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[Android Apps and Games] n7of9:
1. re: mark read until this

i'm really confused about this feature...when reading in "newest first" sorting, i used 'mark read until this' and it deleted everything except the things i had already read

the standard "mark read to here" feature should mark everything

ABOVE that point as read, not everything BELOW that point

2. re: paid version

i read somewhere (but not on the market page) that the paid version allows offline settings per feed, is that correct?
[Android Apps and Games] scottjb:
The mark read doesn't work on an above or below perspective, it marks everything read form the point you are at and older. The above or below will change based on your sort order.
[Android Apps and Games] n7of9:
hhmm, that's my point...let me rephrase

the way it currently works is incorrect

when you have 50 articles and you read #2, 5, 7 and 10, you then want articles 1 to 10 to be marked as read...as the app currently runs, if you select 'mark read till here', it will clear articles 11 to 50, i.e. the ones you haven't read yet

it needs to mark as read everything above the point you are currently at, irrespective of the date sort order
[Android Apps and Games] scottjb:
I understand, and I agree with you. I was just confirming the way the app works. I believe enacu is looking into making it work the way you described--I asked for the same thing. :rolleyes:
[Android Apps and Games] justauser:
can you explain what the pro version unlocks. I know it unlocks the ability to set properties for a feed (folder of feeds??). For the shot on the web site it doesn't look like there is an ability to set a feed to be ignored during update. Can that be added to pro?
[Android Apps and Games] n7of9:
+1

i like to read daily stuff as it's updated, but lolcats other stuff i want to rifle through just on weekends
[Android Apps and Games] kitecarl:
Ice Cream Sandwich?

Anyone running this on a new ICS build? I am running an ICS Beta version on my Desire HD, and I'm not having any luck with reading full articles - getting "Webpage not available" errors, listing http://127.0.0.1:49152/RSS/134/0/GOOGLE/false" for example.
[Android Apps and Games] n7of9:
feeds are one of the main things i use my phone for so i just bought the app last night

you can set individual feed preferences (but not folder)...i have yet to figure out how to turn off offline caching...i think it may be best to turn it off for all in main settings, then turn it on for individual feeds

can anyone confirm that? i find the settings page quite difficult to understand
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
Hey everybody!

I'm currently very busy on my regular job so I don't have much time to read the forum

Will reread everything in some days.

I will check out ICS issue.

Regarding feed settings: you can disable full text for individual feeds or enable it for individial feeds. It doesn't matter. Works both ways

Also, I know settings are complicated and I'm thinking about this problem.

Now I have two points about it:

1. make a Wizard. It will have 2-3 little questions, but should give user some information about features and guide him through important settings

2. regroup settings

Thanks. If you have any other suggestions let me know
[Android Apps and Games] kitecarl:
Cheers.. And here I thought building the best RSS reader for Android would bring you enough fame and fortune, and you were simply out on your yacht catching some rays!

To give you a bit more feedback, it looks like at least on the ICS build that I have, none of the offline cache services are working. Even though numerous posts have a blue Saved icon next to them when I'm out of signal area, I can view the first few lines of the post in a Preview but when I drill down directly to an individual post I get "Webpage Not available" errors, specifically http://127.0.0.1:49152/RSS/304/0/GOOGLE/true (before when using Instapaper /GOOGLE/ was /INSTAPAPER).

Thanks again. Although I'm loving this early ICS build on my phone, JustReader is a must have so looks like I'm back to my old ROM for now!
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
Hey!

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

Pls, English is not my native language. Could you review Wizard pls? Wizard starts when user opens app for the first time or can be launched from the settings.

I just need somebody to review texts there if they are correct. Thanks!

@sunwee, app refreshes your articles every time when you open the list. Set mode to offline if you don't want this. otherwise app loads data when you browse your articles.

