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Mapping - Ordinance Survey

Does anyone know of an app that will use UK OS mapping ?
Ideally with a way to inject your current GPS position for accurate placement.
The OS do have an open map policy and there are a few iPhone apps that will access this... but cannot find any for Android so far.
ViewRanger on my 'old' Nokia N85 was very very good, but its currently not available for Android (fingers crossed though).
We do a lot of Geocaching and having access to an OS map helps with footpath placement and terrain... we hate to walk up very steep slopes if we don't have to nor over cliff edges
cheers

Thought i'd give this a bump as I would be interested in this also.
Imagine the 1:2500 1901 os maps on the thing too.You could overlay historical maps and stand at the door of your grandparents demolished house! Kewl!!
(I am such a geek)

Cool indeed
There are a few web based (for data) apps on the iPhone so I imagine its not tooo hard to build one, Multimap now have an OS layer so could be used to inject GPS location and pull up the correct map.

Andnav2 gives a choice of several map sources (diffent OS renderers, Google etc). Maps licensed with an AUP that permit caching can even be stored on the SD. TrekBuddy AtlasCreator can be used to create tilepacks for chosen areas.

Interesting app, but no Ordinance Survey support I'm afraid.
I also found RMaps which uses web based mapping from a variety of sources. Have commented on the Market that he look at the open source side of the Ordinance Survey for web based mapping apps...

joemax said:
Interesting app, but no Ordinance Survey support I'm afraid.
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Sorry that was me jumping the gun reading "OS" as OpenStreet
Anyhow, why not contact the developers of atlas creatorif you've got information about good free map-sources with an AUP that allows apps to store them locally.
edit: just noticed OS maps are far from free. Terms seem similar to many other national mapping agencies. I.e. only companies with deep pockets can afford the proper access to raw data required to make them useful.

Web based solutions can use the OpenSpace data <http://openspace.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/openspace/>
One would assume that an app could be built to look into this data ??

I'm building one at the moment that uses exactly this principle.

David... excellent
If you need a beta tester - let me know. OS mapping with GPS position would be very very cool.

David Horn said:
I'm building one at the moment that uses exactly this principle.
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Very cool.
The guy that does RMaps is also wanting to look into this. I emailed him and he mentioned it's on his list.
I'd happily pay for an app that gave access to OS maps....

I too would pay for an app that supported the GPS and compass in the Hero...
Kinda cool if it were like ViewRanger

Sneak Peak - OS Map Alpha 1
Well, I spent some time today getting to grips with Android development (trust me, C# for Win Mob is easier), and I've knocked together a working version of a GPS-linked Ordnance Survey app.
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Right now all it does is show your position on an OS Map, and update it if you stray more than 30m from that location. It's more proof-of-concept than anything else. The biggest issue is that it's a resource hog, especially the Javascript, though I think that's cached. I'd like to have it installed locally, but the maps are tied to a domain name. ;-(
What are the things that you'd like to see in it? Compass support is coming soon!
Edit: Actually, it does seem to be caching fairly well, it's gone up to 3MB now.
Edit 2: Small update to use the whole window to shop the map, and to move the location.

YOU ARE A GOD !!
I never thought just asking a the question would lead to what I am seeing above. If thats where you live - nice area... and you may want to change the pic as it could be showing your home
Well... when you say caching, do you mean it caches the map tiles and then reuses them if you load up the app in the same location ? ie it does not re fetch the data ?
Features... well you asked
1. Compass (on its way you say)
2. Bookmarking - to allow easy return to an area you've saved.
3. POI's
4. Panning with the finger not just buttons (like Maps does)
5. Ability to load GPX's for geocaching - for location not necessarily for navigating to as GeoBeagle does this very well when combined with Radar.
6. Google Maps terrain overlay and satellite view overlay (with selectable opacity maybe)
7. Route tracing / breadcrumb laying for re-tracing your steps should you get lost in a forest, moor etc.
hmmm I seem to be suggesting all those things that ViewRanger has... that is a great app but buying map tiles for usually single use is expensive.
I would happily pay for an app though that does what you have so far.
Again... very happy to beta test
Cheers

that's marvellous David, thanks.
It looks great as is, but my one extra request would be to (optionally, perhaps) remove the cursor and zoom buttons, and be able to control it with swipe (to move) and pinch/spread to zoom.
thanks again

Looks great so far !
I looked at OS OPenSource and noticed that the api key you get is tied to one domain so wondered how you've got round this, if at all yet.
As for requests. Any way to tie in google/wikipedia searches to display their locations on this map. Handy for finding pubs/historical places on the map.
Keep up the good work.
Dylan

Wow - all I can say is "I WANT"!
Very nice looking - even better when you get compass sorted!

