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Hey all,
I made an extension for Chrome users called "Comment Save":
I'll let the description speak for itself. I have personally found it useful for keeping track of my posts on XDA and other forums. Hope you guys find it useful and any suggestions will be useful!
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ndmcbhmmonjkclhmeidccodfhlifmmco
Ever written a large post or comment on a website, click submit, only to see your comment get lost in the internet wilderness? Or your tab/window closed somehow before you could submit?
Or maybe you just like to keep track of all the posts you made on different websites.
Comment Save (CS) helps you keep track of what you have been writing as you type. Icon beside the address bar brings up a window showing you the last post you wrote alongwith a link to the page. Link in the window allows you to view your post history.
You can also filter websites where you don't want any of your posts to be tracked.
Works on sites like:
- Youtube
- Facebook
- Gawker blogs (Gawker/Gizmodo/Jezebel/Lifehacker/etc.)
- Engadget/Techcrunch/etc. (Sites which use Disqus)
- Wordpress/Tumblr
- Forums of all kinds
- Digg/Reddit
- CNN/New York Times/The Guardian/other news websites
- And lots more!
FEATURES:
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* Records your post as you type so you can recover it if you lose it.
* Keeps a history of all your posts along with a link to the page and the time.
* Allows you to add filters so you can disable tracking on certain websites.
* Simple checkbox in the popup window enables/disable tracking globally.
Pretty cool idea, shame firefox is the love of my life haha, will try later though.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
Bump. I might make it for FF someday
One last bump
And for Opera
I heard that the proxies Sprint puts your connections though are designed to compress and minimize data usage, things like replacing your browser's user string so it forces mobile versions of pages and so on.
Just about no page works when I choose to view the Desktop version of a page in FireFox, Chrome, or the stock browser, I still get the mobile version. The only thing that works is if the webpage itself has an option to display the mobile version.
So first of all, is Sprint the reason for this? And if so... well, I already attempted several things I Googled to fix it, none worked.
Pretty much everything mentioned getting into my EPST settings to disable the Sprint proxy.... but all of these are from 2012 or so, and it seems something had chanced since then.
It told me to go to the DSS settings and set my proxy and ip to 0, which I did.
It told me to disable reverse tunneling, which I did.
And it as well as most other guides told me to enter the RSTP/HTTP settings and set the proxy IP and port to 0, although I only saw an option for RSTP, not HTTP.
I did all of those (Minus the HTTP one since I couldn't find it anywhere) and still nothing, I only get mobile versions. Everything I tried to Google about it was three years old and just told me to do the RSTP/HTTP settings, a few also mentioned the DSS and reverse tunneling, but nothing had any new information.
Use dolphin browser
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I can get to desktop page on stock browser and chrome, In using bad boyz Rom not sure if that has anything to do with it
I already have three browsers installed, Firefox, Chrome, and the stock browser, and neither of them work.
If Sprint is intercepting user agent strings and replacing them with mobile strings then switching browsers would not fix the issue.
Plus I prefer Firefox.
Is there any way to prevent the user agent string switch from my end?
Hi, I'm not looking anything Illegal. I hope someone can point me in the right direction. This would just collect time stamps already shown.
I want a time tracking app for FB.
It can be run off a browser. It would goto a selected friends message and according to the time stamp document their FB time.
Example. Already on FB in the message top it states Active Now, Active 7 minutes ago.... It would just check and log according to the preferences.
It would produce a time log. Active from 12:02 am - 3:am Active from 7:01pm-7:05pm.
Is this already out there?
20GT said:
Hi, I'm not looking anything Illegal. I hope someone can point me in the right direction. This would just collect time stamps already shown.
I want a time tracking app for FB.
It can be run off a browser. It would goto a selected friends message and according to the time stamp document their FB time.
Example. Already on FB in the message top it states Active Now, Active 7 minutes ago.... It would just check and log according to the preferences.
It would produce a time log. Active from 12:02 am - 3:am Active from 7:01pm-7:05pm.
Is this already out there?
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Hi there, I think I understand what you want but not sure it's possible. Facebook only says the last time you were online / active, so it doesn't record the spaces between old posts.
