ArchWiki Viewer for Android

This is something I mentioned a while back and I finally put it together.
The application is very simple. Basically it grabs pages from the wiki online, then replaces the css with my own, which is used to hide parts of the page that are not essential to the content. The result is a clutter free viewer for reading and searching the contents of our beloved ArchWiki. It is a dedicated reader as the full function of the wiki (editing, viewing changes, etc) can still be accessed through the standard Android browser. For the time being, it's (mostly) English only. However, I haven't figured out how to filter other languages out of the search results.
This is my first Android application and I intend to update it based on feedback, so expect frequent updates for the time being. If you have any input, please leave it in this thread or email me at the address listed in the Play store.
The source is available on my github.
Link to Google Play.

ZekeSulastin wrote:
A couple things:
1) The title bar is HUGE on a Galaxy Nexus (as is the font, comparatively - you can zoom in but not out)
2) Dark CSS theme please
Very nice app otherwise. (I'll test it on my old LG Ally if I can find the thing ...)
I'll look into the title bar. It should scale to the screen size, but I can see how it might be too big on smaller screens. (Most of my testing is done on Nexus 7.)
Not allowing it to zoom out further was intentional. I don't think it would be readable if the text was any smaller. Please tell me if you feel differently.
Dark css might be something that I look into down the road, but for now I want to focus on making the core functions work before I add any "unnecessary" complexity.
prazzb wrote:Why isn't page formatted to the screen...... much of the page on the right side is blank...why is it so
99% of the page content will be formatted to the screen size. Most pages don't have the white space on the side. The ones that do, for example the Beginner's Guide, have a portion of text formatted as "code" which never wraps the text by design. I'll play with the css to see if I can force it to wrap in a way that makes it clear that it's a continuation of the previous line. I'm not sure if it's possible though.
EDIT: Dumb. Of course this is possible.
Thanks for the compliments guys. If you like the app, please don't be afraid to leave a rating in the Play store
Last edited by ioos (2012-10-30 19:33:09)

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