Android :: Horizontal Scrolling With Fling Gesture - Ebook Reader
Aug 20, 2009
So my application has a large amount of textual data. Up until this point I've been using forward and back buttons to navigate from section to section. I was impressed with the horizontal scrolling of the Ebook reader from Alkido that is available on the store which uses a horizontal fling gesture to flip the pages. Does anyone have any experience doing something like this? I've done it a number of ways, but none seem to be very smooth or efficient.
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Jun 17, 2010
Anything on evo and good ebook reader.
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Jul 1, 2010
My mother recently indicated that she's considering being in the market for an ebook reader. However she is, bless her soul, firmly insistent on open format, DRM-free, and the ability to "really own" a book she's downloaded. She doesn't even want the potential for a Kindle-1984-type remote-wipe or an inability to move a book to another device later. (Yes, my mother has grown up to be a Free Software evangelist. I'm so proud of her. *sniff*)
Of course, she doesn't know the ebook market all that well, and frankly neither do I. She's considering the B&N Nook, but from what little I know it has the same lock-in problems as the Kindle.
So my question is, I suppose, two-fold:
1) Are there any ebook stores or services available for any device that don't treat customers are criminals waiting to happen, and use a DRM-free format without revocation ability? Are they bound to a given device, or are there any that work on an arbitrary Android device? A good ebook reader app or use of the open ePub format (for which I understand there are several readers available) is a plus here.
2) Of the various devices out there (both phone and non-phone), which make particularly good ebook readers? She has a decently large purse but it still wouldn't hold an iPad-sized device comfortably, but at the same time a 3-inch screen is not going to work for her eyes. (It barely works for mine.) What's a good device if that's your main interest? Any good/bad experiences here, or at least things to look for?
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Nov 23, 2010
An ebook reader app that has an integrated (or anyway a very handy) dictionary or translation feature.
I'm tired of switching app and type the word when i should just hold on a word to directly access its meaning.
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Feb 5, 2010
I found that Aldiko seems to be the most popular eBook app. So I downloaded it. My question is regarding the ePub format. I have a ton of books in text format already. Is it a pain to convert them to ePub? If it is, what's a good app that runs txt files and can be used as an eBook reader?
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Jun 6, 2010
Does an ebook reader exist for Android yet that will open HTML files? I can't find one.
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Feb 13, 2010
I know TTS isn't very "good" when it comes to reading ebooks out loud. However, I also have a Kindle and it's good enough. Is there any way to feed ebooks through the TTS program?
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Sep 14, 2010
I feel like an idiot for asking this but, I got some ebooks on my computer, and was wondering how do I get them into my evo 4g?
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Dec 7, 2009
I need to build an ebook/reference reader type of an application. Is there any engines which gives support for formatting html or anyother types of content?
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Aug 20, 2010
I'm getting used to it very quickly one app i haven't found yet is an ebook reader that allows the reader to lookup words in a dictionary. I used to have Mobireader on my Windows Mobile which allowed me to do that and it was great, but alas it looks like it hasn't been ported to Android. I tried Aldiko because it has a similar function but you have to manually type each word which is kind of a drag. Anyone can recommend an ebook reader for my needs?
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May 29, 2010
I've been a WM user for years, and I am tempted to change for an Android (HTC desire...), BUT... I can't find if Android will fulfil my specific needs.
I use my smartphone mainly as an ebook reader, and I read English literature, although my moher tongue is French, so I need to lookup words in the dictionary quite frequently. Since I read i places where I don't have an Internet access, I need the dictionary to be offline.
All this works perfectly well with Windows Reader on WM, and a free EN / FR issued with the reader: you tap on an unknown word, it opens the menu and you just click on "Definition..." to obtain the it (no need to re-type the word, and the lookup analyses the "morphology of the word, so that whatever the grammatical form it can be recognised)
So, my question is: is it possible to have the same features on Android in general, and the HTC desire in particular? That is:
- an ebook reader app that won't bother me with DRMs and let me read my DRM-free "home made" ebook files
- that comprises or can be used in connection with an OFFLINE EN / FR dictionary (or a simple English dictionary, it would do perfectly well, as long as it defines the word)
- and where you don't need to re-type the word you want to look up, just tap on it then launch the dictionary in 1 click
- the dictionary should be able to do some morphological analysis, i.e. if you ask for the definition of, say, "seen", it should recognise it as a form of "to see".
I have done some research, and found that there's an ebook app on Android that seems quite successful, Aldiko, and it claims that it has a dictionary lookup function, BUT from what I have seen on the web, it seems that you have although you can call the dictionary easily from the app,you have to re-type the word, so it doesn't fit my bill (besides, it's not clear whether the dictionary is offline or not).
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Sep 9, 2010
There are so many good readers out there. It seems that none of them have it all. I think Laputa makes reading fun，in my opinion is the best reader on the market.
This app has changed my relationship with my phone. It is amazing, a must have for avid readers.
Download and read thousands of books right on your Android phone. Anywhere. Anytime.
The page animation is unlike any other page animation - the page actually rolls WITH your finger as you push it across the screen; other page flipping readers have a very fake looking flip compared to this ones
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May 6, 2010
Company and reference materials for my work are available in various ebook formats. I currently convert to .pdb and read on a Palm. Also, I enjoy reading ebooks on my handheld, and of course the available library is nearly infinite.