Whats the deal with Ordnance Survey anyways?

I've been waiting for an OS based map app since I got my Hero. This looks very promising. (and I too would be willing to pay)

woobit said:
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They are the best maps available of the UK.
Google Maps is great to a point, but only shows roads and the odd track.
OS maps show footpaths, field boundaries, historical points of interest and land marks, at some scales even the building outlines.
Take a look at how detailed they are

woobit said:
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They're quite possibly the higest quality maps in the world for general usability and detail.

[APP] Moto Phone Portal for Hero (v2)

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Recently some of the system dumps from the upcoming Motorola Sholes/Tao/Droid hit the Developer community, and they have been trying to piece the puzzle together of what the Motorola Sholes/Tao/Droid is all about. We got our hands on a new app which looks like it will be front and center when the device finally hits the shelves, Motorola Phone Portal.
Those that remember using the Motorola Phone Tools app to hack their Motorola’s back in the day (I’m getting all “Ahmad – Back in the Day” about my v600, v810, and RAZR) will instantly recognize this little gem, but it’s been updated for Android and provides some pretty cool functionality. Basically, Motorola Phone Tools (MPP) serves as an all-in-one phone manager that allows users to easily view, edit, create, delete, and play their contacts, ringtones, photos, wallpaper, and media. The key difference now is, the app is web-based and you log into your phone from directly from your browser! No installing “modems” and drivers on your Windows machine (painful), just fire up the app and press the “Connect with Wi-Fi button. When you press the button, the app prompts you to either turn on Wi-Fi, or connect over USB. For this experiment, I chose Wi-Fi.
MPP lets you add/edit/delete/browse your contacts, photos, bookmarks, browser history, and media in an easy-to-use interface. Playing media directly from the device in the browser worked very well, and the picture viewer/slideshow feature is pretty damn cool. So with MPP you’ll be able to play/show-off your media anywhere from any browser. If Moto adds a Social/Sharing aspect to this, they will have a winner on their hands.
So there you have it kids, a little taste of what’s to come with the Sholes/Tao/Droid. The original Moto Phone Tools was a pretty handy app (when it worked), and the new MPP looks to be just as functional, if not more so. I am sure it will help a lot of users manage their contacts/media/content when it gets released, and the ability to do slideshows and play media from your device directly from your browser is pretty slick. I hope Moto adds more features and functionality to it as time goes on, but this seems like a sign of good things to come. Grab the .apk file below and play away!
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This is a cool little phone manager app that works really well with Hero and G1. It's an app that runs a webserver from your phone that you can access over Wifi from any browser on the same network.
It allows you to:
* view/add media on your phone
* view your call log
* read and send sms from the browser
* and more!
Works with any OS - anything with a browser should work. Only works over wifi with Hero, no USB connection is possible it seems.
I replaced as much Motorola branding as I could and replaced it with HTC stuff to make it a nicer experience for HTC fanboys
Download HTCportalv2:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/vpbxzo
Changelog
v2 - Changed more Moto references to HTC

Now if only this would let me control music playback.
Still, looks super, and nice to be able to manage over wi-fi instead of usb

You mean playback music on your pc from your phone? Hmm, I think it does allow that!
But I'm at work at the moment without wi-fi so can't confirm..

I think it lets you pull files, so you could listen on your pc, but I want to control my phone from my pc.
Basically, my stereo is the other side of my room from my desktop, and I'm lazy so if I could just play music from my pc, through the phone, into my amp, then I wouldn't have to get up
Also, I wonder if this means we can send files over wi-fi to web-enabled phones?

Have you tried it out yet? I can't give it another go until I'm home, but I thought that was possible. Look at the quote:
So with MPP you’ll be able to play/show-off your media anywhere from any browser.
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You can certainly run a slideshow on your pc, from the photos on your phone. Pretty sure music is playable too. Give it a go
As for sending files, yes you can, but I think you might be restricted to media files.

How can I get it work with usb?

Not sure if that's possible, I was trying too. If you turn off wifi and try to connect it says it can connect over usb too, but I couldn't get it to connect. That might only work on a Motorola phone. Everything works over wifi though

That is awesome!!

This app is awesome!!!
Everyone should check it out!!!!
Nice work Pookie!

