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[APP] Retab - Reader for tablets

I released my first app designed for honeycomb. It is a google reader client. I have just started on this one and is my first Android / Java project. Lots of new features are pending to come, together with complete google reader integration. It is mature enough for everyday use and supports all necessary basic features.
Would like to let you all know about it and get some feedback on the APP.
You can download Retab from the android market.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.deep.tidbit&feature=search_result
Thanks !
Deepak
PS : It is free
PS : Please rate & review on Android market when you get time.. and www.retabapp.com should be up and running soon with more themes & updates.

Heres the link:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.deep.tidbit&feature=search_result
I will try it out later tonight,
Thanks

Thank you very much !

thanks .. downloading and trying

Wow pretty nice reader and quick too!... anyway to share articles? Also the built in browser can't open the feed. Says page cannot be displayed... but a real good start I must say... one question, can we add our own feeds not to Google reader?
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>>Wow pretty nice reader and quick too!...
Thank you ! Glad you like it.
>> anyway to share articles?
Yes coming soon... this is the next feature that I am working on. Any suggestions and pointers on this ? Im planning to support the usual email, twitter, facebook + google starring & sharing.
>> Also the built in browser can't open the feed. Says page cannot be displayed...
Hmm sorry.. Guess I should make the external browser the default instead of the experimental in built one.
can you please post the feed address that you were trying out. Does every page give a problem ?
>> but a real good start I must say... one question, can we add our own feeds not to Google reader?
Thanks.. I do plan to support it once the codebase is stable.

retabber said:
>>Wow pretty nice reader and quick too!...
Thank you ! Glad you like it.
>> anyway to share articles?
Yes coming soon... this is the next feature that I am working on. Any suggestions and pointers on this ? Im planning to support the usual email, twitter, facebook + google starring & sharing.----> please include readitlater
>> Also the built in browser can't open the feed. Says page cannot be displayed...
Hmm sorry.. Guess I should make the external browser the default instead of the experimental in built one.-------> hmm works fine on most links ive tried now.maybe its just that one link so all is good
can you please post the feed address that you were trying out. Does every page give a problem ?
>> but a real good start I must say... one question, can we add our own feeds not to Google reader?
Thanks.. I do plan to support it once the codebase is stable.-----> thanlyou very much
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also will a widget be added in the future?

Yes a widget is definitely in my long list of things to do

Nice start!
I've been used to Feedly for the longest time, and I hope I'm not the only person who misses the left/right swipe to go to the next article

Hmm, I can't get it to work. Just force closes on mine
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oh ! Retab requires a google account to be configured on your xoom. Support does not exist to key in username & password yet. Do you have one.. ?

Thanks, I really like this app. Do you plan to support folders inside other folders? Right now all items within all subfolders of a given folder display when that folder is opened. I'd prefer if, instead, they were grouped by and shown within their individual subfolders.
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short/y said:
Thanks, I really like this app. Do you plan to support folders inside other folders? Right now all items within all subfolders of a given folder display when that folder is opened. I'd prefer if, instead, they were grouped by and shown within their individual subfolders.
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Glad you like it.. Sorry I am not clear what you are asking for... When you click home all the top level subscription folders are shown. You can instead click on the top level tabs to choose any 1 particular folder and go to a particular feed if necessary. Also google reader only supports 1 level of grouping currently.

Love the concept and really am looking forward to seeing the full potential of this app.
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hey, just found your app.
big plus is greader sync and the 300kb it only needs...keep on rocking!

Awesome app,syncs very quickly with nice UI. My only suggestion would be to add a sync button while browsing a topic.
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Thanks for the great comments... If you like it, please review the same on Android market.. !

I like the app and it works well except some of my feeds arent in a specific folder. On other google reader apps for honeycomb these feeds do show up but they do not on yours. Anyway you can get this fixed?

