EPUB 3 Reader Android PoC

WARNING! THIS IS WORK IN PROGRESS!

2013-09-09: We published the app and its code on GitHub: https://github.com/pettarin/epub3reader/. You can also find better screenshots there.

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Basic EPUB file chooser

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Parallel Texts Menu

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Parallel Texts: select the available languages contained in the EPUB file (EN and IT in this case)

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Parallel Texts are shown!

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Parallel Texts: one can close each of the two viewports

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Parallel Texts: select among multiple available languages in the EPUB file (EN, DE, FR, and IT in this case)

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Parallel Texts are shown!

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Split screen to display a "footnote" (enabled by long tapping the link instead of simple tapping it). The two viewports are completely independent, and can be left both open, or the second one can be closed, etc.

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Embedded Audio works!

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Two EPUB files can be opened simultaneously and read independently.

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Two EPUB files can be opened simultaneously and read independently.

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Text selection enables other functions (copy, share, find, online dictionary lookup)

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Basic metadata view