Hi,
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I've been an official developer on the Chromium project and WebKit in 2007 and 2008 (paid by Google as part of Google Summer of Code).
Since the feedback has been positive, I'd like to interact with the XDA community to get feedback, ideas, or just give help.
I'm a big fan of CAF Browsers, but unfortunately, they are not updated anymore and this is one of the biggest reason I've started the work.
This is *not* a variant of an existing project. The codebase varies significantly but it's conceptually inspired by CAF.
The browser is still very much work-in-progress, so I really appreciate feedback and ideas. I'm working 4 hours per day on the browser and I use it myself every day so decent stability is expected.
This is a hobby project, and I'm looking for feedback here, so I'm cool with any kind of critics.
I can only answer outside of daytime (Europe timezone) as I have to work during the day to buy food for my cats.
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Kiwi Browser
What is Kiwi Browser ?
- Kiwi Browser is a Chromium Canary that includes performance improvements and adblock.
- What's this browser for ?
Imagine a grumpy grand-pa, and that's how the browser should be. The browser should be forgotten and not go in your way.
No flashing stuff, no annoyances, Fast & Quiet.
If you want to add a search engine, just go on the search engine website, then the search engine will appear by itself in settings.
Features:
* Support for Chrome Extensions
* Speed improvements
I've added lot of crazy hacks inside WebKit (Blink) to get it running faster.
* Night mode
* Move address bar to the bottom
* Cookie acceptance
Automatically accepts lots of "Please this is GDPR, and cookie, and blablabla" messages.
It's not perfect yet, as many websites have added GDPR messages lately.
* Notifications blocker
Blocks notifications.
* Cryptojacking blocker
Saving battery and prevents phone from heating.
Try it on http://www.coinhive.com (you can re-enable cryptomining in chrome://flags if you really like it for some reason )
* Extensions support
Supports real Google Chrome extensions.
* Popup-blocker
This is not the usual popup blocker, there is an heuristic inside to browser to determine whether the new window should be opened or not.
* Adblock & Tracking protection
The browser offers much better privacy protection than Chrome and Brave. It blocks also lot of ads. Not really because ads are bad, but mostly to make the browsing fast.
* Android 4.1+ support for both ARM and X86
Note: On certain Android versions, when you uninstall an app, Android also removes your downloads.
Keep it in mind if you manipulate Kiwi (to backup bookmarks file) or transfer to another device.
Important things to know about privacy:
- No tracking SDK
https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/search/com.kiwibrowser.browser/
- No in-app tracking / metrics
- No history collection
- Self-funded
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Release notes
Version Quadea (October 07, 2019)
This version improves stability and add 2 new functionalities, in Main Menu, Settings, Accessibility:
- Always Desktop.
Useful if you are a tablet user, and you prefer Desktop version of websites.
- Toolbar always on screen
If you have a large screen, and want to keep the address bar always handy without having to scroll.
The toolbar is always on by default if you have Accessibility services. You can change that using this option.
Version Lena (September 28, 2019)
This version contains new speed optimizations and fixes minor issues.
The support of shortcuts (special keywords with the exclamation mark symbol) is now extended to all countries and to all search engines. Type: !bangs in the address bar to learn more.
- Fix: Reverse image search and certain cases where the browser was showing "(f).txt".
- Fix: Keyboard buttons (example: on Android TV, or hardware arrow buttons).
- Updated interface when you have > 100 tabs open.
Translations updated in 10+ languages.
- (New) This version improves stability on Adreno GPUs (Galaxy S8/S9+)
Version Impala (September 12, 2019)
Kiwi releases are back!
This version includes fixes (Google Translate language detection, images on the new tab page) and minor changes.
Added support for bangs (shortcuts in the address bar starting with !) in 'US', 'CA', 'GB', 'UK', 'FR', 'DE', 'ES', 'IT', 'IN', 'BR'.
Type !bangs in your address bar to learn more about it (only if you use "Default search" in Settings).
Added support for X64.
Better support for foldable phones.
Version Genie (June 28, 2019)
This version supports text rewrap / reflow (adapt text based on zoom level).
+ Interface and animations are really improved
+ Better performance (new GPU driver and 64-bits engine is now in stable!)
New settings:
+ Google Translate, Yandex and Baidu (Settings, Translator)
+ Possibility to add exceptions / whitelist in content filter
+ Support for external download managers
+ Show extensions first
+ Protect incognito windows
Remember to activate Hide annoying ads in the main menu if you want faster browsing.
Version Eden (May 26, 2019)
This version resolves issue of extensions unloading.
On some devices (in particular Xiaomi), extensions may be unloaded by the system when the device wants to optimize memory.
During the optimization, the device (Android) chooses what processes to disable.
In this new release of Kiwi: Kiwi indicates to Android that if Android wants more memory, it should try to avoid disabling the current active tab and the extensions.
If the extensions are disabled by Android, Kiwi will try to reload them.
Version Deneb (May 23, 2019)
This version includes very significant performance improvements (especially when scrolling, pinching, zooming) and minor fixes.
On some older devices the difference can be very visible.
Version Centaurus (May 19, 2019)
Better stability, more performance improvements, correcting "Sandboxing not allowed" error messages.
Version Betelgeuse (May 17, 2019)
This version fixes Craigslist and adds support for Import / Export on the new tab page.
It also bring performance improvements and fixes an issue with the Search Widget in Night Mode/Black theme.
Support for extensions has been improved as well (chrome.tabs.onCreated/onUpdated/onRemoved).
Version Andromeda (May 10, 2019)
- Fix news on the homepage (can be showing NULL from time to time)
- Fix some crashes when using a tab manager extension
- Fix crash on Quick Tapping in WebView
- This build provides better protection against Omnibox spoofing (address bar) and a much better experience in the Chrome Web Store
- Improve cross-domain management with translator (can resolve some cases where translator was not working)
- Fixing crashes related to Windows Management and one in the Omnibox
- Improved extensions UI
- Improve chrome.tabs API
- Improvements to Video Playback Battery usage (+/- 10% less)
Version Pollux (May 8, 2019)
The bad news: Background play is now disabled on YouTube (request of Google).
XDA users are smart and may find better software for this in these forums and the most technical may even find way to mod the browser but I won't provide any support or help for this.
The good news:
- This version has better performance
- New content filters
- Better extensions support
- Introduces a Diamond Black theme and the homepage is compatible with Dark Reader.
Version Phi (April 19, 2019)
This version includes stability improvements and better extensions compatibility.
An issue with downloading PDF files has been resolved, and another issue where the extension window was sometimes connected to the incorrect tab.
You can now import .crx/.zip files and also user scripts (.user.js!) directly on chrome://extensions.
If you want to use or write your own filters, the extensions Nano Defender/Adbl# offer the best compatibility with Kiwi at the moment (according to the community).
Version Upsilon (April 16, 2019)
This is the 1-year anniversary release of Kiwi Browser.
This version adds support for (real) Chrome Extensions.
Learn more at: https://www.xda-developers.com/kiwi-browser-google-chrome-extensions-android/
Version Sigma (March 6, 2019)
This version includes the latest security improvements from Chromium (including the FileReader bug CVE-2019-5786)
- Fix for news feed
- Hindi and Chinese Traditional translation
- Minor fixes (ex: view-source: )
Version Omicron (March 3, 2019)
This version includes performance and stability fixes.
Most of the changes are behind-the-scenes, this is work to optimize the core of the browser.
- Homepage loads much much much faster
- Fixed crash "Aw Snap!" that happens on some rare configurations.
- Improved stability on Xiaomi devices (GPU crashing)
- Smoother animations and user experience.
Version Lambda (February 27, 2019)
Introducing Reachability: (only if the bottom toolbar is enabled).
When you press the Hand icon, it brings the top of the page into reach (the top of the page slides down).
You can enable or disable the option in Settings, Accessibility.
The function is similar to the iOS "Reachability" function.
+ TLS 1.3 final support
+ Faster homepage loading
+ Faster tab closing
+ Better battery usage
+ Improved ad blocker, popup blocker.
+ Added StartPage in search engines (new installs only)
Version Kappa (February 15, 2019)
- Fix: Issue with the news date on the home page
- Improv: Content filters
Version Iota (February 12, 2019)
- Change: Slightly refreshed UI (icons / rounded corners)
- Improv: Javascript engine is 10% faster than Chromium (try on V8 Benchmark)
- Fix: Touch not taken into account (in particular at the bottom of the screen)
- Change: Night Mode is default to 100% for new installs
- Improv: 101% Night Mode is now White text with differentiated links
- Improv: Automatically follow AMP links to non-AMP version if anti-AMP is enabled
- Improv: Better memory usage
- Improv: 400KB less
and minor bugfixes
Version Eta (January 30, 2019)
This version adds new gestures and improves the homepage.
You can now go back/next, just by swiping left or right on the edge of the page.
This can be enabled/disabled in Settings, Accessibility.
- Feature: Edge swipe to navigate history
- Feature: Improved news system (and can change news region)
- Fix: Improved content filters
- Fix: Bottom toolbar blinking
- Change: Swipe-up to open tab switcher is off by default (configurable in Settings)
Hint: You can switch tab by swiping on the toolbar.
Version Gamma (January 20, 2019)
This release includes improvements to Night Mode and major stability fixes for Android 8.0+
- Improv: Speed and stability
- Improv: Settings in Night Mode are now dark
- Improv: Responsiveness when searching or changing page
- Change: Contextual Search is disabled by default
- Fix: Crash on Android 8
- Fix: Simplied View setting is now functional
- When bottom toolbar is enabled, action buttons are now located
at the bottom (to be reachable with fingers)
Version Zucchini (December 19, 2018)
[+] Feature: Exit browser when last tab is closed (Settings, Privacy)
[+] Improv: Changing the Home page also changes the New Tab Page.
[+] Fix: Crash on Samsung devices
[+] Fix: Czech and Croatian translations
[+] Fix: Annoyances and cookie messages
[+] Feature: Integration with DuckDuckGo and Bing (some users only)
Tip: You can now switch back to the classic
New Tab Page by setting chrome://newtab as homepage in Settings
Version Yuzu (December 12, 2018)
You can now add and remove tiles/websites on the homepage.
Also, I completely removed analytics and Facebook SDK :highfive:
[+] Manage tiles on the homepage
Long-press to move or delete the tiles.
Important, to remove the news, just click on the cross (it's not deep in Settings anymore).
[+] Added Finnish translation
[+] Uses less data
[+] TLSv1.3 (better security)
[+] Improved content filter
[+] Improved privacy: Removed metrics / analytics SDK (0 tracking!)
The next step is to deliver lot of fixes and extensions.
Version Watermelon (October 23, 2018)
Good news! New release is already here, with Night Mode 2.0!
Thanks to the Kiwi community and contributors
[+] Added Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Turkish, Vietnamese
[+] Significant improvements to Night Mode
[+] Better compatibility with Android P
[+] Much better filter against intrusive ads
[+] Resolved issue with reCAPTCHA
Pro-tip: in Settings, Accessibility you can choose the Contrast level.
You are welcome on Discord (chat) for feedback.
Version Voavanga (October 15, 2018)
Happy release! Next release on 30th Oct
[+] Added Croatian, French, Italian and Spanish (thanks to contributors!)
[+] Improved privacy (new hosts in blacklist, user-agent same as Chrome)
[+] Fix Custom Tabs bottom bar
[+] Fixed Yandex, PayPal Communities, and more.
