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[APP] feed me RSS Reader -[U]- 29.09.11 -[V]- 1.12

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feed me
feed me has been temporarily removed from the marketplace. I hope to get a new version out towards the end of the first quarter of 2012.
Details: http://www.wpcentral.com/feed-me-removed-marketplace
Full details: www.forty3degrees.com/apps/feedme
When I first got my HTC Mozart I looked for an rss reader but couldn't find one that suited. RSS Central from Adam Dawes came close, but still didn't quite have the structure I was looking for. I always like to look at my subscriptions in groups. If I am tracking two or three blogs related to the same thing then I don't want to have to look at all three seperately. I just want to look at the newest entries from all of them together. So I got to work, and feed me is the result.
Please give feedback about any missing features or possible improvements.
There is currently no video of version 1.11 as I am spending all my spare time getting a mango version up and running.
Here's a video of Version 1.11:
Here's a video tour of Version 1.9 (full details on the site as always):
Changes in Version 1.8:
Changes in Version 1.7:
Changes in version 1.6:
Supported languages:
• English
• German
Key Features:
• Live tile shows new article count1
• Add YouTube feeds 2
• Watch YouTube videos in HD
• View or listen to podcasts while browsing other articles
• Download podcasts for offline viewing (with pause/continue)
• Tweet or e-mail articles, post to facebook or send the link in a SMS
• Add articles to Instapaper or Read it Later
• Allow feed me to run under the lock screen (allowing feeds to be updated when the phone is locked)
• Supports all windows-125* and ISO-8859-* encodings
• Feed groups with optional ‘all’ and ‘unread’ views
• A Google feed search for adding new feeds
• Add new feeds from Google Reader
• Backup and restore settings to our server
• Filtering of views using the title and/or content
• Feeds are only downloaded if they have been updated3
• Optional automatic update on start-up
• Favorites for bookmarking items
The free version and the trial are ad supported. The live tile is also restricted to showing the number of new articles for four feeds only. The trial does not allow podcast downloads or viewing of YouTube videos in HD, these restrictions will be lifted in the next release.
Visit the site for more info and feel free to PM me if you have any questions

Calum you are a legend, looks great.

just a quick update...
I'm on holiday for a week and am doing the last few bits for the next update... Just got the last bits of live tiles to go, then the tests and it's done.
For the live tiles I will show the total number of new items since the last time the app was open (like the stock e-mail app). You will be able to select which feeds are used for live tiles, so certain feeds with frequent updates can be excluded.
This won't work for backdated items. For example, BBC likes to post items that are backdated to yesterday, these will not be seen as new as the publish date is older than the date of the last refresh.
Feeds included in the live tiles update will always be updated on startup.
Let me know what you think.
I have also set up a page on facebook. And you can follow progress on twitter.

So I've finished the next update... here are a few of the new features:
A live tile showing the number of new items. This is restricted to showing the total of a maximum of 5 feeds at the moment (or 1 in trial mode). I hope to increase or remove this limit but I want to see how the server handles things first. The tile can be updated in 10, 15, 30 or 60 minute intervals.
You can now add a feed from your google reader subscriptions. They are shown in a flat list similar to the feed search in the current version.
I now check the http headers for feeds before downloading. If the 'last-modified' header is present and the feed has not changed then the download is cancelled.
I added a pivot to the start page. Now you can swipe from the list of feed groups to a list of all the new items (these are grouped for easy browsing).
There is a backup and restore function for the feed settings. This backs up the settings to a SQL server so you can restore even after a factory reset. In this version an anonymous device ID is used so you don't need to log in.
I have also improved caching and done quite a bit of work on performance. The limits for the trial version have been increased to 4 groups of max. 4 feeds.
Unfortunately I have had to do away with backwards compatibility for the settings. This means that all settings in the previous version will be lost. I really didn't want this, but due to the live tile implementation, backup and cache management I had to change the storage format for the settings. The main problem is that it is impossible for me to simulate an upgrade as a developer so I couldn't event try to implement a settings upgrade. This is quite annoying and I hope microsoft will do something about it, but at the moment all I could do was add the google reader support mentioned above, and ensure this never happens again due to the new backup/restore feature.
This only really affects the few paid versions out there (unfortunately, or fortunately in this case the actual number is pretty small). Trial versions won't update so you need to uninstall it before installing the new version - this is another microsoft 'feature'.
I will post a full list of changes on the forty3degrees.com website after the update hits the market. This should be towards the end of next week. I have decided to run the final build on my phone for the weekend as there is not point in submitting tonight (nobody will start testing it until monday morning anyway), and you never know... there may just be a bug or two still lurking