Market and Google Search show a huge spectrum of android ebook readers, with varying levels of user praise and condemnation. I have tried many of them with frustrating results, and still must carry a Palm for ebook-reading. Nothing (that I have evaluated) does my whole job on the Eris.
I need something that will do the following:
.pdb, .txt, or .doc ebooks. Any ONE of these will suffice because I can convert as required. .txt would be best, I supposed, as that's the common denominator.
Auto-scroll. Must be reasonably smooth, easy to start, and variable speed. It's important to be able to control speed without too many button-pushes, perhaps with the volume rocker.
Font control. My aged eyesight requires selection of font type, size, and weight.
Images would be great but are not required.
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Jun 7, 2010
I have hundreds of books, manuals, and blocks of text information that I wish to read, but with no Eris app that "works" for me I must carry a Palm TX. The material is 100% text, no images.
My requirements are
1. Load text files
2. Adjust font size
3. Controllable scroll
4. Instructions (user guide, manual, etc.)
I've tried Laputa, Aldiko, JJReader, Wordplayer, eReader, and others - and every one of them fails on at least one of the above.
And it's critical that the app provide help in loading, storing, and accessing the files.
Price is unimportant - I really REALLY need an ebook reader!!
This Eris is on 2.1, and is not rooted.
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Sep 25, 2010
The new version of Laputa released as a new app, named Laputa Reader 1.3.1
New points for this version:
+ More stable
+ Chinese Suppoted
+ Recommendation
+ RSS service
+ Search in book content
+ Adjust Brightness
+ Screen rotate with G-Sersor supported
+ Display awake setting
+Prograss Bar On/Off
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Jul 7, 2009
is it possible to have both Scrollbars together. My Application is too big for just one of them. I tried it with a ScrollView in a HorizontalScrollView Layout, but it supports only vertical or horizontal scrolling at the same time and not crosswise. It would be nice to have a scrolling just like in the Browser of Android. Is this possible?
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Nov 7, 2009
Anyone know of an ebook reader for Android that allows you to read books other than public domain books? On Blackberry I was able to download books from BarnesandNobel from recent best seller lists. I have found several ebook readers that support the "epub" format, but can't find anywhere that you can purchase "epub" format ebooks that are new releases. Anyone know of a bookstore where I can pick up some of these to read with these ebook readers in the Android Market?
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Feb 24, 2010
I have several ebooks in PRC and Mobi format that I am hoping to be able to read on my new Hero. Does anyone have any suggestions on what would be a good app solution?
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Dec 14, 2009
Is it possible to put a scrollView(vertical scroll view) inside HorizontalScrollview, so that, I want my screen to scroll both horizontally and vertically.
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May 9, 2009
Its been a while since I've done any coding, I'm new to android, and unfortunately my first job is rather tricky. My program need to display horizontally scrolling text and images, but it need to set the scroll speed quiet finely. Now I've been looing at some examples with TextView and some also use android.widget.Scroller.
Now I'm pretty sure I'll have to write this from scratch, but what i want to know, is there a clear way that i should use in creating the class. I could try expanding on the TextView class and use its methods. Or should I just write a class to treat text and images the same?
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Jun 22, 2010
Instead of the currently implemented vertical scrolling in the GridView control, I want to scroll horizontally. So, I want to be able to move left and right by swiping left/right so the contents scroll horizontally. I have tried setting the setNumColumns()..
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Oct 5, 2010
The following GridView only scrolls vertically. Am I doing something wrong?
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Oct 5, 2010
I've been looking around for quite some time now, and I can't get a straight answer for my question. It's quite simple: How can I get a nice scrolling text just like the long app names in the Market when you select an application?
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Oct 8, 2010
It seems like the best way to create a horizontal scrolling list of images is to use the Gallery widget. I need to display sidebar text with each image.The examples I have seen showing how to use the Gallery widget only show images. Is it possible to display a list of images+text descriptions in a Gallery, and if it is, does anyone have an example of how to do this?
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Jun 2, 2010
I want to have a simple TextView with horizontal scrolling, I know that I use HorizontalScrollview for that and I want the text to be autoscrolled continuously. Is that possible?
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Apr 23, 2010
I have some text data in database which I have retrieved in a Cursor, and I am displaying it in a ListView. What I want to do now is that when you select click a particular row in the list its text content should be displayed in full screen and the user should be able to scroll horizontally (like scrolling between iPhone home screens) to view the contents of the Cursor.
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Sep 1, 2010
Android News & Weather app lets you swipe to reveal another view, just like the iPhone. Can someone show me an example of how this is done? It is not a ViewFlipper attached to a GestureDetector.
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Nov 5, 2008
Supposed to be buggy but i havent tried it out yet. You can grab it over at http://www.fbreader.org/FBReaderJ/ and let us know how it works
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Sep 20, 2010
I'm new to Android and I want to make an image gallery where each column is a category, and users can scroll both vertically and horizontally. I found a useful post about how to display list of images here. I'm wondering if it's possible to nest lists of image inside of a gallery view?
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Nov 11, 2012
Is there any launcher that you can scroll the home screens both vertically and horizontally? Not 3-d but 2-d, like a 4x4 grid of homescreens.
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