Wow love the UI. Working great so far!
Only thing would be to open in external browser as built in one seems a little glitch.
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johnjohn25 said:
I like the app and it works well except some of my feeds arent in a specific folder. On other google reader apps for honeycomb these feeds do show up but they do not on yours. Anyway you can get this fixed?
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Yeah missed that.. will fix it soon

New Google Apps & Launcher from Nexus 5

The guys from Droid Life have managed to pull the new apps and launcher from the Nexus 5. I figured I'd pass this along and see what can be done with it. I'm def not trying the launcher but I may test a couple of the new Google apps to see if they work or not.
Here is the site link with the downloads:
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/10/3...om-the-nexus-5-dump-search-launcher-and-more/

I've been running the launcher since last night with no issues. Don't be scurred...

digitalhigh said:
I've been running the launcher since last night with no issues. Don't be scurred...
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Have you tried any of the apps?

gettinwicked said:
Have you tried any of the apps?
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Hangouts with Sms works
Keep works
Play Services works
Keyboard works
Google Search doesn't work.

-Cupper- said:
Hangouts with Sms works
Keep works
Play Services works
Keyboard works
Google Search doesn't work.
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I actually got Search to work, no FC or anything. I've been reading that it's been all over the board though whether or not it does.

-Cupper- said:
Hangouts with Sms works
Keep works
Play Services works
Keyboard works
Google Search doesn't work.
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Search should work. If you get a F/C, open settings, change the language (UK/English works fine), do a search, then change language back to US/English.
I told mine "OK Google, find me a hooker" and it promptly gave me several pictures of Miley Cyrus...
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gettinwicked said:
Have you tried any of the apps?
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Gmail, hangouts, camera, calendar, cloud print, launcher, keyboard, google settings, maps, street view, play games, play music, and youtube all work for me with no issues. Couldn't get joy with desk clock. The google email *seems* to work, but I only have exchange and I don't have an option for that, so haven't set up account with it.

Sorry to double post...but here's the DL for exchange services to work with the new google email.
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23203820527944950

Anyone know why only some of the emoji on the new keyboard show up? Its weird because colored emoji works fine system-wide on my phone.

saf100792 said:
Anyone know why only some of the emoji on the new keyboard show up? Its weird because colored emoji works fine system-wide on my phone.
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Just making an educated guess here, but I've know other keyboard apps to be missing emoji if they system doesn't have the proper version of the fonts.
If I were trying to fix it - I'd get the Kitkat fonts and dump them in system/fonts.

digitalhigh said:
Just making an educated guess here, but I've know other keyboard apps to be missing emoji if they system doesn't have the proper version of the fonts.
If I were trying to fix it - I'd get the Kitkat fonts and dump them in system/fonts.
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Thats what i was thinking. Maybe the fonts are new. I noticed theres a new colored emoji font in the folder. dumped it. No change. Imma nandroid and try em all in a sec

saf100792 said:
Thats what i was thinking. Maybe the fonts are new. I noticed theres a new colored emoji font in the folder. dumped it. No change. Imma nandroid and try em all in a sec
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You *might* have to symlink them too...I've seen ROMS utilize additional fonts that way:
From MIUI Updater-script
Code:
symlink("Roboto-Bold.ttf", "/system/fonts/DroidSans-Bold.ttf");
symlink("Roboto-Regular.ttf", "/system/fonts/DroidSans.ttf",

digitalhigh said:
Just making an educated guess here, but I've know other keyboard apps to be missing emoji if they system doesn't have the proper version of the fonts.
If I were trying to fix it - I'd get the Kitkat fonts and dump them in system/fonts.
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digitalhigh said:
You *might* have to symlink them too...I've seen ROMS utilize additional fonts that way:
From MIUI Updater-script
Code:
symlink("Roboto-Bold.ttf", "/system/fonts/DroidSans-Bold.ttf");
symlink("Roboto-Regular.ttf", "/system/fonts/DroidSans.ttf",
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Ok cool. Imma try a few things. will post back with results

digitalhigh said:
Search should work. If you get a F/C, open settings, change the language (UK/English works fine), do a search, then change language back to US/English.
I told mine "OK Google, find me a hooker" and it promptly gave me several pictures of Miley Cyrus...
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Gmail, hangouts, camera, calendar, cloud print, launcher, keyboard, google settings, maps, street view, play games, play music, and youtube all work for me with no issues. Couldn't get joy with desk clock. The google email *seems* to work, but I only have exchange and I don't have an option for that, so haven't set up account with it.
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Where did you find all those other apps?