V1.2 just got published... a load of improvements and new features.
Check out forty3degrees.com for all the details.

Just submitted the next version. A few bug fixes but a nice new 'tweet article' feature as well. The new version supports all the European and Middle Eastern encodings I could find (I will post the full list as soon as the app is certified)

Feed me version 1.3 has been published to the marketplace. This version has Twitter integration, improved encoding support and a few fixes. See the site for details:
http://www.forty3degrees.com/apps/feedme

Hey i've been trying out your app for a day or two now, seems to work great so far. If its something i find myself using often, I'll be sure to buy it (first time using an RSS reader, so I don't know how useful it will be for me). Also, I'll let you know if I notice anything/have any suggestions

Thanks for the feedback. Feel free to pm me if you have any questions/ideas.
Calum

Great app man! Thanks!

bdotr said:
Great app man! Thanks!
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Glad you like it I'm always looking to improve things, so any constructive criticism is welcome...

Version 1.4 is out.
- Podcast support
- Instapaper/Read it later
- Run under the lockscreen
Details here

Nice looking app. With the podcasts, can they be downloaded to be listened to later or do they have to stream? I like being able to download several episodes via WiFi and then listen to them even if I have no data connection or if I have a bad connection.
Thanks

Just streaming in this version... I did think of doing a download, but it didn't make the deadline
I will add this to my todo list, and it will almost certainly make it into the next version. I just need to sort out the cache management for the downloaded media, or see if I can add them to the media library. Would you want the media to be available in the media library, or just in the app?
On a related note, I wasn't really sure if I should add the viewed media to the media player history. In the end I decided against it. Any thoughts?
Thanks for the feedback.
Calum

I don't really need it to show anywhere other than from withing the app. I have been doing podcasts through Zune right now and one thing that I don't like is that once I listen to a podcast it just sits there. It gets marked as listened to within Zune and I can delete it, but I kind of like having them just go away. This might be good as a user setting.

gerrymad said:
This might be good as a user setting.
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Yeah, I thought that too. I prefer them to disappear as well, and this happened to be easier to implement as there are extra certification requirements if I add them to the history.
I think I'll go with the setting for V1.5 with no history as the default. Thanks again for the feedback.

Thanks a lot for the app calum. It's really fast and nice. Especially the animations and such. I haven't seen one (and I've tried them all and still use Flux) and this one gets it about perfect as for look and feel. One thing I have seen that I'm not sure you could have implemented is a tile view for articles, showing them as an image. That's the one thing I really like about flux (as you've already got the other best part..categores), is the overall look when you go into it. Don't want to make you a copycat, just that one option would be great. Or at least an "HTML view" like Feedreader has. That gives the app that last piece of visual appeal. As the rest of it is perfect. Thanks once again as for right now you make it tough for me to choose between this and Flux.

