I am looking for a nice ebook reader app for android but it’s proving to be quite difficult. Every app I stumble open misses at least a few things I want. So here is a list of things I want:

-Material You UI

-Custom themes

-Font selection

-Dictionary or translator integration

-Page view (NO scrolling through the book)

A few things that could be nice but not necessary:

-I use Foliate on desktop so a way to sync with that

-Make white parts of the black and white pictures same color as the backgroud.

I think that’s all. I searched a lot but to no avail. Hopefully this community helps me and others. Thank you guys in advance.

  • moonpiedumplings@programming.dev
    5·
    2 years ago

    These requirements are really specific. Whites parts of black pictures in particular, I can’t think of anything that implements that.

    Anyway, these probably don’t have everything you want, but I use Librera:

    website: https://librera.mobi/

    Github: https://github.com/foobnix/LibreraReader

    No material you theme, but I know it has font selection, and dictionary/translation integration.

    The website claims it supports custom themings, and CSS. I can find the options in my app, but I haven’t touched them.

    It also supports custom fonts, including user added ones.

    It supports sync between librera instances (Google Drive has first class support), but not with Foliate.

    It defaults to “book mode” which is page

    • Wistful@discuss.tchncs.de
      1·
      2 years ago

      Bit off-topic…Librera is decent but I hate that I can’t use custom background without changing the opacity. It seems like it doesn’t have the ability to use a background but it rather puts the image on top of the text and then lowers the opacity of the custom image, which doesn’t look nice.

  • drwankingstein@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    5·
    2 years ago

    Honestly, IMO they all suck. I’ve tried most around up until about 4 or 5 months ago when I gave up, and each one has some really annoying issues. that I never managed to work around

    • musaoruc@lemmy.mlOP
      2·
      2 years ago

      I think we are in the same boat. I am going to learn programming just to make apps I want to use at this point though that may not be that bad actually…

  • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    4·
    2 years ago

    I used Lithium in the past until I bought myself a Paperwhite (still dislike Amazon).
    Maybe it ticks of some of your points.

  • floofloof@lemmy.caEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    It probably doesn’t meet your requirements, but ReadEra is good. There’s a free version and a paid one called ReadEra Premium. I paid for the premium version, but I can’t remember what the difference is between them.

    • musaoruc@lemmy.mlOP
      2·
      2 years ago

      Though really basic I think that’s the best one I have used but you know I had to know if there was anything I was missing.

  • Rawmill@beehaw.org
    2·
    2 years ago

    I paid for the full version of FBReader years ago. I poked around a few months ago looking for anything better and they all came up short. Even has a plugin for comics.