For example, for the following
Bob : Posts a status update a 8:00 am
Bob : Stays online, just reading and looking at other peoples posts
Bob : Posts a status update at 10:00 am
Bob : Goes offline straight after posting the message
Fred : Posts a status update a 8:00 am
Fred : Goes offline straight after posting the message
Fred : Posts a status update a 10:00 am
Fred : Goes offline straight after posting the message
For both users, if you look at their page it will suggest that they were last active at 10:00 am but it won't tell you that Bob was online the whole time since 8:00 am but Fred wasn't. So all you would be able to assume at best is that the person has been online continually ever since their first post was ever made (or that day, but that assumes they weren't on Facebook prior to midnight until past midnight).
Yes you are correct. They could be online.
I only want to know when they are active.
I almost have a macro for PC written to screen shot that area.
OCR it, and save it in note pad with a time stamp.
But I would rather have an app.
20GT said:
Yes you are correct. They could be online.
I only want to know when they are active.
I almost have a macro for PC written to screen shot that area.
OCR it, and save it in note pad with a time stamp.
But I would rather have an app.
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Are you wanting this app to work without being visible on screen? Taking a screenshot is the wrong way to go about "screen scraping" the data, you should be getting the raw HTML data and then parsing that to get the information that you want, it would be much more optimal than performing OCR on a screenshot. If you want this app of yours constantly monitoring other users then it would have to work without being visible on screen. I'm new to Android in particular so not sure what class you would need to act as a http client to obtain the data.
But I think you just missed my point, you can't tell how long they have been active. You're making a guess and assuming they haven't gone offline during posts. Just because I posted twice in an hour, doesn't mean I was active on facebook that whole time. All you can tell from the information is,
1. What that have posted and when
2. When they last posted
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what exactly do you mean by "active"?
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This article shows how to download an image programatically
http://www.helloandroid.com/tutorials/how-download-fileimage-url-your-device
You'd need to download he page via its URL and then parse the HTML data.
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Another example of downloading a file programatically,
http://wininterview.blogspot.in/2013/04/download-file-in-android-from-remote.html
byte[] buffer would contain the data you want in the downloadFile method, this would be the raw HTML data for the page (what you see when viewing the source for the page in the browser).
Thanks for the links and advice.
I am not a programmer and was only use the tools that knew how to use.
It's running on my pc. But i would prefer an app to do this.
It doesn't have to be hidden. I am using macro mouse to run my work around.
I don't think you are correct about the FB activity. I am following this person and would know if they posted. So apparently they are either messaging or browsing. They are not very popular so I believe it's browsing for the amount of time that they are active.
From the horses mouth so to speak
https://www.facebook.com/help/community/question/?id=486660488085628
"When you view your conversations in mobile messages, you'll see how recently your friends interacted with Facebook."
Active 10 minutes ago would mean, they interacted with Facebook 10 minutes ago. It doesn't say how long they have been interacting with Facebook for, so if you want to build up a map of when someone is interacting with Facebook, that is not possible. You may be better asking over on the Facebook developers forum to clarify this or maybe find an alternative way to achieve what you want.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/fbdevelopers
niknak75 said:
Active 10 minutes ago would mean, they interacted with Facebook 10 minutes ago. It doesn't say how long they have been interacting with Facebook for, so if you want to build up a map of when someone is interacting with Facebook, that is not possible.
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correct so"Active 10 minutes ago" would mean, they physically interacted with Facebook 10 minutes ago. They were not asleep they actually picked up there phone or mouse and physically interacted with facebook.
20GT said:
correct so"Active 10 minutes ago" would mean, they physically interacted with Facebook 10 minutes ago. They were not asleep they actually picked up there phone or mouse and physically interacted with Facebook.
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So I wonder if they are physically interacting with Facebook only every 10 minuets this will always say 10 minutes ago.
when they pause browsing it show be re-starting the counter correct.
so recording the changes in this status depending on Facebooks refresh limit one could document a creepy map of when someone is physically interacting with Facebook.
Update 17 June 2016
For anybody who ever lost their phones.
There's few sufficient phone tracking application for Android that still can work after Factory Reset. If you lose your phone and the picker doesn't want to return it back to you, all he need to do is reset your phone and Android Device Manager will down right after. You may lose your phone forever.
NSA Tracker is an invisible Android Phone Tracking Application that can help you you:
1. Record all your phone calls into audio file
2. listen to your SMS incoming and outgoing
3. Hourly record your device location.
4. All information will be attached and sent to your own email.
My app doesn't have any icon on device screen, opened by USSD code with password protected, so if anyone illegally possess your device, he will certainly not aware that the NSA Tracker was installed and is running. This app doesn't use intermediate server, so you can be free from worrying about privacy. NSA Tracker support Gmail, Yahoo mail, Hotmail and Outlook Mail.