Cool, glad you like it!
I checked out the music thing, it lets you browse the music you have on your SD card, and you can click to play, but it plays the music on your phone instead of on the computer. That's what you wanted right Branwen?
Here's another screenshot:

Looks like a great app but I can't conect in my browser, anybody els having troble

Works Great good Job
Working really well looks good to well happy

dieseldk said:
Looks like a great app but I can't conect in my browser, anybody els having troble
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Hmm can't really think what could be going wrong - you are on the same network with phone and pc I take it?

pookie1 said:
Hmm can't really think what could be going wrong - you are on the same network with phone and pc I take it?
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same network, can see phone and pc in the ip list in my router.
Tryed to disable my firewall and got the same thing.
Runing modaco 2.5.1 core

I really can't think what could be causing it apart from some kind of issue with your network/ports/firewalls

For mine, at the initial setup it would not work at all when I clicked the start for wifi connection. It was only after I unplug my usb cable did it work...or I might had a huge lag.

dieseldk said:
same network, can see phone and pc in the ip list in my router.
Tryed to disable my firewall and got the same thing.
Runing modaco 2.5.1 core
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I'm using 2.5.1 too and it works fine...
Are you sure you're wifi is enabled?
Have you tried pinging the IP address from your PC's command prompt?
If you can't even ping it you'll know it's a firewall/port issue...

This was cool! Thanks for your effort!

dieseldk said:
same network, can see phone and pc in the ip list in my router.
Tryed to disable my firewall and got the same thing.
Runing modaco 2.5.1 core
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im having the same issues in general with my hero: my laptop and the hero are connected to the same wifi network, both work fine, but they don't see each other. no ping, no ssh, no http no nothing. from my cable connected (to the wifi router) pc, everything works just splendid. i actually blame either my router (fritzbox, but some lowend version) or my laptop/ubuntu on my laptop for this behaviour, but i actually never investigated in that. whenever i want to connect from my laptop to my phone i hop via my pc, works fine.

It looks like quite a good contact manager also.
And yeah this is just what I wanted for music playback!

[Mod] Ubuntu on Galaxy Tab 10.1!

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You can run Ubuntu on a rooted Galaxy Tab 10.1 and run a full Ubuntu desktop by connecting your bluetooth keyboard and mouse.
This is "chrooted" on top of your Android, meaning it runs like a virtual machine in the background, you can switch back and forth between Android and Ubuntu however you want.
When you turn your Tab 10.1 power off, you will have to restart Ubuntu though.
It's a bit laggy but not that much slower than my Atrix 4G webtop. I wouldn't use it for web browsing but the shell is very usable, you can install OpenSSH and other stuff you can play with.
Might be a fun mod for those of you running Ubuntu desktop already.
It runs pretty well on the Tegra I would say but the screen resolution is awesome!
My next goal is to put Wordpress blog running on the device, having trouble installing MySQL on the Ubuntu, if any Ubuntu experts out there, let me know if you figure out how to install MySQL, that's the only thing holding me back.
Can't wait until next year when 2Ghz dual-core tablets hit, then it will run really, really fast.
Here's a video preview:
Click HERE for Full Instructions and Download Files over at GalaxyTabHacks.com
I am gonna try to optimize it a bit over the next couple days and see if I can make it run faster/better.
And oh yeah, thanks to XDA user pershoot for his busybox!

Cool Im going to check it out! Proably tomorrow.
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Nice, this is the kind of things i like to see over the forum, thanks man

It works, but do u know if there is a way to get the correct resolution so that the HC menu bar doesn't interrupt Ubuntu?
EDIT: Also, is there a way to shut it down other than rebooting the tablet?

I think if you set 1280x800 to something like 1280x760 that might fix it, the problem is that the Android status bar takes up 40-50 pixels at the bottom, I will try that and let you know.

I haven't tried this yet but video looks great and you were saying it runs on top of android so does android eat up some ram/cpu? if so think it would be possible just boot it as an os instead of like a vm for better performance? I'm not a programming expert by any means (still in college ) but just a thought
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working on it
Working on it, my next project is running Ubuntu by itself, stay tuned!

zedomax said:
Working on it, my next project is running Ubuntu by itself, stay tuned!
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I'm really interested in this; it probably wouldn't even seem very slow when not running through vnc.

zedomax said:
Working on it, my next project is running Ubuntu by itself, stay tuned!
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looking forward to this , will this be based of unity UI so that i can use it without a physical keyboard and mouse ?

what if you tried running the net book remix. Isn't that optimized for touchscreens?

