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[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
New Thread since v3.0 --> http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1638779

*** Features ***

_ 2 Scrollable & Resizable Widgets : One for Android 2.x (compatible launchers only) and One for Android 3.X and above

_ 4 Fixed Widgets : 4x1, 4x2, 4x3 and 4x4

_ Display the latest news titles from your favourite websites/blogs right on your desktop

_ Import your Google Reader Subscriptions / Lables / Reading List or add your own RSS/Atom feeds.

_ Click on a news title to open the full story in a customizable Pop-up window, works in offline mode too !

_ Swipe left or right on a pop-up to read the next or previous news article.

_ While reading an article you can share it, set it as favourite for later or read it in the browser.

_ Customize the widget and the pop-up to match your home screen (color, buttons, tex alignement, background, etc ...).

_ Many settings available : Filter the News by age, Filter already read items, auto scroll, auto refresh ...

_ You can add as many feeds as you want on the same widget or separate them in several widgets with different sizes.

** Tips & Tricks ** All credits to Darius_bd !

--> Add twitter list as RSS :

http://twiterlist2rss.appspot.com

If your a twitter fan (who isn't?), you can add your lists to the widget !

Simply get your twitter list URL (should look like this: http://twitter.com/#!/joenrv/android and paste it into the box on http://twiterlist2rss.appspot.com. Copy the second link (RSS) you get and paste in the widget settings. Done.

--> Add Facebook Notification/Statuses as RSS :

You can also add your Facebook feeds by following to these links:

http://www.facebook.com/notifications.php

Look for the "Via RSS" button on top of the page, copy the generated link and paste it in the widget settings. Done.

http://www.facebook.com/posted.php

The RSS Icon is on the left of the page, get to generated link and change "feeds/friends_notes.php" to "feeds/friends_status.php". Copy that url and paste into the widget settings. Done.

--> 2 Easy ways to copy/paste from dektop PC to phone

1/ Chrome to Phone ! Donwload the app and the chrome extension, get to the website you want on your PC, click the RSS link, then click the Chrome to Phone icon on the right. You can get that URL on your phone through the Chrome to Phone app interface, long press your link, copy and paste that into the widgets settings. Done.

2/ QR Codes ! copy any URL into http://qrcode.kaywa.com/ on your PC, generate a QR Code, flash it with any barcodescanner on your phone, copy and paste the link into the widget settings. Done.

Can't wait to hear what you guys think about it, throw your suggestions on this thread :)

Enjoy !
[Android Apps and Games] orb3000:
Looks promising, I may write about it
[Android Apps and Games] Macelangelo77:
Looks cool :)

I've just purchased and downloaded it, I'll let you know my findings.

Sincerely,

Mac
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Thanks orb, i would be honoured.
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Thanks mac, always good to have you here :)

There shouldn't be any major bugs, i've tested it quite extensively, but if u find anything tell me and i will fix it asap.

Cheers my friend!
[Android Apps and Games] Darius_bd:
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Amazing app, the pop up just sold me, it was exactly what I was thinking it would be amazing as going in and out of the browser seemed a bit silly. Thanks!

Now I'll be waiting for the native twitter feed :] (again the google app is over the quota)

Question: How the integration with google reader works? I have two gmail accounts, the principal using my normal blog feeds. I thought of using the second account to add the widget feeds (as I dont want them to show up in my blog reader) but when I click in Connect to Google Reader, just the feeds of my principal account shows up. Both accounts have google reader sync on the settings of the phone. Maybe it can't be done yet? if so, can you add this ability?

Thanks again ;]
[Android Apps and Games] nuttkrakk:
What weather widget you are using on top of simiclock?
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Hey darius! Great to have you around :)

Twitter integration will come soon, but i focused on google reader for the first version.

About the accounts, it's the first thing i need to fix tonight. So far I just get the first google account on your account list, but I'm gonna put an intermediate screen to choose which account you want to use. Update coming very soon.

Thanks for the support darius!
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Couldn't wait for tonight :) pushing an update right now to fix multiple google reader accounts.