[+] Minor improv. to night mode
[+] Improved stability on Samsung
[+] Support for latest emojis
[+] Experimental: For 5% of the users, you can now use shortcuts, like !gt for Google Translate and try a minimalistic version of search.
Version Tangerine (October 3, 2018)
Thanks to everyone! You can join the Kiwi Dev community on Discord application: https://discordapp.com/invite/XyMppQq (hold and press "Open with external app").
Next release will arrive around 15th Oct.
- Fix: Bottom toolbar could get stuck in the middle of the screen
- Feature: Import and Export Bookmarks from a file
- Feature: Swipe-up to show Tab Selector
- Feature: Long-press on Back button to view history
- Feature: At the bottom of Accessibility preferences, you can enable/disable the simplified Tab Switcher
+ Cosmetic fixes
Version Raspberry (x86 only) (July 16, 2018)
Resolved stability issues on x86 devices
Version Macadamia/Orange/Papaya/Quenepa (July 14, 2018)
Thank you for spreading the word about Kiwi! More surprises, features and fixes to come.
This new release contains really significant speed improvements, uses less battery and videos continue to play in the background.
- Improv.: Browsing is very fast
- Improv.: Stability & battery usage
- Improv.: Background videos now autoplay when screen is locked
- Improv.: Adaptive icon
- Change: All top toolbar buttons are displayed when Duplex is on
- Fix: Content filter (Disqus login, and more)
Version Kumquat/Lychee (July 4, 2018)
This new release includes a bottom address bar and the translate functionality.
- Upgraded to Chromium 69.0.3477
- Feature: Bottom address bar (Settings, Accessibility, phone-only)
- Feature: Translate (Main menu)
- Feature: Clear data (Main menu)
- Feature: Kiwi can be moved to SD Card (on some devices)
- Improvement: Video player
The next release is planned in 10 days and will include bug fixes.
Version Jackfruit (June 17, 2018)
This version is an intermediate release that includes minor fixes.
The video player is not the final version.
- Upgraded to Chromium 69.0.3462
- Fix: Background play
- Fix: Status bar color
- Feature: AMP remover (Settings, Privacy)
- Feature: Open by default in external app (Settings, Accessibility)
- Improvement: Night mode stays on after restart (phone-only)
- Improvement: If you set more than 100% contrast, text becomes more visible in Night Mode (recommended: 101%)
Version Ilama (June 11, 2018)
This version features an improved night mode and unlocks Facebook Messenger.
- Feature: Facebook Messenger is unlocked on https://m.facebook.com
- Feature: Night mode grayscale and contrast setting
A contrast of 100% will turn off black pixels on devices with AMOLED screen.
- Fix: Dark websites becoming white in night mode
- Fix: Images incorrectly displayed in night mode
- Fix: Contextual search not working on Google (english-only)
- Fix: Annoyances and minor content filter issues
Version Hackberry (May 27, 2018)
This version gives you adblock on/off button (site per site) and several usability fixes (over 40).
Thanks to Youssef, Gala, Mickael, Nitin, Sisi, Francois, Gugun, Rasitha, Jd (merci!), Sangkan, 4esterBY and everyone who helped.
- Upgraded to Chromium 68.0.3438
- Feature: Adblock on/off (Main Menu)
- Feature: Exit button
- Improved: New Tab Page
- Improved: Layout on AMP pages
- Fix: Disable News on Homepage
- Fix: Forum threads not displayed correctly
- Fix: Issue with reCaptcha
Version Guava (May 07, 2018)
This version is more responsive and feels faster on many devices.
It also includes "Night mode", a functionality (experimental) to make websites easier to navigate in low light environments.
- Improved: Application responsiveness
- Feature: Night mode (Menu -> Turn on Night Mode)
- Feature: Disable news on Homepage (Menu -> Home page -> News on Home Page)
Version Feijoa (Apr 28, 2018)
* RECOMMENDED UPGRADE *
This version resolves most of crashes from the previous release.
This version is faster (up to 200 ms per every click) so navigation is more responsive.
Also contains:
- Feature: Setting to close all tabs on exit
- Improved: Doesn't ask anymore access to Google account
- Improved: Takes much less space on disk
- Improved: Removed annoyances on Quora, NDTV, Prothomalo, Hamariweb and more
- Improved: Auto-dismiss "Add to Home Screen"
Version Cherry (Apr 15, 2018)
- Upgraded to Chromium 67.0.3395
- Much faster release
- Fix: Clicking on button on websites did not react.
- Fix: "More results..." button from Google Search not visible.
- Feature: Homepage button.
- Feature: Screenshots work in Incognito mode.
- Feature: Delete history older than 30 days.
- Improved: Stability
- Improved: YouTube, Maps now play by default in Kiwi.
- Improved: Search terms in the top bar instead of the full URL.
- Improved: Menu when you long press on an image, or a link.
Version Blueberry (Apr 05, 2018)
Fixed ANR on First Start Screen
Fixed Privacy Policy and Terms of Service link
Downloads
- Direct APK:
ARM version: https://labs.xda-developers.com/store/app/com.kiwibrowser.browser
- Play Store link:
All platforms: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kiwibrowser.browser - Play Protect certified
Commit count: 455
List of HTTP queries used in the browser:
- search.kiwibrowser.com tells you what is the closest google.com server (google.fr/google.de/google.it)
http://search.kiwibrowser.com/searchdomaincheck?format=domain&type=chrome
This is a speed reason, if you go directly to google.fr rather than google.com and then google.fr it's faster, and the browser caches this information
- update.kiwibrowser.com is to download the ad blocking list ( http://update.kiwibrowser.com/service/update2 ), yes it needs to download it from somewhere.
Brave downloads it from AWS for example. I do have the same: a text file with a list of filters
- suggest.kiwibrowser.com is a 302 to Google autocomplete (and DuckDuckGo for some users who are beta-testing Bang support)
If you change your search engine, even to the baked Google one, you won't get connected to suggest.kiwibrowser.com at all as far as I know.
At the end of the day, I need to send the query somewhere, there is no choice.
Whether Google, or DuckDuckDuck if you want Suggest, it *has* to ask a server somewhere.
You can turn Suggest off, or send Suggest to your favorite search provider by adding or selecting it.
- chromecontentsuggestions-pa is to download news - http://chromecontentsuggestions-pa.kiwibrowser.com/v1/
Hello !
I'm not reporting any issue, it's just a comment to let you know that I just downloaded and tested the app on 2 different phones, and it works very well !
There is a bit less animations compared to Brave Browser or Chromium (or maybe they're faster), but it is a bit faster on a Honor 5C.
But it seems that the big difference appears on low end devices : on an old KitKat device, it is way smoother than Brave Browser in scrolling...
Otherwise, thanks for this awesome app ! The night mode is very convenient.
Would it be possible to keep it activated after closing the app ?
I mean, the app remembering that the night mode was on for next time you use it ?
Hello,
Thanks for the nice words about the speed :victory:
I totally see what you mean about the night mode.
The night mode resets on relaunch in order to avoid incoherence (half is in night mode, half is in day mode and that looks quite ugly)
I'm sure there is a way to improve that, once it's improved, then I can remove the reset
I'll ping you on progress,
Just tested it for a few minutes on my most visited sites. With adblocking on, theverge.com doesn't show it's site logo and navigation bar. Hope you could fix that. Thanks. Nice and fast browser.
Noted, I'll fix theverge.com during the week and update you (and also remove this horrible cookie box )
Hello, Google fvcked up full screen video on canary. It doesn't work correctly since months on multiple roms. It just fails to hide the nav bar and status bar. This issue is also there on ur browser and even though it's not ur fvck up, I'd like to ask, if u can try to fix it. I have a OnePlus One currently on LOS 15.1 Oreo. The screenshot is from the video that popped up first when I launched YouTube.com but it is like that on any website.
To get even more crazy, is there anyway to bring back the URL bar at the bottom?
I think I know what it is,
Can you go to chrome://flags in the address bar
and set "New Media Controls" (#enable-new-media-controls) to "Disabled" ?
If that works, then I know what to change by default
I closely followed development of these new media controls (I am working on gestures for media playing), and they seem to be very buggy so I wouldn't be surprised if they were the cause of the fullscreen not ok.
Note: maybe it's not related to media controls, but I strongly suspect it.
Let me know if this solves the problem,
Btw, yes of course I want to fix it that's a major thing
The more I read the answer, the less I'm sure it's the cause
Let me know, I'm very curious on that one if disabling the modern media controls solves it.
Otherwise I'll find a way to reproduce.
Extremely fast and nice :good:
I don't know if it's possible, but any way to bring this kind of tabs?
extension support like yandex will benefit
Nice to see another Chromium fork, especially from my own country! ?
I have some suggestions though:
1) Please consider open-sourcing the browser for trustworthiness and copying (the more forks we have, the better they get)
2) Do consider enabling the flags in chrome://flags instead of target arguments, that would bring an easy overview of what is already enabled and what isn't.
3) I'm not sure how much you changed the ad blocking compared to the built-in one, but the menu has an option "Hide annoying ads" - would it be possible to hide all ads instead?
Is there any way to hide the status bar.. As shown in the screenshots of the browser??
I can't begin to express how much I love this browsers. It is fast, really really fast, like puffin fast. I don't know what you did but its too damn good. I have struggled to get a good browsers which offers the perfect blend of speed adblocking and ui and kiwi provides just that. It didn't took 10 min to make me fall in love with it. The adblocking works as charm. I do have adaway for ads but the cosmetic filtering is what i wanted for ages. Really keep up the good work.
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robotkoer said:
Nice to see another Chromium fork, especially from my own country! ?
I have some suggestions though:
1) Please consider open-sourcing the browser for trustworthiness and copying (the more forks we have, the better they get)
2) Do consider enabling the flags in chrome://flags instead of target arguments, that would bring an easy overview of what is already enabled and what isn't.
3) I'm not sure how much you changed the ad blocking compared to the built-in one, but the menu has an option "Hide annoying ads" - would it be possible to hide all ads instead?
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3) hide annoying ads is probably cosmetic filtering, it hides the blocked ad banner its per site option like in brave. Not sure what you mean, are u asking to rename?
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tytfusokhszxc said:
Is there any way to hide the status bar.. As shown in the screenshots of the browser??
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Click to collapse
I don't think so, its mostly rom feature called expanded desktop.
prathu30 said:
3) hide annoying ads is probably cosmetic filtering, it hides the blocked ad banner its per site option like in brave. Not sure what you mean, are u asking to rename?
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If it really is what you claim it to be, yes, a rename would make sense too. For example, "hide ad placeholders".
Otherwise I expected it to be Adblock Plus-style where some ads are whitelisted.
LPW00 said:
To get even more crazy, is there anyway to bring back the URL bar at the bottom?
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fvck yeah
I'm working on that at the moment (along with Speed Dial and tons of fixes).
The main reason why it's not done yet is that during the switch from Chrome Home to Chrome Duplex, Google moved the code all over the place and refactored almost everything, so it's not just "reviving" the feature, but really to reimplement it.
It's planned, I have a very big (and slippery) phone, and I broke it because of no Omnibox at the bottom (my phone is more slippery than a soap bar).
khnoizer said:
Extremely fast and nice :good:
I don't know if it's possible, but any way to bring this kind of tabs?