Hi,
thanks for the feedback. I did think about switching to a panorama with images for the main page, although I would add a setting to allow the current main page to be used instead. Good to know that somebody would like this sort of view
Adding images to the article lists would slow things down too much. Scrolling performance would be pretty bad with more that 50 items. (I still don't have NoDo so don't know if it's any better with that...)
I am working on an update for this week, but it will not change the UI much (maybe a new transition for the main page... don't know yet). The main improvements will be podcast downloads and hopefully facebook integration (time permitting - the update needs to be submitted this week to try a fix a marketplace search bug... feed me doesn't turn up at the moment).
Thanks again for the feedback
Calum

Yep, someone does want it (tile view) as that is one thing that stands out about the rss readers on WP7. Flux has seemed to integrate it quite nicely and I believe it's achieved because it has an option to automatically load more items or not. And it only loads 6 tiles initially to keep scrolling smooth for the most part. I like the main page as it is, and having a tiled view of what's new on to the side of that would be cool also. Well, looking forward to any updates for sure and good luck with continued development.

feed me 1.5 is out.
You can now download podcasts. You can also pause the downloads and resume them later (they are paused automatically when exiting the app).
I also added some new animation for the page transitions. I'd be really interested in any feedback as to whether it still keeps the clean look... if not then you can disable them in the settings.

[APP] NewsSpot Google Reader -[R]- 2011-10-30 -[U]- 2012-01-02 -[V]- 2.10

Name: NewsSpot
Sync your articles as quick as a wink, store text and images for offline reading and search your articles in a gorgeous metro style way.
This is NewsSpot, a full-featured Google Reader client for Windows Phone: Its advanced sync-engine delivers a two-way sync for your unread and starred articles, which only syncs what needs to be synced. Already stored hundreds of starred articles? NewsSpot will download them once and never again. It caches articles as well as images for later offline reading.
Ever wanted to search your starred articles? Ever been interested in a specific topic of your reading-list? No problem with NewsSpot. Just tap the search button and enter your keywords, it will instantly filter your current list to what you've searched.
Together with Windows Phone Mango, NewsSpot now offers live tiles and toast notifications. For example, you can pin secondary live tiles to your start screen showing the count of your folders. Of course, live tiles can be updated per background task.
Other features include:
- Bookmark your article in Instapaper or ReadItLater or send a link per Email
- Mango only: share your article via Twitter, Facebook, Windows Live etc.
- Mango only: benefit from compressed web communication and save up to 80% of your data plan
- Open YouTube or Marketplace links from within the application
- Read articles in full or mobilized view, supported by Google or Instapaper
I've just released v2.0 of the app, which takes advantage of a lot of Mango features. Here is a list of things that are new in v2.0:
- Compatible with Windows Phone Mango
- Share article via builtin phone services
- Application live tile can show unread, starred and shared count
- Secondary live tiles with folder count
- Background task with toast notification and update of tiles
- Adjusted trial limits, added advertising
- Added support for gzipped communication
- Further improved sync speed
- Uses system progress indicator
- Added what's new to about page
- Added flip animation to folder tiles
- Changed icons so that they stick to the system theme
- Lots of minor changes and bug fixes
There is an add-supported version which has all features with the sole restriction that it lets you sync at a max 200 unread and 50 starred articles. The full version supports up to 1000 unread or starred articles.
NewsSpot is a matter of the heart to me and I'm constantly trying to improve it. So if you find a bug, have a suggestion or any other feedback, don't hesitate to write here or contact me per pm or twitter (@fourspotproject).
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I just downloaded it, will check it later!
I normally use WonderReader, let's see how your app fares against it...

FourSpotProject said:
Name: NewsSpot
PS: I'm not yet allowed to post links here, but I'm sure you will find the app in the Marketplace
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Here is the link to the app
http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/apps/27ec9e5f-f88a-4caf-bdb4-68d71c962f02

@banvetor:
Thanks for trying it, looking forward to your feedback

@arkavat:
Thanks for posting the link!

Nice Work
Only got to try a few feed items with it so far, but I like what I'm seeing. Nice settings menu, very fast. I just wish it had the option to download read articles for a certain period of days (I frequently have to reference read articles within a day, but not so much after say, three), and a higher class icon to match up to the slickness inside the app and I'd say there's a new Google Reader app in my life.
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Ooh, one more thought. It might be nice to have an option to go ahead and automatically resync to the server after tapping to mark all as read, that way if I switch back to a desktop it already knows what I've seen.