NSA Tracker will need your email address and email password to send email to you. With the above mentioned information that she's listening, there will be a lot of email that will be sent to you everyday. So it's better that you give her a new email account.
I- How to install
Download NSA Tracker from this link below:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bxgc8Lcuu3PWNHFmWlRiemprb2c
II- How to open
For the first-time start up, NSA Tracker will be opened by NSA Helper (app-to-app opening). But from the second time afterwards, you have to open it using USSD code:
*2718*password# -->call (Please be reminded that 2.718 is mathematical constant e)
After the first time, you can remove NSA Helper. don't forget the USSD code above to open NSA Tracker.
III- On Root Device
If your device is rooted with superSU installed, NSA Tracker can install itself (named NSA Service) into /system/app/ folder. If NSA Service is successfully installed, it will be very difficult to uninstall it, even factory reset will not be able to remove it. After Factory Reset, NSA Service still can run immediately without the need of re-configuration and continue send email to you.
V- Why I develop it
As mentioned above, I don't want any of us lose our devices. So this app is expected to be installed on your own device. In some countries or states, phone call recording may be illegal without the permission of one and/or two callers. So you have to make sure by yourself that, call recording is legal in your country. You can turn it off.
VI-Disclaimer
By installing NSA Tracker, you acknowledge that the usage or redistribution of NSA Tracker, herein after referred to as This App, conforms to all applicable laws in your country. This App will be installed only on your own devices. Any behavior that trying to redistributing This App or to install This App on other people's devices, includes but not limited to smart phones, tablets, smart watch... without their prior permission is illicit. You have to bear full liability for that kind of behavior. The developers of This App assume no liability for any kind of law violation regarding to your usage or redistribution of This App.
Step-by-step installation manual
softphan.com
Hope you enjoy my app and don't do evil things with it.
New update on Version
1. NSA Tracker work more persistent.
2. Update Report form.
3. Fix bug lost email
4. Minor interface update.
New update for XDA member: no limitation on free version for SMS listening and GPS Location report. Link update.
Well, a member inbox me ask about whether it can send phone activities after get Internet Connection. The answer is yes. It will store everything in its own database. When the phone resume internet connection, It will start re-sending email to you. There is only one case that cause my app fails, that is when you make a phone call longer than two hours and the recording file size is larger than 25 Mb. Google Email will not accept that size and NSA Tracker will delete the file without sending it to you.
The reason why I don't use server is that, your very sensitive data if upload onto a server, will face security threat. Without server, i don't have to maintain anythings and you don't have to pay any extra money. Pay one- use forever.
hi,
what if my phone is non-root. what are the disadvantage of this??
sample - if my phone is factory reset it will remove the "NSA Tracker" or not?
tiancris said:
hi,
what if my phone is non-root. what are the disadvantage of this??
sample - if my phone is factory reset it will remove the "NSA Tracker" or not?
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Hello,
If your phone is not root, you could not install NSA Service to system/app folder. So factory reset will remove every thing, you can not track it after reset. On unroot device, you still can install Smart Call Recorder and then NSA Tracker and NSA Tracker is still invisible.
thanks for the answer.
i think about it for rooting my device.
tiancris said:
thanks for the answer.
i think about it for rooting my device.
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Your're welcome.
New release will be public today or tomorrow. New function to be added:
Remote configuration/ Remote Configuration Clearance (evident clearance)/ Remotely Turning On Tracking: by 144-character encrypted SMS message.
New function has been added on latest release on NSA Tracker 1.1.2. Now you can:
1. Remotely configure NSA Tracker through SMS
2. Remotely clear all configuration (evidence clearance if you think your phone will not be back anymore)
3. Remotely turn on tracking.
This function was added as per request of an xda member. But frankly speaking, I think only the No. 2 is useful.
tiancris said:
hi,
what if my phone is non-root. what are the disadvantage of this??
sample - if my phone is factory reset it will remove the "NSA Tracker" or not?
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Hello tiancris,
Are you in Manila?
I miss Makati so much.
Some small modification had been made. App name change to Phone Tracker and Phone Service.
Phone service now register for phone call recording which is faster than any call recording application.
With best regards,
Cuong Phan said:
Hello tiancris,
Are you in Manila?
I miss Makati so much.
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yeah. im in manila
Small modification had been made in 1.1.4 version. Ram consumption less than 4Mb, more stable.
Update installation manual link.
@Cuong Phan nice idea but a question.