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I have tried, it doesn't render well because the space taken is huge, but it is on the list.
I'll upload some screenshots next week I guess
Related
[2014.01] This app has been revived thanks to rori~! Please find the latest version here.
History
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Last edit 2012-11-04: version 2.1.2.
ICS compatible [see history below]. Min compatibility: Android 3.1 (api level 12).
Source is available on google code under a GPL 3 license: http://code.google.com/p/scrollable-news-widget/source/checkout
Eclair, Froyo Gingerbread (and Honeycomb 3.0) users: please use v1.4.4.1.
Previous versions are available form google code : http://code.google.com/p/scrollable-news-widget/downloads/list
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I've published yesterday [23 nov. 2010] the first version of a scrollable news widget. This is my first attempt at android development.
I've tested the widget against Launcher Pro and ADW Launcher quickly and quite extensively with Zeam. It still needs some work (amonst other things: theming, feed validation, feed lookup, ...) but it is still usable -- meaning i use it.
Since version 1.4.0 GReader and news sharing are supported through Scrollable News Addons (paid app).
The addon has been unpublished as it won't be maintained anymore. Its features will in time be integrated into the main app.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"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"
}
Version history:
2.1.2 (2012-11-04)
- Add 2 and 3- column layout (not tested with HC)
2.1.1 (2012-10-28)
- minor bugs fixes and some sanity checks
2.1.0 (2012-10-27)
- Fix embedded browser menu (JB)
- Google news thumbnail hack (url fix)
- Stop loading option (reader menu)
- Support media:content thumbnail
- Fix media:description incorrect use
- Add the option to hide story title
- Get rid of the hideous orb icon
- Add "mark all read" option"
- Tweak main settings activity
2.0.11 (2012-07-25)
- Critical bug fix regarding wifi connected state
2.0.10 (2012-07-24)
- Fix a minor issue regarding non standard date formats
2.0.9 (2012-06-21)
- Minor bug fixes
- More sanity checks
2.0.8 (2012-06-05)
- Allow to distribute stories evenly between feeds
- Defaults update date to pub date if not set
- Do no update date if no feed(s) not reloaded
- Minor bug fixes
2.0.7 (2012-05-21)
- Fix overlapping elements in layouts 3 & 4
2.0.6 (2012-05-20)
- Improve background handling
- Minor bug fixes
- Fix thumbnail size
- Improve layouts 2, 3 & 4
2.0.5 (2012-05-18)
- Add debug mode (unhide active areas)
- Various ergonomics improvements
- More support for malformed feeds!
- Fix "Nothing to read" bug!
- Show widget title while loading
- Minor bug fixes
2.0.4 (2012-05-17)
- Fix HoneyComb updating bug
- Improve background handling
- Force title visibility on HC
- Change theme to Holo dark
- Add "what's new dialog"
2.0.3 (2012-05-16) (version gap intended)
- Offline cache browsing (LOAD_CACHE_ELSE_NETWORK when offline)
- More sanity checks (empty description, null bmp, etc.)
- Yahoo namespace support (http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/)
- Fix widget size (250dp vs. 294dp)
- add minResize[Width|Height] attributes
2.0.1 (2012-05-15) {Maintenance release}
- Fix image extractor bug (no body | bad image)
- Reload widget on news deletion
- Force extension on export (snb, snt, opml)
- Ignore feed on import if title or url is null
- Read feed color on import
- Show file path on export success
- Use item content if description not provided
- Clear stories before loading new ones (option)
2.0.0 (2012-05-13)
- Add third active zone in widget title bar [config | refresh | reload]
- Add FR translation
- Add RU translation (thanks to [email protected])
- Minor bug fixes
2.0.0-rc1 (2012-05-10)
- Add the option to eagerly download thumbnails (global option, default=true)
- Fix feed export
- Remove doc! Replace with an About page
2.0.0-beta-3 (2012-05-08)
- Add maintenance operations (clear cache, etc.)
- Hopefully improve in-body thumbnail handling
- Lay out foundations of the user guide
2.0.0-beta-2 (2012-05-07)
- Widget config: automatically apply theme (resp. behaviour) if there's only one
- Add default theme (default dark + default light)
- Fix footer padding (layout 5)
- Implement feed color (takes precedence in story title)
- Minor fixes
2.0.0-beta-1 (2012-05-06)
- Complete rewrite of the widget to support ICS
- Need Android > 3.1 (Honeycomb; API Level 12)
- Hopefully much better ergonomics and slightly better performance
- Sparse documentation (in progress)
1.4.4.1 (2011-05-26)
- Fix gap in news entry when content is hidden
- Make center crop (full width thumbnails) optional
1.4.4 (2011-05-25)
- Add square corners backgrounds
- Bring back plain backgrounds
- Center thumbnail if content is hidden
- Add thumbnail lookup priority option
- Add minimum thumbnail size option
- Increase max thumbnail size
- Add large thumbnails warning
- Workaround wrong enclosed image mimetype
- Allow to clear thumbnail cache
- Refine send logs content
- Full title (not trimmed) if content is hidden
- Skip share dialog (one click less)
- Do not reload built-in browser if url not changed
- Add built-in browser back button support
- Fix built-in browser history navigation state
- Fix browser and share activities flow
1.4.3.1 (2011-05-15)
- Render items before fetching images
1.4.3 (2011-05-14)
- Layout optimization: no more choppy scrolling!
- Improve thumbnail support
- Add visual indicator while fetching thumbs
- Always reload after clicking "update configuration"
- Single click edit feed
- Remove widget title shadow
- Readd widget scrollbar
1.4.2 (2011-05-07)
- Add option to use legacy parser instead of the new one
- Add option to not lookup images in entry summary
- Improve addon support / maintain feed source
- Try and tweak scrolling
- Fix feeds disappearing if not saved
- Fix regular headline option
1.4.1.2 (2011-05-01)
- Fix encoding regression
1.4.1.1 (2011-04-29)
- Add OPML Support for import/export
- Send custom user agent to prevent servers to detect mobile device (some servers can forward to a non rss feed page -- f.i. mobile tailored homepage)
- When multiple urls are provided for an entry, try to select the most appropriate one
1.4.1 (2011-04-28)
- Fix same date issues (causing incomplete feed loading)
- Fallback to today if date not retrieved
- Prefer source feed title over registered feed name
- Add option to show real entry author name
- Improve layouts and add right thumbnail option
1.4.0.3 (2011-04-27)
- Fix date parsing issues
1.4.0.2 (2011-04-26)
- Fix encoding issues introduced by 1.4.0
- Prevent potential name issue
1.4.0.1 (2011-04-25)
- Make feed parser more lenient
- Fix refresh after thumbnail fetch
1.4.0 (2011-04-24)
- Add built-in navigation controls
- Fix https feed issue
- Add wide widgets for 5 column compatible launchers
- Change thumbnail entry position (left)
- Shorten footer date (MMM d, HH:mm)
- Huge performance boost (dropped Rome parser)
- Built-in browser now listed in recent activities
- Properly lookup enclosed images (i think)
- Prevent potential single quote issue
- Add a search feed feature
- Fix unneeded image fetching
- Add simple addon support
1.3.4 (2011-02-21)
- Fix feed color persistency
- Add plain background options
- Alternative entry date parsing
1.3.3 (2011-02-06)
- Restore instapaper mobilizer alternative
- Add font size tweaking options
- Add headline bold font option
- Fix FC when setting default preferences
- Fix (caught) IllegalStateException when setting feed color
- Try preventing OOME when dealing with insane thumbnail settings
1.3.3-rc (2011-01-30)
- Add a "Hide header" option
- Fix the infamous "hard to hit refresh" issue
- Improve no background layout
- Integrate Instapaper text version
- Notification support (ongoing and transient notifications)
- Protect against AIOOBE (cannot reproduce)
1.3.2 (2010-12-20)
- Fix duplicate entries if changing feed color
- Fix FC on orientation change
- Try fixing FC on 1.3.1 (bad db upgrade)
- Relocate data folder to /Android/data (should be transparent)
1.3.1 (2010-12-19)
- Allow for bigger thumb
- Per widget thumb size
- Change thumb position
- Improve offline refresh
- Feed color discriminant
- Fix AM/PM summary (%a)
1.3 (2010-12-12)
- Add feed lookup feature
- Add Full transparent background
- Refine Widget reconfiguration
- Add hide footer option
- Show last update in widget title
- Customize widget title format
- Add clear cache option
- Add Thumbnail support
- Use progress dialog for long running operations
- Minor fixes
1.2 (2010-12-02)
- Import/export feeds to SD
- Save/restore preferences
- Set/apply default preferences
- Add Mobilizer option
- Capitalize headline and footer option
- Add transparent bg
- Per widget BG (no change at runtime)
- Auto prepend http:// if missing
- Various fixes and improvements
1.1 (2010-11-28)
- Removed ads
- Configurable tap action
- Configurable summary crop
- Allow hiding news summary
- Organize preference screen
- Add simple appearance tweaks
- Add simple feed validation
- Add more refresh intervals
1.0.1 (2010-11-22)
- Blind fix locked db issue
- Do not crop news summary
1.0 (2010-11-21)
- Initial release
Loaded it in the market but wasn't able to launch the widget or to use the configuration menu. It only shows a grey screen, although Menu button works in config mode..
I have a Desire rooted with miui rom 0.11.12
Doesn't work neither with Launcher Pro nor with the DEll Launcher..
Hi Berliner,
Thanks for testing this widget. That's weird. I got a few comments in the market console that report a similar behaviour. However i'm not able to reproduce it. The grey background may indicate either that the widget feeds cannot be parsed or that scrollable widgets are not enabled.
I use android-rome-rss the fetch the feeds. Perhaps there is something to dig there? What feed(s) did you specify?
Just tested on N1,ADW...works fine.
Needs a rss search of course...
But very nice, even like the widget
But I already use "AtomaRSS" which got a wonderful customization option...
Hi Rori,
Indeed AtomaRss is very similar, feature-wise. I discovered it yesterday when i opened this thread because xda suggested a list of related messages. Since choice is always good, i will maintain and try and improve this widget.
Anyway, thanks for trying out the widget. Truth is i'm a bit lost here: i don't understand why it works like a charm for some people and doesn't even load for others (as is the case for berliner). I get the same mixed messages in the comments and ratings. I still don't know how i can pinpoint the actual issues.
hey mate, awesome app, would be good if it gave a list (or used default browser) to view 'full' article - in my case the in built one doesn't seem to work, but that might just be a problem at my end.
Also maybe the option to have a limited number of words in the content area, eg. instead of having the full story have like say justa set number defined in the settings, eg. 15, 25, 50, 0(all)?
Other then that, I love the look, can basically blend in with any theme
Looks awesome, matching very well with the launcherpro widgets
Unfortunately it won't work on my i9000 either. The widget is there but no feeds will display (i tried the default feed + one other).
Hi,
short hint from widget dev to widget dev:
You should add the following code to your "receiver"-tags in the AndroidManifest.xml to allow ADW to automatically turn on the scrollable widget setting!
Code:
<meta-data android:name="LauncherMetadata.Requirements.Scrollable"
android:value="true" />
Looks lovely on my DHD, nice work
Hi all,
Thanks a lot for your feedback. I hope i can solve the no-loading issue thanks to boombuller's advice. However what worries me is that i tested it successfully with the free version of LauncherPro (pretty quickly though). Anyway i'll add that to the next version -- hopefully pretty soon.
