FBReader is an e-book reader for the Android platform. It is a clone of the FBReader book reader written in Java.
FBReaderJ supports epub, oeb and fb2(.zip) file formats. Visit 5 popular network libraries for a large set of e-books. Download and read a book directly from the program! Or put a file manually into /sdcard/Books directory.
What's New in This Release:
· Editable highlighting styles
· Invisible bookmarks
· Two-column view in horizontal mode is enabled by default for 7" devices
· New color picker dialog (AmbilWarna library is used)
· Updated Spanish localization (by Diego Bernardi, sponsored by Panacea Supplies)
· Updated Czech localization (by Marek Pavelka)
· Updated Dutch localization (by Frank Fesevur)
· Bitknights dictionaries support (by Norbert Kenderesi)
· Support for new Paragon Software dictionaries (by Paragon Software)
· Fixed decimal point separator in preferences (idea by Dennis Sheil)
What's New in 1.8.1:
· Two column text layout in horizontal mode. Optional, enabled by default on devices with screen > 7".
· Text highlighting. Just select area you want to highlight and tap bookmark icon.
· Fixed ePub books scanning.
What's New in 1.7.9:
· Mark books as read/unread
· Fixed library/bookmarks start
· Fixed Ukrainian hyphenations
· Fixed missing paragraph before new section issue (in some book formats)
· Smaller font size in library, TOC, etc.
What's New in 1.7.8:
· Missing books are back in the library
What's New in 1.7.7:
· Fixed "empty page" and "locked books in library" issues
· Fixed series order
What's New in 1.5.1:
· Fixed ToC behaviour for some ePub files
· Fixed font size processing for CSS
· Fixed crash for invalid fb2.zip files
What's New in 1.4.5:
· Fixes in fb2 support
What's New in 1.4.5:
· Book sharing: over bluetooth, e-mail, etc.
· "Open library" and "open network library" items in back button menu
· Fixed ePub support for books with missing TOC file
What's New in 1.3.9:
· WiFi permissions are not required more; local network scanning feature has been moved to a separate plugin
· Added support for strikethrough text in fb2 files
· Updated Hungarian localization (by Szabo Lajos Balazs)
What's New in 1.3.7:
· Font smoothing settings (Settings -> Text -> Font properties)
· Android 3.*/4.0: Action bar is shown by default (Uncheck Settings -> Appearance -> Show action bar to hide)
· Fixed "question symbols in menu" issue
What's New in 1.3.3:
· Possible crash during 3D page turning has been fixed
· Buggy proguard optimization has been disabled
What's New in 1.3.1:
· Persistent tip prompt issue has been fixed
· Galaxy Tab specific Book info issue has been fixed
What's New in 1.2.6:
· Android 4.0: curl page turning animation has been fixed.
· Android 3+: bottom button line is now invisible during reading.
· Protected custom OPDS catalog can be added.
What's New in 1.2.5:
· Installation to devices with pre-installed old version has been fixed
What's New in 1.2.2:
· Separate search for each network catalog
· Basket in LitRes e-book store
· Image scaling has been fixed
· Hyperlinks processing in epubs has been fixed
· Updated Italian localization (by Enrico Speranza)
· Romanian localization (by Mary Hit)
· Polish localization (by Tomasz Dlugosz)
· Aard dictionary integration has been added
· android.fbreader.action.VIEW action for opening FBReader from external applications
· Hyphenates long (multi-line) words even if hyphenations are disabled
What's New in 1.2.2:
· Updated Romanian translation (by Mary Hit)
· Accurate page counting for very short books (less than 3 pages)
· Multiple small bugfixes
What's New in 1.1.10:
· Spanish localization (by Antonio Trueba)
· Swipe distance for starting page scrolling is < = 0.5 inch for all devices
· Authors with same surnames are not merged in the library
What's New in 1.1.2:
· An issue with painting of first word on the first page has been fixed.
· Misc fixes in LitRes.ru integration.
