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Droid Comic Viewer breaks the 250,000 mark in the Android Market

Robot Comics — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 21:35:13 +0000

Droid Comic Viewer, the leading Android comic and manga reader by Robot Comic, broke the 250,000 Android Market downloads mark this week.

Unlike other landmark apps of the Android Market, Droid Comic Viewer has not been featured by Google yet. Its growing success comes from the strong support of its community, who actively contributes to make it the best comic reader for Android.

Droid Comic Viewer is the de facto comics and platform for Android devices worldwide. It has been localized to 7 languages and uses the ACV open format, which allows creators to adapt their comics for mobiles.

With an upcoming version that includes major feature, performance and usability upgrades, as well as more localizations, Droid Comic Viewer is on its way to become an essential app not only for comic fans, but also for all Android users. Join us as we introduce to a brand new audience the joy of reading comics!

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Droid Comic Viewer 1.3.7 update log

Robot Comics — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:59:54 +0000

A new version of Droid Comic Viewer (ACV), the free comic, manga and image viewer for Android mobiles, was released today. Version 1.3.7 includes usability, stability, performance and localization upgrades, and introduces support for the new ACV2 format that blends transition effects and frame-by-frame animation for a whole new mobile comics reading experience! It’s features such as these that continue to make Droid Comic Viewer the best and most popular comic and manga reader for Android.

Some of the changes included in version 1.3.7 are:

Pinch to zoom for devices that support multi-touch
Italian and French localization (thanks to Davide Borin and Climbatize)
ACV2 support
ACV format features such as vibration can be disabled through Settings
Improved CBR/RAR support for devices with memory class 24 or higher (but you should use CBZ or image folders instead!)
Corners have optional transparent buttons
Zoom up to 2x
Reorganized Settings
Zooming in and out with double tap or single tap centers the image on the tap point
Brightness setting
Volumes keys for navigation
Volume keys can be configured in custom controls
Improved sorting of images (1.jpg comes before 10.jpg)
New high-res icon for high resolution devices (thanks to blunden)
Taping on the welcome screen icon opens the menu
New action for custom controls: Show menu
Improved scrolling

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Robot 13: A Brand New Way to Read Comics on Android – ACV 2 Formatted Comics

robotcomics — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:41:48 +0000

Introducing a new way to read comics on Android…with ACV 2 formatted comics!

Robot 13 #1 by Thomas Hall and Daniel Bradford is now available on the Android Market, and marks the very first Android comic with ACV 2 formatting which offers additional transition effects and frame-by-frame animation. Robot Comics is proud to bring this new comic reading experience to Android, designed to work on all Android devices: from Motorola Droid and Google Nexus One to HTC Dream and HTC Tattoo, including tablets like Archos 5 IT.

Robot 13 was a natural choice to debut this new kind of Android comic: with its dynamic page layouts, atmospheric story, brisk-pace, and action-packed sequences. Readers will experience a wide range of animation and vibration effects when reading Robot 13, and enjoy the most immersive mobile comics reading experience ever offered on Android.

Robot 13#1 debuted on the market to a unanimous 5-star rating and raves from readers. Issue #1 is free, issue #2 will be released for Android on May 12th and cost $0.99 US.

Synopsis

In 1939, something was pulled up from the ocean depths off the coast of Spain; what it was and where it originated from were a mystery to the fishermen who found it, but all the surviving members of that crew agree on one thing: whatever it was, it saved their lives. Robot 13 tells the odyssey of the hero who awoke from the ocean floor that day as it looks for answers to who he really is… A comic by Thomas Hall with art by Daniel Bradford.

Android trailer

iPhone

Robot 13 is also available for iPhone and iPod touch. The app is free and includes issue #1. Further issues are priced at $0.99 US.

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Droid Comic Viewer Named One of 50 Best Android Apps

robotcomics — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:41:05 +0000

FONE HOME’s (”The Mothership of UK mobile”, I kinda like that tag line) Linsey Fryatt declared Robot Comics’ own ACV Droid Comic Viewer as one of the 50 Best Android Apps on the market today. They actually announced this back in December, but we just noticed, and wanted to say: Thanks, Linsey!

Seeing as how there were 20,000+ apps already on the Android market at the time, being chosen as one of the tip-top 50 really means something to us. We’re pleased users have gotten so much out of ACV to date, and you better believe the big update to the viewer (coming very soon) is going to live up to all this hype. Stay tuned.

BTW: if you’re new to all this, read more about Droid Comic Viewer here.

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Droid Comic Viewer v1.3.2 update log

robotcomics — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:25:14 +0000

A new version of Droid Comic Viewer (ACV), the free comic, manga and image viewer for Android mobiles, was released today. Version 1.3.2 includes usability, stability and performance upgrades that continue to make Droid Comic Viewer the best and most popular comic reader for Android.

Some of the new features included in version 1.3.2 are:

Share any screen via email, MMS and Facebook
Subscribe to the Robot Comics newsletter
Expanded ACV support to show screen-specific transition and message buttons
Recommend ACV via email, SMS and Twitter
Bug fixes and performance improvements

Download

The preferred method of download for ACV is through the Android Market. If you are browsing this page from an Android powered mobile, click on the following link to download ACV from the Android Market.