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Hi all,
Thanks a lot for your feedback. I hope i can solve the no-loading issue thanks to boombuller's advice. However what worries me is that i tested it successfully with the free version of LauncherPro (pretty quickly though). Anyway i'll add that to the next version -- hopefully pretty soon.
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Am just getting a blank screen with this?
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Am just getting a blank screen with this?
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Hi Dodgylegs,
Thanks for your feedback, however i desperately need further intel to try and understand what's going on. Thus i have a silly question, since this works well for me. You use LP and did make sure scrollable widgets are activated, right?
The trick Boombuller provided works well with ADW (scrollable widgets get automatically activated), but not for LP. I have not yet published the new version though.
I like the look of this!
Any chance it can hook into your Google Reader subscriptions...?
Thanks for the app. Looks great, works great.
+1 for the suggested integration with google reader
gdodinet said:
Hi Dodgylegs,
Thanks for your feedback, however i desperately need further intel to try and understand what's going on. Thus i have a silly question, since this works well for me. You use LP and did make sure scrollable widgets are activated, right?
The trick Boombuller provided works well with ADW (scrollable widgets get automatically activated), but not for LP. I have not yet published the new version though.
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Hey Champ
Yeah, using LPP. I put in a feed link, say http://www.androidcentral.com/feed and save - then - I get no feeds in the widget, just the title Latest News
My bad.... solved with the right link! Apologies. Great Widget!
Dodgylegs said:
Hey Champ
Yeah, using LPP. I put in a feed link, say http://www.androidcentral.com/feed and save - then - I get no feeds in the widget, just the title Latest News
My bad.... solved with the right link! Apologies. Great Widget!
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I'm glad you worked things out. Feed/URL validation is indeed a critical feature that is missing. It is planned for a coming version. I begin to think that I should assign a higher priority to it because i'm wondering if invalid feed urls are not the cause of all the "grey widget issue" reports. Thanks for telling me this.
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Any chance it can hook into your Google Reader subscriptions?
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Initially i didn't plan to integrate Google Reader (i actually planned not to). But this could certainly be done and i'll consider it. However please note this is not on top of the todo list.
You should set up a paid version that does have google reader integration. I'd certainly purchase it and I'm sure many others as well.
I'm using LPP and can't get any feeds to show up. Even the default Reuters feed that came with the app fails to load any feeds so I don't think that it is a url issue. If there is a way for me to get you any usable info off of my phone please let me know.
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Loving this - thanks for all your hard work. I've been wanting something like this for ages!
Finally a cool news widget...great job!
New version of JustReader is out!
JustReader is a Google Reader client for Android.
We focused on these features:
*honeycomb tablet support
*full offline support
*multiple accounts
*fast and customizable UI
*dark/light themes
*share/star fully supported
*swipe to switch article
*font size can be changed
If you like JustReader, please, rate it in the Android Market! It can really help us!
Here is a small video review:
Please, if you have any suggestions or bugreports feel free to contact me here or via "Feedback" option in my app.
Recent changes:
1.5.6 beta1 http://dev-host.org/qyqylj10cgli/1.5.6-beta1.apk
- faster screen orientation change
- progress bar is shown when article is loaded
- fixed backup/restore in accounts
- starred items can be loaded for offline use
- added notification "Not all articles loaded"
- fixed some important stability issues
- optimized list scrolling a little bit
- changed layout for tablets a little bit
1.5.5-beta2
http://dev-host.org/shvm4kh8f78s/1.5.5-beta2.apk
- some optimization to prevent OutOfMemoryError
- possibility to use background color in Article Title (setting next to 'Theme' setting)
- fixed old java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: parameter must be a descendant of this view
- some enhancements for widget in Android 3.0+
1.5.5-beta1
http://dev-host.org/ei2v25ad23iz/1.5.5-beta1.apk
- thumbnails fix
- better scroll on tap and switch on tap
- better "share text". added link to mail
- fix for "mark as read" (sometimes statuses were not saved after mark all as read)
- better ICS support. (strange white background)
- some bugfixes from my mailbox
- Mode Selector is shown when user taps on mode indicator
- probably fixed: links sometimes opened in internal browser (while set to external)
- some fixes for orientation changes
- data not cleared when new feeds added (previously data was cleared. now only new feed data is loaded)
Here is 1.5.3-beta2
http://dev-host.org/sw9ukpmpnub1/1.5.3-beta2.apk
Should fix some errors mentioned here:
- Problems with thumbnails and summaries
- Text color in the title of activity (in tablet mode)
- Some sync optimizations
Here is the first version of JustReader with plugins - 1.5.3-beta1: http://dev-host.org/9tc7a45ulvj8/1.5.3-beta1.apk
what is done:
- plugin system + 2 included plugins
- facebook plugin (not included, here: http://dev-host.org/klu24wccv1ri/plugins-0.1-beta1.apk). nice plugin I think. try it and say what you think
- changed reading UI. check it out. I hope you like it. (both on tablets and phones). Reminder: you can switch articles by tapping on the screen (I think I fixed some bugs about it, so this should work now)
- optimized article list scrolling - feels much better on my Acer A500 Honeycomb tablet
- better internal browser
- there are many little changes
It's better to try
based on your feedback, here is 1.5.1 beta
http://dev-host.org/twgdkmeffw45/1.5.1-beta1.apk
- bugfixes
- "Mark next as read" and "Mark previous as read"
- added back "Mark as read" to tablets. (was not available in reading layout)
- checked ICS - everything is fine for me
- fixed "tap to scroll" and "tap to switch" article. Previously JR could switch article when link was clicked.
- regrouped settings
- made a small 3-steps wizard
1.5.0-rc
http://dev-host.org/c7ngjwqhca68/1.5.0-rc.apk
- now it updates JustReader from the market (not a new installation)
- deletes folder /sdcard/JustReader. now it uses Android/data/ru.enacu.myreader
- better thumbnails viewer. scrolling is more smooth now
- some fixes
- "share link" from context menu added
- possibly, fixed zoom on tablets (wasn't working sometimes)
1.5.0-beta18
http://dev-host.org/cxrnzrf1ea23/1.5.0-beta18.apk
- updated translations
- fixed some bugs with rotation
- added BACKUP/RESTORE (saves all your settings + accounts + feed settings) for now it saves everything in /sdcard/JustReader.backup.xml. will add dialog for selection
- fixed tablet mode for Android 2+
- some other bugfixes
1.5.0-beta17 http://dev-host.org/38o9v6jcrhyn/1.5.0-beta17.apk
- fixed online mode for categories with spaces
- memory usage optimization
- favorites is always shown (+ it opens ful your history of starred items)
- many bugs fixed
1.5.0-beta15: http://dev-host.org/buez7cxrd914/1.5.0-beta15.apk
- new share icon, a little bit changed UI, deleted like/share buttons
- fixed some http errors
- cleaned up a project a little bit - smaller apk
- fixed "back to list"
- added new settings "Max unread post age", "Max read post age" (before was only one)
- "save picture" fix
- fixed widget updates in some cases
- "fit images" fix
1.5.0-beta14 http://dev-host.org/1r3k1t0vojjf/1.5.0-beta14.apk
- fixed some sync issues (scottjb and shadowcaster31, pls, check this out)
- changed Http library
- some optimizations (in thread management). possibly, app will be more light
- added animations for article switching
- added "Tap to scroll" and "Tap to switch" actions. Tap on the left/right/top/bottom side of the reading screen to switch articles or scroll
Hope, all these changes will make JustReader more comfortable to read
1.5.0-beta13 http://dev-host.org/64sgyrtwyzuz/1.5.0-beta13.apk
- widgets added + some improvements for them
- sync optimized
- some bugfixes
1.5.0-beta12
http://dev-host.org/l3x74w0rly1w/1.5.0-beta12.apk
- optimized UI. work much smoother now
- better offline mode support (almost the same as in 1.3.9)
- simplified mode selection (there is an indicator in the corner. press it to select mode). also added descriptions to clarify this
1.5.0 beta 10: http://dev-host.org/dsdzpp3o5yz9/1.5.0-beta10.apk
- fixes in sync process (many)
- "mark all as read" marks items read only locally (when offline)
- there is a possibility to just save article statuses (without loading new articles). it's available in main menu.
1.5.0 - beta 9: http://dev-host.org/5fm3pjfvmjln/1.5.0-beta9.apk
- Some more fixes
- better youtube support for honeycomb (+ shows small youtube icon to go to Youtube App)
- better image fit (some images had wrong proportions)
- fixed some mark all as read bugs
- better thumbnail viewer (+ fixed bug with huge Android)
- fixed crashes in Honeycomb (workaround)
1.5.0-beta8
http://dev-host.org/riciu2x8psif/1.5.0-beta8.apk
- offline mode as before (sync works again)
- made some improvements to "copy text". Use standard android feature for text selection
- made many improvements in sync (should work more stable)
1.5.0-beta5
http://dev-host.org/f3oou70jy3cw/1.5.0-beta5.apk
there are fixed many little things, but many things are to be fixed
Also, started implementing offline sync
Now you can select mode of the app: Online/Offline/WiFi only
Check the menu (Honeycomb), bottom toolbar (pre Honeycomb)
1.5.0-beta4
- fixed issues with Android 2.2-
download
1.5.0-beta3
- honeycomb support is back!
- opimizations, for example, statuses change almost immediately
- bugfixes
- the last, but not the least: You can enable "Tablet mode" even for Android 2.x devices.
Can be very usefull for many users, having 7 or more inches tablets on Android 2.x
Also.... VERY IMPORTANT: IF you have any bugs with sync: loading new items and saving statuses, please, send me back logs. Just press "Send logs" menu item
Here is the link: http://dev-host.org/nmv1mzvjvsdi/1.5.0-beta3.apk
v1.5.0-beta1
- NOT FOR HONEYCOMB. will come later. check 1.3.9
- works only ONLINE. sync option will come later
- some UI changes (pull to refresh in the list)
- optimizations
download
Also, we started our site and facebook page.
'Like' in facebook is appreciated very much.
Would like the ability to "mark as read" by long pressing a group/entry. Other than that it looks nice, good work so far
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Widget would be great too. I have been looking for a good google reader widget for a long time.
Sent from my iPhone 6
cingall said:
Would like the ability to "mark as read" by long pressing a group/entry
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I'm planning to implement such feature. (Also, give a possibility to mark as read "on server". sometimes is usefull, I think)
So, I think it will be available in the mid of the next week if you are interested.
jedwardmiller said:
Widget would be great too. I have been looking for a good google reader widget for a long time.
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Now for me the first priority is auto sync and sync of pictures, but after that I'll surely implement a widget (but, maybe in pro version).
What do you like to include in such widget? A list of articles (for selected feed, category) or texts?
Thank you both for the feedback!
enacu said:
I'm planning to implement such feature. (Also, give a possibility to mark as read "on server". sometimes is usefull, I think)
So, I think it will be available in the mid of the next week if you are interested.
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I am interested! Gonna try ASAP!
Thank you for your job, it's a great lightweight app!
I use it as my everyday reader for 1 week, so far so good.
I'll wait for the auto sync but actually I don't really need it!
Thank you very much
Thank you very much for your response.
I'll try to make it even better!
Here is the new version with auto sync!
1.0.beta3 was not very stable.