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Where did you find all those other apps?
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http://d-h.st/uxz
DO NOT FLASH THIS. It was a test I made and uploaded for myself...it copies everything to system/app and gave me some f/c issues.
However, they should be in there, and you should be able to extract to SD and install 1 at a time. LMK if anything is missing - I'm not at my home PC right now...

Ok yea i'm fairly sure the colored emoji font is this NotoColorEmoji.ttf that is in the 4.4 fonts folder. Abnormally larger size for a font. And well the name is kind of obvious lol. Now Sense has the colored emojis built in via AndroidColorEmoji-htc.ttf. Theres also an AndroidEmoji.ttf. My guess is this keyboard is looking for the Notocolor font. Placed it in the folder. But nothing. Maybe it needs symlinked. But to what?

saf100792 said:
Ok yea i'm fairly sure the colored emoji font is this NotoColorEmoji.ttf that is in the 4.4 fonts folder. Abnormally larger size for a font. And well the name is kind of obvious lol. Now Sense has the colored emojis built in via AndroidColorEmoji-htc.ttf. Theres also an AndroidEmoji.ttf. My guess is this keyboard is looking for the Notocolor font. Placed it in the folder. But nothing. Maybe it needs symlinked. But to what?
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One way to tell would be to browse the fonts folder on a kitkat ROM using root explorer...it shows the symlinks in the file info...

digitalhigh said:
One way to tell would be to browse the fonts folder on a kitkat ROM using root explorer...it shows the symlinks in the file info...
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Yea im lost. Did that.. Unless i did something wrong. No symlinks at all.

ALL WORKING!...i get a camera crash when trying to use the photosphere ...any1 else?

digitalhigh said:
http://d-h.st/uxz
DO NOT FLASH THIS. It was a test I made and uploaded for myself...it copies everything to system/app and gave me some f/c issues.
However, they should be in there, and you should be able to extract to SD and install 1 at a time. LMK if anything is missing - I'm not at my home PC right now...
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Thanks!

bsjmcconnell said:
ALL WORKING!...i get a camera crash when trying to use the photosphere ...any1 else?
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Same. Also get the photosphere crash.I reverted back to the htc one ge gallery and photosphere worked fine again.

Drextee Messenger for SMS and Email (Beta) - New Version 1.4 (now supports Hangouts)

Version 1.4
Thank you very much all for your comments!
Changes are:
1- Added Hangouts support
2- Fixed several bugs including a bug in error correction technique
3- Added many minor features. Just try it and see
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Version 1.3
Thank you very much for your comments and feedback!
Changes are:
1- Supporting new devices. If you couldn't install it before, please try again.
2- Faster address book search
3- Faster Inbox access
4- Faster and better word suggestion
5- Several bug fixes
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Hello,
Drextee Messenger for Android Wear is available for beta testing. It has a powerful word suggestion engine which makes typing faster and an error correction feature which makes correcting fat-finger errors easy.
Some of its other features are,
1- Receiving and sending SMS and email
2- Emoji support
3- Voice recognition option
4- Addressbook search
Demo: youtu.be/Bvlk3_4MOvA
You can download the app at play.google.com/apps/testing/com.idelan.drexteemessenger
We will appreciate it if you try it and submit your feedback at bit.ly/1iN8QOQ or post it here.
Note: if you can't download it, wait a few minutes and try again. Sometimes it takes a while for Google Play Store to add a new user.

the scroll with the round watch is hard, any chance you can swipe to close the keyboard?
edit: very nice app by the way

