similar to feedly
- standard Android scrolling with lists and cards
- Custom sync/cleanup
- Alternate Themes - 11 currently, including a dark theme
- Material Design
- OPML Import
- Add Custom feeds
- 6 fonts available
- Readability mode - Save full articles from websites(this is in beta and hence, the option is slightly hidden)
Looks interesting! I'm gonna try it this evening.
Any way to import the subscription list from Feedly besides adding them one by one? If you could import the subscription list there would be no need to use the Feedly API.
edisso10018 said:
Looks interesting! I'm gonna try it this evening.
Any way to import the subscription list from Feedly besides adding them one by one? If you could import the subscription list there would be no need to use the Feedly API.
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You can export your subscription list from feedly as an OPML file...and import it in this app. You can have all your subscriptions that way.
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I'm looking for a news reader that will pull the entire article instead of just the RSS feed (which is just headlines). I take the train to work every day, and I'd like to be able to read the news even when I'm underground.
Does anyone know if an app like this exists or is in development?
google newsreader from stock roms has an option to "download full article".
open app, go to settings-> google news settings -> second checkbox "pre-download text".
cannot tell the exact name, because I work on a german version of google news.
NewsRoom can do that too, but it's paid.
"Pulse News Reader"
Great rss/news reader I found yesterday
Full articles in app (click "web"), pictures, widgets
Free in the market, no ads!
[edit] I'm just looking at pulse now, and I don't think it will actually pre-fetch the articles. Sorry. Still a good reader.
Version 1.8 of Pulse News Reader (in the Market now) includes this new feature:
Offline sync: No internet? No problem. Pulse loads the news stories you read, and makes it available wherever you are.
I use NewsRob. Does offline caching to SD card and lets you configure how many articles and lets you decide what to cache (Images, articles, websites). I syncs with Google reader. I love it!
Hi guys, there are four Android apps that I would like to recommend to you!
Spotify: Spotify maybe the most popular music streaming services in the past several years. With enormous number of songs, this app enable users not only listen to the songs they like, but also create their own playlist of their favorite songs. In addition, users could also get updated album reviews from large music publications, such as Rolling Stone. As a result, this could improve the customer satisfaction about this app, which makes this app so popular in the market.
Flipboard: Flipboard is my favorite news reading app in Google Play market. With millions of users around the world, Flipboard is probably one of the most popular apps in recent years. I love this app, because it provides a personalized miniature magazine out of everything that I am interested. In addition, I can also create magazines and add more content from websites to my Flipboard, which is quite interesting. Moreover, adding and deleting items on Filpboard are quite easy and I can also share my magazine with my friends on Twitter or Facebook .All these functions make this app stand out from ordinary news reading apps.
MoWeather: MoWeather is the app of the year in my Galaxy S3. MoWeather is both pretty and functional. The app background is not only beautiful but also animated, which I believe is much better than Yahoo Weather. The 15-day-forecast could help people plan their holidays or business traveling a lot easier. In addition, the real-time photos shared by people around the world could also provide timely weather condition in those places. As a result, this has changed the way that people using a weather app, which makes this app more popular.
Evernote: I use Evernote to synchronize notes of all kinds, such as voice memos, pictures and PDF files. The app is amazing, all the notes are not only accessible from Evernote applications and website, but also highly searchable and tagable. The new version of Evernote improved the navigation function of this app, which enables app users to access recent notes, tags, and shortcuts quickly. I will refer to Evernote, every time when I want to take a note or search for documents that I need. I put Evernote in my dock and it has become one of the most popular apps in my Galaxy S3.
How do you guys think those apps, looking forward to your comments!
What's the point in suggesting 3 very popular apps and a non popular weather app?
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Please use the existing thread to discuss, review and share apps. Thanks!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.arpanet.rsslive
Get live RSS feeds and stay connected with news around the world.
Offline Reading: You can easily view RSS fields while away from the internet. All RSS fields are saved instantly to your device and you can view them while you are away from the internet.
Flowing UI: The user interface complies with the Android user interface guidelines to provide a seamless experience and ease of use. Therefore it is very easy to find your way around within the app.
Google feeds integration: We have added the function of integrating google feeds within the app. Therefore you can just import the feeds from Google feeds into this application directly.
Browser Sharing: You can share an RSS feed link from the Chrome / Firefox / Dolphin browser, or any other browser you use. Just navigate to a page that supports RSS, then share the page to RSS Live. RSS Live will then take care of the rest.
Widget support: Add widgets to your homescreen. Select which RSS feeds to display. You can also set the color of the widget.
Immersive mode: You can easily enter immersive mode while reading a news article. Just click on the immersive mode button. To exit immersive mode, just swipe down from the top of the screen.
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Good work mate. I've been looking for something light weight like this for feeds to monitor my websites and client sites. This looks perfect for this.
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Richieboy67 said:
Good work mate. I've been looking for something light weight like this for feeds to monitor my websites and client sites. This looks perfect for this.
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Cheers! Should you have any suggestions, please feel free to tell me
updated app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.arpanet.rsslive
Get live RSS feeds and stay connected with news around the world.
Offline Reading: You can easily view RSS fields while away from the internet. All RSS fields are saved instantly to your device and you can view them while you are away from the internet.
Flowing UI: The user interface complies with the Android user interface guidelines to provide a seamless experience and ease of use. Therefore it is very easy to find your way around within the app.
Google feeds integration: We have added the function of integrating google feeds within the app. Therefore you can just import the feeds from Google feeds into this application directly.
Browser Sharing: You can share an RSS feed link from the Chrome / Firefox / Dolphin browser, or any other browser you use. Just navigate to a page that supports RSS, then share the page to RSS Live. RSS Live will then take care of the rest.
Widget support: Add widgets to your homescreen. Select which RSS feeds to display. You can also set the color of the widget.
Immersive mode: You can easily enter immersive mode while reading a news article. Just click on the immersive mode button. To exit immersive mode, just swipe down from the top of the screen.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.arpanet.rsslive
Get live RSS feeds and stay connected with news around the world.
Offline Reading: You can easily view RSS fields while away from the internet. All RSS fields are saved instantly to your device and you can view them while you are away from the internet.
Flowing UI: The user interface complies with the Android user interface guidelines to provide a seamless experience and ease of use. Therefore it is very easy to find your way around within the app.
Google feeds integration: We have added the function of integrating google feeds within the app. Therefore you can just import the feeds from Google feeds into this application directly.
Browser Sharing: You can share an RSS feed link from the Chrome / Firefox / Dolphin browser, or any other browser you use. Just navigate to a page that supports RSS, then share the page to RSS Live. RSS Live will then take care of the rest.
Widget support: Add widgets to your homescreen. Select which RSS feeds to display. You can also set the color of the widget.
Immersive mode: You can easily enter immersive mode while reading a news article. Just click on the immersive mode button. To exit immersive mode, just swipe down from the top of the screen.