So, check out quick fix!
1.0.rc1 is much more stable now.
Also, you can just download JustReader from Android Market!
Hi everybody!
I've just implemented downloading of the images (view images offline). Do you want to try it?
If so, check out this version!
It's not very stable, but you can try and write here what you think.
It can be switched on in account preferences screen.
Next things I would like to implement are:
- possibility to stop synchronization process
- show synchronization status in notification bar
hello!
I use this new release for 3 days and everything works like a charm on my hero!
once again, thank you for this app, better thn newsrob
Sent from my HTC Hero using XDA App
new version for testing
gp4004 said:
hello!
I use this new release for 3 days and everything works like a charm on my hero!
once again, thank you for this app, better thn newsrob
Sent from my HTC Hero using XDA App
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Thank you for testing pre market releases!
This is new version with
- sync status in notification bar
- some improvements in sync process (speed, stability)
- possibility to stop sync process
Check it out!
Also, I'm planning to release paid market version and to cut a little bit free version, also I'll try to add advertisment on the main acitivity of the application.
Everyone here, If you want, you can send me emails or private messages and I'll send you unlock code.
So, come back here when pro version is out. First 100 will get unlock code.
Also, a big job must be done to make the release really stable.
Thank you all again!
What about Google Reader by Google?
What do you think about new Google Reader for Android released by Google?
Do you think they will implement full offline support?
Do you like this new app? Why?
Just downloaded market version, and a few quick thoughts (I'll have more later)
Sync settings:
Maximal age of the post should be Maximum
you list a bunch of numbers in that catergory. I'm assuming they are days, but weeks would also be a possibility. If you could put 1 (unit), 2 (unit), that'd be great.
Main feed page:
I use folders a LOT in google reader. Usually, I browse by the whole folder at once, rather than the individual source (example, I might have android police, Android Central, and XDA portal for android all in one folder). However, in this app, I can only view by individual feed. If you can place an option under the folder menu to view all at once, that'd be great! By this I mean, I might be viewing an Android central story, but the next story might be XDA portal.
Edit: Just found if you tap the numbers it does this. If you can make that a menu option, that'd be great. I only found it by accident.
Overall:
You have a setting for article screen theme. Any way you can make that universal throughout the app? I like black text on white. However, everything but the article is still white text on black.
Make it so that articles that are read in app are read everywhere.
That's all for now. Looks really good so far. Love the swipe to go to next page option. Google official reader needed that. For what I think of googles reader app, I really like it. Nice UI, but no offline caching.
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Make it so that articles that are read in app are read everywhere.
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Hi!
Thank you very much for some suggestions!
What do you mean by phrase on top of this post?
Statuses are saved to Google servers each time you synchronize account.
You mean "instantly"? Right when you are reading?
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You mean "instantly"? Right when you are reading?
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+1. Also, PM
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
I think a widget would be a great idea. I see you are planning to add it in the future and you were asking what to be included. I think the best way to do the widget would be to display "all items" that would link to your app when clicked. I also would like to see a mark all as read on the widget too if that can be done.
I'll implement widget for sure, but a little bit later. Now the main priority is stability.
Now, you can try one more beta version:
better offline support
bugfixes
some synchronization performance improvements
1.0 version is out
Hi!
version 1.0 is on the market now.
you can update right from the market or from the top post.
And, there is a present for you.
PM or email me and I'll send you key app for removing ads in JustReader (I need your Google Reader account name for this)
Next things I would like to do: to implement better and more intuitive interface and to listen for your suggestions!
Thank you
Happy New Year to everybody!
JustReader 1.0.4 is out now (update from the market) .
ui improvements
full themes support
bugfixes
downloading of images is limited to 20 posts for free version
I would like to thank you for using JustReader and make a little present - JustReader pro.
Send me PMs with your google reader account name (usually your gmail) and I'll send you pro version for your account.
Hi everybody!
New version is out.
changes are:
-present version works fully like pro version
-reading position shows on the Post Activity
-link to open browser (possibility to open browser without using menu)
-bugfixes
Also, there are some special offers.
If you would like to translate JustReader to your native language, I'll be very happy and you'll get present version of JustReader Pro for your work (or maybe two or three versions for your friends)
If you like the app and want to get free pro version you can make a post in your blog about our application, what you like and what you don't, with links to xda and homepage.
Thank you!
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"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"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"
}
Timetable is a versatile scheduler for your Android phone. If you have a recurring schedule you have to stick to, Timetable will help you keep track of it. Its simple, elegant interface will get you to the information you need, quickly and efficiently, with intuitive navigation and a familiar timetable structure. Setting up your timetable takes mere minutes, and it is intuitive and easy - just press + to get started!
Timetable was built with the Android Design guidelines in mind, and follows them to a tee. It's optimised for Holo and optimised for tablets.
Latest - 1.0-beta1:
Code:
- Added a landscape optimised version of About page
- Removed 'Add Task' button
- Refined colours of tablet mode
- Swapped room and time around in expanded view
- Weeks can be added indefinitely from the action bar drop-down
- Classes can be added to any existing week
- Empty weeks are removed on app launch
Latest Market release - 0.9.1:
Code:
- Fixed a big bug - force close / timetable disappear on leaving for a while
- Two new UIs - compact and expanded - no longer uses ListView, much more attractive
- These UIs can be swapped between in the preferences, or to classic if you wish
- Compact style can be switched between displaying the room or start time
- Break periods are coloured grey
- On the current day, all periods up to and including the current one are highlighted
All 1.0 changes so far:
Code:
- Added swiping tabs
- Removed "Classic" UI, for simplicity reasons
- Improved UIs
- Reduced line thickness to 1dp, looks sharper
- Changed period name from big to bold in expanded
- Changed period name to bold in compact
- Refined the edit and setup UIs, now more Holo-friendly
- Buttons have no feedback
- Improved indent sizes to fit with Android Design guidelines
- No more rotation lock
- Fixed crash on rotation, may be unknown consequences
- Removed a whole heap of old code, renamed some classes
- Re-worked the widget, hopefully fixes some crashes + much prettier
- Added 'Refresh' menu item - ie current period will be highlighted on refresh
- Added themes - Light and Dark
- Light is Theme.Holo.Light on 3.0-3.2, Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar on 4.0+ and Theme.Light on legacy
- Dark is Theme.Holo on 3.0+ and Theme on legacy (default)
- Switch themes in preferences
- Made the bug report feature have more information
- Set the spinner to have default text colour, was black (may cause problems on some OEM themes, ie Touchwiz)
- ActionBar now goes on bottom when necessary (4.0+)
- Tablet mode! Tablets will take advantage of greater screen space
- Now kicks in based on screen width (7-inch tablets will definitely work)
- United the tablet and tabbed mode into a single activity
- Tablet mode can activate and deactivate on rotation if necessary (probably on One X-sized devices)
- All menu items work properly in both modes now
- Made the preferences work better than before
- Added 'up' buttons to the ActionBar in preferences and edit screen
- Decreased text size in edit screen, looks better
- Removed the tabwidget, replaced with swiping-tab style header
- Header is present in tabbed and tablet modes
- Current day is underlined
- Added OnClickListener to each period, to be used for tasks + editing
- Removed some redundant aspects of TabController (tab stuff - now plain viewpager) - may be unstable, may be faster
- Replaced entire setup activities with new "Add Subject page"
- Not yet tablet optimised
- A warning - It gets buggy when you remove and add lots and lots of periods, because I got so confused...
- Added the ViewPagerIndicator library, proper ICS-style swiping tab widget!
- Refined the tablet title bar
- Removed transition animation on refresh on tabbed mode
- Updated ViewPagerIndicator library to v2.3.1, fixes jitter on swipe bug
- Renamed "Preferences" to "Settings" in compliance with Android Design guidelines
- Removed deprecated setup activities
- Revamped the settings menu and added icons (4.0+ only)
- Changed default theme to "Light"
- Created edit dialog box
- Created remove dialog box (confirmation)
- Changed app name to Timetable (I like it more)
- Settings relegated to overflow menu, as mandated by Android Design guidelines
- Added "Today" action item - jumps to current day
- Fixed graphical bug with clickable part of period
- Switched to using custom Period class, will make some things easier
- Fixed remove option bringing up edit dialog
- Fixed crash on fresh install (sorry!)
- Added time editor in edit dialog (not a dummy any more)
- Added end time
- Added an end time editor to edit dialog
- Timetable displays end time on main view
- Current period is highlighted blue, periods passed highlighted grey
- Probably very volatile due do database changes... This is why I was reluctant
- New logo
- Better execution of the visual metaphor
- Softer, lighter colours and no gradients
- Tilt consistent with Ravrahn logo (30 degrees)
- Altered Add Subject screen
- Removed Details header and Room field
- Room is now set for each period, not for each subject
- Added end time setter
- Removed "Name:" textview, replaced with hint in edittext
- Two rows per period, to fit more options
- Replaced Compact Detail setting with Compact Detail menu item
- Today menu item only appears on weekdays
- Changing settings no longer redirects you to the main activity
- Fixed a bug with Today menu item always bringing you to Monday
- Fixed and improved the widgets:
- 4x1 - Shows current period and next period
- 4x2 - Shows current, next, and after in a format similar to the app's expanded view
- Changed target version to v16 (Jelly Bean)
- Added a notification
- Ongoing, updates every minute
- Tells you how long until your next class, what the class is, and the room it's in
- Turn it on or off in Settings
- The tabs may automatically refresh every now and then, not sure
- Switched to NotificationCompact2.Builder by Jake Wharton
- Implemented ActionBarSherlock by Jake Wharton
- Added a bigContentView to the notification for Jelly Bean - needs work
- Fixed some crashes caused by widgets on weekends
- Fixed notification settings not switching properly
- Notification automatically turns off on weekends
- Added "Today" button for tablets
- Removed "Switch Week" button, implemented Action Bar dropdown for week switching
- Added "Toggle Expanded" Action item, removed "Change Detail Level" from Settings
- Added "Send Feedback" Action item, removed "Report Bug" from Settings
- Removed "View changes" from the settings page
- Expanded and Compact periods generate with identical code
- Compact periods are now clickable (but tiny...)
- Changed period context menu to regular click, rather than long press
- Removed Week table from database, all key-data store is now done through SharedPreferences - way faster and should be less buggy
- Updated Action Bar icons to look Holo on older devices
- Backup works for end times
- Added "Teacher" detail to Compact Detail selector, sets it to nothing
- Supports all versions of Android right back to 1.6 (it should, anyway - I don't have devices that old!)
- Fixed several crashes with widgets and notifications
- Notification does not appear if there are no classes coming up
- bigContentView is now substantially better
- Time now displays in the system format (24-hour or 12-hour)
- Removed "About" section of settings, added About activity accessible from Action Overflow
- Fixed TabController having Up button
- Revamped backup system, now produces a .csv file (code is neater, too). Multiple, custom-named backups possible
- Backup and Restore are now Action items in the timetable view
- Fixed backups not recording end times
- Fixed "Backup detected. Restore it?" not working
- Added "Legacy backup" to restore dialog list
- Actually added the About page, accessible from the Action overflow
- Aesthetic changes
- For Android 4.1+, now uses font family sans-serif-light (Roboto Light)
- This does not apply to dialogs or the Action Bar
- Light theme now uses Theme.Sherlock.Light over Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar
- Changed Light theme background to pure white, rather than off-white
- Lightened Light theme ViewPagerIndicator background
- Made ViewPagerIndicator footer thinner to match Play Store
- Added a landscape optimised version of About page
- Removed 'Add Task' button
- Refined colours of tablet mode
- Swapped room and time around in expanded view
- Weeks can be added indefinitely from the action bar drop-down
- Classes can be added to any existing week
- Empty weeks are removed on app launch
Any good? Ideas for features? Bug reports? I'd love to see what people think of it.
