[APP] WordPad - Minimal text editor - BETA

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Gibbz1

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I've spent days looking for a decent text editor and had no luck finding one. So I decided to work on my own. Looking for some feedback, I have a big list of features of my own to add too :)

Description:
A quick and easy to use text editor with minimal interface. A minimal interface gives you more space to view and edit your documents. Great for taking notes, todo lists, jot down lecture notes or editing text files.

Features include
- Optional automatic saving of documents
- Sharing in and out of the application
- Optional spell check support
- Minimal, clean interface
- Quick and easy to use
- Custom themes
- Support for large files (tested with 10 mb file)
- History of recent documents
- Multiple character set encoding options

Googleplay link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=blackcarbon.wordpad

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Gibbz1

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** ChangeLog **
Build 20
- Note: UNINSTALL then REINSTALL due to the amount of changes in this build!
- Optimised for kit kat - android 4.4
- Removed volume scrolling
- Added navigation drawer interface
- Cleaned opening and closing of keyboard when using menus
- Fullscreen mode has returned!
- Optimised and cleaned code, so there may be some new bugs

Build 19
- Document path can now be set to alternate storage device

Build 18
- line numbers update when opening a new document
- line numbers calculated correctly for word wrapped documents
- fixed text jittering when scrolling
- disabled spell check in the save activity
- added auto selecting filename to save activity
- overhauled the action bar code

Build 17
- Launching from intents should be more robust
- Intents now work with different scheme types

Build 16
- Allowed wordpad to open any text file, not just plain text
- Fixed intents to accept files or text
- Sharing into wordpad should now work again properly

Build 15
- Polish language files (thanks to Rafal M)
- Fixed auto-save continually saving
- Cursor position saved on screen rotation and restored states
- Fixed auto-save not to save when opening documents
- Using exit will hide the keyboard for neater exit

Build 14
- Fixed cursor position moving when saving
- Made the action bar more resilient

Build 13
- Fixed bug when selecting items from history list
- Fixed bug for char set selection not working
- Fixed action bar to autohide
- General cleanup
- Fixed bug where settings were causing document to become unsavable
- Wordpad now remember states, use exit clears state data

Build 12
- Using volume rocker to scroll doesn't lose cursor position
- Volume rocker scrolling scrolls completely to the top now
- Back button will now ask to save before exiting
- Made the text area easier to select
- Change the way the action bar works, to be more user friendly
- Updated history code to be more reliable and faster
- Added autosave back in, it will save after 2 seconds of idle time if enabled
- Added some debug info when opening and saving files
- Added support for files with large sizes (tested 10mb)
- Opening extremely huge, massive, large files will cause out of memory error, and notify the user

Build 11
- Allow user to navigate to other folders
- Rearranged preferences screen
- Added font options
- Added line number color option
- Added charset support (utf-8 default encoding)

Build 10
- Fix possible crash when loading previously opened document that no longer exists
- Saved state between screen rotations and open/closing the app
- Added more padding for line numbers
- Line numbers are now 6 lines ahead of the documents line count

Build 9
- Fixed bug with cursors position changing on screen rotation
- Rewrote the save and open screens
- Removed auto-save feature for now due to possible overwriting document bug
- General code cleanup, so a few new bugs are expected
- Removed fullscreen mode unfortunately due to android bug
- Recent/history list now working
- added save and overwrite dialogs
- various other fixes

Build 8
- Restructured settings
- Fixed bug which prevented scrolling
- Added background color when clicking buttons for more user feedback
- Background now defaults to black
- Fixed some of the sharing bugs (more to fix)

Build 7
- Added checks to settings to prevent crashes
- disabled sharing due to bugs
- added line numbers

Build 6
- added alert for user when saved
- changed autosave to default disabled
- added padding to move text away from the edge of the screen a little
- added read only mode
- added screen awake option

Build 5
- fixed crash error with font size

Build 4
- placeholder widget
- settings added fullscreen
- settings added spell check
- settings added word wrap
- settings added auto save
- settings added read only
- settings added document folder
- settings added theme settings (font color, size, background color)

Build 3
- Fixed share feature causing crash
- Fixed document area to fit the application hence fixing scrolling and selecting issues

Build 2
- Fixed crash caused by missing directory
 
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Gibbz1

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Hey all, i've uploaded a new build fixing a bug and some annoyances. It should show up on the market in the next few hours.