@zedmartinez
Thank you very much for your suggestions.
Syncing and keeping read items: this is already on my list, though I think it will not make it to the next or after next version. Maybe I should re-schedule things
Application icon: Yeah, grafics are not my strength. I'll figure out something for that
Automatic sync: this one also is on my list. I think automatic sync after tapping mark all as read can be done quickly. What do you think of automatic sync after a certain amount of time (like 5 minutes or so). I think this would especially make sense in combination with a sort from oldest to newest. Then you can read articles from top and the new ones are automatically appended at the bottom.

Those sync options could work. I'm trying to think how Wonder Reader does it (currently my workhorse feed reader), I think it syncs everytime I go back to the all feeds list, or after marking all as read. I like the idea of the timeline-based syncing though, that's a neat idea.
Sorry to gripe about the logo I'm a graphics designer by trade, so, fussing over icons is sadly engrained in me. If you have too many problems or just would like the help, let me know what the parameters for tiles are and I'd gladly lend you some gratis help.
I keep being really pleased with the speed as I play with this. Excited for future updates, and you can expect a formal purchase as soon as I get paid this week.

So, just checked again: Wonder Reader has some kind of direct sync model, meaning the status of articles is synced as soon as you tap on it.
I'm pretty sure this could be done in NewsSpot, too, though these actions have to be tolerant to network failures. Added to my checklist.
Regarding the offer to help with the icon: You'll get a PM soon

Oh, I totally forgot to meantion that v2.1 is out since 11-10.
It was done in haste since Google changed the interface of its Reader, removing all social elements like sharing and replacing them with Google+.
I'm quite optimistic that the next update will add features instead of stripping them

Just downloaded to try out. If I like it, I'll be sure to buy it and rate it.
Sent from my HD2 using XDA Windows Phone 7 App

Ok. I've been playing with this a bit and seeing what it will/won't do. I like it.
I've noticed that it doesn't run in the background well, as in play well with multitasking.
Pretty much, I can open it up and read an article. Were I to press the home button or press an alert to answer an SMS, I can see NewsSpot in the open tasks list from the long press of the back button, but it attempts to resume then closes out back to either my home screen or another application running.
Also, I can press the globe button to open the mobilized version and then press back to return to the article. If, however, I choose the option to Browse in Internet Explorer, I cannot return to NewsSpot. It will attempt to resume and then crash to the home screen. I imagine this is the same issue as when trying to select it from the multitasking screen.
BTW, I decided to support you and pay.

@ anseio,
Thank you for your valuable feedback and your purchase.
Regarding that multitasking issue: I've got a lot of crash logs lately and as far is I've analyzed them, many arise from the advertising control, especially when the app is tombstoned/resumed. Its a known bug I unfortunately overlooked during development.
So let me ask you a question: since you bought the app, the advertising control disappears. Did these errors you mentioned went away, too?

Thanks for the info. Yes, I compiled this feedback after i upgraded.
Sent from my HD2 using XDA Windows Phone 7 App

@ anseio,
Sorry to bother you, but I didn't get your answer. Does 'I compiled this feedback after I upgraded' mean that the errors remain?

Yes, it means that it still doesn't hibernate.
Sent from my HD2 using XDA Windows Phone 7 App

It may have to do with the fact that I'm using the HTC hd2, not an official wp7 device.
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Well, I'll check the logs. Maybe I can find something there. Did the app just crash or have you been asked to send a crash log? If not, you may also look into the settings. If there is a log not uploaded yet, you should have an additional entry called 'manage logs'.
Anyway, there are a couple of logs on my hd from Hd2 owners. Will check them this weekend.

FourSpotProject said:
Well, I'll check the logs. Maybe I can find something there. Did the app just crash or have you been asked to send a crash log? If not, you may also look into the settings. If there is a log not uploaded yet, you should have an additional entry called 'manage logs'.
Anyway, there are a couple of logs on my hd from Hd2 owners. Will check them this weekend.
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I can't find anything in settings for managing logs. I wouldn't say that the software crashes. There's definitely no error. It's as if they close out in the middle of the "resuming" process.
For example. I'll open NewsSpot, go to an article, press home button, enter messaging and locate a message, long press "back" button, select NewsSpot... it will show "resuming", then go back to the messaging section within a few seconds. Another long press of the back button shows that there are no other apps in multitasking.