1. i see the app is recording all this information throughout the day and sending you emails with the info, throughout the day. Is the info stored on the phone indefinitely or deleted after the email is sent?
2. due to privacy concerns, i keep GPS and location providers off and use other programs to limit connectivity. how is the app gathering the devices location?
Again, thanks for the work on this. seems very interesting, especially for those of us who have had a phone stolen.
Dear Sherrif,
The app has its own database that store pending emails. When internet connection is off it will stay dormant and waiting. When email is sent to you, all data for that email will be deleted from internal storage.
2. My app will not ask user to turn on GPS (that behavior can make my app visible to user) so when location is off, it could not get location report. But Google Maps usually & publicly request location to be turned on, and once it get location turned on, it never turn location back off state ( unless user turn it off themselves). That's the logic of my app, and it's usually successful in gathering device location.
@Cuong Phan thanks for the info. Will try and report back... i like the idea of this
_Sherrif said:
@Cuong Phan thanks for the info. Will try and report back... i like the idea of this
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Thank Sherrif. If you have any requirement for the app, please post it here. We may include it in the next update.
Im going to try this app
Very much interested
I use find my droid, Android device manager ,both currently let me see if you can make me uninstall both of them
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Your step by step guide for installation link doesn't exist
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I have a problem with the e mail entering part the app refuses to sent me e mail to verify
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Snapshot in below link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BybaCgyeR0mkWjdGOHliTDRDcWs/view?usp=docslist_api
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Oops that problem is solved automatically
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I use a moto g3
When I try to install the app to root it tells me s -off and that I need s-on can you please explain
Wayne_Bruce said:
Im going to try this app
Very much interested
I use find my droid, Android device manager ,both currently let me see if you can make me uninstall both of them
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Your step by step guide for installation link doesn't exist
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I have a problem with the e mail entering part the app refuses to sent me e mail to verify
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Snapshot in below link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BybaCgyeR0mkWjdGOHliTDRDcWs/view?usp=docslist_api
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Oops that problem is solved automatically
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I use a moto g3
When I try to install the app to root it tells me s -off and that I need s-on can you please explain
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[/COLOR]I have a problem with the e mail enter
Dear Bruce,
It's quite ridiculous that I was also unable to enter into my blogspot link for a while, but now it's okay without any action (may be Google down??? quire ridiculous ha?). However i just update the link, directly to the article. You may try one more time.
I know on some devices, updating email may occur some errors, so I have shown instruction step-by-step in red color. You'd better try from:
1. Turn off NSA Tracker completely (completely mean when you open it, it's reopen, not resume from pause. You can restart your phone and reopen NSA Tracker to complete it).
2. Just try to re-update email again.
3. Even testing email is not successful, email and password had been updated. You may try to make a phone call to anybody for a few seconds to test whether NSA Tracker can send to you call recording email or not.
If problem still persist, email me again.
4. You're using a Moto G3, so it's possibly similar to my HTC One E8. It has an S-ON mechanism, that block all modification of system folder. So even your phone is rooted, it's still impossible for SuperSU to change system file unless your phone is S-OFF. That why the NSA said that the process may not be successful. You may try how to S-OFF your device here, using Sunshine tool. It costs 25 USD (but it worths because after S-OFF, your device is free to install other ROMs)
http://theroot.ninja/
Thanks and best regards,
I have downloaded sunshine apk should I install it
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Unable to continue with sunshine some kind error
5-31-21 I've ceased development on this app because I think there is a better alternative. See post #7.
*updated to version 1.3, adding error trap for discontinued or blank feeds*
It's been awhile since the demise of the last working version of Genie Widget (aka Google News and Weather) but not so long since the big G retooled news.google.com so that our browsers can no longer deal with it and also put the kibosh on the Google News RSS feeds. Sigh.
I have a work-around
Google News 1.3 for the NST/G exploits the "alerts" that Google offers on news topics. These alerts can be optioned in the form of RSS feeds. My app downloads the HTML source for the feed, picks out all the good stuff and trashes all the rest, then builds up a local HTML document which is easily displayed by our browsers (I highly recommend Opera Mobile for ease of scrolling and general all-around function). You can build up your own topics, change your mind, mix them about, read that one more story you didn't get to the first time around, etc. I'm not saying that your browser will negotiate every target link. Some newspaper sites have just become too much. That was true even when Genie Widget was still working. But updating Opera Mobile for TLS 1.2 solves much of that. See this post for details.. The beauty of this app is in the simplicity. It's entirely browser-based once the feeds are downloaded, so you're not going back and forth between the app and your browser (like the current Google News app.......). Designed for both portrait and landscape.
