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[Android Apps and Games] dan13l:
I've been using the app a bit more, and have given some more thought to the mark all read function. I've also bought the full version to support future development. This is easily the cheapest Google Reader app in the Market, so I encourage everyone that's enjoying it or would like to see new features to pay for it.

Anyway, Mark All Read. I've added a screenshot. You can see the menu at the bottom (I've pressed the menu button) and the icons for refresh and search at the top. It occurred to me that you don't really need refresh on both. Maybe swap refresh on the top bar for a tick, which does a "quick" mark as read, and leave refresh, and the current mark as read functions, in the bottom menu. Tapping the tick at the top would mark everything as read, and would automatically take you back to the feed list. This would eliminate several taps from the read, mark as read, jump back, process (what is currently four taps: menu button, mark all read, all, back to go back to the subscriptions list, could become one).

Another couple of things that would be nice:

Slightly bigger touch target for the bubbles that take you into a whole folder's articles. I find I sometimes expand the folder instead of seeing everything.

While reading through a list of articles, it looks like you load 10 in, then when you get to the bottom of the list, you load 10 more. This means that there's a delay while the app grabs another 10 articles. Could you somehow automatically grab 10 articles at a time, even if you've not got to the end of the list? That way you'd probably be ahead of the reader, so they'd rarely experience a delay when they ran out of items in the list. Or maybe you could detect that they were half way down the list, and trigger the download of the next 10 at that point.

That's it for now. I'm enjoying D7, and right now it's the reader app I'm using the most, but I can't help but wish for these extra bits every time I use it. I'd absolutely love it if they could be added.

Thanks for the great work!
[Android Apps and Games] dvation191:
I agree you with you OP, most reader apps are lacking. I like yours so much, I've switched.

Only thing I miss, though, is what he said ^^. Definitely need a 'mark all as read' button.
[Android Apps and Games] knurdle:
I bought the pro version once 1.7 came out.

It's great.

I'm pretty happy with it the way it is right now but a couple of things that would totally make my day.

A way to swipe to mark read/unread from inside an article. You can swipe left/right in the list view. But it would be nice to be able to swipe up/down to mark read/unread.

Youtube/any videos in articles aren't loading. Hopefully you can get that working.

Thanks for a great app. Finally a google reader app that I can use.
[Android Apps and Games] droidlab7:
You are welcome.

Sounds good. I will include this feature in the next release.

Thanks for your support!
[Android Apps and Games] droidlab7:
Thank you for the compliments. I really appreciate your recommendation of the app to the other users.

All the features you suggested are nice to have. I have added them all to my to-do list and will prioritize them to incluide in different releases in the future.

Thanks again for your support!
[Android Apps and Games] XlAfbk:
just bought the pro version as well

but got some more requests ;-)

- font size pref

- font color pref (i like black background but the grey text is too dark with low brightness settings, I'd prefer it a bit whiter)

- star button in top toolbar (instead of having to open the dropdown toolbar first), maybe add an option for users to select which icons to show in the top toolbar so everyone can have their prefered ones there?

- start with reading list instead of overview screen

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[Android Apps and Games] droidlab7:
Thank you for your support!

As mentioned in another reply, this will be included in a future release.
[Android Apps and Games] XlAfbk:
how do you think about an icon a bit like http://www.iconspedia.com/icon/newspaper-rss-feed-1430.html ?
[Android Apps and Games] XlAfbk:
On a slow connection right now and noticed one annoying thing: when swiping through articles each one takes a second or so to load. Maybe pre-cache the next/previous article for faster displaying?
[Android Apps and Games] droidlab7:
That's fine. I welcome these feature requests which make the app better.

- I will do the font related changes soon

- I know I have to find a way to enable one click actions in article view. Let me think about this.

- a few users have already requested to load reading list first based on preference. So, this will get added soon.

