Paperdroid
Paperdroid is an offline article reading Android app that integrates with the excellent service Read It Later and/or Google Reader.
Found an interesting but long article while surfing in a costly internet point? Skimming hastily through your feeds for worthy posts? Just save the page to Read It Later (via bookmarklet, the Firefox extension etc.) or star it in Google Reader - and have Paperdroid automatically download it to your trusty Android phone for offline reading pleasure.You can grab it from the Android Market (search for Paperdroid or scan the QR Code on the left), andappstore.com or slideme.org.
Features summary
- integration with Read It Later/Google Reader
- sync your reading list: get new articles, update changes, save articles to the SD card for offline reading
- easily mark articles as new/read/deleted
- easily edit article title and tags
- super-easy article navigation: tap to scroll, swipe to get to the next/previous article
- save articles to your reading list directly from the Android browser (via Share page menu option)
- share interesting articles with your friends - on Google Reader, via email or with any other app that hooks to the SEND intent (e.g. twitter apps, Evernote...)
- configurable, battery friendly background syncing service: sync your list and fetch your articles at regular intervals - it will only wake itself up when there's suitable connectivity (i.e. wifi only or mobile/wifi depending on your preferences) and obey the global "Background data" setting
- found a promising link while reading offline? Just long-click it and save it to your reading list - it will be automatically fetched by the background sync service - an endless recursion of offline pleasure!
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Hi.
I'm an Archos 5 internet tablet user (i.e. no phone) and your app seems excellent - BUT - please can I set it to refresh through wifi more than once every 24 hours?
Also please note I cannot download at the market place or any other site that loads only to phones so its always slideme or similar
thanks
Hi,
Paperdroid Pro enables setting a custom interval for background syncing - it will be veeeery soon (a matter of hours, or few days at most) available also on SlideMe.
But, if the problem is simply that you only have wifi connectivity every once in a while, even the free version background sync works quite well. When the scheduled sync is run (i.e. 24 hours after last sync) it will notice lack of wifi connectivity and go to sleep, and will wake up and sync as soon as you connect to a wifi network.
So if, say, you only have wifi at Starbucks, Monday to Friday 8.00->8.30am, and the device is set to connect automatically, you'll have your fresh reading list every (workday) morning even with Paperdroid free ;)
I hope this helps!
I got a problem using this app on my Android phone.
When I mark something as read on the phone, it still appears as unread/new in Firefox and http://readitlaterlist.com.
Why is this?
Due to the offline vocation of Paperdroid, all changes to the reading list (marking as read/unread, setting tags, saving new articles) are 'cached' on the device and synced back to the (RIL and/or Google Reader) services on the next sync operation. The one exception is sharing on Reader, but 'offlining' that too is in the todo.
If you are using Paperdroid free and need to have your read/unread statuses synced frequently - i.e. you make an intensive 'dual' (mobile and PC) use of RIL - you'll have to perform a manual sync after the reading session on Paperdroid. Or you might want to consider purchasing Paperdroid Pro; also in the todo (perhaps only for Pro, though) is a feature to automatically sync back updates regardless of the sync frequency.
Great app.
If you're looking for a new feature, syncing links found in twitter favorites would be great!
Well, that sounds like a great idea!
Not so easy to implement, but I'll look into it soon.
Thanks!!
I would like to use this program, but when I try to sign in using my google reader account, it seems to give me 2 choices. One is using the account on my phone (but the log in button is still grayed out), so I switched to the 'don't use this account' option and put in the account my phone uses. When I try to log in this way, it says [RIL] log in failed, wrong credentials. Then it says I must use at least one account. Horribly circular logic...
What am I doing wrong?
'Use this account' must be on, if you want to use Google Reader in any capacity. If it's off, anything else in the screen is irrelevant (and the login button disabled). Then you should try to enable 'Use device account' and login. If it fails, uncheck 'use device account' (so that it reads 'use custom credentials') and fill in your username and password in the text fields, then login again.
If you have a Read It Later account, you can also set that up separately. If not, you must disable 'Use this account' in the Read It Later setup screen.
When I did it the first time, it closed back to the window before that one, then closed the program. It then opened again and said I must use at least one account.
When I tried to do it again, it says [RIL] log in failed, wrong credentials.
1. Open Paperdroid
2. If you're brought directly into the Preferences screen ('You must setup at least one account') skip step 3.
3. Regardless of any error message, press Menu/Preferences
4. Tap on Read It Later, uncheck 'Use this account', press Back
5. Tap on Google Reader, check 'Use this account', do the rest of the setup as per previous comment, tap 'Login'
6. Upon successful login, you might be brought back to the reading list and a Sync initiated; if that's not the case, just press Back (to go to the reading list) then Menu/Sync
7. Wait for the sync to complete
8. Happy reading!
hi! i just bought paperdroid pro, and i'm excited about it, especially the auto/tilt scrolling, but i'm having trouble getting it to sync with google reader and fetch articles. i've logged in successfully with both "use device account" and "use custom credentials," but when i sync, no articles appear. i've double checked that i have plenty of unread articles in google reader, and other android feed reader apps, e.g. NewsRob, fetch them happily. any ideas?
Lowne,
Any plan for custom/prettified interface for Paperdroid Pro at some point of development. I would pay if I could look at something better than typical Android UI elements.