Just wanted to let you know that v2.2 was approved by Microsoft and should be online within a couple of hours.
Besides new artwork by zed martinez (thanks again ) you can now navigate from folders to your feeds. Furthermore read items can now be kept and synced.
@anseio:
I've found another couple of bugs related to tombstoning. Please tell me if the app now works better for you.
However, still I have no clue why the app crashes without a notification. The only reason I can think of is that the system runs out of RAM (and NewsSpot is actually rather demanding in terms of memory). Am I right that a HD2 has little less RAM than a HD7 (448 vs. 576MB)?

[APP] SkyManager - Full featured/Metro file manager [11-8-2012] - v1.3

SkyManager - for SkyDrive
A full featured file manager/explorer for your SkyDrive live account. Metro inspired and very easy to use!
Features:
✔ Move single or multiple files/folders
✔ Delete single or multiple files/folders
✔ Upload multiple files (photos)
✔ Open and edit photos, Word, Excel, PPT, OneNote and PDF documents
✔ Open ZIP files
✔ Watch streamed videos
✔ Share, send short links
✔ Create/delete folders
✔ Multi user/accounts
✔ Quota information per each account
✔ Pin to start any folder or file, to access within a tap
✔ Quick upload from pictures hub > ... > apps > SkyManager
✔ Easy crop feature allows cropping before uploading photos
✔ Deferred upload / upload later
✔ Camera Roll flush assistant
✔ Pinch to zoom and side flick supported on photos
✔ Download originals to phone
✔ List/details view
✔ Large or small thumbnails view (all Metro styled)
✔ Browse SkyDrive shared folders
✔ Auto photo resize before upload
✔ Upload in full resolution!
*** COMING ON NEXT VERSION: BACKGROUND UPLOADS ***
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The lite/free version has some limitations, see About section for details. You will also see an upgrade option if you want to get the full version.
Contact us / suggest features at: http://reach.jdbpocketware.com/forum/11745-skymanager
Download
Enjoy

Wow, this app looks really nice. Great work, using it now. Thanks....

Update 1.1/1.2
Time to upgrade came for SkyManager! Version 1.2 brings some new features and bug fixes... and a new logo due to some little problems with Microsoft.
New Multi-user / Multi-account
With SkyManager you can now add multiple SkyDrive accounts and switch without having to sign out and in again.
Support for ZIP files
On previous version it was not possible to open ZIP files, now it is! By tapping any ZIP folder it will be opened and you will be able to open any contained documents which formats are supported by your phone (typically Office, PDF and photos). It is read only access.
Support for video files
You can now watch your videos from the app. You don't need to download the entire video since streaming is supported.
New sharing options
You can share any folder or any file, sending a link by email or SMS or even post it to your preferred social networks. Sharing can be also granted with editing permissions.
Shorten URLs
When you share you tipically get a very long url, with SkyManager 1.2 you can shorten the sharing url to something like http://sdrv.ms/abc123. It is also possible to copy the sharing url to the clipboard for any particular use.
Quota information
SkyManager will detail your current used and available space, for each account you have registered in the app.
Available in new countries
Some new countries are included now (the ones added in the latest Marketplace expansion)
Language Localization
The app now its available in Czech, Spanish and Russian.
Other improvements and bug fixes:
Switch to list/detail view is now persistent
Fixed issues with cropping images. Btw, check this article on cropping and sharing to SkyDrive seamlessly
WiFi control button on Upload Center allows you to quickly enable WiFi for faster uploading
Fixed issue causing Office documents in root folder not opening
Fixed some settings in preferences not taking effect
Improved user experience with nicer page transitions
Download

The app is great and as I allready use Appointile I bought it immediatly.
I have one problem:
I only can upload pictures from the pictures hub, if I try it from inside the app the upload doesn´t work correctly. The app is trying to upload but never finishs and stays on this page: uploading to skydrive ...