Darius, can you test it and tell me if everything is ok?
[Android Apps and Games] Darius_bd:
Working flawlessly ;D Lot of thanks for it! Now adding feeds couldnt be easier
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Awesome, i managed to fix it AND be on time for work this morning :p
[Android Apps and Games] Darius_bd:
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Mmmm, still that "feed leaking" is happening across different widgets. A refresh fixes it, but would be nice to polish that out.
[Android Apps and Games] :
Nice app but can you pls put it on Androidpits App Center (Androidpit.com) because i dont havea creditcard and i am not able to buy this nice app in the ofgical market pls
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
I know, it's the last annoying problem that I have to figure out, but the problem comes from the android system itself which doesn't seem adapted for several widgets of the same type at the same time (if you have working examples of that kind of widgets please let me know).

Especially on reboot, the systems updates the widgets at the same time and that's what makes the display command right for the first widget but wrong for the rest.

If you have ideas on how I can avoid this issue don't hesitate to share them. I'll keep working on a solution for this.

In the meantime, you can solve the issue with just two clicks so it's not that bad.
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
It's done :)
[Android Apps and Games] Darius_bd:
Ou no, sorry man, I have no idea about how stuff works in Android :/ Still, that aint such a hard pain, just a refresh and done.

But, for such kind of widget, I think Extended Controls would be the primal example, right? Lots of same type of widget, each with its own controls. Yet it aint similar in how Minimal Reader works.
[Android Apps and Games] lucky13:
Great app, bought it. Works awesome!
[Android Apps and Games] Darius_bd:
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Featured @ Android Police ;D
[Android Apps and Games] Pickx:
First saw this on the market after using the free version for a while (but not heavily, as GReader sync is vital)

I saw this and got it. I've been hooked ever since... awesome job

Only thing I dislike is that the timer that checks when the next story should be displayed does not seem to reset when I manually go to the next story, it can ocasionally skip to the next story after 1-2 seconds

Sent from my HTC Vision
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Just updated Minimal Reader Pro on the market :

** NEW in v1.7.2 - VISUAL UPDATE **

_ Added Text Size setting, allows to show more content on the widgets.

_ Tweaked all widget layouts.

_ Tweaked the pop-up backgrounds.

_ Added Portuguese language support.

_ Other bug fixes.

Tell me what you think guys, and report any bug you encounter here or by mail,

Thanks and enjoy !
[Android Apps and Games] joe_dude:
New version is quite a bit easier to read using 4x4 widget and bigger font. :)

One bug I've noticed is that the publication time is sometimes negative (Google news), and for Bluesnews, it says "no publication time".

I checked in Google Reader as a reference, and the publication times are picked up correctly.
[Android Apps and Games] jjsoviet:
This version is excellent on my Inspire 4G; however, same could not be said on my ASUS Transformer. Maybe a Honeycomb-optimized version is in the works? Here are some issues I'm facing in my tablet:

- Background, controls and arrows disappear after some time, fixed by re-applying background

- Refreshing sometimes makes the titles of subscriptions get stuck in the feeds

- Pressing on a feed sometimes launches an incorrect article (usually the last viewed one)

Other than that, it works fine. :)
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Hmm that's odd, it didn't do the same thing before updating? I didn't do any changed on the date parsing.

Can you give me the URLs ofthose feeds to see what they look like?
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
I know, I really want to optimize it for tablets, my ToDo list is never ending lol.

I invested in a xoom last week for that purpose. I have so many ideas with the new widget API and the frame system!

But I needed to polish the phone version first, and now that the non scrollable is good enough, I need to start coding a scrollable version!

I'll see if I can do both at once, but I need tiiiiiiiiimeee!

Maybe I'll call sick at work for a week to free up some time hehe
[Android Apps and Games] joe_dude:
Actually, I believe it was happening in the previous version, but I didn't pay much attention, as I was still playing and adding different feeds (still a noob).

Here's Bluesnews (no timestamp):

http://www.bluesnews.com/news/news_1_0.rdf

Here's Google (sometimes negative timestamp):

http://news.google.ca/news?pz=1&cf=all&ned=ca&hl=en&output=rss

Thanks a lot... and take your time. :D
[Android Apps and Games] lauslein:
It happens quite often that the displayed news feed entry titles do no match the articles "behind" them.

