I had some TXT books and wanted to read them on my cell phone.
So I made this application and shared it.
Features:
- Fullscreen landscape reading with biggest font available.
- Recent files list, so you do not need to browse for files every time you open the application.
- Resume reading from the same line you were (with progress bar since version 1.1) - no key pressing just to find the point you were before.
- Press and hold to fast forward or rewind with increasing speed (since 1.1).
- Languages: English, Español, Français, Português (since 1.2).
- Read UTF-8 encoded files (since 1.3).
- Color verification to guarantee scroll bar is always visible (since 1.3).
- Presenting error dialog when an unexpected situation occurs (since 1.3).
- Checking file size before trying to open it (since 1.4).
- Line number presented on footer during read (since 1.4).
- Better touch support: go to previous pages (since 1.4).
You can open files using JSR 75 - FileConnection.
When you enter "Open File" screen your cell phone might ask you to grant read access to the application.
With Sony Ericsson I had to grant it only once, at the first execution.
With Nokia it was necessary to grant every folder the application was trying to read.
If some unexpected situation occurs an error dialog will be presented with details.
You can send me these details by email.
The content is shown in landscape/fullscreen mode thanks to Sprite transforms, so MIDP 2 is required.
To use the maximum available space just for text I did not set title nor Commands on main Canvas and treated keyPressed to identify softkeys.
Each file read is kept on a "Recents" screen.
A List where the top most items are the most recent files opened by the application.
I used a simple RecordStore to keep this list of files and where in each file we were reading.
Give it a try and, if you like it, write a nice review. ;)
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