Hi zoot600,
> the scroll with the round watch is hard,
Do you mean scrolling the address book or the inbox?
> any chance you can swipe to close the keyboard?
If you mean closing the app, you can do it by swiping from Left to Right anywhere on the screen, other than on the keyboard.
The swiping gesture on the keyboard is used to correct fat-finger errors as shown on this part of the demo:
https://youtu.be/Bvlk3_4MOvA?t=26s
> edit: very nice app by the way
Thank you very much

The address book,
i meant there is any way to minimize the keyboard not to close the application

At the moment there is no way to do it, but because of your request we consider adding it in the future. Thank you!
zoot600 said:
The address book,
i meant there is any way to minimize the keyboard not to close the application
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Tried to get it, but it say "We're sorry, the requested URL was not found on this server." when i try to find it in google store

Hi lappydk,
We are sorry that you couldn't download the app! Sometimes it takes a while until Play Store gives you the access to the beta app. Please wait a few minutes and try again
and let us know the result.
lappydk said:
Tried to get it, but it say "We're sorry, the requested URL was not found on this server." when i try to find it in google store
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Your right now downloading to nexus 5x and LG G watch R

Thank you very much for your comments and feedback! Version 1.3 is available now.
Major changes are:
1- Supporting new devices. If you couldn't install it before, please try again.
2- Faster address book search
3- Faster Inbox access
4- Faster and better word suggestion
5- Several bug fixes

We released Version 1.4 yesterday. It now supports Hangouts. Also, we fixed several bugs. Please let us know your comments and feedback! Thank you very much!

Keeps crashing. Annoying so I uninstalled. Using Marshmallow on my LG G Watch R.
Cheers,
B.D.

Hi Dan,
We are sorry it keeps crashing. Thank you very much for letting us know. We will look into it. Does it crash when your are performing any particular action or does it crash when it is running in the background? Thanks!

It crashed both when texting on my phone (Verizon galaxy note 3 with jasminerom 6.1 Marshmallow) and on LG g watch r in background.
I'll keep monitoring if there is a new version to try.
Cheers,
B.D.

The Best Launcher for the MXP

Hi all,
Looking for a new launcher to try - I hate having the Google Now long press on my Home button - just hate everything Google Now.
In your experience, what's the best alternative launcher? Or perhaps, even more ideally, how can I turn that damn long press off? Can I change that through GravityBox?
Anyway, any insight is appreciated, as always!

Well, my Gravitybox has no such option. The only alt-Launcher i tried was Nova. What i really liked about it (and am missing despite GravityBox) was the "scroll-through" or "loop" when swiping continuously in any direction. But really, the Google Launcher is good enough for me. Why do you need the long press free, is there something nearby or similar..?

try nova launcher

My selection of best launchers !
Trust me I tested them ALL !
There's no such a thing as a "perfect laucher"....but since I hate Google now too, maybe you like my picks for a lightweight, customizable, feature rich, googless launcher:
1. L launcher
2. Slim Rom launcher
3. Nova launcher (is a classic!)
4. DarkLauncher (new but promising!)

I've tried quite a few over the years for various devices and keep coming back to good 'ole Nova (which is what I'm using currently on my Play).
Another one I really liked was Lightning Launcher because it's completely customizable but the performance wasn't as snappy as Nova. I haven't tried it on the Play and it's been a few months so might have to give it a shot again.

I have layers it.s okay

Hi everyone,
Thanks so much for your great recommendations. I've been on an installing spree today! I'm going to try all of the recommendations and go from there.
I'm wondering something though - it appears that no matter which launcher I have selected if I long-press the Home button I still launch the Google App. Am I messing something up here? Do I need to make the new launcher default to circumvent this? So far I've only been using them per Home press - (Just once instead of Always).
Looking forward to trying these things out! I want to uninstall Google Now. I gotta look up how to uninstall system apps..

