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[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Hopping that everthing is working all right on the latest version, don't hesitate to report any bugs.

Cheers!
[Android Apps and Games] CyberStorm98:
Awesome widget! I love almost everything about it, no bugs (so far).

I do have one request, would it be possible to incorporate a mobilizer into the popup? For sites that use don't put the full article in their feeds. I tried out justReader and the only feature I really liked was the Instapaper mobilizer that would let you read the entire article without hitting "more" and opening the full web browser. Include that functionality and this would officially be the best RSS reader on Android period.
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Hi there, thanks for the report !

I would love to have the full article for every feed so the Instapaper mobilizer would be an awesome feature. I will study how to implement it nicely.

Thanks for the suggestion, that's what keeps me motivated !

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] navanman:
I've got a bug with the newest version.

I get a warning/pop-up in the status bar at every refresh (set at 2hrs for me) telling me the program can't sync or lost sync with google reader.

I don't use Google Reader for my RSS, all inputted manually.

As always, appreciate the work put into this app.
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Yes that is normal. I made the decision to develop my widget more towards a deep integration with google reader.

Since previous versions, even manually entered feeds are fetched through google reader engines for more reliability and speed.

And now when you enter a feed manually, you can add it to your google reader subscriptions. That way you won't have to type your feeds again. You can even put them in a google reader folder and import them all at once, which is way more efficient.

In the end, im trying to convince users to use google reader because it's awesome and integrates well with my widget. And as an Android user, you have a google account so you already have a google reader account!

Anyway, in your case, just press the notification when it appears or click the "connect to google reader button" and show your lists of feeds (even if it's empty) and you won't get the notification again.

Hope it helps.
[Android Apps and Games] :
I love the Google reader integration, because it is so much easier to edit your RSS feeds on your PC. Those changes will also auto-update to the widget here (afaik), which is awesome. With labels that is.
[Android Apps and Games] CocoMonGo:
Hi I have been having some problems with the reader (pro version). It manifested itself in both official HTC ROMs and customs ROMs (currently I am on ARHD 6.1.1).

1. Occasionally the reader (4x1) widget hangs when I try to manually scroll through the feeds

2. When I want to open a feed into the popup reader it is unresponsive

3. occasionally for some reason the widget says "there is no current feeds to show" and I have to delete my current feed sources and re-enter all of them again or resync with google reader

3. Biggest problem is when I open a feed into the popup reader the feed that I clicked on and the one that appeared on the popup is different. i usually have to close the popup, scroll away from the feed I want and scroll back to open the proper feed in the popup.

hope you can help
[Android Apps and Games] radekula:
Hi.

I use this widget (pro version) for a while now and I have few suggestions/bugs:

- 'Show Borders' option is not available in scrollable widget and i don't see a reason why it should be hiden also few other options like 'Widget theme' are not present

- it would be nice to have option like 'Fill all available space' to fit all space on the screen (like Glass widgets do)

- heart button in scrollable widget should be only in pop-up window (i think)

That's all for now :D

Great work :)

PS Glass Widgets and Minimal Reader Pro on one screen to compare space used by widgets in attachment:
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
do you use more than one 4x1 widget on your homescreens ? Those kind of problems usually appear when using multiple instances of the same widget size.
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Next version will be full of missing and new display options, and those two will be implemented :)

about the heart button, I don't get what you mean, how would you show all your favourites then ?

Thanks for the screenshot, I'll use that as a model :)

Cheers!
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Btw guys, I've released a bugfix update (2.0.9.1) which forces all users to log in to google reader to avoid the repetition of the "sync lost" notification for non greader users.

Tell me if it works for you.

Cheers !
[Android Apps and Games] radekula:
Thx, I can't wait :D

My bad. I forgot about how exactly this button work - i don't use favourites. Of course this button should stay :)

After updating the message no longer appeared... at least for me. I use Google Reader just to keep my RSS feeds, so I didn't make any changes to the list of rss.
[Android Apps and Games] CocoMonGo:
nope. I only have one instance of Minimal reader in my phone.
[Android Apps and Games] Z3US911:
haha...awesome app!

thanks a lot!
[Android Apps and Games] barteknowacki:
Hi e-one, i'm new here and i have one bug. (since last 2.09 up.)

