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[Android Software Development] AudioFiend:
I have had a closer look at this and when i open up gReader _ All items when viewed on my computer are not mirrored on all items Sophie Reader hitting sync on both at the same time. Sophie seems to be mixed up. Timeline is wayout. I can email you some snapshots pictures from gReader/computer and sophie/phone if it helps.

Crossed posts.

I am happy to help as I like the concept. I have also noticed a few issues with big news and also when it links to Sophie. Your next fix should sort that, so I will wait till then to post any bugs I have noticed. :)
[Android Software Development] flava69:
Yes sync works ok,just doesn't update widget
[Android Software Development] lz2323:
Yes, please send me screenshots, they will help me a lot! I'll try my best to fix them.

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OK...Do you use sync button on the widget or the sync button on the action bar?
[Android Software Development] flava69:
Yes sync buttons are still there! Also other problem was when clicking on a news it brings up a different news from wot I chosen
[Android Software Development] lz2323:
Clicking widget items and bring you to different news, right?
[Android Software Development] flava69:
Yes that's right mate
[Android Software Development] lz2323:
Yes the widget doesn't update, I'll fix that.
[Android Software Development] jsgraphicart:
I tried both. It just doesn't seem to want to always pull the articles. I'll PM you.
[Android Software Development] blazingwolf:
Nice app. :)

Thought I would try it on a 7" tablet and it works pretty well but does have some issues. When in landscape mode the articles are cut off on the right off the screen and it has a small gray bar there. This does not happen in portrait mode. The widget is having issues as well. It will only resize as shown in the image. The widget also does not want to show the articles like in the app. The images I have attached were taken at the same time and as is shown you can't see anything in the widget. The notification for JellyBean works but when there are other notifications it doesn't look very good. It is also persistent which does not allow for me to swipe the notification away. I am unable to get to the feed list area with a swipe to the left.

I also tried it on my phone which is a Droid Incredible 4G LTE. In portrait mode with images shown I think the text should be under the image instead of next to it. This would allow for more of the article to show and it would not look so squished together. It looks great in landscape. The images need to be cached so they don't have to be reloaded on each scroll. I have also attached a couple of images showing the feed list area ( I have no idea what else to call it :/ ). The white text on the light blue background is very hard to read. Also, the black text is difficult to see when it is in the gray area at the bottom of the image. I am also having issues with articles showing in the widget. I am able to resize appropriately in Ice Cream Sandwich though. :)

I hope this helps.
[Android Software Development] Kreeker:
What is with the email this thumbnails showing up next to the article titles?

Also it would be nice if it remembered your position in the list when going from landscape to portrait, or when going back from reading an article.
[Android Software Development] flava69:
Wow I've gotta get tablet
[Android Software Development] jasjeev4:
I get 'sync failed' all the time even on the latest beta
[Android Software Development] lz2323:
Just noticed that you mark all items as read in the screenshot. I set the widget to show only unread items. I'll change that to follow the option you select in the main page(show or hide read items).

I also set the notification as on-going event, which means you can't clean it. I make it this way because I think if I set it to normal notification it will blink every time you click the next button to change item...

We do need to change the color of that text, thanks.

About the image in story list, I've already use 2 ways to cache it, one is internal array list, and the other is the sdcard. Android's listview does the clean and show stuff itself, and I just delay the process of displaying it, since not everyone's device has that much memory for loading images right away, especially when someone scroll the list quickly.

And the orientation issue, I just fixed it, with post it later today.

Thanks again for so many advises, reports and screenshots.

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Please PM me, I'll give you a special version to help me detect the sync problem.
[Android Software Development] evilgeeius:
First impressions are great

First impressions are that it's sleek, smooth and very fast. I like it!

I'd rather not see feeds in folders unless I want to

I group most of my feeds into folders, e.g. "Science", "Programming", "Design" or whatever, so I don't care about the individual feeds within a folder. I'd prefer it if there was an option to show the folders and not the feeds within it, just like the other google reader apps do. Because I have a lot of feeds in my folders, there is too much scrolling up and down to see the feed folder I want to look at.

Keep up the good work.
[Android Software Development] lz2323:
Ah the email this thumbnails must be the only image in the article, didn't think of that, will fix it...Could you tell me that feed name ?

Yes, I'm planning to add remembering positions.

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I guess you have hundreds of feeds in one folder.:laugh:

I need to ask BBB if he has great icon for folder, maybe I can add a small indicator besides the folder name and make it expandable. In that way you can hide all feeds inside the folder and just read items from it.
[Android Software Development] Drhedphuk:
I am loving this. It's a thing of beauty. Its so sexy it makes me feel dirty.:D

Very well thought out and a breeze to navigate. Looking forward to future updates. Thanks guys
[Android Software Development] lz2323:
Update Beta 15:

- Added feature: Built-in browser for reading.