Build 3
- Fixed share feature causing crash
- Fixed document area to fit the application hence fixing scrolling and selecting issues
 
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Gibbz1

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Updated to beta 6

Build 6
- added alert for user when saved
- changed autosave to default disabled
- added padding to move text away from the edge of the screen a little
- added read only mode
- added screen awake option


Again if anyone has any bugs please let me know :)
Im using it myself so trying to get them all squished :good:
 

Gibbz1

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Mar 5, 2010
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There's been a few versions. The latest i've just put on the market so should be on in a few hours...

Build 9
- Fixed bug with cursors position changing on screen rotation
- Rewrote the save and open screens
- Removed auto-save feature for now due to possible overwriting document bug
- General code cleanup, so a few new bugs are expected
- Removed fullscreen mode unfortunately due to android bug
- Recent/history list now working
- added save and overwrite dialogs
- various other fixes
 

jerdog

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I really like this app, but I have a few comments:

1. I believe you are missing some Intents, as I am unable to select this app to edit a text file.
2. When browsing, shouldn't you allow me to browse outside of the SD card? What about internal and external SD storage?
 

Gibbz1

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Mar 5, 2010
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I really like this app, but I have a few comments:

1. I believe you are missing some Intents, as I am unable to select this app to edit a text file.
2. When browsing, shouldn't you allow me to browse outside of the SD card? What about internal and external SD storage?

It should allow you to edit text files, what application are you using?

ah, my device doesnt have a SD, ill have to look into that! thanks
 

ziggy34

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Sep 2, 2010
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Is there any limit to file size? Most text editors I've tried have a very small limit to the size if the file.

Thanks.
 

brenuga

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I definitely encourage your app development and learning. You may want to look at Jota text editor for some feature ideas. It's the app I use for work to type up notes at meetings I go to. Not trying to rain on your parade, just something to look at.

Auto-save, save to SD, being able to save to Unicode-8 and use Unix line endings are all key features I can't live without.
 

Nebucatnetzer

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What I like:
-The UI is very nice.
-It can open 1MB text files and scolling is still very smooth.
-Optional spell checker

What I think should be improved:
-The top bar should always be visible. Or work like the one from Pocket.
-When you open large text files it's next to impossible to use the keyboard. It takes ages until it shows up and then tipping is really laggy.
-An option to switch between a serif and a sans serif font.

When you manage to fix the keyboard problem I would deinstall Jota without a second thought.
 
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bigwavedave25

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Nice clean text creator. I believe it was mentioned above, dosen't seem to be available in app options list as a text editor. Trying to open a created .txt file form Root Explorer defaults to its internal text editor function, with no option to select WordPad as the editor.

Looking forward to future integration! Thanks for sharing.
 

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Subscribed. Thanks

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jr67

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Just started using the app. Fast, simple and clean.

The only thing I noticed is that the line numbers don't appear until you actually type in something. The line number column is there on the left side but not the numbers themselves. Is that by design? If I open a log file trying to find the line number of a particular entry I first need to type a space before the line numbers show up.

Other than that nice job.
 

Gibbz1

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Cheers guys,

The aim with this is not to bloat it out with to many features, but ill certainly look at the suggestions and see what I can do.

Now back to crushing bugs :)
 
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Gibbz1

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Trying to open a created .txt file form Root Explorer defaults to its internal text editor function, with no option to select WordPad as the editor.

I have setup the intent to use plan text
android:mimeType="text/plain"

So using solid explorer it works fine, in root explorer it was under (open with > general tab > open as text > wordpad )
 
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    I've spent days looking for a decent text editor and had no luck finding one. So I decided to work on my own. Looking for some feedback, I have a big list of features of my own to add too :)

    Description:
    A quick and easy to use text editor with minimal interface. A minimal interface gives you more space to view and edit your documents. Great for taking notes, todo lists, jot down lecture notes or editing text files.

    Features include
    - Optional automatic saving of documents
    - Sharing in and out of the application
    - Optional spell check support
    - Minimal, clean interface
    - Quick and easy to use
    - Custom themes
    - Support for large files (tested with 10 mb file)
    - History of recent documents
    - Multiple character set encoding options

    Googleplay link:
    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=blackcarbon.wordpad

