Subscriber – The Android Browser RSS Feeds Subscriber
Subscriber
Welcome to the official Subscriber site.
Useful Links
- Subscriber
- Getting Started
- Change Log
- Support (in progress)
What is Subscriber?
Subscriber allows Android enabled mobile devices (firmwares 2.2) to Subscribe feeds into Google Reader from the Android browser. You can also Tag feeds (effectively organise your feeds in folders) on the fly, using your own Tag name, or selecting one from your Google Reader account.
How does Subscriber work?
If you are browsing a web site on your Android browser and want to subscribe to a feed that the site may/may not publish you can attempt to find feeds on that site and subscribe to them.
- Visit the Getting Started page for more details
How does Feed Finding work?
Within the Android browser you have the option of Sharing links. By sharing a link, either a site address or direct url, Subscriber will search for available feeds.
Feed Finding by Site URL
- Browse to a website directly and allow it to load.
- Long press the address bar of the browser
- In the Share Via dialog, select Subscriber
Using either option will make Subscriber start to look for feeds on the URL specified. If feed(s) are found you will be presented with a dialog with them listed. You can then select a feed and set other options prior to subscribing the feed into Google Reader
Subscribing directly to a feed
The other way you can subscribe to feeds is by long clicking a feed URL directly. For example, if you see an RSS symbol on a website, long click it and ‘Share Via’. Select Subscriber and modify options, select Subscribe! Easy!
Accepted feed types
- .xml
- .atom
- .rdf
Subscriber Pre-requisites
A Google account.
What is Google Reader?
Google Reader is a Web-based aggregator, capable of reading Atom and RSS feeds online or offline. It was released by Google on October 7, 2005 through Google Labs. Reader was graduated from beta status on September 17, 2007.
What is RSS?
RSS (most commonly expanded as Really Simple Syndication) is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format.
An RSS document (which is called a “feed”, “web feed”, or “channel”) includes full or summarized text, plus metadata such as publishing dates and authorship.
Web feeds benefit publishers by letting them syndicate content automatically. They benefit readers who want to subscribe to timely updates from favored websites or to aggregate feeds from many sites into one place.
RSS feeds can be read using software called an “RSS reader”, “feed reader”, or “aggregator”, which can be web-based, desktop-based, or mobile-device-based.
A standardized XML file format allows the information to be published once and viewed by many different programs. The user subscribes to a feed by entering into the reader the feed’s URI or by clicking an RSS icon in a web browser that initiates the subscription process.
The RSS reader checks the user’s subscribed feeds regularly for new work, downloads any updates that it finds, and provides a user interface to monitor and read the feeds.
#1 by Trina on September 13, 2010 - 8:42 pm
Good idea, but can’t use because I only have 2.1. Any chance of a version for that.
#2 by ChrisD on September 13, 2010 - 10:38 pm
Hey Trina,
Just added support for 2.1.
Let me know how you get on.
Chris.
#3 by ChrisD on September 13, 2010 - 8:57 pm
Hi Trina,
Yes, I can make it compatible. Please give me a few hours to sort it out.
Thanks,
Chris.
#4 by Sara Masson on November 2, 2010 - 11:07 am
I’m having a lot of problems with BBC Browsecast and Listen on my HTC Desire – I had been using very happily with BBC podcasts, but noticed they were both continually installing, without installing, if you see what I mean. Tried uninstalling via appbrainmarket sync, and now they won’t re-install. Do you know what I am doing wrong? Many thanks
Sara