Thanks for your support!
[Android Apps and Games] droidlab7:
Look cool. Was that made by you?
[Android Apps and Games] droidlab7:
Pre-caching of articles is already there in the article view. It loads the next batch when you are close to the last (5 to go). May be the network was too slow so that it couldn't download the next set before you reach the last one?
[Android Apps and Games] dan13l:
The linked icon is already used the "Greed" app on the market. Much as I'd like to see a new and cool icon, it's not worth the confusion of two similar/identical icons.
[Android Apps and Games] XlAfbk:
no, i was just coming up with ideas for a logo and stumbled upon that one, liked it but before I start working on one i wanted to know whether you liked the idea

but then again, maybe it's worth asking the creator of that icon first whether you may use it? it's really quite nice. would have to be changed to be in accordance with androids icon guidelines though (which the current icon violates as well)

shouldn't have been that slow. just checked on wifi and it seems faster here though. maybe there's still some room for optimization here, d7 feels a bit slower than other readers (namely greader pro) here swiping through articles.
[Android Apps and Games] Nandorian:
Great app! Only thing I would like to see would be a way to mark articles read as I scroll the way Google's official app does.
[Android Apps and Games] droidlab7:
yes, I don't like to use an icon which is already used in a similar app.
[Android Apps and Games] droidlab7:
I'm open to use an icon which is more suitable than the current one. But please don't put more effort on making an icon. We can instead make the app better by adding nice features as suggested by you and others here.

I will definitely look into this, thanks for the tests and feedback.
[Android Apps and Games] cingall:
Love this app, it replaced my old reader!!
[Android Apps and Games] droidlab7:
Nice to hear.

Thanks for your support!
[Android Apps and Games] droidlab7:
Thanks for the suggestion.

I will wait for the users' response on this feature; if no objections received within some time I will take that as acceptance and implement it. TBH I personally don't like this.
[Android Apps and Games] hansz73:
I vote no. What happen if I have long list of articles and scroll too fast? It will be difficult to find last read articles. Imo, mark all as read button would be better option.
[Android Apps and Games] jdhas:
Some people really like auto-mark-read, some don't. I, personally, do. Just make it an option!
[Android Apps and Games] marrew:
don't like the auto mark read. For some maybe it could be helpful, but i think for the vast majority it will only cause a lot of annoyance,

just my 2 cents. Just add a mark all as read button. That should be sufficient I think
[Android Apps and Games] XlAfbk:
maybe a "mark all read" button and a "mark all until here read" button (which marks the ones you scrolled by already as read)
[Android Apps and Games] simplon:
Yeah the "mark all previous as read" might be useful.. Something like in the official reader app
[Android Apps and Games] dan13l:
+1 on the "mark to this point as read" function. Would be really useful.

Another thing I'd love: instapaper or read it later support. Right now I'm having to star everything.
[Android Apps and Games] Wishka233:
+1 for this idea.

Also love the app. It has replaced Greader pro for me. Keep up the great work
[Android Apps and Games] dvation191:
I wouldn't want this.

Noticed an odd bug today. Twice I would mark a feed as read and all the articles would turn grey. Then I back out and the unread count doesn't change. I go back into the feed and nothing is marked read. I have to exit the app and go back in to get it to keep the mark as read. If I can be of any help in troubleshooting, please ask.
[Android Apps and Games] knurdle:
I had the same bug. I was reading stuff and it would show as being read, but upon refresh, they would show back up. I had to exit the app and come back in to keep it marked as read.

Also, another vote against the mark as read as you scroll past.
[Android Apps and Games] droidlab7:
Thanks for reporting.

Just making Google Reader's functionality on "mark all as read" clear here;

When you "mark all as read", all the unread items are marked as read; after this when you perform the action again (mark all as read), all items which were previously marked as read are now marked as unread. It is like a toggle.

So when you marked all as read twice, the unread count would not change because the action just marked as read and then unread.

