Any thought to creating a Calibre App?

Sydney's Mom · 04-19-2011, 11:47 AM

i have calibre on my laptops and desktops, but what about android devices? I would like to be able to view books from those devices, without leaving Calibre open at home. Is that something that might be doable? I would certainly be interested in such an app, and would pay for it. Thanks, Debra

kovidgoyal · 04-19-2011, 11:53 AM

There are many apps that can download books from calibre. Wordplayer, aldiko are a couple that come to mind.

ldolse · 04-19-2011, 11:55 AM

Calibre can't be ported to Android, there are far too many dependencies that don't exist on Android. Aside from that it's significantly heftier than what most Android hardware could deal with.

If you want access to your books from everywhere check out the dropbox/Calibre2opds combo.

Sydney's Mom · 04-19-2011, 12:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ldolse

Calibre can't be ported to Android, there are far too many dependencies that don't exist on Android. Aside from that it's significantly heftier than what most Android hardware could deal with.

If you want access to your books from everywhere check out the dropbox/Calibre2opds combo.

Thanks. Can you point me to a simplified explanation? Debra

ldolse · 04-19-2011, 11:03 PM

Kovid's solution works by leaving Calibre running all the time and making it accessble to the Internet via your Internet router, dyndns, etc. The advantage is you get all the features of the content server.

The Dropbox solution isn't as feature rich, but it has the advantage of not requiring Calibre running or setting up an Internet available service yourself.

Dropbox (and Sugarsync, and several other players) provide free Internet storage space, generally up to two gigabytes. That's plenty for most ebook libraries. All you do is sign up for their service, then install their client software. The client software works in the background to sync specific folders on your desktop to the Internet. Specify your Calibre library and it will automatically sync to the cloud whenever you add/change books.

The second piece of the puzzle is Calibre2OPDS. This indexes your Calibre library and builds an iPhone/Android friendly UI to browse your ebooks. You need to manually run this whenever you change your library and you want to update the web index.

Then you either configure Aldiko to use your dropbox account as a catalog, or just browse the catalog directly in the Android browser-Aldiko will be launched automatically whenever you download an epub.

Read more here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64095

itimpi · 04-20-2011, 12:13 AM

The home site for Calibre2opds is at https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Calibre2opds. Perusing that is probably better than trying the thread in this forum.

There is an attempt to do a comparison between using the Calibre Content server and calibre2opds at https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Cali...libre_catalogs. However how much it would mean to anyone who has used neither product I am not sure.

gweminence · 04-21-2011, 09:57 AM

https://market.android.com/details?i...=search_result

This is what you're looking for.

Edit:
Oh, you don't want to leave calibre open. That app requires the content server to be running.

Manichean · 04-21-2011, 11:14 AM

Selling an app for accessing Calibre is a ripoff, when you can easily access your library either via the content server or the calibre2opds+dropbox- method.

Starson17 · 04-21-2011, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Manichean

Selling an app for accessing Calibre is a ripoff, when you can easily access your library either via the content server or the calibre2opds+dropbox- method.

The thing that's odd about that app is that there's no reader, and most of the readers, which are free, already have a built in way to access the Calibre content server. If you install the reader, you get the download app and the reader.

Manichean · 04-21-2011, 04:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Starson17

The thing that's odd about that app is that there's no reader, and most of the readers, which are free, already have a built in way to access the Calibre content server. If you install the reader, you get the download app and the reader.

That makes it even worse.

04-19-2011, 11:47 AM	#1
Sydney's Mom Wizard Posts: 2,899 Karma: 6995721 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Idaho, on the side of a mountain Device: Kindle Oasis, Fire 3d Gen and 5th Gen and Samsung Tab S	Any thought to creating a Calibre App? i have calibre on my laptops and desktops, but what about android devices? I would like to be able to view books from those devices, without leaving Calibre open at home. Is that something that might be doable? I would certainly be interested in such an app, and would pay for it. Thanks, Debra

04-21-2011, 09:57 AM	#7
gweminence Fat Guy Posts: 408 Karma: 24165 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Kindle Voyage	https://market.android.com/details?i...=search_result This is what you're looking for. Edit: Oh, you don't want to leave calibre open. That app requires the content server to be running. Last edited by gweminence; 04-21-2011 at 10:05 AM.

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04-19-2011, 11:53 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,342 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	There are many apps that can download books from calibre. Wordplayer, aldiko are a couple that come to mind.

04-19-2011, 11:55 AM	#3
ldolse Wizard Posts: 1,337 Karma: 123455 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Malaysia Device: PRS-650, iPhone	Calibre can't be ported to Android, there are far too many dependencies that don't exist on Android. Aside from that it's significantly heftier than what most Android hardware could deal with. If you want access to your books from everywhere check out the dropbox/Calibre2opds combo.

04-19-2011, 11:03 PM	#5
ldolse Wizard Posts: 1,337 Karma: 123455 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Malaysia Device: PRS-650, iPhone	Kovid's solution works by leaving Calibre running all the time and making it accessble to the Internet via your Internet router, dyndns, etc. The advantage is you get all the features of the content server. The Dropbox solution isn't as feature rich, but it has the advantage of not requiring Calibre running or setting up an Internet available service yourself. Dropbox (and Sugarsync, and several other players) provide free Internet storage space, generally up to two gigabytes. That's plenty for most ebook libraries. All you do is sign up for their service, then install their client software. The client software works in the background to sync specific folders on your desktop to the Internet. Specify your Calibre library and it will automatically sync to the cloud whenever you add/change books. The second piece of the puzzle is Calibre2OPDS. This indexes your Calibre library and builds an iPhone/Android friendly UI to browse your ebooks. You need to manually run this whenever you change your library and you want to update the web index. Then you either configure Aldiko to use your dropbox account as a catalog, or just browse the catalog directly in the Android browser-Aldiko will be launched automatically whenever you download an epub. Read more here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64095

04-20-2011, 12:13 AM	#6
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	The home site for Calibre2opds is at https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Calibre2opds. Perusing that is probably better than trying the thread in this forum. There is an attempt to do a comparison between using the Calibre Content server and calibre2opds at https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Cali...libre_catalogs. However how much it would mean to anyone who has used neither product I am not sure.

04-21-2011, 11:14 AM	#8
Manichean Wizard Posts: 3,130 Karma: 91256 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	Selling an app for accessing Calibre is a ripoff, when you can easily access your library either via the content server or the calibre2opds+dropbox- method.

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