@salsichad2, pls try this version. Possibly, the bug was fixed. I've went through many bugs from my email and fixed them. Come back and send bugreport again if it doesn't work

@kitecarl, pls, check your settings. Possibly, you set to download full articles or you set to open them. When I do clean install and use the app - everything is fine - RSS version shows

Regarding setting to deny sync of different feeds/tags:

This will be added, not right now (and only in Pro). Also, it won't be very effective, cause Google Reader doesn't have such API to ignore the feed.

It means I should fetch feeds one by one. It will be much slower (when feeds have only a few items - I will do many unneded requests).
[Android Apps and Games] justauser:
you don't have to fetch one by one. you can still fetch the full stream, just ignore the data you get back for the specified feeds/folders. to be the need is that I don't want to read these on the tablet, it isn't the time it takes or data use.
[Android Apps and Games] kj767:
@enau,

Thank you for new beta release.

But the package name seems the same as 1.5.0 (or other public release).

I think that means this beta overwrites the one.

So I cannot try this freely...

Please let me know if my understanding is incorrect. Or any advices?
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
@kj767, this beta doesn't have many changes, so it has the same package.

1.5.0 had many differencies (comparing to 1.3.9)

But... starting from some version I will publish betas to android market so they all will have different package. I should prepare my build process for this, that's not so easy
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
@justauser, I thought about this too.

This solution is much simplier, but I don't think it's enough

So I think, we need to choose from two bad solutions :)

@kitecarl, thanks )

About ICS: currently I'm on Galaxy S Teamhacksung's ICS. Everything is working for me.

If you are on ICS you can enable debug mode in settings and send logs to me (after page fails to open) This can help
[Android Apps and Games] n7of9:
all great here...wizard was well explained and a very good idea

mark previous/next works perfectly

also seems to be more stable in online use

thanks :):):):)
[Android Apps and Games] jcpowless:
crashing on Kindle fire

It appears the 1.5.1 beta is crashing hard after adding gmail account. On relaunch of the application, it crashed to a point where it won't let me submit the bug info, which is why I am posting here.
[Android Apps and Games] scottjb:
@enacu,

Your English is a lot better than some native English speakers/writers!

Mode Page

There is one misspelled word, "syn" instead of "sync" in the last choice on the page.

Offline Usage

Capitalize both words in the title, "Offline Use" instead of "Offline usage" (also change to match "use" in the sentence that follows).

Second check box - add "to" to the last sentence so it reads "...when you want to save 3G traffic..."

Add periods at the end of all the sentences.

Max Article Age

Capitalize all three words in the heading.

Thanks for your constant work to improve this application. :)
[Android Apps and Games] n7of9:
i found some problems using 1.5.1-beta 1 on a

Honeycomb tablet

(HTC Flyer 7")

i was playing with the settings and turned off tablet mode...HC has no default 'menu' key which means i can't get back into the any of the settings now or the 'menu' at all

also, while i was in tablet mode (but i can't check it now) the 'white on black' theme had black text on a dark background at the top, so the text could not be read

and then i found a problem on the same beta on a

phone using Gingerbread 2.3.5

on the phone i selected 'tablet mode' so i can check on the colour scheme problem before posting it above, and now i can't get into the app at all...i have forced close and tried to restart, but the app won't open

so both my installation are messed up :(

edited to add: clearing data on both allowed me to access both

edited again: the THEME issue i mentioned above is when using 'black on white' theme on a tablet...text at the top is unreadable
[Android Apps and Games] justauser:
slower isn't great. a few other readers have don't include in update but don't seem to be doing individual fetches. if you get slow you'll lose users and this is the worst outcome.

any thoughts on grouping result in addition to just sorting? items can be grouped by feed and then in each group sorted by date. makes reading much easier if a fodler has feds that are board posts.
[Android Apps and Games] tczhang:
Chinese users

Hi,

I have been using your JustReader for nearly one year. I really appreciate your work on it. It is full featured with less traffic consumption.