So when I click on an item, it shows me an older article (from another feed)… then I press "back" to get back to the homescreen and it's fixed…

Do you know what I mean? It seems like the widget does not update itself correctly, even if the data in the background has already been updated. So the widget fetched the data, but didn't update the GUI…

Edit: I'm using Go Launcher Ex and automatic feed updates every 3 (or 6?) hours…
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
I think i know what you mean, do you use multiple times the same widget size on your homescreen? (like two 4x2 widgets for example?)
[Android Apps and Games] lauslein:
I'm sorry, you're right… I switched from Launcher Pro Plus to Go Launcher Ex a few days ago and forgot to remove your widget from the LPP homescreen… thanks :)
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Yeah i know that's annoying, i really need to find a solution for this issue. It would be nice to be able to have several times the same widget size on your homescreen without them mixing up...

In the meantime u should add a warning msg or something.

Anyway, glad that it works.

Did you guys find any other bug playing with the widgets? I already got two to solve tonight after work ;)
[Android Apps and Games] g0at:
First off, fantastic app. loving the new reskin.

Have been waiting patiently for an update to address the big below, but suddenly dawned on me that you may not be aware of it..

Running spb shell 3d, on lg optimus 2x (p990) modaco fr18b2. Have been for some time and didn't encounter this glitch before.

Seems that filter by age doesn't work. I've got set to 6hrs but always shows older feeds. Have filter read on popup (or similar option name) checked / set to on.

Hopefully youll be able to replicate & resolve

Ta
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Hi mate, thanks for the support, glad to hear that you like the new skin :)

I've actually experienced the issue this afternoon, it's on the 4x1 widget right?

Anyway, found the issue and fixed it tonight. Waiting to see if more bugs come up to push the update, this weekend the latest.
[Android Apps and Games] g0at:
Yes, forgot to mention was on the 4x1

Cheers for the prompt reply and confirmation of a fix.

Would be awesome if you could maybe implement a 'share' feature so I could publish an article link to my twitter timeline as an example; appriciate that you're a bit restriced on space for buttons as it stands in the popup. That really would be the icing on the cake for me. :)

Can hand on heart say your widget is easilly one of the best market purchases I've made. Keep up the good work.

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Thanks :) thank you for reporting and conforming the issue.

You actually can share an article on twitter or any other sharing platform simply by pressing the "talk bubble" button on the popup when you're reading an article ;)

Cheers and enjoy!
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Just pushed an small update on the market :

*v1.7.3

_ Added option to not colorize read articles (user request)

_ Fixed the 'Filter by age' setting bug (sorry for the delay, had a busy week)

update & enjoy :)
[Android Apps and Games] djbenny1:
hey mate,

its good to see a dev on here talking to his customers :)

ive got the pro version and like so many have said, its probably the best reader widget out there - i just cant get mine to refresh properly, i dont know why :/

any ideas??
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Hi mate, thanks for the support!

Another user reported refreshing problems, but it ended up being the feed itself that was corrupted. What feed(s) are you trying to refresh ? also, can you tell me which widget size causes the problem and the settings you use (filters, autoscroll, etc...) ?

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] djbenny1:
http://www.skysports.com/rss/0,20514,11661,00.xml

http://www.skysports.com/rss/0,20514,11667,00.xml

http://newsrss.bbc.co.uk/rss/sportonline_uk_edition/football/eng_prem/rss.xml

thats the 3 i want to work, and the only 3 i really use.

ive tried all sizes of widget, always the same.

i keep auto scroll on and ive tried different combinations of filters (on/off) and also different refresh.

i want it to refresh either every 1hr or 30mins, but neither work :(

thanks for quick response

EDIT - forgot to say, downloading pictures has never worked despite always having the option turned on

EDIT 2 - and ive tried using these feeds both through google reader, and without google reader, same thing both times.

EDIT 3 - im using launcher pro plus - sorry lol, i think thats everything now
[Android Apps and Games] lauslein:
I'm sorry, but it seems that my problem from last week wasn't entirely resolved by removing the widget from other (inactive) homescreens… I definitifly have only one MRP-Widget running/placed and still I have this odd behaviour.