"Automatically Refreshing" function only works when the "WIFI connection" is turn on. When I have EDGE connetion, it doesn't work, I must refresh the feeds manually.

Is this a bug or a deliberate action ?

Greeting from Poland :p
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Hmmm strange, what phone do you have? If you have a low end phone, the unresponsive buttons might come from another process using the memory.

The 'opening an article that doesn't correspond to the news you clicked' bug might come from a refresh that couldn't update the views in the widget because of that same lack of memory when its needed. A single scroll up or down should refresh the view immediately tho.
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Guys, have any of you experienced problems when importing feeds from google reader? some people seems to be unable to import any subscriptions and I really don't understand why, it's working perfect for me.

So if you have these kind of issue please contact me.

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] Macelangelo77:
On first import (with 1.0) I did notice that when first opening the Reader import screen, hitting back, re-entering the reader import screen, it showed no feeds. When I exited the prefs, re-entered, it worked fine. Actually haven't had time to thoroughly test the current release. It just works :)

I have two requests:

Would it possible to show the buttons but hide the arrows?

Would it possible to hide the pop up pane without hitting the back button?

Thanks again!

Sincerely,

Mac
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Ok, well at least it works for you, that's reassuring.

The two requests are definetly going in my TODO list for next version !

Thanks Mac, take care
[Android Apps and Games] Darius_bd:
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Never had a problem with the google reader feeds. (well, except that some blogs dont show up a thing in the pop up, but guess it's too big task to make it compatible with all blogs, so dont care)
[Android Apps and Games] weslyr:
I'm still looking for the perfect rss reader so this looks interesting.

I'm especially looking for a reader that supports all feeditems (mixed sorted on time) in one list with images within one scrollable widget and offline support (ability to download and keep all feeds in cache for offline reading)
[Android Apps and Games] smudge2002:
Hi, I've just downloaded the app and have problems importing feeds from Google reader. I get the list of subscriptions but when I select them then click to import I get the message that 0 feeds were imported.

I hope you can get it fixed as all the reviews I have seen are positive.

I am in the UK using an HTC Desire on the Orange network.
[Android Apps and Games] Darius_bd:
What kind of feeds are you trying to import? Blog? Rss from webpages? Those are subscriptions from your main account?
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
I would kill for a logcat!! If you provide me the log when that happens i promise you I'll fix it in less than a few hours.

EDIT : I may have one hint of why it doesn't import. To be sure, can you please do the following :

- log on to google reader on your browser (on a pc)

- then type this url : http://www.google.com/reader/api/0/subscription/list

- get the source code of that page (right click + view source)

- copy paste that and send it to me as pm or e-mail.

I think the problem comes from a "dirty" subscription list !

Keep me updated
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Pushed an update on the market, hopefully it fixes all the problems
[Android Apps and Games] smudge2002:
Just updated from the market and it's fixed the issue I was having.

Many thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] pdane:
Different Widget Sizes?

I know that the aim of this app is to keep it minimal, but have you considered different widget sizes and scrolling(with the appropriate launcher, like LP and ADW, even honeycomb) rather than using the arrows? I have an Evo and a Xoom and I think a 4x4 or even larger widget for the Xoom would be really great.

Thanks for the great work so far.
[Android Apps and Games] Darius_bd:
But the popup is almost 4x4... you would just need to click and there you go, a 4x4 :P

Or, use LauncherPro Plus to resize widgets.
[Android Apps and Games] pdane:
Unless I'm mistaken, resizing the widget on LP just makes it bigger. I was thinking of a widget that has google reader integration that shows more than one story at a time, in a list format, that can then have the pop-up when clicked and can be used to manually scroll through a page of news items.
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Ok so last updated solved some issues but apparently some people are still having pbs with google reader, if you are in that situation, plz contact me. (So annoying when people just say "gr won't work" on the market comments...)

