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@dokupe Thanks. I'm beginning to suspect this is an issue unique to older Android versions. Will let people know when I've figured it out
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@chocolatkey does it use SSL? Maybe plain http when accessing public content but https when you have to authenticate for it?
Older versions of Android have out of date SSL CA certs that don't work with a lot of modern certificate authorities, and also don't support the newer versions of the TLS protocol. I ran into this with one of my apps. If the device has Google Play Services on it, there's a newer SSL library you can prompt the user to install. Otherwise you have to embed your own SSL library in the app. (Which would then require you to push an update to the app every time that SSL library has a security fix, which is pretty frequent on most of them)
Here's a forum post with lots of different ways for developers to work around it: https://forum.f-droid.org/t/lack-of-tls-1-2-breaking-apps-in-older-androids/9823
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Something odd I've seen a few things recently, chapters will start centering all their text. Sometimes it loads left justified, then centers soon after.
It is currently happening for me in The Mythical Heroes Otherworld Chronicles part 7. Android v1.1.0
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@chocolatkey said in (New) App Feedback:
@dokupe Thanks. I'm beginning to suspect this is an issue unique to older Android versions. Will let people know when I've figured it out
Hi Chocolatkey
Cheers for that!
I just looked at this forum as since updating I too cannot access any book chapters anymore. Instead I get the 'Loading part' screen, Maximum I left it 'Loading part' was 15mins before aborting.Details:
While logged in to the J-Novel Club App it does not load Books I own / Pre-Ordered / Preview of unowned books
While logged into the J-Novel Club Web App using Opera on my Tablet, everything works.Here is the information about my Tablet:
Sony Xperia SPG321 / Android 5.1.1 Kernel 3.4.0J-Novel Club App info from about page: Version v1.1.0
App now shows Coins instead of CreditsGoogle Play Info: J-Novel App Updated on 5th October 2022.
I have also signed up to Beta Test your App.
I hope that helps.
Yours
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please add option to subscribe. i want to suscribe but i dont have a card. that's why i want the app to have payment for suscribe
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@pcj How would people be getting as far as the part then? According to people's reports, it's only an issue once they get to the parts screen. It uses the exact same server and same TLS (SSL) connection in the app.
@Denzyl Thanks for the report, having the additional Android version is valuable. I'm working on getting my hands on older Android devices so I can diagnose this.
Note: I've now paused the beta testing on Android, I think it's confusing users because we're not releasing any beta versions right now.
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@kiryuukai Addressed here as well: https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/6271/please-add-option-to-suscribe-in-app
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@kiryuukai Worth noting that Stripe, our payment provider, does accept refillable VISA/MasterCard gift cards. You should be able to find them at local convenience stores or gas stations.
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@chocolatkey said in (New) App Feedback:
@pcj How would people be getting as far as the part then? According to people's reports, it's only an issue once they get to the parts screen. It uses the exact same server and same TLS (SSL) connection in the app.
I was just throwing ideas out in case they were relevant, without knowing how the internals of the app worked. If you're using https for everything (which is always a good idea) then yeah, the fact they can load anything at all from the site is weird.
Unless you're using a third-party library to load those specific pieces of data that are failing, and it's not using the same SSL library you are.
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As a teaser, version 1.2.0 is in review, and the changelog is:
- In-app purchases of coins now available!
- Purchases of novels and manga using coins now available!
- Registration and profile settings implemented
- Manga double-page (spread) reading mode implemented
- Adjustments and bug fixes
Hopefully we'll have it out by ANYC!
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Aaand it's out! For both Android and iOS. Let us know how purchases go
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Not sure if it's a new thing or not (I don't think I've ever logged into the forums in the app), but the back button doesn't let me leave the forums. It just sends me in a cycle between the thread and my profile (which I never visited...).
Otherwise I'm thrilled that manga pages are loading in a reasonable amount of time (~1s or less) rather than the 10s of seconds I regularly got before. Was that in this update, or was my previous phone weird for some reason? Either way I like it a lot!
