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[Android Apps and Games] shadowcaster31:
great app! reminds me of reeder for iphone.
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
Hi everybody!

keithleyson, yes I understand.

Will try to remove this (if there is no picture available)

shadowcaster31, thanks )

scottjb, I will think about disabling "pull to refresh" (optionally)

One question for some of you who use Honeycomb

Sometimes I get crashes on my a500. (It crashes in native code, without any error in java). Does this happen for any of you?

I'm interested in any answer from Honeycomb user. Cause, this had never happen pre honeycomb.

It's very weird to have sigsegv when I don't use native code
[Android Apps and Games] Vulpix:
Yo, I'm using it with my Tab 10.1, never had a crash before in beta 7, will be testing beta 8 extensively. Any news on an improved widget though? Functionally it's fine, I do hope to see some graphical changes. :D
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
Thanks for the answer!

Yes, there will be graphical changes (currently working on a new design + trying to simplify menus and rethinking settings)

Widget will be improved too, but this will need some time.

So, the plan is to finish all small unfinished tasks -> the new version will be released then.

The next version will come with new design.

Widget and other improvements will go then.
[Android Apps and Games] Vulpix:
Hope you'll find out why it's crashing on your A500. Any sites you are using that causes the crashes? I can try it out on my tab.
[Android Apps and Games] keithleyson:
I did not get a full crash but a hangup - like it is leaking memory. I had to use Fast Reboot (app) before I can open it again.
[Android Apps and Games] shadowcaster31:
Not sure if anyone is experiencing this but i have found a bug with the latest version (1.5.0 beta 8)

When i mark all as read, it doesn't return back to the article list even if i set it in the preferences. It just clears the current list and sometimes displays a negative count in the article counter.

Edit: it seems that this is a known bug. hopefully it will be fixed soon!
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
shadowcaster31, yes, will fix soon

shadowcaster31, thanks for the info

Yesterday found a bug in Android system, submitted it.

Did a workaround for it

Recently someone posted info about big thumbnail. Can't find the post.

Please, answer what device do you have?
[Android Apps and Games] thawizard:
it's not me, but i had the same problem a couple betas back with a big droid thumbnail on galaxy s2. i installed beta8 just now and it seems gone.

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found the error. it happens when using grey on black theme.
[Android Apps and Games] gwcphoto:
It's not just the grey on black theme, it's all three "simple" themes. I've reverted back to the standard white on black, for now, but I hope the grey on black simple gets implemented because white on black can be a bit blinding at night ;)

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When in the feed list, the menu button works fine to show the six options, no issues there.. When I'm in the reading screen the menu comes up and shows the 4 reading options, no problems there either. But, when I'm in the article list of a feed or all feeds, the menu button doesn't do anything. Was that intentional? Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] justauser:
Loaded beta 8 but when I try to run it hoses my tablet. I have to hold the power button and turn off and reboot to fix. Nothing else works. Using the flashback 9 HC ROM on a GTablet.
[Android Apps and Games] gwcphoto:
The thumbnails don't always properly show up in the article list. They will blink with a thumbnail, not sure if it's the correct one, but then it will revert to the little grey android robot. If I view the article, which loads the image, then hit the back button, it still shows the robot. I would say 50% show up as the robot.

Also, stability is still an issue, it likes to generate bug reports a lot. But, it has a lot of potential!

Thanks so much for your development work.

Sebastien
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
Hey!

here is 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)

justauser, So, have you managed to start JR beta (1.5+) on your device?

It's very strange. Do you use official firmware? (I don't use any native api, so app should not force any device to reboot or do anything like this)

Also, do you have adb installed? If yes, possibly adb logcat output can help me
[Android Apps and Games] Vulpix:
Yo, just out of curiosity, can I find out if you have any article draw lag when you swipe left and right on your tablet? I'm just curious if it's normal. When I tap on the article directly on the left side of the tablet, the article instantly appears. When I swipe left and right, I have to touch the right side and move the article screen up and down a bit before the article appears.
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
gwcphoto, thanks! I know about these problems with thumbnails.

