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@bromit said in Best overall manga reader app, for Android tablet?:
Are you looking for online or offline after downloading.
If you have manga downloaded then try challenger viewer. And for light novel there are many app like ReadEra.
If anyone know better app then tell me. As i never tried to look for another better app.
Thanks for the suggestion. It seems capable alright ...except it needs 'identity' and 'contacts' on your phone/tablet which likely means using the app results you're going to be on the receiving end of targeted advertisement later in one form of other. And that's the more benign side of it. Nope.
It might be same case as with M+H that it needs those should you use google drive. I'm going to down it to my old phone and check if I can turn those of in settings/app. If I can it might be a reasonable viewer. Edit; It can be turned off, just gives a warning it might not work properly without access to accounts. But so far no errors, I'll try on the tablet later once I have it.
For comparison, here's the permissions for comicat and takeuchi;
Tachiyomi
android.permission.INTERNET
android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
android.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES
com.android.launcher.permission.INSTALL_SHORTCUT
android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Comicat
read the contents of your USB storage
modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
read the contents of your USB storage
modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
view network connections
full network access
set wallpaper
modify system settings
...which all seem pretty reasonable for a reader.
(Granted, google play page for Moon+Reader (for visual novels) also shows those two, but the actual app only lists 'Get_Accounts' which is off by default unless you want the app to work with google drive, and "WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" which it needs...)
Edit3; For manga viewer, I opted for both comicat and challenger comic viewer, time will tell which will prevail. Tried tachiyomi too, but couldn't solve how to add local manga, and can't seem to get it working with the sd card...
For novel reading, the obvious choice was Moon+Reader.