Gallery of screenshots
Play Store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.ravrahn.timetablr
Direct download: http://bit.ly/timetablr
Latest beta: http://bit.ly/timetable-beta1 (basically untested, may be buggy)
Timetable+ ($0.99): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.ravrahn.timetablr.donate
Timetable is open-source! Bitbucket link: https://bitbucket.org/ravrahn/timetable
Your application has not Saturday and Sunday !!!
But i've classes this days
and i like to add end time of my classes !
Looks good, but i'll make two suggestions:
1- A widget. It's really handy to have one on the homescreen so i can view the class room easily.
2- we can choose the intervarls of the classes. for ex: 8:00 - 8:30 8:30 - 9:00....
also if you could implement a function to import holidays from google calendar would be really good.
I'm going to download and test it. Keep up the good work
I had an end time until I realised the end time ought to be the same as the start of the next period. I haven't met anyone who has classes on Saturday or Sunday before, I might be able to add them in though!
Thanks a Ton.....works perfectly on my G2x, Galaxy Nexus, SGS2 and HTC Sensation XE......It's a amazing!!!
very nice.
Must.have.widget
Ravrahn said:
I had an end time until I realised the end time ought to be the same as the start of the next period. I haven't met anyone who has classes on Saturday or Sunday before, I might be able to add them in though!
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in my country school starts from monday to saturday ..
and, your apps doesn't support landscape mode ?
Thanks a lot! Maybe to include a overview home page with an option to add additional notes about the day
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An quick look page would be amazing and a widget.......
Awesome app for a student like me
Very good idea, but may I suggest allowing people to add sub-items or events under each class to list homework. If this was implemented I would absolutely use this. Keep up the good work!
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It's locked in portrait mode for two reasons: It's not as useful in landscape, and people were getting weird crashes (the timetable disappeared and didn't come back until you force quit, which I've found still happens if you leave the app alone on the settings screen - it's some strange bug in the cursor object, I think). I might get on to making a landscape mode when I start working on the tablet optimisation, but that may not be for a while.
The weekend classes will probably need to wait too, I just don't think there's enough room on the screen to fit 7, or even 6, tabs. I'll implement the two days once I figure out how to use tabs as fragments, because then there won't be width constraints.
I'll start work on a widget first, depending on how difficult it is, expect the widget by this time next week, perhaps. I was planning on making it a premium feature, but since everyone seems to want it, I'll probably make it free, and find something else to be premium.
Hi thanks for the app i think its a brilliant idea and i love it so far!!
Just a request my school works on a 6 day cycle but we only have school from mon to fri so for example if mon is day 1 then the next mon would be day 6 and tues day 1 if that makes sense. I was wondering if there would be some way for me to use the app with this 6 day cycle?
Thanks again for the awesome app!
Sent from my Galaxy S running ICS
Found a bug:
When setting up you add activities. After this you build the time table.
If you put now a activity into the time table, then go back and rename it and press next again, the app force closes.
Just a little hint.
Anyway: awesome app.
Sent from my loved HTC Desire [email protected] <3
So it does! I'll look into it. Thanks for pointing me to the bug, but in future, could you email it using the "Report Bug" option in the app's settings?
Regarding the 6-day cycle, Bos1man, I don't know how I might implement that. I'll try my best to add that while I'm adding weekends and whatnot.
v0.8 will feature a widget or two, a slightly better UI in the timetable itself (with the current period highlighted), and a few bug fixes (the one Ditti4 found, hopefully, and also one I just found in the edit screen which ought to be easily fixed). It should be out by this time next week, we'll see.
EDIT: I've had a thought - I'm going to implement a backup/restore function with plain text files on the SD card. I'll pop some templates in the OP when that happens.
As for the bug with going back and changing an activity, I can only really say "don't do it" for the moment... I can't think of a good way to work around the bug short of deleting the items that you've changed the activity of. If that's a reasonable solution, fine, I'll do that, but I'm not sure it is...
Thanks appreciate u looking in to it
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Ravrahn said:
So it does! I'll look into it. Thanks for pointing me to the bug, but in future, could you email it using the "Report Bug" option in the app's settings?
Regarding the 6-day cycle, Bos1man, I don't know how I might implement that. I'll try my best to add that while I'm adding weekends and whatnot.
v0.8 will feature a widget or two, a slightly better UI in the timetable itself (with the current period highlighted), and a few bug fixes (the one Ditti4 found, hopefully, and also one I just found in the edit screen which ought to be easily fixed). It should be out by this time next week, we'll see.
EDIT: I've had a thought - I'm going to implement a backup/restore function with plain text files on the SD card. I'll pop some templates in the OP when that happens.
As for the bug with going back and changing an activity, I can only really say "don't do it" for the moment... I can't think of a good way to work around the bug short of deleting the items that you've changed the activity of. If that's a reasonable solution, fine, I'll do that, but I'm not sure it is...
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It think it should be ok.
And as solution for the 6-day-thing:
Maybe you can add the possibility to add as much weeks as we want. This would be enough for the start, I think.
And I will use the bug report option in the app in the future - but I didn't know that it is existing.
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If I understood Bos1man correctly, making it as many weeks as you want would require him to enter the same six days' worth of information 5 times in a row, which would be a horrendous bore. I'm sure there's something I could do to make this unnecessary. I'll need to think about it.
I'll be pushing 0.7.2 to the market by the end of the day (Australia). It will have a working backup, but no working restore. 0.7.1 is uploading currently, and features:
- Changed Donate button to PayPal donation link
- Fixed bug in edit screen with list flowing into buttons
- Added dummy Backup and Restore options in settings, they just make toasts
Nice. Will u add custom end time for classes like on Timetable? Here in Denmark classes are 45minutes...
Here are examples of widgets. Modded to have transparency.
No update link here? i haven't access to market !
the dropbox link is the old version (0.7-rc5)
Presenting: Speed Browser
Powered by ACR developments open source Lightning browser, this browser has been designed with ease of use and simplicity in mind with a gorgeous minimalistic material design ui. Every component has been designed for maximum performance and efficiency so you can expect significantly faster page load times. Speed is still in beta so please report any bugs that you come across and I will fix them promptly.
Features
- Tabs and incognito tabs in same activity
- Adblocking, popup blocking
- Add custom urls to adblock list
- Intercept and download videos on playback
- Desktop mode, Reading mode and Night mode
- 3 different layout mode, Side drawers, Bottom drawer, Cards
- Built in file manager
- Drag and drop bookmarks and tabs
- And tonnes of other features
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"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"
}
New Features
- Check for updates and share can be added to overflow menu via Display Settings > Edit overflow menu
- Keep page running in background (page info menu)
- Intercept page redirects and ask for permission (page info menu)
- Reorder and edit overflow menu
- Improved search suggestions look
- Save to external storage directory
- Floating window mode for tablet layout (beta)
- Tablet mode with chrome style tabs at top
- MinSDK now API 16 - Jellybean 4.1+
- Intercept all videos and option to open in external player
- Copy link text
- Automatically download favicons for imported bookmarks
- Pull down to refresh
- Import bookmarks from chrome (bottom drawer)
- Block popup dialogs
Full Changelog Below
Download (Build 5.7.5)
I'll be maintaining and adding features to this app whenever I have time, let me know what you guys think and feel free to leave suggestions.
Bugs
- Window mode bugs
- Sync history broken
- Fullscreen mode buggy
- Orbot proxying not available
- There maybe other bugs I am unaware of
Work in Progress Features
- Option to scroll to top on url box click
- Download manager service with multi threaded downloading
- Sync history and bookmarks with chrome
Help - Tips and Tricks
Open link in foreground:
If you have open links in background checked then you can open a link in a new tab and show it immediately by long pressing either "open in new tab" or "open in incognito tab". If you have open links in background unchecked you can do the reverse by long pressing either of those options.
Reopen closed tab:
Simply long press the new tab button (not in overflow menu) and it will be reopened.
Share link:
You can add this option to the long click popup dialog from Display Settings > Edit link dialog menu
Undelete or Unmove bookmark:
Long press back button (not hardware or onscreen back)
Open bookmark in new tab:
Long press the bookmark without moving it to show the menu
Incognito bookmark folder:
Long press plus button when viewing bookmarks to show hidden folder. You can delete it and it will still be kept, but if you rename it and delete it the folder will be replaced with an empty one.
Use Hardware Rendering (Advanced Settings)
This enables hardware rendering for webviews and should only be enabled if you're experiencing very bad performance. It might help, or it wont make a difference in which case leave it off. This will use additional resources and RAM - it might also use more battery so you shouldnt enable this if the webview is rendering and scrolling fine.
Maximum performance
The most efficient layout is the bottom drawer layout, it only has 2 immediate children: the webview and the the toolbar. The bottom drawer is only made visible once you click the tab counter or when you touch at the bottom of the screen, this lets the UI avoid any additional layout calculation for the drawer. Scrolling is noticeably smoother with the bottom drawer and it most likely uses less battery in comparison to the other layouts. You can also turn off the pull to refresh to reduce the touch logic albeit for an insignificant gain. Disabling the adblock and manually adding urls as needed drastically reduces the amount of RAM the adblocker takes up and I would definitely recommend this.
Permissions
GPS - For websites that want to use location
Storage Access - Downloading files, crash logs, and for the built-in file manager
Network Access - Have a guess
Read/Write Bookmarks and History - Speed needs to be able to import bookmarks from chrome
Draw Over Apps - Floating window for tablet mode so Speed can draw over apps
Credits
This project would not be possible without the amazing work ACR development so huge thanks to Anthony! You can find the Lightning Browser repository and source code here: https://github.com/anthonycr/Lightning-Browser
I'd also encourage everyone to try out lightning browser (play store)
Since Speed is a fork of lightning, parts of Speed that contain lightning browser source code are licensed under Mozilla Public License 2.0
You can find the source code for Speed here: https://github.com/fusionxr/Speed-Browser
Additional classes and layouts that do not contain lightning code are not required to be disclosed under the MPL 2.0 hence why I've ommited them and the build will fail.
Special thanks to @beemgee, @IAmLucky, @Mrxyzl, @ratbags, @60nine for their early beta testing and continued help in improving Speed
Also huge thanks to everyone for all the support and for putting up with and reporting bugs.
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Minor Theme Update
Changelog
5.7.5 - 05/05/2016
Bugfix:
- Cards layout now stable and with incognito tabs
- Fixed navigation bar overlapping fullscreen videos
- Fixed edit overflow menu dialog getting cut off at bottom
5.7.4 - 04/05/2016
New Features:
- Keep page running in background (page info menu), works with videos/youtube
- Check for updates and share can be added to overflow menu via Display Settings > Edit overflow menu
- Added changelog viewer (click on Build Version from About Settings)
Bugfix:
- Fixed serious memory leak
- Fixed visual bugs in Cards layout
- Fixed overflow menu crash on 4.1 devices
- More code cleanup
5.7.2 - 03/05/2016
New Features:
- Intercept page redirects and ask for permission to load
You can add url to adblock list from this dialog
Bugfix:
- Fixed Cards layout random text showing up over tab and touches passing through.