Tried to fix everything in beta 9

what device do you have?
[Android Apps and Games] Vulpix:
Galaxy Tab 10.1" 3G
[Android Apps and Games] keithleyson:
Seems to be working fine now on my Gingerbread HTC flyer. However, I wish the two-pane feature would also be available to tablets with Ginberbread - HTC Flyer and Galaxy Tab.

Good job!
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
keithleyson, actually, tablet mode can be enabled in Android 2

The only problem is lcd_density.

It's very high for many devices, but you can control font sizes (make fonts smaller in settings).

Did you try to enable "Tablet mode" in settings?
[Android Apps and Games] Funnnny:
Hey enacu, is there any updates with the Google News problem I reported earlier.
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
Funnnny, hey!

sorry, not yet. Google News is one of many sources available

Want to be sure app is stable before these fixes
[Android Apps and Games] gwcphoto:
Hey enacu,

I've been sending bug reports, but I just wanted to post it here too. It seems that every time it tries to sync this "unforseen exception occurs". Starting to occur even when I'm not in the program (a little annoying.. heh)

I'm not done troubleshooting yet (still have to clear data, and possibly wipe) and I'm running a custom ROM, Oxygen 2.3.1 on an SGS2.

Build.VERSION.SDK = 10
Build.DEVICE & MODEL = galaxys2 GT-I9100
java.lang.NullPointerException
at ru.justreader.sync.newtasks.SyncFullStreamTask.syncFullStream(SyncFullStreamTask.java:53)
at ru.justreader.sync.newtasks.SyncFullStreamTask.doInBackground(SyncFullStreamTask.java:47)
at ru.justreader.sync.newtasks.NewSyncTask.doInBackground(NewSyncTask.java:106)
at ru.justreader.sync.newtasks.NewSyncTask.doInBackground(NewSyncTask.java:30)
at ru.androidcommon.task.AsTask$1.call(AsTask.java:155)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:306)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1088)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:581)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1019)

Sent from a phone using an app.

Edit: seems to occur only when there are no new articles when syncing.

Edit 2: cleared data, still happens.
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
gwcphoto, thanks!

wil fix
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
[17 Jan 2011] version 1.0.6

Hi!

1.0.6 version is in the Android Market now!

There are many new nice features:

-dutch translation (thanks to Remi Freriks)

-tag and feed order as in Google Reader

-buttons at the bottom of the screen

-bugfixes for Gingerbread

-fixed bug for picture downloading

-filter and view shared/starred posts

Check it out!
[Android Apps and Games] Techvir:
One feature request.

Have an thumbnail of the image in the article , in the list of articles in each feed.

Hoep u understand...

( this feature is seen in droid reader)
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
Hi!

Yes, this feature is in my ToDo list, but after some more important updates
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
Hi!

I would like to present new beta version of JustReader.

Major difference with market version is possibility to store data on SD card

Please, if you want, try this feature.

It's only a test version, but it works really well for me.
[Android Apps and Games] DalmatHR:
Great app!

Suggestion: Read it Later integration (http://readitlaterlist.com/).
[Android Apps and Games] DalmatHR:
And another one - swipe left/right to change articles (when you read one).
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
Hi!

thank you for the feedback. I don't use this service (read it later). So don't know what is it. I'll find out after some time.

about Swipe left/right: I'll try to implement in next releases.
[Android Apps and Games] DalmatHR:
Well, readitlater are handy free web service where you can send links while browsing for reading it later :) and you can access them from any browser (given username/pass). Easier to handle than google star/share routine, FeedR support it. I will rather use your program because FeedR can not save images for offline browsing.

Thank you for the fast reply.
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
Hi again!