Requirements
1. Android 2.1 has a security issue with opening local HTML files. In order for Google News to work properly you need to address that. Included in the zip below is a tiny app, android-open-in-browser-0.0.4-4-debug. Install that. It's not my app but I have used it for years and wish I could credit the originator.
2. This is a Tasker-generated app. If you already have one of my other Tasker-generated apps or have previously installed GApps, you don't need the two Google maps library files included in the zip and can delete them. If you do need them, copy the two files into the locations shown below:
/system/etc/permissions/com.google.android.maps.xml
/system/framework/com.google.android.maps.jar
Set permissions for both files to rw-r--r-- and reboot. Without these files resident, the app will not install.
3. Create a folder in the root directory of your sdcard: Google News (exactly as shown)
4. Install the app itself, Google News.1.apk
How to use
Before you run the app you need to select some news categories, set up the feeds, get the URLs, blah-blah-blah. All of this is covered in the PDF included with the zip. It may seem a little annoying at the start, but it goes quickly once you get started and it's not like you have to do it every time you use the app. You're just setting up your news topics, just as if you were using the current Google News (either the app or the web version). Once you have your topics and URLs and have edited the included text file google_rss_feeds.txt, copy that into the Google News folder of your sdcard.
Note: recently (June 2019) the big G has not been very consistent with the RSS feeds. Some days they are "empty" but come back the next day with lots of stories. Some feed topics simply "die" and a minor change in the topic will resurrect them (change "World" to "World news", as an example). Version 1.3 includes a trap for these eventualities so that the app should not crash, even if your first feed comes up empty. To inspect/edit your feeds, point your browser (on your PC) to your Google Alerts page. If you are signed in this will be found among the options on the Google home page, in the upper right corner where the "apps" grid is shown.
Now you're good to go. Start the app, make sure you're connected to WiFi. There are only three buttons on the app screen. The first one, "Fetch the news" does just that. You will see a little toast that the first news category is being prepared. Once that is done, you will be taken to the browser and that page will open. Meanwhile the remaining pages are being downloaded and reconstructed in the background.
The news page is very simple. I tried to aim for readability over all other considerations (this is the reason the news items are in bold black, even though they are the external links). I have my Opera Mobile set to 100% page zoom. It looks good to me, but you could probably get away with 75%. External websites are another matter. At the title bar left is a drop-down menu button that gives you access to your other news topics. Since no fixed navbar schemes work under Android 2.1, there is a duplicate drop-up menu bar at the end of the page. The use of NoRefresh, or to a lesser extent FastMode, is a plus.
Edit: you cannot use this app with Opera Mini. It lacks the ability to open local HTML files.
The second option on the opening screen, "Read old news" sounds a bit daft, but I just thought maybe someone might have been looking at the topic pages, saw something that interested them and then got interrupted. So this option opens the first local file in the browser again and you can navigate from there. Strictly speaking, WiFi is not needed to browse the local files once they have been created, but it is needed to pursue any stories.
The third option simply dismisses the app screen.
Whew! So this is new...and I think I exterminated all the bugs, but I did not try other browsers. I'm open to suggestions and would appreciate feedback.
Google alert change? No option for RSS alerts anymore...
First off, thanks so much for putting the time and effort into this app. I would love to have a more "future-proof" news reader solution for my NST. Sadly however, in typical Google fashion of constantly dropping/messing with feature support, it seems that there is no longer an option to deliver Google alerts to RSS feeds (only email addresses). If I'm reading this thread and your PDF correctly, I'm worried that this may break the app. In any case I'm stuck on page 3 of your setup PDF since I can't figure out how to get the RSS alert string from Google anymore. Any advice you can offer would be greatly appreciated!
v619284 said:
First off, thanks so much for putting the time and effort into this app. I would love to have a more "future-proof" news reader solution for my NST. Sadly however, in typical Google fashion of constantly dropping/messing with feature support, it seems that there is no longer an option to deliver Google alerts to RSS feeds (only email addresses). If I'm reading this thread and your PDF correctly, I'm worried that this may break the app. In any case I'm stuck on page 3 of your setup PDF since I can't figure out how to get the RSS alert string from Google anymore. Any advice you can offer would be greatly appreciated!