Yesterday it was mixed up really badly and I can't think of a reason how this could happen (from the sight of a developer): instead of the feed name and the feed entry title it displayed the feed name and the name of another feed (formatted as a feed entry title)…

This is really strange :confused:

Can I help you in any way to fix or reproduce this problem?
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
I think I've experienced something like this, it can happen after a refresh, some times the last refresh thread finishes after the widget update, so it shows you the feeds while he is still refreshing the last feed.

Usually just by scrolling right and left again, it shows the right display.

I'll look up a way to avoid this, i think it happens when the last feed has lots of articles to fetch, so it delays the process.

In the meantime, try to see if you can reproduce it another way than right after a refresh, maybe I've missed something else.

Thanks for the report.

Cheers!
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
I added the first feed on my phone, will try to refresh it throughout the day see if i reproduce the issue.

I'll keep you updated.

Btw, using launcher pro plus, do you have the issue when the buttons and background disappear? I think it happens when you reload launcher pro or change orientation.
[Android Apps and Games] djbenny1:
edit - sorry you must have replied at same time as me lol

and no, i have no issues at all except for it not updating.

the data comes in fine when i remove widget and add again, but i cant get it to refresh.

thanks, look forward to your findings
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Ok I know why it's not refreshing properly, again the cause of the problem is the feed, it doesn't have its items in a chronological order in the xml file...

I made a system that checks the date of the item when parsing the xml, so it doesn't re-parse items that you already have on your widget.

Because I compare the published dates to decide wether or not i should stop parsing the XML, it doesn't refresh as the first item on http://www.skysports.com/rss/0,20514,11661,00.xml is stamped as Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:17:03 GMT (which is yesterday).

I got two solution for this, as my sytem doesn't seem to be flexible enough to adapt to any kind of crazy ordering of items on a RSS feeds :

- parse directly the feed from Google Reader (would avoid any kind of crazy formatting, as google reformats every feed), I really wanna try this, I got a feeling the refreshing process would be much faster.

- Stop comparing dates when parsing and parse the full xml file before checking which feeds are not already in the widget (would slow down the process)

I think I'm gonna go for the first one, assuming that most people use Google Reader to import feeds and not the manual method.

That would also make it easier to implement "read items syncronization" with google reader.

...

Now all I need is time :D I wonder which feature should i start coding first, there's so many things I'd like to do !

My objective for Minimal Reader v2.0 is to have scrolling widgets, full google reader synchronisation with unread counter, full article download for offline reading with images, and maybe add a Twitter feature that I had in mind for a while :)

What would you guys add to the list for Minimal Reader 2.0 ?
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
The sky sports feed just refreshed... Now the first feed item shows -5mins ago.... I really can't rely on websites to give correct dates can I :s
[Android Apps and Games] lauslein:
Does "full google reader synchronisation with unread counter" mean that if I read an article on my phone, it will be marked as read on Google Reader? That would be awesome! I read articles both on my phone and on Google Reader and it would be rly nice if I wouldn't have to "mark all as read" on Google to have a "clear" feed :)

So I'm really looking forward to scrolling widgets (even though I got used to using the arrows) and unread-sync!

Other things aren't that important to me right now…
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
yup, that's exactly what i meant :)

Ok I'll focus on google reader sync and scrollable widgets first.

Thanks for prioritizing the tasks for me :)

Cheers!
[Android Apps and Games] djbenny1:
im confused lol

what does this mean for me?? does it mean i have to wait for a fix?
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Means that the feed has wrong dates in it, that's what prevents the widget from refreshing sometimes.

So yes, you'll have to wait for a fix. Hopefully the google reader sync will solve the issue, if not, I'll use the other workaround.

Also, I'll try to fix the image issue.

Sorry mate, ill try to work as fast as I can with the little time I have.

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] djbenny1:
cool thanks for clarification

look forward to the fix buddy

btw - a really cool feature would be to download full article only when on wifi, just the short version when on data.

thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
That's exactly the setting I had in mind :)

PS: I think I know how to fix your issue with images not loading, expect a fix for that too on next version.
[Android Apps and Games] Darius_bd:
Hi there Joaquim, good to see you're still developing this charming little app, its funny to know there's a lot of stuff going on behind scenes when it looks so simple when you look at the widget ;D

At any rate, I recommended your app to my gf as she wanted a RSS reader, but then I saw how she had TONS of sources. She selected like 25% which still where like at least some 30 sources and left it to sync with them. After a while your app would FC.