I will check whether this is reflected in the UI.
[Android Apps and Games] dan13l:
I've not seen this in either the web app or the official Android app. Once you've marked all as read, it's gone. There's the "mark up to this point" functionality, but there's no toggle as far as I can see.

I think maybe you'd be creating a chunk of work for yourself, that wouldn't be massively useful, if you tried to have this as a toggle.
[Android Apps and Games] droidlab7:
You are right dan13l. Thanks for making me revisit this topic.

There is nothing functionally wrong with the app (I was wrong in explaining, Sorry about that). I can see UI updation issues when repeatedly doing mark as read actions, but they are correctly synced with Google Reader in the background.

I will fix the UI update issue in the next release.
[Android Apps and Games] Nandorian:
The way its set up in the official google app, there is a button on the bottom that shows up as you scroll down. Articles are only marked read if you hit that button, so it doesn't matter how fast you scroll.

The problem i have with the mark all as read option is I have to scroll through a bunch of articles i have no interest in to get to the articles I want whenever i fall behind and have to catch up. I want to be able to mark some as read without having to go through each and every article.

A "mark all until here read" button is exactly what i'm looking for. Sorry if I wasn't clear.
[Android Apps and Games] knurdle:
The bug I saw wasn't related to the mark all as read. I was reading individual articles in the article view. When I came back up to the article list view, the individual articles weren't being marked as read.

I had to exit the app and open it again to get the app to start marking articles as being read.

It's only happened about 3 times to me so it hasn't been a big deal.

But would be nice to have it fixed.

I can't think of any common steps I took to try to replicate the problem.
[Android Apps and Games] jtkes693:
i get random fcs when i exit the app via the home button and try to reopen the app either via long press home button or different task switchers ive tried...its happened every update but hasnt really bothered me just posting to see if anyone else has this problem or if its miui.....Forgot to mention my scrrrn generally locks before i check the app again
[Android Apps and Games] droidlab7:
I see what you mean. Thanks for the clear explanation. This could be related to the expiry of the session token. When its expires subsequent updates don't happen until its refreshed.

I will fix the issue in the next release.
[Android Apps and Games] droidlab7:
I couldn't recreate this in my phone. Which version of android are you running?

Can you send me the crash report when this happens the next time?
[Android Apps and Games] etamme:
Am I missing some thing here? I when i go to my read list, i just have a giant list of items to read.... I can not find out how to select a single feed and then view articles within that feed.

I have tons of individual feeds i subscribe to and I want to be able to access them like you do in the google reader app.

This is such basic functionality that I feel like maybe it is in here but I just cant figure out how to get it (which is also a bad thing).

Can some one explain this? It is a great app, but it is 100% useless without the ability to view my feeds individually, then select one to view stories from.
[Android Apps and Games] droidlab7:
Please use the subscriptions for individual feeds and labels.

in subscriptions view, to view articles for;

-label, click on the count icon on the right of the label

-feed subscription, click on the feed title
[Android Apps and Games] etamme:
Got it - much better. Thanks for the reply
[Android Apps and Games] droidlab7:
v1.7.1 change log

New version of the app has been released to the market. Below are the changes in this release.

Auto remove articles from list when they are read (set in preference)

One click button to mark all as read

One click star button in article view

Fixed force close issues (email the dev if you have any issues)

Fixes around mark (all) as read functionality

Placeholder boxes for attached video in article view

Minor tweaks and bug fixes

I had to rush the release as I had to fix few force close issues (highest priority in the list), some users reported. I hope this would fix those issues.

I have also included some user requested features as well and I had to defer the other requested features due to the time constraint. I will add them to the next release.
[Android Apps and Games] knurdle:
Found another bug in 1.7

Occasionally, I'll get the same entry twice. I see it in the article list view and also when I'm going through entry by entry.
[Android Apps and Games] jtkes693:
love the update awesome thank you
[Android Apps and Games] marrew:
thx for another update of your great reader. Nevertheless i do have some suggestions to make it even better.