As I know you can use this functionality right now, but you have to install ReadItLater supported app. For example, I found such app : Droid Save. I'm sure, there are more such applications.

After that you can use menu in JustReader ("Send Link" menu) and select your "readitlater enabled app". My JustReader will send an intent to that app using Android interprocess communication.

Also, there are other services like this, as I know (for example, instapaper)

So, I think android is good because of that: you can combine some apps together and get some cool results.

You can send link to instapaper, ReadItLater, SMS app, twitter

Evgeny
[Android Apps and Games] DalmatHR:
Thank you, I will try Droid Save
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
Let me know if you need other functionality!
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
Hi to everybody!

new version is out.

In this version there are many new features, also much work was spent to make application more stable.

features:

-save data to SD (experimental)

-swipe left/right on articles list (check it out!)

-save images from article view

-improved sync performance

-fullscreen support in article view

-"disable web cache" option

-new translations! (thanks to everyone who helped)
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
Version 1.0.10 released

Hi everybody!

version 1.0.10 released!

You can check out new features here:

-new swipe gestures

-basic podcasts support

-new buttons

-night theme

-many little things

Also, we started our site and facebook page.

'Like' in facebook is appreciated very much.
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
New beta version is available

Hi!

new beta version is ready for you

Some bugs fixed, also, new content downloader is almost ready.

Now you can view articles using Google Mobilizer service.

See options -> Article viewing for more option, also check links on the top of article screen.

This is the first step to downloading the whole text of the article (while synchronizing). I think this feature is interested for many people
[Android Apps and Games] gp4004:
Great, gonna try this !

JustReader is my daily newsreader since a few month and I really like it, good job!
[Android Apps and Games] h46it:
Looks great! Might have found myself a new reader! :)
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
Thanks!

If you have any suggestion or bug report you can post it here
[Android Apps and Games] E_man5112:
Wow, this has changed so much since I last used it, all for the better! I've been using news rob pro, and I'm seriously considering a change, in fact, I have already on my nook. I have one request. I haven't seen a single RSS app do this yet (might be a good way to increase user base?) but I would LOVE to see honeycomb support and fragments implemented. Maybe on the home page you have your source list on the left and "all articles" on the right. Once you select a source, you have an article list from that source on the left and the actual article on the right? Add in action bar support, and that would be amazing. This is already far more tablet friendly than newsrob, but something dedicated would be just what my nook honeycomb needs. I'd be definitely willing to help test if needed.

Edit: I'm noticing I can't email articles to people? I would assume that the send button would be the one to press, but it is not working. I press it and nothing happens.

Edit 2: One last request. I'd like a way to tell if the article is read/unread from the article view, rather than just the posts view. Maybe Bold title font when unread, normal when read?
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
I'm currently working on some features: downloading of full article text and downloading podcasts.

But, after that I would like to implement feature you talk about: Honeycomb support. I think, I'll begin this work i about 3-4 weeks, not sooner.

It's rather strange you can't send articles to other people. There is a submenu with 2 items: "send link" and "send text". Do you see such submenu? or you don't see it at all?

And about your last edit: There is a way. When you open unread article, there is an RSS icon to the left of article title. If article is read, there is no such sign
[Android Apps and Games] h46it:
enacu,

I'm having a problem with 'just reader'. When it sync's it just keeps syncing and running. It does not sync and finish. Let me know if you have ever run into this problem at all.

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] xeigen:
@enacu May i know where do u get the info for google reader api? i am trying to develop a google reader app for my degree final year project...Any information you can provide me would be greatly appreciated...
[Android Apps and Games] Funnnny:
okay, as long as it on your list ;)
[Android Apps and Games] gwcphoto:
There are definitely some count issues, and some articles appearing in the count, but not showing in the list. A force stop and reload resolved the issue.

I can't post pictures yet, but hopefully you understand. Thanks!

