BookWorm Details

BookWorm is an app for organizing your book collection. Future plans are to add the ability to sync with multiple online book sources (import/export), to include tags for multi-level customizable organization, and social features (all in the works).

Developers

• Charlie Collins

Contributors

• Jason Liick (code for tagging [in progress], sliding note drawer, UI updates, more)
• Andreas F.X. Siegert (testing, feedback, and translations)
• David MacLeod (testing and feedback)
• Simon McLaughlin (OpenLibrary data source code)

Please let us know if you come across any new issues, the project site issue tracker is where currently known issues and enhancement plans are logged. Thanks!

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Current Version: 1.0.17

• Enhancement 20: Auto-backup data! Now done using Android BackupAgent, so backups will only work for Android 2.2 and later (rest of app runs fine, just doesn't auto-backup).
• Enhancement 93: More book data sources! Include Simon's branch (after cleanup) which creates compound data provider (currently Google Books and OpenLibrary).
• Enhancement 97: ISBN only CSV import support. (In addition to full CSV import format, which already exists).
• Fix Issue 102: Support dates older than 1900 (now supports 1500 on, if you have books older than that, wow!)
• General improvements around CSV import: UI updated, fetch images when restoring from CSV, more.
• Remove capability to export/import the DB file itself (because this could cause issues with future releases that may change the data schema, prefer CSV import/export).

Previous Version: 1.0.16

• Fix issue 76: Multiple authors CSV import was mangled with quotes.
• Enhancement 79: Added a donate button to the About->Details screen (several people asked).
• Fix issue 82: Pressing sort button twice fast results in multiple dialogs.
• Enhancement 86: Allow users to save "Notes" with books. Many have asked for this. Current implementation is plain/ugly, but works, more planned in this area.
• Enhancement 87: Create Developers and Contributors areas in About->Details to acknowledge people that have pitched in.

Previous Version: 1.0.14

• Insta-Bug fix for 1.0.13: Search repeat loop on 1.0.13 fixed. For details on all other new stuff see 1.0.13 below.

Previous Version: 1.0.13

• Fix issue 6: Handle case where Barcode Scanner app is not installed more smoothly.
• Enhancement 58: Add an action bar to Main for quicker access to common actions (UI pattern improvement).
• Fix issue 60: Better results with global reloading of cover images.
• Enhancement 63: New capability to import data from a CSV file.
• Fix issue 68: CSV export date format fixed.
• Enhancement 69: Add a .nomedia file to images directory by default (to prevent Gallery from locating book cover images).
• Fix issue 70: Several improvements to the search form page to improve performance and prevent FC errors.
• Enhancement 73: Change BookSearch to automatically retrieve new data when user scrolls to bottom of list.
• Fix issue 75: Resolve bug where main list screen did not show books with no authors (though they were in DB).
• Enhancement: Include setting in manifest to allow users to move app to SD card, if so desired.

Previous Version: 1.0.12

• Fix issue 41: Orientation change causes repeat search for cover image on book search result activity.
• Fix issue 61: German translation tweak.
• Work on issue 64: Rare book insert error causes bookuserdata table to prevent further books from being inserted (see issue at tracker for details).
• Fix issue 65: Search results page error if new search yields no results and prev results are left on screen and clickable (now clears prev results).

Previous Version: 1.0.11

• Patch update: Address socket timeouts when retrieving cover images (fail fast) and bitmap decoding memory.

Previous Version: 1.0.10

• Enhancement: New feature to allow export of database as a CSV file (via email, accessible via menu).
• Enhancement: Update the manual input form to make it "nice for the people." Ok, it's still not great, but better. UI and UX improvements.
• Fix issue 56: Use alternate book cover image providers if OpenLibrary fails (have a few fallbacks now, more reliable retrieval of cover images).
• Internal updates: Architectural changes internally to make code easier to manage and to facilitate upcoming updates. Full import/export and online sync still in progress (the right way, not by just asking the user for email/pass and storing it -- that is very bad even though many other apps do it).

Previous Version: 1.0.9

• Fix issue 54: Fix force close when NOT using supported language (now falls back to English if we don't have a translation - current supported translations are English, Spanish, German, and French).
• Fix issue 50: German translation updated (and other translations tweaked a bit too).

Previous Version: 1.0.8

• Enhancement 52: Include subject as sort by option.
• Fix issue 51: Always retrieve authors in the same order so that sorts/filters are predictable.
• Minor enhancement: German translation updated based on feedback.
• Minor enhancement: Clean up manage cover image form/tab UI.

Previous Version: 1.0.7

• Enhancement 32: Internationalized. Now supports English, Spanish, French, and German (based on locale).
• Enhancement 33: Allow main list sort by publication date.
• Enhancement 42: Allow use of enter key to initiate search from web search activity.
• Fix issue 43: Inconsistent results from web search when entering ISBN manually (also now faster results).
• Fix issue 44: Allow non numeric characters in ISBN entry on manual form (they are valid).
• Enhancement 47: Show authors in web search results - helps disambiguate when multiple identical titles are present.
• Enhancement 48: Show authors on main list page (right now they are shown in place of subtitle, crowded to include all).
• Fix issue 49: Hide the soft keyboard if open when coming back to web search results with results present.

Previous Version: 1.0.6

• Fix issue 1: Filter on main list screen now works using book titles (just start typing, it will filter).
• Enhancement 18: Created a stats dialog that shows total books, read books, and some other stuff.
• Fix issue 19: Go back to previous position in the main list on view/edit/delete.
• Enhancement 31: New sort dialog that allows sort by title, read status, author(s), rating, or publisher.
• Minor Enhancement: Included HTMLScreen to show About details, much better formatting for this screen now.

Previous Version: 1.0.5

• Fix issue 12 - Force close on some devices with input form (Camera causing issues), use new form, see enh-14.
• Enhancement 14 - Switch to new entry form, and allow user to select image for cover from gallery (for new, and existing books).
• Fix issue 15 - Remove HTML from this about/detail dialog. Formatting lost, but better than random (more work to do for this).
• Fix issue 24 - Make ISBN editable. This allows users to enter correct ISBN, which then can be used to retrieve cover images.
• Enhancement 25 - Warn on the book add page if the current DB/list already has same book (whether scan or search).
• Enhancement 26 - Make compatible with Android 1.5 for users still running older release (current version still 1.6, will make separate 1.5 app name/release).

Previous Version: 1.0.4

• Enhancement - Add "enable debug logging" option in prefs (to try to help figure out other issues if they arise).
• Enhancement - Add "Scanning Tips" menu option to no results found page.
• Fix issue 10 - Force close after scan due to bar code format differences (EAN vs UPC, etc.). Should decode many more books now, and should not force close even when cannot decode.
• Fix issue 13 - Changing a book's title orphans the cover image.