1) would it be possible within the article list to implement more swipe actions: a right swipe to add a star and a left swipe for mark as read. (Like in justreader)

2) secondly, when you use the mark as read button it marks all articles as being read, however, it would be convenient if a second push would ummark everything. (because when i push it accidentaly i can find no way to undo it...)

Ofcourse this undo function should ideally also be implemented for the above described swipe functions when you swipe it for the second time (again, just like in justreader)

keep up the good work
[Android Apps and Games] droidlab7:
Can you please check the published times of the 2 articles?

I have seen some feeds with articles with same title (with minor changes in content) being published twice, but the published times are different (could be an update on the previous article).
[Android Apps and Games] droidlab7:
You are always welcome to suggest good features to improve the user experience of the app.

1) Currently, in article list view, you can right swipe to mark article as read and left to swipe to keep article unread . Also one click star button is in the single article view, which I think is much easier than a swipe action to star an article. You have to enable swipe actions in preferences for these to work though.

2) One click button for "mark all as read" was a user requested feature. I added it because many users in this forum wanted it. I will see how this is accepted by other users before making any changes to it.

Thanks for your support!
[Android Apps and Games] marrew:
Actually, what i would like to be able to do is quikly scan through the article list, and mark the articles i would like to read (later) . A swipe to star function in the article list would enable me to do exactly this. Unfortunately, the current implementation of starring an article when you already reading it, does not allow me to use as i would like it to use...

That.s the reason of my previous request. I hope you understand.

Thx for your great work
[Android Apps and Games] dvation191:
Really a fantastic update. I love the new mark all as read button and it seems like after marking an entire subscription as read that it disappears from the list much faster now.

Also, thank you very much for making the remove read articles a preference option. I would hate it if that couldn't be toggled.

Awesome work... Can't wait to see what updates we'll see in the future!
[Android Apps and Games] pgonza02:
Small Request

Hi,

I have been using your app and really like it.

I would like to make a small request to include in your next version, if possible.

I am using ADW as my launcher and one of the settings is to not show the icon labels. The D7 Unread Count widget does not seem to respect this setting and still shows the label, it would be great if it followed it.

Thanks very much.
[Android Apps and Games] abqslim:
Another great update, thanks. Readability of mobile view definitely improving. I like how you changed the links from the real dark blue that was hard to read to the same blue in article view. Adding ability to zoom in/out in this view and set limits to download feeds would be awesome. Keep up the great work!
[Android Apps and Games] reidar.ostrem:
Hi, just purchased your application and it's great! I see you have implemented the mark all as read button which is great. The only thing im missing is when i hit the read all button that the reader would return to the subscription list automatically as most people is finished reading when hitting the mark all as read button.
[Android Apps and Games] no_one_can:
is it possible to use mark all read feature with the folder for subscription lists? e.g. many news source under news folder, just would like to click (or long click) the folder and mark all list as read, instead of going into each list and use the mark all read button :)
[Android Apps and Games] droidgt:
wrong post - delete
[Android Apps and Games] droidlab7:
Thanks for the compliments and support.

I have noted down your feature requests to include in a future release.
[Android Apps and Games] droidlab7:
Thanks.

I think I am starting to understand the users. :D
[Android Apps and Games] droidlab7:
Thanks for your support!

I will take this opportunity to install ADW on my phone. :)

I will try to fix this issue in future releases.
[Android Apps and Games] pgonza02:
Request

What about the ability to read the articles under a folder? Like the Google web reader lets you do?

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] :
Not sure if it's already been requested, but how about a full screen widget (scrolling if possible)?
[Android Apps and Games] ardax:
Thanks for an excellent app!

I think it depends on how your users read their feeds.

Personally, I like to open a folder of feeds, see unread items only, look at the list of headlines only, then click through to anything interesting. At the same time, anything to be read (or, for software feeds, downloaded) later I star, so being able to do that easily from the article list would be welcome. So for D7 to be "my ultimate reader," I'd need it to do that. It comes pretty darn close now. Being able to see titles only and having a one-click way to star items is all that's missing.