- Fixed download force close and added popup message to be shown if download folder is invalid or download start fails.
- Fixed adblock manager deleting/editing force close.
- Fixed new folder/delete file crash in file chooser dialog.
5.7.0 - 02/05/2016
New Features:
- Floating window for tablet layout
- Save to external storage
- Reorder and edit overflow menu
- Search suggestions look improved with ability to copy text to search box
- Code cleanup and lots of small improvements
Bugfix:
- Rewritten cards layout with performance optimisations and bugfixes (still no incognito)
- Card thumbnails work properly when restoring tabs from coldboot
- Crash when choosing external storage location
- Crash when opening adblock manager
- Touches passing through left drawer
24/04/2016
Bugfix:
- Cards layout improvements and bugfixes - beta ready
Still some bugs which I will try to fix in next release
- Bottom drawer with bookmarks and file manager in cards layout
- Tablet mode tabs resize according to available space
- Fullscreen mode bugfixes and scrolling improvement (still buggy though)
- Side drawer file explorer removed
- Side drawer bookmark import/export menu now more obvious
- Other tweaks and code cleanup
22/04/2016
New Features:
- Tablet mode with chrome style tabs at top
- Option to disable pull refresh
Bugfix:
- Save File as dialog
- Link/Image dialog opening on drawer swipe
12/04/2016
New Features:
- Min SDK now 16 - Jellybean 4.1+
- Option to open videos in external player
Bugfix:
- Cards layout improvement
- Bottom drawer optimisations and listview bugfixes
10/04/2016
New Features:
- Copy link text
- Intercept all videos for all webviews
Bugfix:
- Dark theme
- File manager file/folder edit
- Search suggestions logic improvement
- GPU overdraw fixes and layout structure cleanup
- Bookmark settings bugfix and code cleanup
- Video download dialog showing twice
09/04/2016
New Features:
- Edit files from bottom drawer file manager
- Card layout improvements (still beta)
- Check for updates (About Settings)
- Auto update notification for some devices
- Fullscreen mode
- Option to enable window resizing to prevent textbox being hidden by keyboard (display settings)
Bugfix:
- More bugfixes and code cleanup
- Crash on start bugs
- Bottom drawer crashes
- Import from chrome now working
- Bookmark icons bugs
- And other smaller bugfixes/improvements
03/04/2016
New Features:
- Automatically download favicons for imported bookmarks
- Pull down to refresh
- Import bookmarks from chrome (bottom drawer)
- Search the web for selected text
- Google doodles now show on homepage
Bugfix:
- Swipe tabs crash
- Pull to refresh not working on new tabs
- Bookmarks in side drawer not working
- Default download location not working
- Homepage selection not working
- Cardview threading bug
28/03/2016
Bugfix:
- History page bugs
- File manager icons
- Intercept Videos option works on most sites
- Database indexing issues
27/03/2015
New Features:
- Intercept video playback and offer to download
- Add custom urls to adblock list
- Rewritten adblocking logic, pages now load twice as fast
- Dark theme now working
- Export bookmarks fro bottom drawer
- File explorer in bottom drawer
- Threading manager for UI fluidity and efficient resource management
Bugfix:
- Crash on start
- Back button not working
- Dark theme fix
- Page source crash
- Other misc bugfixes
23/03/2016
New Features:
- Slide up bottom drawer
- View page source
- Bookmarks in bottom drawer
- New threading manager for improved performance
- Heavy performance optimisations
- Simplified drag & drop logic
Bugfix
- More layout optimisations
- Rewritten progress bar logic to reduce unecessary computation
- Crash on start
- Bookmark icons disappearing
- Bookmark and history icons now show up
- Adblock not working
- Nightmode applies to all tabs
- Images not being downloaded
- Privacy settings not sticking
13/03/2016
New Features
- Bottom toolbar mode
- Hardware rendering option in advanced settings
- New bottom drawer layout with option to toggle between card view and list view
- Option to turn off swipe tabs
- Heavy layout optimisations and performance improvements
- Option to open bookmarks in new tab by long press without drag
Bugfix
- Other bugfixes
- Card view mode not being remembered
- Tabs in right drawer not working
- Dark theme link dialog
- Incognito bookmark folder disappearing
- Bookmark buttons not working on start
29/02/2016
Bugfix
- Fixed dark theme and scroll performance
- Fixed crash when link tries to open new tab
26/02/2016
New Features
- import bookmarks from file manager via 3 dot menu
- open files from file manager
- option to open links in background or show immediately
Bugfix
- Rename bookmarks
- Text reflow
23/02/2016
Bugfix
- Fix small memory leak and reduced file explorer memory consumption
- Clear history dialog defaults with all boxes ticked
- Fixed history not clearing via clear history dialog
- Fixed crash on last tab close
22/02/2016
New Features
- file explorer
- Rendering options in menu
- remove single history item
- Swipe tab button in omnibar to switch between tabs
- Import bookmarks from chrome
- Export/Import bookmarks (long press bookmark/star icon to pull up menu)
- Redesigned history page
- Option to keep browser open on last tab close
Bugfix
- Fixed bookmark rearrange/drag drop
- Clear browsing data dialog remembers previous options
- Reduced cpu activity on activity resume
05/02/2016
Bugfix
- Fixed omni swipe for incognito tabs
- Tab animations working now
- tabs switch faster
- changed app id to avoid overwriting lightning browser
- fullscreen mode working (slightly buggy)
- fixed desktop mode only for current tab
- fixed crash on restart after low memory kill
- fixed bookmarks not saving on low memory destroy and recent menu clear
- fixed dark theme toolbar coloring
30/01/2016
New Features
- Drag and drop tabs functionality
- Swipe to dismiss tabs
- Incognito tabs in same drawer
- Drag and drop bookmark folders
- Undo delete or move bookmark item/folder
- Redesigned find in page
- Added desktop mode option
15/11/2015
Material design theme
Improved Adblock
New tab and navigation buttons in drawer
Incognito tabs alongside normal tabs
Performance tweaks
Good and Fast!
I'm using it on Xperia J with Seraphic Season 7 ROM! Only 4.7Mb, very fast, nice graphic and no lags (I get a lot of freeze on Chrome and it use 80Mb )
Xp3r14J said:
I'm using it on Xperia J with Seraphic Season 7 ROM! Only 4.7Mb, very fast, nice graphic and no lags (I get a lot of freeze on Chrome and it use 80Mb )
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I'm glad it works for you! As you mentioned, chrome takes up a lot of ram on my galaxy s3, and I'm pretty sure most people face that problem with 1gb of ram, hence my reason for making this app.
I'm thinking of publishing this app on the Google play marketplace if I get enough good feedback.
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Updated app.
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Updated app.
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Is development dead? I'm not finding it there anymore
I'm back and with a huge update.
New features :
- Material design
- Enhanced adblock and popup blocker: sites can still open new tabs in the background so long as they aren't ads
- New tab and navigation buttons in drawer
- Incognito tabs alongside normal tabs
- Performance tweaks
I'll be maintaining and adding features to this app whenever I have time, let me know what you guys think and if you've got any suggestions.
edit: for some reason I cant attach files
edit: okay finally found manage attachments, download and screenshot in first post
New version released! Updated first post with video demo.
Just installed and totally amazed
Super light and pretty fast
Swipe to access tabs and bookmarks are great
Somethign for you to improve : when changed to dark mode the browser is not totally "dark", just tabs and settings and bookmarks are dark. And the 3dots menu icon on the bar is invisible in dark mode
Btw this going to be my default browser
How do I get the border around the address bar dark like in the screenshots you posted?
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Just installed and totally amazed
Super light and pretty fast
Swipe to access tabs and bookmarks are great
Somethign for you to improve : when changed to dark mode the browser is not totally "dark", just tabs and settings and bookmarks are dark. And the 3dots menu icon on the bar is invisible in dark mode
Btw this going to be my default browser
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Thank you! I'm flattered that this is going to be your default browser.
As requested I've fixed the dark theme and the menu icon coloring in incognito mode. I updated the attached apk in first post.
I'm working on fixing the full screen mode and incognito mode too.
beastonprowl said:
How do I get the border around the address bar dark like in the screenshots you posted?
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You're using the wrong apk. Use the apk attached in the first post. Hope you like it!
Hey guys when I download something does the browser have a download manager
Just encountered an issue here
If the browser is killed because of low memory, when i re-opened it, it crashed and then all bookmarks and tabs are erased
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Hey guys when I download something does the browser have a download manager
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Unfortuneately no. Net yet. I am working on this.
Phuclun510 said:
Just encountered an issue here
If the browser is killed because of low memory, when i re-opened it, it crashed and then all bookmarks and tabs are erased
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Fixed bookmarks not saving, updated apk. When you refer to tabs do you mean incognito tabs?
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Unfortuneately no. Net yet. I am working on this.
Fixed bookmarks not saving, updated apk. When you refer to tabs do you mean incognito tabs?
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No i mean the previous process ( websites) that i opened before
You say fixed does it mean there are no crashes or just the bookmarks saving ?
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Ok the bookmark problem is solve but crashes still exist
Can you do sth with that in future updates ?
Phuclun510 said:
[/COLOR]Ok the bookmark problem is solve but crashes still exist
Can you do sth with that in future updates ?
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Found the bug! All fixed now.
My gosh so quick
It's actually solved
You are the best
Love this so far. Could we have the option for the stack of tabs to come down from the top rather than build from the bottom of the screen?
Great use of material design - looks really clear. When will be released to google play?
ratbags said:
Love this so far. Could we have the option for the stack of tabs to come down from the top rather than build from the bottom of the screen?
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Option added! Updated apk in first post. Also full screen is working (slightly buggy and some pages will not display properly).
rebelionx123 said:
Great use of material design - looks really clear. When will be released to google play?
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I might release it on google play once its a bit more polished. Maybe in march?
Other changes:
- Contextual actionbar when highlighting text now overlays search bar
- find in page overlays toolbar as well
- drawers resize according to toolbar visibility in fullscreen mode
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"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
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Hey everyone. I'm the developer behind Fishpowered browser. I've been working on this in my spare time for the past couple of years and am starting to feel more comfortable in sharing my progress!
Here are some reviews from the Play store to whet your appetite...
This is THE BROWSER! There is simply nothing like it out there! I'm a geek obsessed browser lover and I cannot believe it! It has it all! Speed, customisation, takes very little space! And the cats on top of all as if it wasn't enough with just being the best there is!
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Epic!! Developers might have gone and made the best browser app for Android. Customisation options are great.
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Im absolutely blown away how good this browser is, and its super user friendly. And I really love the gestures. Keep up the awesome work.
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I've totally just over hyped it but I needed your attention. This is actually my first android app (I'm a web dev by trade) and my technical abilities don't match my ambition yet, but it's getting a little closer with every release!
Why should you care about Fishpowered browser?
There are browser conventions that are widespread and probably shouldn't be e.g. UI layouts that require hand gymnastics, "bookmarks", browsing history etc. I've tried to re-design everything with a fresh pair of eyes.
What are my motivations?
