Favorite Book Reader
FBReader Premium 3.0.12 for Android improves the text-to-speech feature. The main addition is the reading timer. You can run reading with a time limit.
Today we release FBReader 3.0.5 for Android (both free and premium editions) as well as new version of plugins (2.2.6 for PDF, DjVu, and comics, and 1.7.2.4 for the bookshelf).
These updates bring multiple stability fixes.
Additionally, automatic library scanning has gone. It runs once on the first start of the app. You can initiate the library content update manually by selecting “Rescan” item in the library menu.
Long-awaited 3.0 for Android is out. The biggest update since 2017 is already on the Play Store.
- Background config and library services have gone.
- Built-in reading aloud in the Premium.
- New LitRes catalogue store. Prices are always up-to-date now, and you can access PDF books as well.
- New full Chinese localisation, by He Zhihong (何志鸿).
- Updated Ukrainian localisation, by IgIvanov from 4pda.ru.
- Multiple minor improvements and fixes.
Premium edition with new features is available for the old price until 21st March.
The release 3.0 postponed till end of January 2019. New beta is already on the Google Play. In addition to built-in TTS this version adds
- New file picker feature: you can open files directly from FBReader using your preferred file browser look & feel
- New LitRes store integration in the network library. Not all features of old catalogue are ported, so both catalogues are still available. The main advantages of the new catalogue are:
- Always correct prices
- The basket synchronised with the LitRes site and between devices
- PDF books are visible in the catalogue, purchase/download will be available soon
First beta of FBReader Premium 3.0 uploaded to Google Play. You have to be Premium user and join the beta track to try it.
The beta includes a very first version of the built-in text-to-speech module. TTS works for text formats only (no PDF support at this moment, sorry). To run the feature, open left menu in reading mode, and select "Read Aloud".
FBReader 3.0 significantly changes the app internals. In particular, the plugin API has been changed. If you use FBReader Premium to read DjVu, you will be requested to update the DjVu plugin as well.
2.9 is the final subseries in 2.x series. FBReader 3.0, the biggest update since 2016, will be released by the New Year. Version 2.9 does not introduce any new features, but it is built with the latest Android tools, that will be used for 3.0. So if your device is compatible with 2.9, it will be compatible with 3.0 too.
Since 2.9 we release new versions for Android 4.1 and higher. For 4.0.* devices 2.8.13 is the latest version at the moment. We will release critical updates for old devices, if necessary. MIPS and ARMv5 processors are not supported anymore as well.
Fixed in version 2.9:
- Notification issues on Android 8.* and 9.* devices
- Page turning animation freezes
- Sporadic skipping of pages
- Possible crash during synchronization on Android Go devices