Hi, did you try with a different photo?
Can you also try 2 photos together?
If problems persist please file this bug here http://reach.jdbpocketware.com/list/11745-skymanager/?order=updated&type=3&status=opened&tag=all

pckshd said:
Hi, did you try with a different photo?
Can you also try 2 photos together?
If problems persist please file this bug here http://reach.jdbpocketware.com/list/11745-skymanager/?order=updated&type=3&status=opened&tag=all
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Thx for answering. I found out how it works:
Before uploading you have to set the folder (by tapping on any photo you have selected) where the selected photos should be stored... that´s all.

Strange, because it should upload to root folder if none specified. Will investigate...

pckshd said:
Strange, because it should upload to root folder if none specified. Will investigate...
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After first start it didn´t work but after selecting a folder once all is good now..
Really like the app.
I also suggest an "auto-delete-toggle after uploading" under preferences, but this I have allready posted in the SkyManager idea section...

Good is working now. Please report if anything else goes wrong.

Is there anyway you can get music to show up in Zune via skydrive ?

We haven't tried that yet, but should be possible to implement, the same as video playing which is indeed supported. What happens when you open an audio file from the app?

I found another bug:
if I pin a folder from my skydrive to the startscreen I can´t open files from there beside .zip-files. If I run the pinned apptile I can open all types of files.
Any solution ?

Do you get any error message?

pckshd said:
Do you get any error message?
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If I try to open excel or word files from the pinned folder I get this error message:
If I try to open pdf files I get this error message:
As mentioned before zip files I can open without any problem, if I start the app by tapping on the apptile I can open all types of files without error

Good job! Espacially that shared stuff works nice.
Though it would be nice if you don't tease people with ad-free screenshots. That's not fair and I think it even is against the terms of AppHub! And I don't like it on XDA too.
But don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with having ads in your app. You definately should earn something for your hard work. And I use your app anyway

contable said:
If I try to open excel or word files from the pinned folder I get this error message:
...
As mentioned before zip files I can open without any problem, if I start the app by tapping on the apptile I can open all types of files without error
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Ok thanks. Will investigate and fix asap.

chabun said:
Good job! Espacially that shared stuff works nice.
Though it would be nice if you don't tease people with ad-free screenshots. That's not fair and I think it even is against the terms of AppHub! And I don't like it on XDA too.
But don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with having ads in your app. You definately should earn something for your hard work. And I use your app anyway
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Thanks for using it. Ads are only present in the free version as in most free apps, in order to have resources to keep supporting the app. Some people make apps for a living

This app performs and function better than the official app. LOL I think MS should just replace their app with this one.

FYI, full version is on sale for $0.99

Thanks

[APP] AppDetective - Auto Search WP Store- [R]08/04/2012-[U]01/11/2012 - [V]1.7

Name: AppDetective
Description: This app auto searches the Windows Phone Store (on the interval you configure) for the keywords you specifies and notifies you on Live Tiles when there are new apps found.
A premium version of this app is also available for you who hates ads or just want to support the developers.
Description from Windows Phone Store:
Are you waiting for those cool apps on iPhone and Android to appear on the Windows Phone Store so you can install them on your Windows Phone?
Do you search the Store now and then just to see if your favorite app, like Pandora, Draw Something, Instagram or whatever has arrived?
Or maybe you are looking for an app related to your favorite hobby or interest?
Are you tired of looking through all apps in the Store that's matching your query but is not the one (also known as "false positive") every time you make the same query?
Then AppDetective is perfect for you!!
AppDetective cannot magically convert the app to the Windows Phone platform, but it can tell you when it has arrived!
Just enter what you are looking for and AppDetective periodically checks if the app has arrived.
Key features
- Periodical background search on the Windows Phone Store
- Supports Live Tiles with notification of new apps matching your query (remember to pin at least the main app tile to your start screen!)
- Keeps track of the apps you already have examined
- Add as many queries you like
Top queries right now:
Instagram
temple run
draw something
viber
Pandora
bbc iplayer
facebook
words with friends
grindr
mint
skype
sex
voxer
gps
tumblr
angry birds space
porn
minecraft
flipboard
twitter
Change log
V1.7.1
- Fixed issue with changes in Store API and some other reported issues
V1.7
- More fluid UI
- Option to only search when on external power
- Caches more data to speed things up
- Backup / Restore of settings to SkyDrive (use this if upgrading to Premium!), located in Settings page
- Added all currently known Windows Phone Store regions, please contact support if your region is missing
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Great! but...
Hi. I've tested your app, really good, however, theres and app in the market called "Calculator^2" by richard_walters (the paid version).
In the stock marketplace, it cannot be found even when i type in Calculator2 (because ^2 cannot be typed out) but i get the free version only.
Your app, too, cannot find it. Just a little something that i found how the app could be improved

