Aldiko

oldyellr · 10-12-2021, 04:16 PM

I started reading e-books on a Kobo Vox and settled on Aldiko as my go-to reader. When Kobo changed ownership, dropped support for the Vox and my tablet finally crashed and bricked itself, I continued using Aldiko on a cheapie Android tablet. I next upgraded to an Amazon Fire 7 tablet with a nicer screen and modified it to use Google Play and its apps so could have Aldiko.

The Aldiko version I had was 3.1.3, the latest, when it unexpectedly got updated to Aldiko Next without my permission, removing all my books. Aldiko Next is terrible with far fewer useful features and I was ready to find another reader until I saw Aldiko Classic on Google Play, which I downloaded after removing Aldiko Next. It's the old 3.1.3 version and hopefully won't get downgraded to Aldiko Next.

Quoth · 10-13-2021, 08:13 AM

I use Aldiko Basic on an old Android 6.x because Lithium isn't available.
I use Lithium on all my later Androids and up to 10.x
I use Xodo for PDFs, though it can do ebooks.
I use KoReader on an Android eInk (Android 8.x) downloaded using the browser on it as an APK from Git direct and then installed, no PC needed.

10-12-2021, 04:16 PM	#1
oldyellr Evangelist Posts: 486 Karma: 26106 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Vox, Amazon Fire 7	Aldiko I started reading e-books on a Kobo Vox and settled on Aldiko as my go-to reader. When Kobo changed ownership, dropped support for the Vox and my tablet finally crashed and bricked itself, I continued using Aldiko on a cheapie Android tablet. I next upgraded to an Amazon Fire 7 tablet with a nicer screen and modified it to use Google Play and its apps so could have Aldiko. The Aldiko version I had was 3.1.3, the latest, when it unexpectedly got updated to Aldiko Next without my permission, removing all my books. Aldiko Next is terrible with far fewer useful features and I was ready to find another reader until I saw Aldiko Classic on Google Play, which I downloaded after removing Aldiko Next. It's the old 3.1.3 version and hopefully won't get downgraded to Aldiko Next.

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10-13-2021, 08:13 AM	#2
Quoth Still reading Posts: 13,992 Karma: 105092227 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	I use Aldiko Basic on an old Android 6.x because Lithium isn't available. I use Lithium on all my later Androids and up to 10.x I use Xodo for PDFs, though it can do ebooks. I use KoReader on an Android eInk (Android 8.x) downloaded using the browser on it as an APK from Git direct and then installed, no PC needed.

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