Sunday 27 September 2009

Adding NewsReader AppWidget Onto Android Phones




NewsReader is a television style appwidget which sits on your homescreen providing you with latest news along with notification as and when new news appears.
Installation:
Hold the home screen until you see "Add to Home Screen" and select widgets option from that screen.
You cant launch this widget from the menu.

Than select NewsReader from the list.
Configuration:
1)you can select notification if you want along with feed refresh interval(How often you want phone to ping for latest news) and interested newssite
Some of the icons used in this app are from freeiconsweb.com.

Features:
1)Clicking on the news logo will take you to home page if news site.
2)Clicking on notification will take you to news story.
3)In order to focus the widget(so that the news item scrolls),you need to click on the widget.

Images are shown above.

Update:After i uploaded to android market,i got an email from one of the user kindly suggesting me that the app doesnt work for 1.6 sdk.So i made relevant changes and published to the market.So if you have downloaded the earlier version,please clear the data/uninstall and install the new version(Assuming that you were running the app on 1.6 SDK)

Next Release:
I will soon be coming with the release of next version with the ability to add your own feed and much more.Thanks





1 comment:

  1. is the news reader still available? I can't find it on the market anymore. Thanks

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