Just downloading this now. Quick note though, the resolution should be 1280x752 because the action bar.
Edit: I should not have done this in windows.. copying everything over is so slow. I have a linux box sitting right here so I don't know why I didn't use that. I'm an idiot

is there any way to provide more space to ubuntu? currently, it only has 155.2mb of space.. that just won't do

working on it
Working on it, I am trying to build a 4GB image right now, my VirtualBox is so darn slow but should have Ubuntu maverick image up tomorrow, too tired, long day.

zedomax said:
Working on it, I am trying to build a 4GB image right now, my VirtualBox is so darn slow but should have Ubuntu maverick image up tomorrow, too tired, long day.
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I'm actually making an 8GB natty image at the moment. The unity UI should be good for a touch screen device.

cool
smaskell said:
I'm actually making an 8GB natty image at the moment. The unity UI should be good for a touch screen device.
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Cool, let me know how that goes!

I would love to know if this would be possible to do with XBMC or Openelec. I would love my 10.1 to double as a media center pc. Since XBMC is based on Ubuntu would this be a possibility?

Sandule said:
I would love to know if this would be possible to do with XBMC or Openelec. I would love my 10.1 to double as a media center pc. Since XBMC is based on Ubuntu would this be a possibility?
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xbmc isnt based on ubuntu, originally it was an xbox app that transformed into something greater
i think ill try this out if you can get the latest verison of ubuntu to work on the tab. amazing work so far looks awesome

I loaded up my natty image and it seems to work. However, I'm having trouble with text entry. It defaults to LXDE so that might have something to do with it.. anyone know how I can change it back to gnome or unity? normally, you can choose which environment you want at the login screen but I can't log out so that's not going to work.
also, has anyone else noticed that, when rebooting the tablet, the startup sound plays 5-10 seconds later after installing ubuntu?

Ha, this is awesome. I do have an issue with it though, it doesn't seem to want to start a second time.
I rebooted the tablet/ubuntu to apply the keyboard fix at the end of the article, but now I can't connect with the VNC. I get the proper responses through ADB/command prompt, but my VNC viewer fails to connect, giving a connection refused error.
Edit:
Nevermind, we're all good. Something wasn't clearing properly on shutdown. It's taken care of.

How do I uninstall this? Do i just delete it from the Sdcard or is there another step that's required?

ChromeCast Linux + hacking

Hi all,
I'm going to start hacking on the ChromeCast... to boot or run a tiny Linux distro, and also to run homebrew apps without the necessity of the whitelisting process, etc. I'll be keeping a log of my work at chromecastdev.com. Collaboration is welcome.
The first thing I'm going to play with is trying to dump the bootloader (resides in the little NAND on the Marvell SOC?).
milesc

I wish you luck in your conquest!
Hopefully developers on this forum can do some cool stuff with Chromecast!

Port it to Raspberry Pi. *fingers crossed*
Wait, it's an enclosed system, how do you plan to snoop it?

Ethernet over HDMI or the USB port could provide a path. Also there is a header inside it looks like that isn't listed as a spec so it could be a serial/JTAG point. High hopes for this getting hacked and running an XBMC or Plex client, although I guess Plex web might be fine.
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I don't know if you've already found it, but there are various source files available here. Bootloader sources are in the "sdk" repo. A cursory glance at them makes it seem like you can boot from a USB device by holding down the button on boot, but the image needs to be signed by Google.

any chance you can take some high-res photos of the pcb? The marvell chip isn't listed on the marvell website yet, would be great if we could find a block diagram.

I would sink porting Android would be the best step right now as this is an android forum and is younger brother ran android
Just my opinion.
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Thanks tchebb!!! And here I thought I was finally going to have a reason to play with a logic analyzer to try to dump the bootloader off the bus.
Edit: Well, maybe it's not that simple after all. They didn't include everything... for instance, pin_settings.h is missing.