However, I am not very sure if Chinese are your target users. As a Chinese user, it is really painful to use the 1.5 version. It keep showing "Network error" again and again (even if I use VPN) and won't stop when I hit "cancel". And then back to first page after cancel several times.

I know that there is "Great Firewall" in China and it might ban Google Reader sometime. However, many other Google Reader apps work just fine. I wonder if you could figure out a solution to solve this problem.

So at present, 1.3.0 beta2 is best for me although it also shows "Network error". Using this version, all contents will be synced in just one click. 1.5 won't do this in same way. I couldn't get all posts synced by click "sync". After entering feed, it still shows syncing without any posts ready. For me, offline function doesn't work well.

For the new function "Tap to scroll", it is great. However, it is restricted in a very narrow area for function. It would be better to enlarge the area.

Thanks.

Regards,

TC
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
@n7of9, thanks!

@jcpowless, I wrote you an email to find out the cause

@scottjb, thanks! Very appreciated

@n7of9. Will fix this

@justauser, now I think, ignoring data (not fetching one by one) is the solution for JR.

About grouping: I don't want to make just grouping: I would like to make some labels before each group.

like:

--XDA--

post1

post2

post3

--Android Central--

post6

post8

So, I need some time for this. I like this idea, but can't implement it right now - there are more important things to do - fix all these issues users report, make JR prettier.

Also, I'm a bit worried about UI: I will need to make one more button/menu.

I think, I can just put this action in menu - will be ok

@tczhang. I see what you mean and I have solution for you. Try it, pls

To enable old mode just set mode to offline. (You should also enlarge "Max unread post age")

About error: now it's not very cool when users sees "Retry" dialog. I have an idea how to implement it other way - this has one of the highest priorities
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
Here is 1.5.1-beta2

http://dev-host.org/q44o6s2ucbyo/1.5.0-beta2.apk

Seems much more stable than 1.5.0.

@jcpowless, ignore my email. I found bug in the version for Android 2 tabletsby myself.

Will upload today to Android Marker I think
[Android Apps and Games] keithleyson:
Will continue to test out beta for now.

Keith

Samsung Galaxy Note

XDA Premium
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
Hey!

Here is final 1.5.1 (a little bit changed. 1.5.1 from Market doesn't work on Galaxy Nexus)

http://dev-host.org/3sz6sr2dl1ah/1.5.1-ICS.apk

this one works OK

Will update version on Android Market too
[Android Apps and Games] n7of9:
thanks for the update :) everything working well here

Black on White theme in tablet mode is still 'wrong'...the words at the top are unreadable: all feeds, sync, mark as read...it's currently black text on a dark grey background
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
@n7of9, don't see this bug. Do you have Honeycomb?

Also, what theme (what exactly, there are some variants) do you have?

Currently, finishing first version of plugin system + some portion of plugins.

Will upload soon
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
Here is the screenshot with 3 plugins

http://t.co/kFEKU0JO
[Android Apps and Games] ichliebedich123:
thank you so much, it is very useful
[Android Apps and Games] 18rmiller:
When doing "mark all as read" this app marks all stories as read, even stories you have not seen. The official google reader app will mark all as read but if new stories have appeared since you started going through the list it will leave those unread. any way to do that with this app?
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
http://dev-host.org/s9606xti6old/1.5.2.apk

1.5.2 is in Android Market

bugfixes + Galaxy Nexus support

@18rmiller, issue you mentioned should be fixed too
[Android Apps and Games] n7of9:
sorry it took so long to get back to you...yes on Honeycomb, when theme "black on white" is selected (normal and simple) the text at the top bar cannot be read as it is black text on a dark grey background

screenshots

edit: can you please tell me what settings to make so that when i click on a link from within the app it opens it on external app (like browser or market)
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
@n7of9, thanks! I got it. seems to me it's related to default flyer styles. Will fix