So, idk, seems MRP doesnt support to sync from many many sources, does it? maybe you can check that? just to know if there's like a hazy limit.

And that Google Reader Sync sounds excellent! A lot of time some sources wont update, and its frustrating to see that they are updated in the reader.

Keep the good work up!
[Android Apps and Games] cjoshua:
I really like this if the widget is scrollable and not by clicking < > buttons. :) Hope the developer will implement scrolling.
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Hey Darius! It's been a while :)

You're right about the massive import of feeds, it's not optimized for tons of feeds, don't know what's the maximum exactly. Until I fix the issue, tell her to import her feeds 5 by 5, that should be all right.

If the google reader sync works as expected, it should fix that issue and should speed up the importing / refreshing drastically.

Oh by the way, I thought of you last night cause I think I finally fixed the multi widget "mixing up" issue! I'm going to test it through the day, if it works, you can finally use several Widgets of the same size without worrying about the feeds mixing up :)

Ill keep you posted.

Cheers!
[Android Apps and Games] Darius_bd:
Oh darn, I would love to see that implemented more than anything! ;__; Hope it all goes well with that!

And on a side note... Im not too fan of the bold font. Maybe you can make that an option? :)

Muchas gracias por todo!
[Android Apps and Games] fade2black101:
I really like this reader but I'm experiencing an issue which is bugging me. I like to set the widget to auto scroll through the news articles every 5 seconds, but whenever I have the auto scroll turned on, it seems to cause an issue with whenever the homescreen rotates.

Usually rotating a couple of times, it will cause the border to disappear so it just displays the text (making it hard to read and quite ugly). Going into the "settings" and then clicking on "save" brings it back to normal, but it's annoying keep having to do this?

Has anyone encountered this problem and do they have any suggestions? I'm using Launcher Pro.

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] Darius_bd:
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Found a bug:

With widgets 4x2 and 4x4, if you click on the 11th article and beyond, the pop-up will show up empty and load no news, even if going from the 1st article and beyond advancing only through the pop-up. Idk why but this doesnt happens with widgets 4x1 and 4x3.
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Hey mate, thanks for the report.

You'll be pleased to know that i fixed that bug last night ;)

Pushing an update very soon.

Cheers!
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
You're right, I've seen that bug as well, it depends on the settings you use, i think ot happens when you have no filters on.

I'll try and fix it tonight.

Thanks for the report Darius ;)

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] fade2black101:
Awesome! thanks a lot :-)

Will be looking forward the update
[Android Apps and Games] g0at:
Came here to report this too, but looks as though it's already been fixed :)
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Hey guys, just updated Minimal Reader Pro on the android market :

*v1.7.4

_ Fixed background and buttons disappearing on some launchers

_ Fixed widget information mixing up between widgets of the same size

_ Fixed FC when opeining Atom feeds urls in the browser

_ Fixed last popup not showing any content

Please update and tell me if everything works.

I wanna make sure I got a bug free version as a base for the incoming improvements, so report any bug you find :)

Enjoy !
[Android Apps and Games] jjsoviet:
Got the update. Hope the missing background issue will be fixed on Honeycomb.
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
It is, but the pop-up is not optimized for honeycomb yet.
[Android Apps and Games] joe_dude:
Landscape mode not working

Hi Joenrv,

I just updated, and now the pop-ups and settings screen are in portrait mode only. I only use landscape mode on the Dell Streak.
[Android Apps and Games] jjsoviet:
Yeah, I get what you mean. The menu and popups force the tablet into portrait mode for some reason.
[Android Apps and Games] Joenrv:
Just pushed a quick fix thos morning for the popup and settings forced in portrait mode (now I'm late to work lol)

Please update on the android market.

Tell me if it looks all right on the dell streak.

The landscape mode is not optimized for honeycomb tho, that's something i need to fix.