- Added feature: Add a little dot besides every folder/category, you can tap it the collapse/expand it.

- Notification and widget tweaks, hopefully make them work more properly.

- Feed list text color tweaks.

- Orientation change issues fixed. Still working on the memorizing position.

- Other bug fixes.

Note: if you can't sync, PM me.
[Android Software Development] Newmak:
I don't see anything... I don't know why (My phone is Galaxy Nexus. Jelly Bean 4.2.1)
[Android Software Development] lz2323:
What a fancy action bar...

Try cleaning the data and go back. Maybe there's something wrong during login.
[Android Software Development] jsgraphicart:
Try pressing menu and show/hide read stories
[Android Software Development] EViollet:
Hi.

Very nice app. Is there any plan to support starred items? It seems to me to be the only thing missing before using this on a regular basis.

In advance, thanks.

Regards

Envoyé depuis mon GT-I9300 avec Tapatalk
[Android Software Development] arkhan11:
Here again. Testing beta 15

Tip/feature request: when in built-in browser tapping on deer reader icon brings back to the feed reader (this helps when you browsing using built in browser and you want to come back to feeds)

Bug report: (don't know if it's really a bug but in beta 14 it worked) in the first feed page, swyping from left to right doesn't open anymore rss sources list panel.

Sync works good ATM.
[Android Software Development] JPo_23:
This looks like a nice app, wanted to give it a try, but beta 14 gave me 'sync failed' almost all the time, and I could only see a 4x1 or 4x2 widget, no 4x4.

Beta 15 just gives me 'Deer reader has stopped' every time it launches, despite clearing data, restarting etc.

Using HTC Desire Z with ICS (Gen.Y.VisionX R3)
[Android Software Development] ErionT:
Hi,

A few days ago I downloaded Beta 14 and it was working very well. Today I got Beta 15 and as soon as I launch the app, it stops working.

It did not do this while in Beta 14. I have a Samsung Galaxy Note running Android 4.0.4.

Thank you.
[Android Software Development] lz2323:
Thanks for the reply. We assessed the star function and we think that it's somehow duplicated with share to function. You can use Pocket as the star function.

If there are a lot of requests for this function, we will get it back.

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You're using N7, right? Deer Reader 'sacrifices' the swipe left to right function to get the tablet UI work, I'll figure a way to solve this.

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Please PM me. It's a strange issue, I need more information to fix the bug.

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What kind of stop working? Forced Close?
[Android Software Development] ErionT:
Yes, exactly that. After I launch the application, it opens, stays open for a few seconds and then stops. The message I get is 'Deer Reader has stopped working'.

I'm sorry I didn't mention this in my first reply.
[Android Software Development] EViollet:
I actually use the star function to tag an article that I would like to read later on. I don't want to share it though.

Or, maybe I have overlooked the sharing functionality?

Regards,
[Android Software Development] lz2323:
You can create a Pocket account and share it to yourself.
[Android Software Development] jsgraphicart:
You guys getting force closes....did you uninstall the last version before installing beta 15? I havent gotten a force close with the last release.

Also, (maybe we can vote on this) every time it syncs, it gives me a notification saying sync finished. If there are articles to read, I get the Jelly Bean notifications on top of that. Is there a way to make it one or the other? I dont like having to keep swiping away the sync finished notification. And that "sync finished - click here to read articles" pops up even when there are no articles to read.

Preferably, I think it would be best this way: If you have "notifications" selected in the settings, it will give you the "sync finished - click here to read articles" notification. And if you have the "Jelly Bean notifications" selected, it will give you just the articles to tap through in the notification drawer. What does everyone think?
[Android Software Development] ErionT:
Yes, I tried that as well. I have the same problem. 'Deer Reader has stopped working' is the message I get.
[Android Software Development] Karcha:
Don't know why but since the last updates I can't sync the feeds, in Deer I get a sync failed notification and Big News won't sync either.
[Android Software Development] jsgraphicart:
I just synced mine successfully with no force close. Thats weird. What android version are you guys on?

EDIT: Maybe its a matter of how many subscriptions you have. I only have about 5.
[Android Software Development] ErionT:
I am running Android 4.0.4, like I said previously. I did not have this problem with Beta 14. It started happening when I installed the latest Beta.

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I just uninstalled Beta 15, and I installed again Beta 14 and it WORKS PERFECTLY.

So that makes me think that the force close issue is probably a bug in Beta 15.

It's a sad thing because it is a really nice app.
[Android Software Development] lz2323:
The sync finished notification will only show after sync, if you mean that you got this notification without sync, that's a bug. If you mean that you don't want this sync finished notification when you turn JB notification on, I'll consider that.