Sent from a phone using an app.
[Android Apps and Games] justauser:
I was able to install beta 9 and actually get it to work. You continue to do good work and thanks. A few minor things so far:

- when you initially switch off thumbnails and summary in mode it doesn't update the display to show without these. Exit and restart and it does.

- the icon at the top showing whether i am displaying all/unread is a bit opaque. No clear what it means and what is showing.

- i select a folder on the left side and then mark read. on the right I get lots of articles and nothing selected on left. should the action be to select and go to next folder and display

- for sorting for a folder, i really want things in feed order and date within feed. some feeds are from message boards and i want all of those iterms together not interspersed with other feed items or i can't follow a discussion

- i want to ability to set a feed or folder of feeds to be ignored when updating. there are some that only make sense to access on my pc.

thanks again

Oh, BTW, on the issue of not being able to get an apk from the download site I noticed I am only getting 15Kb and not the full apk. This is the oonly site where I have that kind of problem and I downlooad a lot of stuff.
[Android Apps and Games] E_man5112:
On beta 9, I have an issue for my Tablet. I use JR to view webcomics, and Pinch to Zoom is important. It appears I cannot do that anymore, whereas I could with the stable version
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
Hi everybody!

Thanks for yours submissions. I will review and will try to fix every :)

Some last days was busy resolving sync issues and some count issues (resolved some, possibly not every).

here is 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.

Guys, what do you think about whole Mode settings. Is it really useful?

Do you find it useful? Do you understand what it is?

I just thought it can be useful for many people who don't care about sync, offline and other staff. I want users just start justreader and read their news. (But I think, it's little bit complicated)
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
There are some sources in the Internet.

For example:

http://code.google.com/p/pyrfeed/wiki/GoogleReaderAPI

http://code.google.com/p/google-reader-api/w/list

http://mindsharestrategy.com/2010/google-reader-api-a-brief-tutorial/

Actually, this is weird. I noticed difference between some firmware versions.

In 3.2 page renders as I swipe it (with a little delay). So scrolling is done very smoothly, but content renders a little bit later. It was worse on 3.0 and 3.1.

Is it true content doesn't appear at all for you? (when you swipe through articles. so you have to touch the display to make it appear)

Also, what Android version do you have?

One more question for all of you.

Do you use always sync mode while on 3G? In russia 3G is not very good, so sometimes using JR in online mode is not a pleasure. Wanted to know how do you use it? (always Online/WiFi only ? )
[Android Apps and Games] Funnnny:
I rarely use JustReader in online mode/3G. If I use it, I'd rather use the official Google Reader app.

What I like from JustReader, and make me choose it, is the ability to auto sync (it would be great if it can sync at a specific time), auto download the readable mobile version of the article. The only thing I miss is a option to sync the status as soon as I have wifi or 3G connection.

Sometimes when I go out a lot and doesn't have wifi, I can just don't use it.
[Android Apps and Games] Vulpix:
Mine's 3.1, and I encountered this in both Wifi and 3G mode. Always online mode. It isn't a bug that totally breaks the app for me, just wanted to let you know.
[Android Apps and Games] justauser:
I was getting a lot of errors on beta 9 and will try beta 10. Noticed that if i displayed articles for a folder and then tapped an article I entered a view where the article list was on the left and article on right. In this view I didn't see a "mark all read".

As to mode, it is confusing. The last 2 items make sense but could be in setting on on the menu. The first isn't wored well and I can never figure out what I am controlling there. I'd make it:

- manual/automatic article fetch

and status should always be sync'ed back to google regardless of new articles being fetched. if one is offline you sync status back on next connect.
[Android Apps and Games] xeigen:
Thanks :) :)
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
Hey everybody!

1.5.0-beta11

http://dev-host.org/00kdg2f0lk76/1.5.0-beta11.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

So, things are moving to release.

Also, is anyone interested in developing a plugin?

I have one idea:

When justreader opens an article it can send Broadcast to gather information about an article. (It can send article URL, for example)

Plugin should gather this information and answer with other Broadcast.