Of course, others work in different ways.

That was a most welcome change!
[Android Apps and Games] droidlab7:
This feature is already supported. You can tap on the unread count button in the right of each label (or folder) in subscriptions view.
[Android Apps and Games] pgonza02:
Awesome, thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] superduperben:
I know this is 1 of the feature u don't like with other reader but err.. I wonder can you add a feature that to schedule download the new article? i often use it as a offline reader since there is not much wifi spot here
[Android Apps and Games] droidlab7:
Yes, you are right. That's one of the reasons why I started developing this app. :)

However, I have plans for implementing (not immediate though) scheduled downloads of selected subscriptions in the future, which does not mean a full offline support. But I can't set a time of when this will be done.
[Android Apps and Games] droidlab7:
v1.7.1.1 change log

This version is bug fix only release, which doesn't include any new features. However this is a recommended update for users who reported about the force closures.

change log:

Fixed force close issues (email the dev if you still have the problem)
[Android Apps and Games] dvation191:
I'm not sure why, but I still have a problem where I mark all read in subscription view then go back to the list of feeds and the unread article count doesn't change. I have to force close the app to get it working. Weird.

As for feature requests, I'd like to see the ability to long press an article feed and see an option to mark all as read.

I'd also like to see a way to adjust the feed buffer so I don't have to wait for the loading prompt after scrolling through every ten articles.

This is still my daily reader and love this app. Thanks so much for developing.
[Android Apps and Games] droidlab7:
I will have a closer look at the logic behind. If it's found to be a bug I will make sure it's fixed in the next version.

Long press subscriptions/labels (without going to article list view) to mark all as read feature is coming in next version. :)

I will make the buffer size configurable in preference.

Thank you for your support!
[Android Apps and Games] slapshot136:
I'm looking forward to a offline reader as well, hope it goes well
[Android Apps and Games] tnippett:
marking as read

I love the appp, but I am having a problem. I am having trouble marking items as read. I open or mark them but when I go back to the subscription list, they show as unread again. This is happening on two different devices. Any thoughts?
[Android Apps and Games] droidlab7:
This seems to happen randomly after using the app for some time from warm start. I will fix this in the next version.
[Android Apps and Games] droidlab7:
v1.7.2 change log

I have released a new version of the app in the market. Most of the new features are user requests. Thanks to all who gave feedbacks and suggested new features. You are making this app more usable. I hope you will like this release.

Change log:

Improved feed search - visibility of subscribed feeds in search result, view articles for feeds in results.

View details (title, link) of subscriptions

Fix for sync issues

Zoom support in mobilized article view

Configurable article load buffer size

Look ahead loading of articles in articles list

Mark as read action in subscription view

Articles list - return to previous screen when marked all as read

several bug fixes
[Android Apps and Games] no_one_can:
cool, this update is really impressive
[Android Apps and Games] Deaks2:
With the latest update I am still having issues with items being marked as read, and then when I am back at the subscription list those same items are once again marks as unread. Hitting update does not fix it, only killing the app and restarting it fixes these sync issues.
[Android Apps and Games] droidlab7:
first happy user comment after the new update. Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] droidlab7:
Weird.. this shouldn't happen with the new version. No need to force close or kill the app if it's not synced. You just have to refresh the view and redo whatever the action you did before.

If you still have a problem, can you please explain how it happens? This is to help me reproduce the problem so that I can get any clue on whats wrong.

Thanks for your support!
[Android Apps and Games] simplon:
nice update!

I like the way it retrieves the next few items before I reach them so I can have a seamless browsing experience..

So far so good.. Gonna play around and try..

thanks droidlab7! :D
[Android Apps and Games] Deaks2:
Refreshing the view and then marking as read has no effect. Instead of killing the app I just hit back until I was at my home screen, relaunched the app, and then it worked.