    Images:

    bvdsABp_nsDYYOJlcK6YThHLiih0zXAri4DnjauWtJhPU_pS4rVvkvnfOxyDKog9nu6s=h900-rw


    vb1Vr7B9xbSTm6scVSwL6pVCIx37UUNel_MmwCOryKCoogyeJfk0yKzkRCenQV9gwUs=h900-rw
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    ** ChangeLog **
    Build 20
    - Note: UNINSTALL then REINSTALL due to the amount of changes in this build!
    - Optimised for kit kat - android 4.4
    - Removed volume scrolling
    - Added navigation drawer interface
    - Cleaned opening and closing of keyboard when using menus
    - Fullscreen mode has returned!
    - Optimised and cleaned code, so there may be some new bugs

    Build 19
    - Document path can now be set to alternate storage device

    Build 18
    - line numbers update when opening a new document
    - line numbers calculated correctly for word wrapped documents
    - fixed text jittering when scrolling
    - disabled spell check in the save activity
    - added auto selecting filename to save activity
    - overhauled the action bar code

    Build 17
    - Launching from intents should be more robust
    - Intents now work with different scheme types

    Build 16
    - Allowed wordpad to open any text file, not just plain text
    - Fixed intents to accept files or text
    - Sharing into wordpad should now work again properly

    Build 15
    - Polish language files (thanks to Rafal M)
    - Fixed auto-save continually saving
    - Cursor position saved on screen rotation and restored states
    - Fixed auto-save not to save when opening documents
    - Using exit will hide the keyboard for neater exit

    Build 14
    - Fixed cursor position moving when saving
    - Made the action bar more resilient

    Build 13
    - Fixed bug when selecting items from history list
    - Fixed bug for char set selection not working
    - Fixed action bar to autohide
    - General cleanup
    - Fixed bug where settings were causing document to become unsavable
    - Wordpad now remember states, use exit clears state data

    Build 12
    - Using volume rocker to scroll doesn't lose cursor position
    - Volume rocker scrolling scrolls completely to the top now
    - Back button will now ask to save before exiting
    - Made the text area easier to select
    - Change the way the action bar works, to be more user friendly
    - Updated history code to be more reliable and faster
    - Added autosave back in, it will save after 2 seconds of idle time if enabled
    - Added some debug info when opening and saving files
    - Added support for files with large sizes (tested 10mb)
    - Opening extremely huge, massive, large files will cause out of memory error, and notify the user

    Build 11
    - Allow user to navigate to other folders
    - Rearranged preferences screen
    - Added font options
    - Added line number color option
    - Added charset support (utf-8 default encoding)

    Build 10
    - Fix possible crash when loading previously opened document that no longer exists
    - Saved state between screen rotations and open/closing the app
    - Added more padding for line numbers
    - Line numbers are now 6 lines ahead of the documents line count

    Build 9
    - Fixed bug with cursors position changing on screen rotation
    - Rewrote the save and open screens
    - Removed auto-save feature for now due to possible overwriting document bug
    - General code cleanup, so a few new bugs are expected
    - Removed fullscreen mode unfortunately due to android bug
    - Recent/history list now working
    - added save and overwrite dialogs
    - various other fixes

    Build 8
    - Restructured settings
    - Fixed bug which prevented scrolling
    - Added background color when clicking buttons for more user feedback
    - Background now defaults to black
    - Fixed some of the sharing bugs (more to fix)

    Build 7
    - Added checks to settings to prevent crashes
    - disabled sharing due to bugs
    - added line numbers

    Build 6
    - added alert for user when saved
    - changed autosave to default disabled
    - added padding to move text away from the edge of the screen a little
    - added read only mode
    - added screen awake option

    Build 5
    - fixed crash error with font size

    Build 4
    - placeholder widget
    - settings added fullscreen
    - settings added spell check
    - settings added word wrap
    - settings added auto save
    - settings added read only
    - settings added document folder
    - settings added theme settings (font color, size, background color)

    Build 3
    - Fixed share feature causing crash
    - Fixed document area to fit the application hence fixing scrolling and selecting issues

    Build 2
    - Fixed crash caused by missing directory
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    1
    Hey all, i've uploaded a new build fixing a bug and some annoyances. It should show up on the market in the next few hours.

    Build 3
    - Fixed share feature causing crash
    - Fixed document area to fit the application hence fixing scrolling and selecting issues
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    What I like:
    -The UI is very nice.
    -It can open 1MB text files and scolling is still very smooth.
    -Optional spell checker

    What I think should be improved:
    -The top bar should always be visible. Or work like the one from Pocket.
    -When you open large text files it's next to impossible to use the keyboard. It takes ages until it shows up and then tipping is really laggy.
    -An option to switch between a serif and a sans serif font.

    When you manage to fix the keyboard problem I would deinstall Jota without a second thought.