Sent from my GT-I9000
[Android Apps and Games] Private-Cowboy:
I'd love to suppport the development and purchase the app because it's exactly what I'm looking for. However it cannot be found on my Milestone running Froyo. Am I doing something wrong?
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Really? That's unusual. Did you try the links on my first post?

Sent from my GT-I9000
[Android Apps and Games] Darius_bd:
Try using Market Enabler, it requires root, and set it to fake a USA provider. Maybe your country is blocked for paid apps...
[Android Apps and Games] Private-Cowboy:
No, that's not the problem.

I had the very same problem with Note Everything Pro. The developer told me that this happens when app protection is used and Google has not approved a firmware version. The dev updated the app with a version that does not use app protection anymore and it popped up in the market.

Is minimal reader pro using this protection too? If so that might be the case why the market does not display it. Another example is Abdcution World Attack which I purchased - it vanished and can no longer be installed with the new firmware until Google approves the version. And that can take a while since Froyo was released as a rest build to Milestones but is not yet completely official.
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
I did check the app protection thing without really knowing what it does. I guess i don't care that much about piracy, if ppl go through all the trouble just to save 1.50euros i just feel sad for them.

I just disabled it, tell me if u can download it now.

Sent from my GT-I9000
[Android Apps and Games] Darius_bd:
Yeap, it's using protection.

Now, what do you mean by "approved firmware version"? You mean the ROM? And how does Google approves a ROM?
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Hmmm no that's not normal, although sometimes it can happen that EDGE connection is too unstable to complete the refresh. Maybe that's what happens. Does it work fine on 3G?
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Thanks mate :) Cheers!
[Android Apps and Games] barteknowacki:
Hmm, I will check that .(I'm not able to check it in my location :D )

Previous version didn't have this bug.
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
That's because previous versions didn't notify you when the refresh fails :)
[Android Apps and Games] CocoMonGo:
Using a...

HTC Desire HD with ARHD 6.1.1 and also on HTC 2.50 Stock Unrooted ROM prior to this. WOuld this phone be of concern?
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
No, the Desire HD is definetly not a low end phone.

Could you provide me some logs of what happens when you get these problems?

You can use the app aLogcat on the market to get the logs.

thanks a lot.
[Android Apps and Games] xtyalis:
Hi, I'm using Minimal Reader Pro 2.0.9.1 to display my Google Reader items and loving it.

However, i'm getting the "refresh failed (sync lost)" notification about 8 times a day, and it's driving me a bit mad. If I touch the notification it disappears but nothing else seems to happen. Can we have an option to turn off this notification altogether please? I don't need to know if it couldn't sync because I was on the underground etc.

Great widget, keep up the good work!
[Android Apps and Games] unrootme:
Nice!!! thanks
[Android Apps and Games] Div033:
Same here. My home wifi is a bit wonky and kinda drops out data sending... or something... the only fix is for me to sign into gchat. Its weird, I know. But it causes me to get the notification several times a day and it becomes a nuisance to have to press everytime. I know my connection isn't working properly, but I'd prefer to not be reminded several times per day

Otherwise its been great :)
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
I'm taking away the notification in the next version, it's useless you're right.
[Android Apps and Games] Darius_bd:
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Hej, I'm seeing a little bug. Sometimes it shows X and Y feeds but when I click on an article, it loads another. Then I press back and it shows different feeds, like it loaded more feeds but didnt displayed them. It's not that I'm being too quick between refresh and click, it just aint showing some refreshed feeds.
[Android Apps and Games] CocoMonGo:
i think it is the same bug i am seeing.

Joenrv - i downloaded the app but am not too sure how to use it. there is so much info in it that look like gibberish to me :p

any tips on how to use alogcat?
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Do you guys use several independent feeds on the widget that causes problems?

Cause I use just one label with many feeds, and that never happens on my phone.

I think it might be related to that.