Download ACV from the Android Market (only if browsing from Android mobile)

Feature requests

We have many features in our roadmap that we will be releasing quickly and regularly. If you would like a feature added to ACV, please send an email to development@robotcomics.net. You will be surprised to know how fast our development team adds features to ACV!

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User Manual

For all the features, actions, transitions, file formats, and networking options supported by the Droid Comic Viewer, read our online USER’S MANUAL.

Read the ACV User Manual

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New version of the most popular comic viewer for Android

Robot Comics — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:52:48 +0000

A new version of Droid Comic Viewer (ACV), the free comic, manga and image viewer for Android mobiles, was released today. Version 1.3.1 includes lots usability, stability and performance upgrades that make Droid Comic Viewer the best and most popular comic reader for Android.

Some of the new features included in version 1.3.1 are:

Configurable fling up and down input events
Configurable corner tap input events
Double tap to zoom in
Zoom up to 150%
Automatically opens next/previous file after moving forward/back from the last/first image
Next page cache for CBR/RAR support
4 new custom actions: fit width, fit height, fit screen and open settings
BMP support
Enter the screen number in the Screen Browser for quick navigation

Learn more about Droid Comic Viewer.

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Droid Comic Viewer v1.2.11 update log

Robot Comics — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:29:52 +0000

A new version of Droid Comic Viewer (ACV), the comic and manga viewer for Android mobiles, was released today. Version 1.2.11 includes performance, usability and localization upgrades. Some of the new features included in version 1.2.11 are:

Next and previous image cache: read your comics without load interruptions
Smooth scrolling
Screen numbers
Disable fling navigation through Settings
New custom controls: back button and trackball center
German localization

Download

Download ACV from the Android Market (only if browsing from Android mobile)

Feature requests

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Where to find free CBZ or CBR comics

Robot Comics — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:57:27 +0000

Droid Comic Viewer, our CBZ comic viewer for Android mobiles, can be used to enjoy traditional comics in a different way. Through CBZ support, Droid Comic Viewer allows you to read any comic that’s freely available.

Below is a partial list of free CBZ and CBR comics ready to download from the web. We will publish a tutorial about CBR to CBZ conversion shortly. If you don’t know what’s a CBZ or CBR file, please check this brief introduction first.

Publishers

FlashBack Universe (download page)
Oni Press (download page)

Titles

Cory Doctorow’s Futuristic Tales Of The Here And Now (IDW Publishing, 2008) (download page)
Misery Depot (Papyrus Comics, 2008) (official site)
Tales from the Public Domain: Bound by Law? (Duke University, 2006) (download page)
Therefore Repent! (Jim Munroe, Salgood Sam, 2008) (download page)

Some comics are offered directly in RAR or ZIP. If your comic book viewer does not support these extensions, simply rename the comic to CBR or CBZ respectively.

Criteria

The list doesn’t pretend to be complete. Only high-quality, popular or notable comics are included in the list.

Updates

If there is a free comic book that you think should be included in the list or if you found a dead link, please leave a comment below or let us know at contact@robotcomics.net.

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Droid Comic Viewer v1.2.6 update log

Robot Comics — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:28:26 +0000

A new version of Droid Comic Viewer (ACV), the comic viewer for Android mobiles that now supports cbz files, was released today. Version 1.2.6 includes performance, usability and localization upgrades in preparation of a major update scheduled for late April. Some of the features included in version 1.2.6 are:

Spanish localization: ¡ahora puedes utilizar Droid Comic Viewer en español!
Custom controls: the user can define the action of each control event
Trackball scrolling
Improved image positioning on zoom

This is the lastest update in a series of quick releases that already brought features such as:

cbz support
Toggle auto-rotate: rotate screen when phone orientation changes
Update check on startup

The preferred method of download for ACV is through the Android Market. If you are browsing this page from an Android powered mobile, click on the following link to download ACV from the Android Market.

Download ACV from the Android Market (only if browsing from Android mobile)

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Droid Comic Viewer v1.2.1: now with cbz support

Robot Comics — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 01:17:33 +0000

Droid Comic Viewer -also known as ACV- is a lightweight comic viewer developed by Robot Comics for Android powered mobiles, such as the HTC Dream or the T-mobile G1.

Version 1.2.1 of ACV- was released today. It includes a major new feature that was unanimously requested by ACV users: CBZ support. ACV can now read CBZ, ZIP and ACV comics from the SD card.

Not only this makes ACV the first lightweigth and functional CBZ comic book viewer for Android mobiles, it also gives any comic book creator the opportunity to make his or her work available to Android users. Just by packaking the work in a CBZ file, any Android user with ACV installed can view the comic in his or her mobile phone. We will be publishing a tutorial on how to create CBZ comics shortly to aid creators in this endeavor.

Other features included in this release:

Touch and trackball navigation with zoom and scrolling
Various screen transition and image scaling modes
Settings panel
Auto-update

This is one of many updates that Droid Comic Viewer will be having this quarter. Expect many exciting features soon!

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Download ACV from the Android Market (only if browsing from Android mobile)

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