To always open link in external browser go to Settings -> Reading screen -> External Browser
[Android Apps and Games] scottjb:
@enacu,

I don't know if you fixed it or the New York Times fixed it, but the NYT feeds work with Instapaper now. :) In previous versions I had to open NYT feeds in a browser instead of Web View with Instpaper.
[Android Apps and Games] 18rmiller:
It did fix that issue but made a new one. Now if I click mark all as read and no new stories have been added since I started reading, it always leaves the top story as unread. I have to actually click on it to get it to mark read
[Android Apps and Games] sunwee:
i experience this too. some articles are still showing unread even after pressing the mark all button. seems random to me.
[Android Apps and Games] thawizard:
same here. sgs2.

btw, are you going to add a grey on black theme (not simple)? other two themes have two choices but not grey on black. just wondering. and an ics theme (ics blue on black) would be cool.
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
hey everybody!

Found this bug too

fixed already

currently implementing some new cool features - hope you'll like it

New themes will come soon too. I think, in the middle of January (or in the end). Will have 10-day holidays
[Android Apps and Games] n7of9:
AWESOME! this is my most used app
[Android Apps and Games] GeitjeG:
I have some old unread articles from more than a month ago. I use the offline cache function, to be able to read unread articles while no connection. However, the maximum period to set is one month.

Two requests:

- Please extend it to 2,3 and unlimited months (maybe give a warning for excessive data usage, or be able to set download limit)

- I my opinion this limiter works the wrong way around. Right now it is not downloading most recent articles, while is is downloading the oldest. In my case it would be more convenient to download the most recent, and skip the oldest.

Please let me know what you think...
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
@GeitjeG, I received some requests to do the same (keep articles for longer period)

Probably I will add this in future release

regarding the limiter:

currently it works this way:

If you have order set to "From oldest to newest" then articles are loaded from oldest to newest too (and articles are stored from the oldest to oldest + limit)

If it is set from "newest to oldest" then it works the other way

I think, it's ok. Do you agree?

one question to everyone: I think swipe actions (on the reading screen) are not very useful for tablets. I'm currently optimizing layouts and looking for features JR doesn't need. So I would like to remove this feature. What do you think?

Is anybody here who uses swipe actions on reading screen (in tablet mode).

But I think those actions are very usefull on the phone
[Android Apps and Games] n7of9:
i always think that if there is a feature there, why remove it? there would be heaps of people who would or could use it, but not one could if it wasn't there...so i think unless it is messing with some other setting, why remove it?
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
@n7of9 you are right

I decided to leave this feature but turn it off by default for tablet users

Also, did other optimization (previously I though it can't be done without removing this feature, but I found the way to do this)
[Android Apps and Games] scottjb:
I use swipe down on the reading screen to open the article in a browser. Most of the time I use web view with Instapaper but sometimes need to open in the browser. It's an easy way to get to the browser.

I don't use a tablet but would still want an easy (fast) way to invoke the browser without the need to open menu. I would be great if there was a way to open web view without using the menu.

Thanks for asking about options. You obviously put a lot of though into the wokr you do on this application. :)
[Android Apps and Games] 18rmiller:
how about when a star is added in google reader, having it mark it as a favorite on JReader?
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
@18rmiller, hey! Yes, this sometimes doesn't work. This is in my ToDo list

Here is the first version of JustReader with plugins: 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

Will publish plugin source code. If anyone wants to do custom plugins - you are welcome

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everybody!
[Android Apps and Games] GeitjeG:
Thanks, I can live with that, it indeed works now I have sorted my articles the other way! I hope you can extent the period in future.

btw: I use swiping on my phone all the time. Thanks for new version, I'll try it soon.
[Android Apps and Games] ock:
Very nice beta, thanks for the line spacing options!

One question: are you planning major changes to the theme or is the planned new look already in this version?