I'll check up my code see what's wrong.

Thanks for the report guys.

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] xtyalis:
Thanks very much!
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Just launch alogcat (you should see the current logs appear) and let it run in the background. Then right after try to reproduce the bugs. When you reproduce a bug,immediately go back to alogcat, save the logs and send them to me.

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Btw guys, worked on a little improvement last night, now the popup loads images much faster than before!

V2.0.9.2 should be out soon with that,the bugfixes and the requests you made.

Cheers!
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
And there you go : Minimal Reader Pro update available on the Android market !

Changelog :

*v2.0.9.2

- Faster image loading in popup

- Disabled notification on auto refresh

- Bug fixes and optimizations

Enjoy :)

As usual, report any bugs you find.

Cheers !
[Android Apps and Games] xananoide:
Updates Failed (Sync)

hello, i'm from portugal, so sorry my bad english!!

First I love your work, it's a great app, so i Buy it and I'm not sorry for that.

The only problem I have, since de first release, is that I have my updates(sync) to update every four hours, but it always failed! I don't khow why, because my connection is only based in Wifi, and it is ok for the other apps. My phone is a Gigabyte GSmart G1305 Codfish, and I set the 4x1 Widget because is the most important for my style of homescreen, and I love it (it's the best I've seen). I would be greatful if you correct this!

Can I sugest you to try to make a correction for the updates(Sync) to update next time the wifi is open, if the set interval failed for some reason?!! I have one widget (Fancy Widgets that do that).

Thank you for you time and your great work.

Best Regars,

Alex
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Hi Alex, thanks for the support.

I need to know how you added your feeds to your widgets : manually or through google reader ? Also, do you get the notification everytime it fails ? Does it works when you do a manual refresh ?

Give me as much detail as you can.

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] xananoide:
Updates Failed

Hi, Joenrv!

Thanks for the fast answer!

First I added feeds through google reader. I did not receive any notifications when sync fails! I have an APP named "Easy Profiles" that enable Wifi at a certain times, and I I have done match the times at the Minimal Reader updates. All other apps that sync at that time works, only Minimal Reader fails. If I do an update manually it works very well. The idea, is this:

- in the morning, at 7,00AM wifi automatically stays on for five minutes, and would like to have last fresh news when I wake up.

Thats all I think!! I'll be here hoping some good news.

Good work and thanks a lot!
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
I see, the thing is the timer for the refresh is not triggered exactly every x mins, as it restarts itslef when you go to the settings and press save, or when doing a manual refresh. So if you want the auto refresh to get triggered when you want to, you should set it once and not touch it at all...

Ill see if I can implement a refresh on connection option, or maybe a scheduler to tell what time of the day the widget should refresh?

What do you think?
[Android Apps and Games] xananoide:
Updates Failed

I think it would be great! No doubt you can do that!! I'll cross my fingers and wait for "that" update! The program is fantastic, (and I've already tried many other's and unninstalled all ).

Thank you for the support, and good work!!
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Guys, today is an important day for me, I just signed a contract to work in a mobile app company as a pro android developper !!

I want to thank you all for the continuous support and for the motivation you gave me to make this app good enough to make the difference during the interview.

I will learn the most I can from the experts there to make Minimal Reader (and my future personnal apps) much much better !!

Thanks again guys, this wouldn't have happened without you.

Champagne time !! Cheeeeeeers !
[Android Apps and Games] CocoMonGo:
hi Joenrv I have the logcat file with me. How do i send it to you?
[Android Apps and Games] tboooe:
Just wanted to say I absolutely love this widget! I have tried and paid for all the other greader widgets and this is by far the best! Great work! i would have gladly paid more than the $1.06 for this!

One small request...when its updating can you show some icon or text? When I press the update icon sometimes I have no idea if the widget is doing anything.
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Send it to me by email.

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
It should show something on the widget (or a toast msg on the scrollable widget).

It doesn't?
[Android Apps and Games] pyrobon:
Congratulations =D
[Android Apps and Games] tboooe:
First of all congratulations on the new job! If this app is any indication of your programming capabilities, this new company just got itself a great programmer!