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For those who have sync problems, I think the problem is caused by my Eclipse(I used the 4.3 M3), I also have this problem, I don't know why, I have to reinstall the app to get it work. The error is No authentication challenge found. If anyone know how to solve this please tell me.

And I got several reports from users of HTC devices that beta 15 can't launch properly. I changed the code a little, hopefully this can fix. Will update soon.
[Android Software Development] jsgraphicart:
Yes, I think it would be better to not show the sync finished notification if jelly bean notifications are turned on. That way we dont get two notifications for the same app.

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Also, I think you might know this but just reiterating... The only way to dismiss the jelly bean notifications is to go into the app, mark everything as read, close the app and clear it from the recents list (ICS and JB) and reopen the app. Ideally, it should clear the article from the notification once you are in the actual article. I think this app is coming along great. Especially with a dev like you who is so active with updating it.
[Android Software Development] lz2323:
Can you describe a little bit about what you do before you encounter this issue? It helps a lot if I can reproduce the bug. Thank you!
[Android Software Development] lz2323:
I don't know if this is helping, I did some fixes based on Beta 15 and 14, removed the code I thought that caused some HTC and Samsung devices to failed launching the app. And in this version I temporally set JB notification to be clearable.

Also in this version if the authentication issue comes, the app will request a relaunch and re-login.
[Android Software Development] ErionT:
Hi, I simply installed this app beginning with Beta 14. It was all working very well. Then I saw at the forum that Beta 15 was available and I downloaded that one.

Before installing Beta 15, I completely removed Beta 14. Then when I launch the app it opens, stays open for a few seconds and then it crashes and Android gives me the message 'Deer Reader has stopped working'. That is all. This happens every time I start the app.

I will try Beta 16 and will let you know. Thank you.
[Android Software Development] lz2323:
The forced close issue is confirmed. It will happen if the device is on ICS. And I think I've fixed it. I'll post update this afternoon.
[Android Software Development] jsgraphicart:
The last update you posted introduced something new. Over time, the notifications stop coming through. The only way to get them back is to uninstall and reinstall the app. Or go into the apps info in settings and clear data and start over.
[Android Software Development] lz2323:
Did you try uncheck and recheck the JB notification?
[Android Software Development] jsgraphicart:
Yeah, I tried that too. And I tried refreshing the feeds. The notifications wouldn't come back. So I had to do what I mentioned above.
[Android Software Development] lz2323:
OK, then I'll change it back. I think it is not so annoying since I've already hided the icon from status bar.
[Android Software Development] jsgraphicart:
What was it that you changed to make it do that?
[Android Software Development] lz2323:
I changed the notification to normal one, which can be cleared.
[Android Software Development] jsgraphicart:
Ok, before you change it back to how you had it, I have an update on the issue. I turned off notifications in Deer Reader and was going to try out Big News again. I just got a notification from Deer Reader, even though the notifications are off. So maybe something got flipped in the notification toggling?
[Android Software Development] arkhan11:
Ok for the swipe feature not working on tablets. I'll wait for it. Just a tip about left panel : please check feed folder title color because it's hard to read those titles on light wallpaper.

About force close on ics I've never got any force close on my desire s (desire XS rom, sense 4.1 android 4.0.4)

Sorry to say it but new bugs on n7 (maybe it's just tablet mode) :

Unchecking 'show images' does not show feeds as list anymore.

No mark as read button in menu

Common bug: reopening the app from recent apps after a while does not show feeds. It needs to be closed in recent apps menu and reopened.

Hope it helps.
[Android Software Development] jsgraphicart:
Just confirming this. I just got another notification of a new article even though the notifications are turned off. It seems it is working how it should. The only problem is that the notifications have to be turned off to get notifications. lol
[Android Software Development] lz2323:
Yeah, the text color will be changed, BBB and I are discussing the color a lot these days.

I'll check the tablet UI, didn't have time to check every function, sorry.

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When did you got the notification? After you use Big News to read items through Deer?
[Android Software Development] jsgraphicart:
I used Big news and was getting those notifications, then all of a sudden I got the Deer Reader notifications popping up as well. So I turned Big News off again and left Deer Reader how it was (notifications toggled off). I'm still testing it out to see if they continue to come in correctly but the notifications seem to be coming in as they should now.
[Android Software Development] lz2323:
OK, I should check that, maybe there are some nested broadcast there...Thanks!
[Android Software Development] jsgraphicart:
No problem. So dont change it back to how you had it before. Just look into the toggling issue. Articles are coming in perfectly for me. :)
[Android Software Development] arkhan11:
don't worry, just helping you. I'll wait for it to be stable for everyday usage
[Android Software Development] lz2323:
Update Beta 17:

- Added feature: Pull to refresh in feed list.

- Fixed ICS crash issue.