Lowne,
Please also consider Instapaper, it is very useful and with usable API. I use Instapaper than Read It Later, even if Read It Later integrates better with Google Reader on Facefox, I do Chrome right now. Instapaper has way better long article/editorial discovery system for random insteresting read.
As stated in http://www.instapaper.com/api - there's no way to pull the reading list from Instapaper. Feel free to nag Marco Arment about it.
On the other hand: ChromeRIL (https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/bkikpncfbjndhfkipijhdoddiadaipaa) does everything you'll ever need.
About the custom UI: it's not a priority; honestly I'm not sure I'll find the time for that.
I am unable to log into Google Reader. Paperdroid won't let me type in my full user name.
Just paid for the Pro version only to find it consistently crashing or garbling HTML content. What is the suggested best practices for using Google Reader as sync source? Starring articles seems like a bad idea, as do folders. How about tags?
really nice app.! I love readitlate, so I bought the pro version.
wow, you are even in Venezia! I'm in Pisa! haha
RE: The idea above about syncing with links found in twitter / twitter favs, maybe have a look at http://favstar.fm and http://packrati.us/ for some ideas?
Same problem as above, can't sync with Google Reader.
I entered correctly my credentials, paperdroid says "logged in whith ..."
But when I sync, it says "Wrong credentials".
Also tried Device account, failed too.
Working with RIL.
Free version.
It would be really nice if there was an option to make font color other than white - for example light grey - custom White makes my eyes hurt.
I love paperdroid except for the scroll feature. Anyone else having problems with this? I tap the bottom of screen and usually it wont scroll down. Occasionally it works.
I downloaded paperdroid, set it up for my readitlater account, and realized that it wouldn't sync more than 99 items. Since I use readitlater quite a bit, I went ahead and bought the paperdroid pro version.
It will download, but not install. The message I get is: "Installation Error. Duplicate provider authority."
At this point I got a refund, however I will buy again if there is a fix for this.
for some url, can't sync when choosing cache mode to 'text&images', always shows a 'bang' sign and I have to open it in browser.
the interesting thing is, when first added to the paperdroid, I can see the whole article as well as the images it contains, very nice. but, when I press sync, the article changes to the 'bang' sign, and I cant read them unless I refetch them in pure text mode.
there are also problems when displaying the title name in non-ASCII for some url-shortend urls. it shows something like 评论
p.s.
to those who have problem with logging into google account, try to remove the dot(.) in your account name, at least this fixed my problem.
Any chance to get a timetable for updates? There are plenty of HTML and image+text problems with syncing to RIL, and it is pretty disheartening to see your other apps get updated in leaps and bounds while I spent a not insignificant amount on your app which has been left with the some serious usability issues since I first bought it in October.
Thanks
Another surprised user of Paperdroid ... after buying the Pro version it seems that using "HTML" fetch mode on some pages doesn't fetch the images (try this: http://www.istockphoto.com/article_view.php?ID=191 ), also on the same page it *very* often happen that while browsing the webpage, I accidentaly make a slight finger move, which immediately translates into scrolling to the end (marking it as read) and moving to the next article. Please let the user turn off these two features (or at least the second one - moving between articles) because this is very frustrating.
Hi there,
I just downloaded the free version on the Market and found that no matter how many times I enter in my info for my Google Reader account, it never is able to connect and sync. It's not a data problem with my phone or mobile connection, it's definitely the app because I can use data freely in other places, including other readers. But I prefer yours because I can use read it later. Can someone help me figure out what's wrong?
Can you please update paperdroid pro for use with froyo. Thanks
I use as well this app
But a few days ago poped up the text that "wrong credential"
then can't access google reader credential
What's wrong ?
Since getting the OTA for froyo I can no longer share on Google Reader. I get invalid credentials pop up.
I'm guessing this is our problem.
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/reader/thread?tid=5698d3dc3cfa4470&hl=en
I think Amblin is right. Please fix?
Please, pretty please, fix the login issue. Love the reader, but can't sync Google Reader
Agree with the above posts about login credentials - I've been using this now for several months, but it hasn't managed to sync for several weeks now, same error message though I've done all the recommendations as above. Please fix this, as it's a great app! Thanks!
Hi, love Paperdroid Pro -- works great with ReadItLater! A minor enhancement request, though. Could the notifications of syncs be disabled? I don't really need to see them all of the time.
I also have problems getting images from ReadItLater feeds, like the earlier commenter, but it's not a big deal for me, given what I usually use this app for.
Thanks for the great work, and hope to see some more development on Paperdroid soon!
+1 Paperdroid is broken! Please fix Google Reader sync issues, I use(d) this program every day, and now have no offline cache for RSS feeds. Please please fix! I'll even buy it again ffs!
With Cyanogen Mod 6.00 RC2 this app isnta crashes, do not know if the problem is in 2.2 or only in CM releases :(
@Adeiko I'm running 2.2 w/ Sense on UK Desire and no force closes.
Please fix this app's Google Reader auth!
+1 on the google auth fix! I really love the share in google feature.
Resync Paperdorid with RIL
I reinstalled Paperdroid after a wipe. New Read-it-Later articles are synced, but old (unread) articles are not. How do you reset the cache?
+1 on the google reader fix!
Sorry everyone for the utter lack of updates! If you're having issues or want to be notified of updates, vote here: http://feedback.latedroid.com/forums/70437-general/suggestions/989773
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