What's New in 1.1.1:
· FBReader API for plugins has been added
· Czech translation has been updated (by Marek Pavelka)
· Dutch translation has been updated (by Frank Fesevur)
· German translation has been updated (by Ingolf Kubler)
· "All books from this series" link for LitRes catalogue
· Related links for books in "LitRes/My books" catalogue
What's New in 1.1.0:
· Text selection (original code has been written by Dmitry Gordeev)
· Traditional Chinese localization (many thanks to Fung T)
What's New in 1.0.12:
· Fixes in OPDS subsystem
What's New in 1.0.10:
· Separate settings for image view: background color, long tap behaviour
· Fixed html annotation processing
· Hardware buttons light disabling is now optional
What's New in 1.0.9:
· LitRes.Ru authorization issue has been fixed
What's New in 1.0.6:
· Fixed scrolling in tap-only mode
· Fixed ePub 3.0 processing (parsing on META-INF/container.xml has been added)
What's New in 0.99.18:
· Web-free icon
· Cover/TOC loading for ePub files has been fixed
What's New in 0.99.13:
· Book/position remembering has been fixed
· Categories displaying in FeedBooks feed has been fixed
What's New in 0.99.12:
· Support for more dictionaries has been added (by Steffen Siebert)
· Option 'show status bar when menu becomes visible' added (by Steffen Siebert)
· New features in LitRes.RU library support: series list and recommendations
What's New in 0.99.11:
· Mobipocket images/cover/links support has been added (by Steffen Siebert)
· Galician translation has been added (by Miguel Anxo Bouzada)
· Czech translation has been updated (by Marek Pavelka)
What's New in 0.99.9:
· An annoying light line at left side of the screen has been fixed
What's New in 0.99.4:
· SVG images in EPUBs are supported
· Relative link processing in epub files has been fixed (thanks to Stefen Siebert)
· A list of dictionaries is supported (ColorDict, Fora, FreeDictionary.Org, SlovoEd German-English). Code is partially written by Stefen Siebert
· Author of currently opened book is selected in library
· FB2 files with multiple XLink namespace prefixes processing has been fixed
· Dutch localization (by Frank Fesevur) has been added
What's New in 0.99.3:
· Keys/trackball word selection is disabled by default. Select word by long tap or go to Preferences dialog->Dictionary section to enable 'All words navigation'
What's New in 0.99.2:
Local library changes:
· New Library view (like network library view)
· File tree item in library view
· 'Favorites' item in library view
· New book info activity: large cover image, annotation, etc.
· Local library activity has been moved to a separate process
· Speed and memory usage improvements for HUGE epub libraries
New features in LitRes.Ru integration:
· All new features were moved to a separate plugin to avoid questions about “strange permissions required by FBReader”
· Refilling LitRes account via text messages
Options dialog:
· Options dialog has been changed to be more androidish
· Dependent options
· Color picker dialog
· Font directory option is only shown if external fonts are supported
Footer changes:
· Footer style has been changed: filled rectangle is now used
· Footer color option has been added
· TOC marks in footer have been added (this is an optional feature)
Other new features:
· Integration with ColorDict (a dictionary) has been implemented
· Finger scrolling option has been extended; both tap and flick can scroll pages
· Network library: language filter has been added
· Devices with no hardware menu button are supported: double tap in the bottom half of the screen shows a menu
Translations:
· Czech resources have been updated (by Marek Pavelka)
· Chinese resources have been updated (by Shucang)
· French resources have been updated (by Mathias Monnerville)
· German resources have been updated (by Ingolf Kübler)
· Hungary resources have been updated (by L. B. Szabó)
What's New in 0.7.17:
· LitRes authentication has been fixed.
· Network catalogs order has been changed: catalog language is used for ordering.
What's New in 0.7.8:
· Processing of large OPDS feeds (> 500 books in one file) has been fixed.
· Network library doesn't throw an Exception if an SD card is unavailable.
· Better error processing for litres e-book catalog.
· Internal change: Error messaging system in network library has been rewritten using exceptions.
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Supported operating systems:
Google Android 1.5, Google Android 1.6, Google Android 10.x, Google Android 2.0, Google Android 2.1, Google Android 2.2, Google Android 2.3, Google Android 3.0, Google Android 3.1, Google Android 3.2, Google Android 4.0, Google Android 4.1, Google Android 4.2, Google Android 4.3, Google Android 4.4, Google Android 5.x, Google Android 6.x, Google Android 7.x, Google Android 8.x, Google Android 9.x
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