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I'm away from home right now but my copy of the app is working so the RSS feeds must still exist. I'll have to sit down with my instructions in front of the computer and see what mischief they've done. Thanks for letting me know.
v619284 said:
If I'm reading this thread and your PDF correctly, I'm worried that this may break the app. In any case I'm stuck on page 3 of your setup PDF since I can't figure out how to get the RSS alert string from Google anymore. Any advice you can offer would be greatly appreciated!
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OK, so I've run through the instructions sitting at my PC. Everything is correct although Firefox no longer wants to open the RSS feed page as anything other than an xml "text" file. That just means the image on page 4 needs updating.
As far as page 3, everything is currently exactly as shown. Just to be sure, you have to be signed in to Google on your browser before you do any of this. Then when you get to the screen depicted on page 3 you need to change the "Deliver to" option to RSS feed. But even before that, it's important not to get sucked into the email alert business back on page 2. Do NOT click on "Create Alert" there, only on "Show options". That's how you get to the screen I show on page 3.
When you finally get to click on the little RSS symbol shown on the lower half of page 3, you (at least on Firefox) may end up at a page of xml code, or perhaps your browser may show a news feed page. Regardless, the URL shown for the page is the same and it's what you need to copy, just as described on page 4.
Let me know if you are still having issues with this.
v619284 said:
First off, thanks so much for putting the time and effort into this app. I would love to have a more "future-proof" news reader solution for my NST. Sadly however, in typical Google fashion of constantly dropping/messing with feature support, it seems that there is no longer an option to deliver Google alerts to RSS feeds (only email addresses). If I'm reading this thread and your PDF correctly, I'm worried that this may break the app. In any case I'm stuck on page 3 of your setup PDF since I can't figure out how to get the RSS alert string from Google anymore. Any advice you can offer would be greatly appreciated!
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So a few days after I wrote my last post, the app stopped working for me. It just hangs on "Preparing......News"
Google has apparently changed the format of their RSS xml file. Right in the middle of something else at the moment, but I will get it fixed.
Nope, nix that. After fooling around with the app and an xml file from the Big G, I find nothing out of place and it seems the app is now working again
They're just messing with us.
Edit: Indeed they are. Today I caught another malfunction but this time looked at the Tasker routines for an error. Google is sending out (at least today) RSS feeds with empty content fields. That messes up my app. So I wrote an error trap for that. Updated in first post. Have to watch the big G like a hawk....
v619284 said:
If I'm reading this thread and your PDF correctly, I'm worried that this may break the app. In any case I'm stuck on page 3 of your setup PDF since I can't figure out how to get the RSS alert string from Google anymore. Any advice you can offer would be greatly appreciated!
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Whilst looking around for a solution to a different issue, I came across this: https://medium.com/@cassandragraft/...tion-not-appearing-heres-the-fix-bf842ca32b88
It appears to address the issue you describe. I never encountered the issue, but obviously some people have.
The Big G is making me very angry lately. Even version 1.2 with a new error trap is crashing. I'm finding that some of my feeds are "empty". The skeleton of the RSS file is there but there is no content populating the file. A category as ordinary as "world" is simply blank. This is new and very annoying. Just a change of topic to "world news" brings up a list of stories longer than your arm. I encountered this before with "science" and fixed it with a slight change in name, so I should have seen this coming. It's a nasty game Google seems to be playing....
Anyway, if the app crashes on the first topic it leaves an overlay artifact behind when you exit. To remove this, go to the App Manager and force stop the app. I will work on a fix which will alert you to the effect that the feed appears dead but allow the app to complete the download of whatever is still working and exit properly.
Grr....
Edit: App updated to v1.3 in first post. I hope that solves the problems. For now.
As I mentioned in my edit of the first post, I think my app is exhibiting creakiness already owing to Opera Mobile's increasing difficulty negotiating many websites.
I have an alternative to suggest, however, that is totally browser based. It seems to work "OK" with Opera Mobile although text display is a bit small with a default zoom of 100%. In Opera Mini, however, it shines, especially with NoRefresh.
Thanks to XDA member @SJT75 , I found out about a list of text-only news sites. One of them is a text version of Google News! The list is at: https://greycoder.com/a-list-of-text-only-new-sites/
While the Google News option does not allow for custom categories (hey, there's an app for that!), it does cover all the usual suspects. Even better, all of the links lead to text-only versions of the sources. Occasionally you go to a page and find it could not be fetched by whatever mechanism the author is using, but pages (even those error ones) include a link to the original source
Also notable on the list are the NPR and CNN sites. Both work well.