news-android/README.md

ownCloud News Reader - Android App
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The ownCloud News Reader Android App is under AGPLv3 License terms.

Status: Beta

Bugs and enhancements can be reported under: https://github.com/owncloud/News-Android-App/issues


How to use the Beta App via Google Play ?
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Please update your News App and Appframework to the latest version which is only available on GitHub.


ownCloud News App:
https://github.com/owncloud/news


Appframework:
https://github.com/owncloud/appframework



After this, join the following Google Group:
https://groups.google.com/d/forum/owncloud-news-android-app
there you can find a link to Google Play for registering as beta tester of the app.



Language
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Is your language not supported yet ?
You can add your language easily on:
https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/owncloud/resource/android-news/


FAQ:
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The app shows an empty Toast when trying to sync or sign-in (little dark box at the button of the screen)
- Make sure you're using the latest version of the news app and the appframework from GitHub. Otherwise you can use the Android version <= 0.3.3 (via Google Play or GitHub <a href="https://github.com/owncloud/News-Android-App/commits/master/OwncloudNewsReader.apk">Choose version</a>).  


Roadmap
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My ToDo List is available on: http://www.strikeapp.com/#z6679l3t


Updates
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0.3.8 (in development)
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- Fixed Issue when trying to download more items in "all unread" and "starred items" view.
- Added option to set up the maximum cache size.
- Fixed app crash on tablets (could crash somtimes since v.0.3.7 when trying to download more items).
- Fixed Issue <a href="https://github.com/owncloud/News-Android-App/issues/78">#78 (The cache should be cleared in the background)</a>
- Improved feature <a href="https://github.com/owncloud/News-Android-App/issues/84">#84 (Buttons to toggle the folders are hard to hit and not descriptive)</a>
- Improved feature <a href="https://github.com/owncloud/News-Android-App/issues/76">#76 (There should me more spacing between feeds and folders)</a>
- Speed optimizations in the Folder/Feed Overview
- About/Changelog added


0.3.7
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- Option to mark articles as read while scrolling <a href="https://github.com/owncloud/News-Android-App/issues/14">#14 ("mark as read" on scroll)</a>
- Rich list theme layout (WebView) <a href="https://github.com/owncloud/News-Android-App/issues/6">#6</a>
- Fixed issue <a href="https://github.com/owncloud/News-Android-App/issues/46">#46 (Android 3.2.1 crash)</a>
- Fixed issue <a href="https://github.com/owncloud/News-Android-App/issues/68">#68 (Special folder "all unread articles" shows all articles)</a>
- Fixed issue <a href="https://github.com/owncloud/News-Android-App/issues/69">#69 (Crash when image cache enabled)</a>

0.3.6
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- Option to scroll through articles with Volume rockers <a href="https://github.com/owncloud/News-Android-App/issues/61">#61 (Use volume rocker to browse through articles)</a>
- Option to download old items for feed/folder <a href="https://github.com/owncloud/News-Android-App/issues/63">#63 (Allow dowloading old items)</a>
- Light Theme for item view <a href="https://github.com/owncloud/News-Android-App/issues/59">#59 (White Theme doesn't apply to articles)</a>
- Image offline caching function asks now if you want to download if you're not connected with wifi
- Item detail optimizations

0.3.5
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- Fixed issue <a href="https://github.com/owncloud/News-Android-App/issues/52">#52 (Folders visible multiple times)</a>  
- Fixed issue <a href="https://github.com/owncloud/News-Android-App/issues/53">#53 (New items get added at the bottom)</a>  
- Added default feed favIcon
- Theme is now also applied in the settings screen
- Implemented <a href="https://github.com/owncloud/News-Android-App/issues/56">#56 (Click on header to open article in browser)</a>  

0.3.4
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- Offline reading (Only when you sync items the marked/starred/unread/unstarred items get synchronized. This save a lot of network traffic
- Offline image caching
- Login is getting verified when you click sign-in
- Strict-Hostname-Verification (Important Security Fix)
- Simple or extended list view
- Light or dark app Theme
- Implemented <a href="https://github.com/owncloud/News-Android-App/issues/29">#29 Mark all Article in one Column as readed</a>
- A lot of other new stuff and fixes