Let's take some twitter plugin for example. Twitter plugin will provide how many tweets are there with article link (how many people tweeted about this article)

So, JR can show twitter icon with number of tweets on it. When user clicks an icon, activity with these tweets can be loaded.

Is here anyone interested in writing such plugin? Or may be you have some plugin idea?

I've got to 2 ideas for now:

1. twitter plugin

2. comments plugin. (some pages use standard facebook or disqus scripts, so won't be difficult to show comments for the page)
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
Hey, there was stupid error in beta 11.

here is 12

http://dev-host.org/l3x74w0rly1w/1.5.0-beta12.apk
[Android Apps and Games] justauser:
Downloaded beta 12. Don't see the indicator for the mode stuff. For me there are 2 key things needed:

- ability to set a feed/folder to be "ignored" during sync

- in folder display of items, group by feed, then sort by date , or just add a sort by feed

is there a way to get the cache to the SD card? Don't see that udner settings.
[Android Apps and Games] enacu:
The indicator is in the Title (Tablet), near "JR beta" (It also shows the progress when something is loading)

I've already have these todos in my list (actually, there is everything ready for the first one, but it will come in next releases, cause stability is my main priority right now)
[Android Apps and Games] Funnnny:
I would love with the plugin system, but also I want to keep this as light as possible. You're good with this, light, fast and useable, if you want to add plugin system, careful about it ;)
[Android Apps and Games] runhopskipjump:
1 .5 beta 12 is really smooth in online mode. I am happy that stability is on the top of your list. I have tested it out on both my nook color and HTC thunderbolt and it just works beautifully in online mode. I only experienced a force close when quickly hopping from tumblr to tumblr to another. It won't force close or hang if I allow the selected tumblr to load a little first before selecting the next. Yes, I subscribe to tumblrs via RSS. Love the placement if the share link button in tablet mode too. Great work man!

Request/recommendation:

My only request is the ability to send a copy of the article contents when sharing an article. Currently it only sends a the article title or link title and the URL. It would be more convenient if it also put a copy of the contents (simplified text and pictures) in the body of the email along with the title and URL. This would be better that having to link the URL to see the article the I emailed to someone.
[Android Apps and Games] gwcphoto:
I think the UI has improved greatly in this latest beta. The swiping function doesn't get derailed anymore when you aren't perfectly straight, and I really like the mode selection, it's perfect and simple, and I found out exactly what it meant through my curiosity (what's this? click...)

I do see another strange quirk.. when I flick to scroll to the bottom, it gets to the bottom, but then shoots up a bit.. I have to do it several times for it to stay at the bottom article.. Not sure why it's doing that..

You're going about this very well! I'm going to test it some more and see if I still get exception errors.

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] gwcphoto:
It's still pretty buggy.. And the UI still has the problem where if you swipe from side to side in the article list (to mark as read/star), and add any movement up and down, it locks the article title in limbo, and you need to do it again, straighter, for it to work. Very strange behavior.

Also, whenever I switch from 3G to WiFi I sometimes get 'Network Errors' where I need to hit retry. Can't this be resolved behind the scenes? I shouldn't have to hit retry, it should retry on it's own in a systematic and logical way (wait to retry, try up to x amount of time, then show a message... etc)

And, I still get the occasional fatal exception, I sent one of them to the bug report email.

And one more thing.. I think you mentioned that one of the intended features is to mark the article as read on the server as soon as it's done on the phone, but I don't think that works correctly. I have both a tablet and a phone and when I switch between the two, I expected the statuses would be updated, but they aren't, and a few of the old articles that I marked as read show up on the other device as unread. Is this expected?

Aaannnd another thing, the article counts are still a bit messed up from time to time. Mostly when I sync, it can get confused and show that there are articles, where there isn't, or it will show a negative article count.

I don't think we're ready for prime time yet ;)

Thanks!!