ubook for Android

Dopedangel · 02-15-2011, 01:56 AM

Looks like a beta version of ubook for android is out. So far its looks like it is just a port of the windows mobile version not something written for android from scratch

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Ok,
Here it goes: The bad news is that I am so disappointed with the poor performance of the Java (Dalvik/Android) version that I am putting it aside for now.
The good? Thanks to the brilliant people behind the Android os, the NDK allowed me to port 95% of (Legacy 2010) uBook in two weeks:

It is (not too) far from finished, the fonts are the big item on my list.
Otherwise, here's the APK for you to try:

uBook Legacy for Android

It works on my (Canadian) black Pandigital (Android 1.5) and on the emulator (Android 2.2), both with good speed results.

More to come...

CharlieBird · 02-17-2011, 12:55 PM

For old times sake I downloaded and tried it last night. It used to be my favored reader—maybe it was just too late and I was too tired—but first off I couldn't figure out how to get it to open up bigger than cellphone size, and even though I was somewhat familiar with the interface it seemed labor intensive and too busy, w/too many icons.

To many too's here, but too bad! The developer at Gower Point is really responsive and helpful.

I'll stick w/CoolReader and Aldiko. MoonReader.

Thanks for the heads up tho.
d

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02-17-2011, 12:55 PM	#2
CharlieBird ¿Huh? Posts: 349 Karma: 1004526 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: rural Jalisco Device: HiSense A7 CC, Fire HD6, Kobo Libra2	For old times sake I downloaded and tried it last night. It used to be my favored reader—maybe it was just too late and I was too tired—but first off I couldn't figure out how to get it to open up bigger than cellphone size, and even though I was somewhat familiar with the interface it seemed labor intensive and too busy, w/too many icons. To many too's here, but too bad! The developer at Gower Point is really responsive and helpful. I'll stick w/CoolReader and Aldiko. MoonReader. Thanks for the heads up tho. d

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