As for the update, I must have missed the small dialogue box that flashed at the bottom of the screen. Perhaps you can make that box stay up a little longer, perhaps for 1 second?
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Thanks :)

Thank you !

I know the flashing dialog box is quite short, I'll look up how to make to show a bit longer.

Cheers guys :)
[Android Apps and Games] xananoide:
Hi Joenrv,

Just to wish you the best for your new job!! Congratulations.

Alex
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Thanks Alex! Can't wait to start :)
[Android Apps and Games] :
Congratulations! You totally deserved it. Been using your widget for several months, it's great!
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Thanks mate, appreciate the support.

Hope I'll make it even better, so much to do still !
[Android Apps and Games] CocoMonGo:
ok stupid question: but I dont know where to find ur email address. :) sorry
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
It's on the android market on my apps infos.

Here it is anyways joaquim.verges at gmail dot com

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] Darius_bd:
Woooow, excellent Joe!!! We'll be waiting more apps from you then! ;D

Felicitaciones man, ojala todo vaya bien
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Thanks Felipe! You played a big part in this you know :) Exciting times coming up!

Working on my graphical update atm, its going quite well, took some ressources from ice cream sandwich and it looks good!

Tonight I wanna finish my new ICS theme :)

Cheers and thanks again for the support and motivation !
[Android Apps and Games] joe_dude:
Hi Joenrv, just checking in. Thanks for the updates. Cheers! :)

Oops! Forgot to say, congrats! ;)
[Android Apps and Games] CocoMonGo:
File sent! :)

Hope it helps.

I did try to look at the market page but still didnt find your info. Maybe i missed it.
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Guys I've been in an ICS mood this last days, so I couldn't help myself, had to do an Ice cream sandwich theme :D

So here it is :

** NEW in v2.1 **

- New Widget/Pop-up theme : Ice Cream Sandwich !!

- Revamped the White theme

- Other little visual improvements

Go check it out :)

Cheers!
[Android Apps and Games] tboooe:
awesome! I love this app and the way it looks! Happy to have purchased the Pro version!
[Android Apps and Games] LordManhattan:
Awesome update! Love the ICS theme!
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Thanks guys, glad you like it.

Got my phone fully ICS themed, i couldn't resist making my widget look like the rest :p
[Android Apps and Games] xananoide:
Please remember automatic sinc

Hi, Joenrv!

Thanks for the new update. It's great, and I love the new widgets.

If you remember I'm waiting for an update that make autosync work, if it fails the first time to schedule (example it should update at 17 PM, but wireless was off, so as I've set it to update for 4 hours, at 21PM, if Wifi is on it should update at this time). Please see my last coments, for better understanding, if you can.

Sorry my english....I'm from Portugal, and I think Cristiano Ronaldo is using your fantastic Minimal Reader Pro.

Thanks for not abandon us!!
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Hey mate !

No I haven't forgotten about your feature, I need to do a "Refresh on WiFi only" setting so I'll implement a "Refresh on connection" at the same time.

That way, when your wifi connects on your schedule, the widget will start refreshing. Is that how you'd like it to behave ?

And I doubt Cristiano Ronaldo is using my app lol, what makes you say that?

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] xananoide:
Hi, Joenrv!

I'm happy you haven't forgot my request! And yes with a "Refresh on connection" would be the best! You know,this is only my small trouble with your great app!!

Abou Cristiano Ronaldo, I confess it was a joke, just because I'm Portuguese, and I wanted to make you laught.

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Hehe it worked then :p

All right I'll keep you posted on the update.

Cheers!
[Android Apps and Games] aiacone:
First, thnx for the good app! I remumber that I tried the gratis one. According to my icon\widget layout, set up the 4x2. I'm sure it was scrollable. Then I got the paid app, and the only scrollable size is 4x4. Is this right? Can I have a 4x2 scrollable? Nexus S
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
You can resize it to the size you want.