Hi zaidyft,
I'm glad that you like the app!
The app is using the same search as the standard Marketplace. So if it's not found there, AppDetective can't find it either I'm affraid.
In this particular case I suggest that the developer puts calculator2 as a keyword in his description when he uploads to Microsoft, in that way the app should be found when searching for calculator2.
Thanks,
kjw

v1.3 soon available
v1.3 of AppDetective has passed the certification for Windows Phone Marketplace. It should be available in the next 24 hours.
Changes:
Added all currently supported marketplaces
Fixed reported crashes
Support for Tango (low memory) devices, without background agents
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v1.3 available
Now is v1.3 of AppDetective available.
The UI is metrofied
Added all currently supported marketplaces
Fixed reported crashes
Support for Tango devices, without background agents
Added setting for reminder after two weeks since running the app, to prevent the background agent to be disabled by the OS
Added Error logging
Added option for background agent to only sync when connected on WiFi (or Ethernet)
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v1.4 available
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v.1.6 now released
Today version 1.6 was published on the Marketplace.
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V1.6
- Fixed reported issues
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- Shows price / trial / free
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zaidyft said:
Hi. I've tested your app, really good, however, theres and app in the market called "Calculator^2" by richard_walters (the paid version).
In the stock marketplace, it cannot be found even when i type in Calculator2 (because ^2 cannot be typed out) but i get the free version only.
Your app, too, cannot find it. Just a little something that i found how the app could be improved
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Search for richard_walters instead

v1.8 soon released
v1.7 of AppDetective has been out for a month now.
Today v1.8 was submitted for certification, so it should be available in about a week (if not MS is faster than usual).
New version fixes some reported issues and adds great new features! More info will be released later.
Download AppDetective Free here: http://windowsphone.com/s?appid=cbf82a9b-1226-4ea2-b35a-d221fb9f1eac
Best regards,
KJW

My Library App

Hi,
As an owner of NGT I've decided to start programming in java and android API. Let me introduce my first project.
As I rooted my device I was missing Library launcher, ralaunch was fine but I was looking for shelves supporting launcher, epub launcher was nice but limited. So, I decided to fill the gap. I was inspired by nook library, which I think was very well designed.
For now it's in alpha stage and for easier developing it's as application, in future I'll make it as a launcher.
So, here are the screen-shots of actual developing state:
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I'm using Calibre and its meta attributes:
<meta content="shelf name" name="calibre:series"/>
<meta content="1" name="calibre:series_index"/>
calibre:series_index is treated as integer, not as a float so if you have it as float, let me know.
Please let me know what you think about it. Let me know which features or ideas you wished to have in this app.
If anybody could contribute pictograms icons which will fit better, let me know.
---- uploaded first pre-alpha version of app ---
v0.1 - limitations:
scanning of ebooks is limited only to whole /sdcard/, no internal memory is scanned,
file browser don't remember locations, always start from root,
file browser don't have a bookmarks yet,
epub file's attribute "calibre:series" is treated as integer value, so 1.5 is 2, 1.4 is 1. Anybody uses fractions on this attribute?
sorting is done on re-run of app or on refreshing library, to be fixed,
for now, only epub filetype is handled,
searching doesn't work,
no preferences yet
v0.2
fixed adding of shelves
fixed scanning of whole /sdcard/
v0.3
added working bookmarks
added root access in manifest (in future will be used in "my file" browser to get access to blocked paths)
some general fixes
Let me know what you think about it.
Cheers

Reserved

Yes yes yes! THIS IS GOOD!