hajj_3 said:
any chance you can take some high-res photos of the pcb? The marvell chip isn't listed on the marvell website yet, would be great if we could find a block diagram.
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Just found this on the chromecastdev.com site - http://chromecastdev.com/ccdev/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=7

milesc22 said:
Thanks tchebb!!! And here I thought I was finally going to have a reason to play with a logic analyzer to try to dump the bootloader off the bus.
Edit: Well, maybe it's not that simple after all. They didn't include everything... for instance, pin_settings.h is missing.
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Yeah, the source doesn't seem to be in a buildable state. I was thinking there might be something like an Android repo manifest.xml to bring all those git repos together into one source tree, but I couldn't find anything like that. Also, like you said, there are lots of missing files referenced in the build scripts.
I found the link to the source after downloading the Chromecast app (my device hasn't arrived yet) and letting it scan and fail to find anything. It directed me here, which has the Google Code link in the "What's Under the Hood?" entry.
The other interesting documentation I found is here, specifically the part about pressing "Apps" seven times to enable developer mode (very reminiscent of dev mode on new Android versions). It's unclear whether that just exposes additional info in the desktop app or actually sends a packet to the Chromecast to enable some sort of on-device dev mode.
Once I get mine, the first thing I want to do is get a full packet capture of the setup and update process, and some sample network traffic generated by normal use.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013...ongle-is-left-a-little-too-open-to-hijacking/
https://plus.google.com/117916055521642810655/posts/Md6py81N2Ag
DIAL server (developed by netflix/google)
http://www.dial-multiscreen.org/
FAQ for developers (about app on 2nd screen(aka app on your phone/PC), and 1st screen(on the chromecast)
http://www.dial-multiscreen.org/details-for-developers
there is example source code available
supported apps:http://www.dial-multiscreen.org/dial-registry/namespace-database
looks like there should be hulu, BBC, Time Warner, Yahoo, SLing support soon

nmap scan.
Here is my nmap scan of the dongle.
Code:
Starting Nmap 6.25 ( _REMOVED_URL ) at 2013-07-26 20:01 CDT
Nmap scan report for 192.168.1.90
Host is up (0.015s latency).
Not shown: 998 closed ports
PORT STATE SERVICE VERSION
8008/tcp open http?
9080/tcp open http Mongoose httpd
1 service unrecognized despite returning data. If you know the service/version, please submit the following fingerprint at
_REMOVED_URL:
SF-Port8008-TCP:V=6.25%I=7%D=7/26%Time=51F31BE8%P=x86_64-apple-darwin12.4.
SF:0%r(GetRequest,32,"HTTP/1\.1\x20501\x20\r\nContent-Type:\r\nContent-Len
SF:gth:0\r\n\r\n")%r(FourOhFourRequest,32,"HTTP/1\.1\x20501\x20\r\nContent
SF:-Type:\r\nContent-Length:0\r\n\r\n")%r(HTTPOptions,32,"HTTP/1\.1\x20501
SF:\x20\r\nContent-Type:\r\nContent-Length:0\r\n\r\n")%r(RTSPRequest,32,"H
SF:TTP/1\.1\x20501\x20\r\nContent-Type:\r\nContent-Length:0\r\n\r\n")%r(SI
SF:POptions,32,"HTTP/1\.1\x20501\x20\r\nContent-Type:\r\nContent-Length:0\
SF:r\n\r\n");
Service detection performed. Please report any incorrect results at _REMOVED_URL.
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 150.36 seconds
I will run more scans but I thought I would point out that it appears to be running a web server on two ports 8008 & 9080. One of which is listed as Mongoose.
I am too new to post links so I removed all outside URLs. Mongoose can be found on Google Code.

https://github.com/dz0ny/leapcast
Does this do anything for you?
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moocow1452 said:
https://github.com/dz0ny/leapcast
Does this do anything for you?
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Nice find man. This is for sure the beginning of good things to come.

oh my...it runs Android!!
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SSH/Telnet access is now possible! All we need now is the unlocked bootloader image and a powered MicroUSB OTG cable.

Nooter said:
SSH/Telnet access is now possible! All we need now is the unlocked bootloader image and a powered MicroUSB OTG cable.
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they did it! http://blog.gtvhacker.com/2013/chromecast-exploiting-the-newest-device-by-google/

moocow1452 said:
https://github.com/dz0ny/leapcast
Does this do anything for you?
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The only thing that works for me is starting a youtube video from the Android youtube app.
No controls yet, it is not implemented.
Tab casting from Chrome spawns an empty chrome window.
Other Chromecast apps (Play Music) do not detect leapcast yet, or more precisely detects it but do not show the cast button.

bubbleguuum said:
The only thing that works for me is starting a youtube video from the Android youtube app.
No controls yet, it is not implemented.
Tab casting from Chrome spawns an empty chrome window.
Other Chromecast apps (Play Music) do not detect leapcast yet, or more precisely detects it but do not show the cast button.
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We may want to keep any eye on this project too.
https://github.com/taterbase/hello-chromecast-sender

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.

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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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