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Android Apps and Games] n7of9:
tested on GB phone and HC tablet (Flyer)

- plugin system + 2 included plugins

copy text plugin...AWESOME

- changed reading UI.

very nice actually, this is a FANTASTIC addition!

- optimized article list scrolling - feels much better on my Acer A500 Honeycomb tablet

yes, feels better here too

(i don't use facebook or internal browser)

'black on white' theme on Flyer still has the control bar at the top unreadable because of the black text on black background

i actually got a 'freeze' on my HC tablet when testing (just changing themes), but it didn't do it again after i ended the task and started again

thanks for continuing to develop this app :)
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
@GeitjeG, i will extend periods. future release will be dedicated to sync process

@n7of9, cool you like it

probably will sort out the problem with not readable text on the top today

@ock, changed ui already. But, themes is something other in my opinion (just design). Will add new themes and will change (fix some things) already existing themes. This is planned.

currently plans are:

1. finish current version

2. improve sync

3. add new themes

4. not planned yet :)
[Android Apps and Games] tczhang:
Hi, after trying the 1.5.3 beta, I found that in post list, each post has fixed line spacing, which leaves big blank area. It is quite compact in previous version. Do you intend to do this? It doesn't look good in mobile phones...
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
@tczhang, do you have summary shown?

layout changed a bit, yes

EDIT: I would like to say: if summary is shown, then everything should be ok.

Possibly you can make a screenshot?
[Android Apps and Games] tczhang:
Yes, summary is shown after I re-logged to Google account.

It looks good if choose to show summary and thumbnail. However, it leaves big blank area if I don't choose to show them. It would be great to adjust the display in current way if show summary and thumbnail and otherwise in compact way.

Sorry I can't make screenshot...
[Android Apps and Games] exboy:
1.5.3-beta1 on Xperia mini pro Can't play youtube embed and FC when select text.
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
@tczhang found a bug in row layout. Will fix soon

@exboy, are plugins enalbed in Settings -> Reading screen -> Enable plugins?

also, send me error report, pls. I don't see error report about "select text" FC on my email about this
[Android Apps and Games] h46it:
enacu,

I'm having a problem when 'mark all as read' in the main screen in my folders or just in the feed, it never seens to remove all the articles? It randomly just reads a certain amount, but never all that i wanted it to do. Can you tell me am I missing something in the settings that i need to turn on/off?

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] kj767:
@enau,

1.5.3-beta1 is basically great! New UI is good for me and summary of all articles show now!:)

Instead, thumbnail became not to show at all in article list after update to this version. (Of cause, settings are not changed and should be correct.)

Is it only on my phone? Or is thre any other my mistaking...:confused:

--

Android 2.3.3 on Galaxy S

P.S.

I found one more minor issue. When backup acccount, it cause adding new account.
[Android Apps and Games] exboy:
[YOUTUBE]Mg6VO519i10[/YOUTUBE]

Sry How to send report?
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
@exboy, thanks for the video!

This is not FC, it's ANR (application not responding)

Will try to fix.

Also, file /data/anr/traces.txt will be very useful

Send me if you can (you can pull it using adb or right from the phone)

RootExplorer can do this I think

@kj767 that's strange about thumbnail

Will post new beta version soon. Fixed some minor bugs (also, there is something related to thumbnails). Possibly, this will fix the error. If not - come back, pls

regarding accounts: don't know if this is a bug. "Restore" restores all settings + recreates accounts (Probably, it should delete existing. Personally, I think this is better to leave existing accounts. There can be other accounts)
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
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
[Android Apps and Games] h46it:
enacu,

I'm still having the same problem with the new beta. Sorry this is also when i'm in online mode. Now instead of 'mark as read' it just reloading the thread. I'm going to try another offline and see if this still happens.

Thx!
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
hey!

@h46it, what sort order do you have? from older to newer?
[Android Apps and Games] n7of9:
text colour on activity bar issue on tablet is still there on 1.5.3 b2

another question: is it possible to send via email an article including images?