Having a successful project
Building something that protects my privacy and lets me uninstall many other apps on my phone
Making a browser that gets rid of all the spammy cr*p you see on sites these days
Helping people out with internet addiction and responsible internet/phone usage. This is not something that's actually in the browser yet (I've been trying to build a solid base first) but is coming in the future and I have some interesting ideas for it.
Making a browser that works well with one hand
Making a browser that's good for language learning (I'm trying to learn Finnish)
How do I make money?
I don't. There is zero ads/spyware/crapware and there never will be. If it ever gets really popular (maybe 100k+ active users? I dunno haha) I would monetise it by selling themes and accepting donations. Nothing that compromises anyone's privacy. But I only have a few hundred users so I guess that's not likely to ever happen.
Is it open source?
Nope, not while it's still being developed. You can follow the development and see the code on Twitch though (channel: fishpowered)
How can I trust this?
Good question which is unfortunately difficult to answer. As mentioned above I try to do a lot of coding on twitch. I also made a video where I download Fishpowered and the major anti-virus apps from the play store and ran through all the tests so you don't have to: www.twitch.tv/videos/877039346 If you watch the video you'll see why this would be incredibly hard for me to fake because of the infinite picture in picture.
Do not trust any download links outside of this post and Google play store as I have nothing to do with all those other APK sites.
What's bad with it/still left to do?
It's built on the Android webview component which is essentially a wrapper for Chrome. This has the advantage that you get security updates instantly (whenever Chrome is updated) but also has some limitations as it wasn't really designed for being a full-on web browser. For example, I try to add a lot of context sensitive help e.g. if you select some metric/imperial unit in a recipe, it will convert the unit for you, but things like this won't work inside webpages that use iframes (e.g. Google AMP) because webviews can't view selections inside an iframe. Performance isn't amazing either, if you have an old device, you may struggle a bit.
Lastly there are some other things that could obviously be added/improved but simply don't make sense for me to spend time on yet if they will take ages or are very niche features, it's just me working on it in my spare time.
Features
DOWNLOAD LATEST FROM GOOGLE PLAY STORE (RECOMMENDED)
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fishpowered.best.browser&hl=en
Official APK downloads (note: I have only provided downloads for Fishpowered on here and Google Play Store so use other sources at your own risk)
APK download v1.6.0 (beta 2)
APK download v1.5.2
APK download v1.5.0
APK download v1.4.3
APK download v1.3.3
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Having a quick play around with fishpowered browser and I really like it.
Kudos...and welcome to XDA
Made some Fishpowered themed mobile wallpapers as well if anyone's interested...
Download from deviantart: https://www.deviantart.com/fishpowered/gallery/74845548/mobile-phone-wallpapers
Wow, a powerful browser with 3.7Mb app size... Gotta try that
Recommendations
Ability to import bookmarks
Ability to not play videos instantly when page opened(site settings)
When typing an address of a site that visited before, whole address of that site can appear in the address bar
When typing something in address bar, search results should be positioned below the middle of the screen, close to the address bar(to help one hand usage)
When using swipe up to close a tab, it should also check the swipe speed/distance of finger, instead of checking only swiped-to position in order to make fast but short distance swipes work
Thanks for the feedback. Most of this was already on my todo list. The bottom alignment of the search results is tricky though without completely changing how the speed dial works as those screens show all sorts of things and the point is u can filter those as well, not just the suggestions. I will try to improve it as I obviously want it to work on phones with tall screens too
Bruh, this is my new Naked Browser. Love it! My only future request is to be able to arrange the favorites..drag and drop maybe?
Browser keeps logging me out sites after some time. If I go into incognito mode, I'm logged out when I return to default tabs.
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Browser keeps logging me out sites after some time. If I go into incognito mode, I'm logged out when I return to default tabs.
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Should be fixed in 1.4.0! Never thought this was possible due to not being able to change the default cookie manager but I found a workaround.
1.3.3 released to Google play store and I've added an APK download in the OP as I've noticed it popping up on random sites that have nothing to do with me.
Changelog:
- [Enhancement] Photo upload support
- [Enhancement] Added button bindings for: find in page tool, full screen mode, close app
- [Enhancement] Over-scroll tab animations
- [Enhancement] Translation improvements
- [Enhancement] Long pressing what's hot item gives you option to add to faves or clear history for domain
- [Enhancement] Long pressing fave item gives you option to edit or delete
- [Enhancement] Support for translated tutorials
- [Enhancement] Performance enhancements to tab scrolling
- [Enhancement] Turkish translations
- [Bug] Disabled downloading to view "Saved for later" items offline as no longer works with webview
- [Bug] Fixed swipe priorities so edge swipe gestures and tab swiping work better at the same time e.g edge swipes for navigating back/forward*+ center swipes for changing tabs
- [Bug] Fixed crash from TTS not being available on certain devices
- [Bug] Fixed image uploads not working if choosing image from child app
- [Bug] Fixed startpage.com results not showing clearly in history
- [Bug] Fixed tab bullet hints being shown when using edge swiping for means other than changing tabs
- [Bug] Fixed long pressing tab thumbs not copying URL
- [Bug] Fixed selected text Share and Search buttons not working perfectly in iframes+foreign languages
- [Bug] Fixed tab hints occasionally getting stuck on the screen if link opened when keyboard was opened
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You can set incognito mode to "Lite" which will still block 3rd party/tracking cookies but cookies belonging to the sites themselves/such as logins are not cleared when exiting incognito mode.
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This works for me.
Great browser, been using it as my main browser for 2 days and it works well, sans packed with nice features.
Only issue I've encountered so far is that LastPass isn't working properly. Instead of detecting which website I'm browsing, LastPass only detects the browser itself (eg. Fish powered) so it doesn't propose any password for the site I'm on.
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Great browser, been using it as my main browser for 2 days and it works well, sans packed with nice features.
Only issue I've encountered so far is that LastPass isn't working properly. Instead of detecting which website I'm browsing, LastPass only detects the browser itself (eg. Fish powered) so it doesn't propose any password for the site I'm on.
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I've submitted a bug report to Google. Unfortunately the autofill API doesn't work and the console log gives me no useful indication as to why and documentation is scarce. You might be able to workaround this by pinning your current tab to the mini window and then trying from there as it least in the preview window the autofill works with Google's default autofill
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This works for me.
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The issue with not restoring the session when leaving incognito mode is fixed in v1.4.0 (hopefully out in the next 2 or 3 weeks). I found a workaround
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I've submitted a bug report to Google. Unfortunately the autofill API doesn't work and the console log gives me no useful indication as to why and documentation is scarce. You might be able to workaround this by pinning your current tab to the mini window and then trying from there as it least in the preview window the autofill works with Google's default autofill
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I was having the same issue with Vivaldi browser for Android. I looked on their forums and they have a thread regarding this. The devs on there have talked about this same issue and apparantly it's not something easy to fix... Here's the thread, if it has any value to you :
https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/40036/lastpass/20
Specifically in the last page:
In order to support Android Autofill API, we need to get on Android's compatibility list. How to get on this list is something the team has been trying to figure out, but we've exhausted quite a few options without much success.
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The issue with not restoring the session when leaving incognito mode is fixed in v1.4.0 (hopefully out in the next 2 or 3 weeks). I found a workaround
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Thank you bruh. I understand that you are still learning. I would like the ability to drag and drop tabs. Also, could you make the option to make tabs smaller so we can fit more than 3? I will now go to donate.
1.4.0 Released! Will be available on Google Play Store in the next 1-7 days (once it gets approved).
Alternatively, check the OP for apk download although if you are already installed using the play store it is recommended to stay on that.
Full changelog...
## 1.4.0 (2020-11-15)
- [Feature] Bookmark import/export
- [Feature] Faves can be pinned to speed dial + home screen
- [Feature] Back button (long press) can now be rebound
- [Feature] Faves under a tag can now be removed along with the tag
- [Feature] Button bindings for: view downloads, open site settings
- [Feature] Italian translations
- [Feature] Time bar can now be displayed in full screen mode
- [Feature] Cyber+Muted themes
- [Enhancement] Updated dependencies to latest versions (incl. switch to Google Crashlytics)
- [Enhancement] Pinch zoom working on all pages (enabled in settings)
- [Enhancement] Tab thumbs now stored in cache dir so can be cleared for space
- [Enhancement] Session cookies now restored when leaving incognito mode
- [Enhancement] Speed dial icons don't shrink in size when opening speed dial+keyboard on tall phones
- [Enhancement] Performance enhancements
- [Enhancement] Site offline pages now translated
- [Enhancement] Added tips about navigating forward/restoring tabs
- [Enhancement] New translation mode that should work a bit better on dynamic sites (old one available by long pressing translate button)
- [Enhancement] Easy reach mode is removed more easily when scrolling down
- [Bug] Fixed pressing <3 button on address bar multiple times causing multiple faves to be saved
- [Bug] Fixed infinite loading Listen mode if TTS errors
- [Bug] Fixed stopping TTS in incognito mode causing memory leak/lag
- [Bug] Fixed "page menu unassigned" showing in settings if it was bound to a long press action
- [Bug] Fixed saved for later icon/caption displaying incorrectly when selecting links
- [Bug] Disabled RTL mode until I can fix it properly
- [Bug] Fixed 100+ tabs showing 10
- [Bug] Fixed "clear tabs on close" not removing tab thumbnails
- [Bug] Fixed fave icon appearing over address in RTL layouts
- [Bug] Fixed inability to swipe from first/last tab in RTL layout
- [Bug] Fixed current tab bullet hint going a bit crazy in RTL layout
- [Bug] Fixed direction new tabs are opened in in RTL layout
- [Bug] Fixed page menu scroll hint in RTL layout
- [Bug] Fixed closing a tab that had been opened by an external link by swiping up causing app to minimise
- [Bug] Fixed selected tab bullet hint being incorrect when closing tabs
- [Bug] In incognito mode, duckduckgo won't be forced on user if they are already using another privacy focused search engine
- [Bug] Downloads are now organised by type, hopefully fixing the issue of files being hard to find on certain Android devices
- [Bug] Fixed swipe priorities so edge swipe gestures and tab swiping work better at the same time e.g edge swipes for navigating back/forward*+ center swipes for changing tabs
1.4.1 Released, see original post for download, changelog btw.
## 1.4.1 (2020-12-10)
- [Feature] Ability to fave/download/search/open/share images that are also hyperlinks
- [Feature] Selecting email links and phone numbers now gives option to launch relevant app from context menu
- [Feature] New theme
- [Enhancement] Certain images can now be downloaded/faved that couldn't be faved before
- [Enhancement] Certain videos can now be long pressed and pinned/opened/shared/downloaded etc
- [Bug] Fixed crash from being unable to install TTS
- [Bug] Fixed local storage not being cleared when leaving incognito mode
- [Bug] Fixed telephone links not launcher dialer on certain devices
- [Bug] Hidden back press tips if using gesture navigation
- [Bug] Fixed night mode button being missing from youtube videos
- [Bug] Fixed override site zoom not working
what an awesome browser!
My thoughts:
1) needs setting to enable desktop mode by default. the desktop toggle always resets to OFF when you enter a new url. some websites detect the device and forces redirect to mobile site pages and doesn't allow desktop view.
2) backup and restore all active tabs and settings. for long term use and saving all actives tabs to say, an html file or plain text.
3) html content hide feature is awesome, very nice. dark mode is great.
4) more quick actions and customisations please
will keep on using daily to test and report on bugs.