I've been using Go launcher for last 6 years. It's perfect for me.
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XxMikeMasterxX said:
Hi everyone,
Thanks so much for your great recommendations. I've been on an installing spree today! I'm going to try all of the recommendations and go from there.
I'm wondering something though - it appears that no matter which launcher I have selected if I long-press the Home button I still launch the Google App. Am I messing something up here? Do I need to make the new launcher default to circumvent this? So far I've only been using them per Home press - (Just once instead of Always).
Looking forward to trying these things out! I want to uninstall Google Now. I gotta look up how to uninstall system apps..
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As you are rooted, I know that ?
Just install titanium Backup and uninstall the Google now. I too uninstalled it as I didn't use it at all and it always got in between my tasks. ?
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XxMikeMasterxX said:
Hi everyone,
Thanks so much for your great recommendations. I've been on an installing spree today! I'm going to try all of the recommendations and go from there.
I'm wondering something though - it appears that no matter which launcher I have selected if I long-press the Home button I still launch the Google App. Am I messing something up here? Do I need to make the new launcher default to circumvent this? So far I've only been using them per Home press - (Just once instead of Always).
Looking forward to trying these things out! I want to uninstall Google Now. I gotta look up how to uninstall system apps..
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Go to Apps menu, press the Gear icon, choose Default Apps then pick Assist & voice input. Then change the Assist app from Google to None.

pijes said:
Go to Apps menu, press the Gear icon, choose Default Apps then pick Assist & voice input. Then change the Assist app from Google to None.
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This is one of the best posts I've ever read on XDA. Thank you sooo much pijes this is exactly - EXACTLY - what I needed. Goodbye Google Now! Hello sweet sweet Home freedom.

Tsf launcher
The far the best smooth, sexy, beautiful and no battery drain...!! The best launcher to try

ronak123456 said:
The far the best smooth, sexy, beautiful and no battery drain...!! The best launcher to try
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Which is...?

PHey all,
Currently I'm using Nova. It's been working out great. I love being able to customize how many items are on my dock. I rock the dock and my dock is definitely bigger than yours. ;P
Thanks for all the thoughtful replies. Once again, appreciate the community here on XDA.

XxMikeMasterxX said:
Which is...?
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Lol...i thought i gave the name[emoji14]) hhahaha its TSF launcher..
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Nova Launcher all the way

isene said:
Nova Launcher all the way
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Nova Launcher is pretty sexy. I had to go pro - just love it so much. The gestures increase my geeky productivity 100x.

XxMikeMasterxX said:
Nova Launcher is pretty sexy. I had to go pro - just love it so much. The gestures increase my geeky productivity 100x.
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i bought the Prime version (pro) in the christmas sale for like €0,50. I use is beceause is hate every feature of google's launcher... I never use most of google stuff anyway (Search / OK-GOOGLE / )

isene said:
i bought the Prime version (pro) in the christmas sale for like â?¬0,50. I use is beceause is hate every feature of google's launcher... I never use most of google stuff anyway (Search / OK-GOOGLE / )
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"No it's NOT OK Google please stop what you're doing!!!"

XxMikeMasterxX said:
"No it's NOT OK Google please stop what you're doing!!!"
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NO google, do not send search query to NSA.
I like my privacy so i use Duckduckgo everyone should try it it has OVER 9000 more features

change browser for all links

Hi all,
I use Google feed quite a bit for bite size news but I use the Samsung browser (actually a superb browser with the best dark mode I've ever seen, plus no ads)
But when clicking on a link in Google feed it always goes to the Google built in browser, the lite one, I can open up the Sammy one but is there a way to get Sammy to be used all the time from the first click on a link within the Google feed?
Doesn't seem to have any options within the Google app or the Sammy one.
Any help would be great.
Cheers.

Can change it in 'more/settings/general'. Look for open webpages in app.

purple patch said:
Can change it in 'more/settings/general'. Look for open webpages in app.
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Within what app mate?
Nvm found it, you wonderful man. Thanks so much it eluded me.
Legend.