- Other minor bug fixes.
[Android Software Development] jsgraphicart:
The update seems to be working pretty good so far.
[Android Software Development] T-REX-XP:
Very Cool App)). Please contact me if you want to add Russian language.
[Android Software Development] ErionT:
Great!!!

Hello,

Just downloaded and installed Beta 17 and everything seems to be running smoothly. The app does not crash any more now. Congratulations.

You can count me in if you want an Albanian translation of the app. Thank you. :)
[Android Software Development] Karcha:
I don't know if this is supposed to be like this or not, but since a few updates ago the feeds list doesn' t stay open for me ( the one that opens when you sweep to the right ). I have to keep it open with one finger and scroll with other, it's a real pain in the ass haha

Nice work, the app looks super cool!
[Android Software Development] lz2323:
It should stop after your swipe...it's very very strange, I didn't see that happened before...Can you show me what it looks like through screenshots or video? Thank you.

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About languages, I do want to have different languages support, but adding a language also means I have to prepare the description and every update information in Google Play when the app is published. If you would like the help me with all of these, please PM me.
[Android Software Development] flava69:
Wow how awesome is this new beta! Great work guys fast and very smooth :)
[Android Software Development] Karcha:
Here you have a little video showing the bug.

http://db.tt/0OImUaYd

Hope it helps!
[Android Software Development] lz2323:
Oh this is a serious one...Did you try using the icon on the action bar to show feed list? Did it work?

And what is your device's resolution? Is it 800*480?
[Android Software Development] Karcha:
Yep I tried using it but it didn't work...it's on the video I think.

My resolution is 854x480, xperia Ray using a ICS MIUI rom. It worked great a few updates ago, I can't say wich one exactly though...
[Android Software Development] lz2323:
Yeah I did change the way to show the animation and to capture the gesture. I can test it on simulator to see if it is the resolution's problem, sorry for causing that problem.

Edited: Maybe I should just contact the rom builder, or MIUI team...
[Android Software Development] lz2323:
Update Beta 17.1:

- Mark as read bug fixed.

- Tweaks on layout, don't know if it works for 854*480 resolution.
[Android Software Development] Karcha:
Don't worry man, that's why it's called beta ;)

17.1 still has the same error, later I'll try to install another rom and see if it's because of that or the resolution.

I'll report back what I get.
[Android Software Development] blackbearblanc:
Hey nice icons in drawer! :)
[Android Software Development] lz2323:
Thank you! I'll look into the code and see what happen..
[Android Software Development] Karcha:
Yep! I think you know where they come from haha =)
[Android Software Development] flava69:
Another fantastic update zhe, it's getting better every minute! Hopefully be in store very soon :)
[Android Software Development] Karcha:
Hi! Reporting back...I installed another ICS rom and it has the same problem.

If you want I can go back through the previous versions to see in which one appeared.

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[Android Software Development] lz2323:
No, but PM me, I'll give you some test version to test if it works.
[Android Software Development] Karcha:
Sure, feel free to use me as a test subject haha Also, if you need help with spanish translations I can give you a hand too.

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[Android Software Development] lz2323:
Haha of course, but first let's fix that bug. Email me, I'll send you a test version.
[Android Software Development] blackbearblanc:
OP updated : Latest:

Dec 8:

Apk: Final DeerReader Lite added! Pro on the way to playstore.
[Android Software Development] blackbearblanc:
Some Deer Reader icons
[Android Software Development] lz2323:
Update 1.0.1:

Quick fixes based on yesterday's published version:

- Fixed auto sync period bug.

- Fixed thumbnails margin and gravity displaying issue.

- Other minor bug fixes.

Google Play link:

Deer Reader Lite: Here

Deer Reader: Here
[Android Software Development] jsgraphicart:
So has the widget part of Deer Reader been fixed? As far as I can see, the latest version still has a problem with updating the articles in the widget. Everything else seems to be worked out though. Am I the only one with the widget issue?
[Android Software Development] lz2323:
Which version are you using? The widget is still a little unstable, I already set it to be updated automatically every 30min, that's the minimum I can set. It will still 'die' within that period, as some says that the system clean it out since no one touch it...
[Android Software Development] jsgraphicart:
I am using the last one you posted. I just notice that it doesnt ever really update for me. Even if I press the update icon on the widget and it says its syncing. New articles come in the notification and the reader itself, but the widget is always stuck on the feeds it loaded when the widget was added. I just thought I'd bring it up again since you guys made it a paid app in the Play Store. People might not be happy with the widget issue.

BTW, what ARE the differences between the lite and full versions?
[Android Software Development] lz2323:
I have to figure out another way to keep the widget alive, the current way has this kind of issue since I have to update the widget every time you click it.

The difference is, lite version don't have widgets.
[Android Software Development] blackbearblanc:
Please try clearing cache + data and place a fresh widget after logging in again.