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Paginated display is buggy at large text sizes 240+%
The paragraph won’t break up between pages, it just makes an extra long page that I have to scroll up/down to read.
I would also like to see better integration with iOS’s Voice Control feature. The page does not scroll down when prompted using a voice command.
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@groxx We're going to fix the forums issue in the next version of the app, it turns out the forums link is behaving in an unintentional way. It's supposed to just open up in your phone's normal browser, which it's not.
Regarding manga pages, there was a recent update that improved manga page loading performance, but we still want to improve it more.
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@PeachyGreen We'll be making more improvements to our reader in version 2.1.0, which comes after 2.0.0 (the next release)
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@chocolatkey Is it weird if I like the idea of having the forums directly in the app? If anything I'd like it integrated more, with a separate tab and links to discussion threads from the reader like the website has. But considering it's just a webpage using a third-party forum platform I'd understand if that's not feasible.
While I'm here, might as well give some other minor feedback (haven't read through enough of the thread to know if these have already been mentioned). This is on Android 11, app 1.2:
- On the series page, the search button is at the top of the screen, but the search bar pops up at the bottom. Since the cursor isn't automatically placed in the search bar on the button click, it's just an extra somewhat long distance tap to bring up the keyboard to search.
- The drop-down for follows and/or catch-ups closes after toggling one of them, so if I want to toggle both it's extra button clicks. I think part of the problem is that drop-downs like it won't close on scrolling the content but only on a tap, so it might make sense to close automatically, but I think that itself should be fixed instead so a drop-down doesn't hold my scrolling hostage.
- The website shows how many parts will be in currently releasing volumes on the series page, it would be convenient to have this also available in the app.
- On the releases page, scrolling down after new parts release without refreshing the whole page can repeat some entries.
- If you go to a volume through the releases page and read some of the parts through there, the read progress on those parts won't update automatically back on the releases page like it would if you go directly to the part.
- I understand the paginated reader's formating is still in development, so I won't go too much into it's weird page breaks or anything.
- The reader (I only use paginated so that's all I'll be referring to) doesn't seem to preload images, so if my internet's being slow it can take a bit to see the images (and even if it's not there's a bit of a delay between swiping to the next page and it loading).
- The reader starts with the extra UI visible, so it's an extra tap to dismiss it and start reading.
- The extra UI feels slow to pop up or disappear (not a problem on non-paginated, but there it pops the entire text up and down every time it's opened).
- The reader reacts awkwardly to moving in or out of fullscreen mode. If I want to swipe down to check the time or something, it changes the page height and recalculates the text position at the same page number, tossing me back and forth in the text, and the same going back into fullscreen, which takes a couple extra taps and reformatting time.
- It'd be nice if the blue end of part screen could take next-page inputs to go to the next part (eg. swiping like I can on the mobile website reader).
Most of these are pretty minor all things considered, but every little bit adds up. Thanks for all the work you do around here, I can't wait to see what's down the line.
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Is this for bug-reports, too?
I can't read part 12 of 'These Legs Don't Lie' in page mode on the android app.
I only get a grey reading area, i can't change pages in.
In the endless scroll mode, the part loads.
I'm using a Galaxy S20+ with the latest updates.
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@Marius8 I figured out the issue and fixed the part so that it's readable in paginated mode now; we'll work on fixing it so this won't happen for any future parts too!
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So, on a whim decided to check the app. At the first glance, I would like to be able to sort releases by what I follow and what I don't.
Premium integration. It's kinda weird having to use a separate app for JNC releases.
Library. Sorting options? I'd like to group up books by series, at least.
Table view for Series tab? Some sorting options would be appreciated as well as some function to hide series I don't want to read. Some lists, too? Reading, on hold, dropped, etc.
If it was suggested, I apologise, but these would be my first impressions.
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@Riaren It's not well-labeled, but you can filter the releases page to followed series only with the star button.