I've uploaded first version of my app. Hope that'll work for you.

Nice app, thanx! :thumbup:
OB
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Looks great - thanks! For future versions, I'd love to be able to do a dual-sort starting with genre tag so you could show shelves by tag then by series (so you could just see your SciFi series for example) or tag then by author etc. Thanks for the good work.

Hi,
New version uploaded, more info in first post.
Due to some manifest changes in code which fail to run I must upload again to have it working
Cheers.

I'm extremely impressed, especially considering that you said you have just started programming. Very good start sir! :thumbup::beer:
OB
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OverByter said:
I'm extremely impressed, especially considering that you said you have just started programming. Very good start sir! :thumbup::beer:
OB
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Thanks, I've learned C/++ for years, so learning Java was quite easy. The biggest problem was Android API, which is complex, especially API 7 which lacks many features.

Good work! I like the way this library app opens AlReader by default and allows the standard Nook library to open the stock reader by default. I have one feature request. As many of the third party readers will open .mobi files as well as .epub, can this library be modified to use both? My practice is to have my non-DRM books in .mobi format to open with AlReader so that they do not even show up in the stock library app which I use for B&N content only. I find this a effective way to separate the two different forms of content.

David0226 said:
Good work! I like the way this library app opens AlReader by default and allows the standard Nook library to open the stock reader by default. I have one feature request. As many of the third party readers will open .mobi files as well as .epub, can this library be modified to use both? My practice is to have my non-DRM books in .mobi format to open with AlReader so that they do not even show up in the stock library app which I use for B&N content only. I find this a effective way to separate the two different forms of content.
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Hi, I plan to add mobi/pdf/epub only the question is how to handle this, altogether or separate in tabs.
Beside I'll add scan paths. So, for mobi we could set one dir and exclude it from scanning.

Tarnak said:
Hi, I plan to add mobi/pdf/epub only the question is how to handle this, altogether or separate in tabs.
Beside I'll add scan paths. So, for mobi we could set one dir and exclude it from scanning.
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Actually, for my purposes, there is no need to separate .epub and .mobi. Your app will not be able to read B/N DRMed epubs anyway. For me, if it just picked up .mobi files when it does a library scan and displayed then alongside DRM free epubs, that would be fine.
Again, thanks for the great work on this.
~David

I really like the app, but it can't seem to get it to work properly. I only get three or four shelves to start and I can set the view to all to see all my ebook files. This view shows all of the books but without an authors name, shows null null. Hitting the refresh button the app rescans the device and shows all the authors on the books. Switching the view to shelves does not carry over, hitting the refresh button does not change the shelves shown. Going throughout the option menu to delete data and then rescan does nothing as well. Any ideas? Can post the debug if needed
Also for future dev adding the file types cbr/Cbz for comic books would be awesome. Showing them inline with other shelves or on a separate tab would be cool

Hi
I was oo for a while. Could you PM me debug, I'll look for it. Strenge, as ebook should be readed all the time the same way.

sorry about the two seperate pms but the first is what it normally looks like and the second is when i rescan files in the all files view.

Feature request. Sync with google play books or any other service that have upload and page sync. I want to be able to upload books on my phone and sync over to nook.

Hi, I'll look how that could be achieved. I had a plan to make my own build of reader with sources and add reading with last page shown in library app.
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This app is exactly what I have been looking for. However, I installed it on my NST and have similar issues as above. Also when I try to assign books to a shelf it will add some but not all that I have selected and will add some random books as well.
I hope the developer keeps working on this app.
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