CURRENT VERSION 1.4.2 RELEASED MARCH 10, 2013 - SEE BELOW FOR CHANGELOG AND DIRECT APK LINK
I would like to share with you guys an app called Fresco. With Fresco you can view images posted on the Astronomy Picture of the Day website of NASA. Every image has an explanation written by a professional astronomer and every image ever posted on this website is available in this app (starting somewhere back in 1995)
Screenshots:
Features
* View over 5800 images with a new one being downloaded every day
* Mark images as favorites
* View a random image with one button click (I use it to find cool pictures and stories, you can cycle through all images or your favorites)
* View a grid with image archive (with ascending, descending and random sorting)
* Full Text Search for images (e.g. searching for 'apollo moon armstrong' will show all images containing those words, the index uses Porter Stemming Algorithm)
* Double click an image to view it full-size and you can zoom it
* Set image as wallpaper
* Automatically set wallpaper to today's image as soon as it's downloaded (my favorite)
* Share images (via all channels available on your device)
Change log
1.4.2 (mar 10, 2013)
- Added a .nomedia file to each folder Fresco uses to save cached images (so Fresco's images will not show up in your gallery app(s) anymore), you can disable this switch in the settings screen.
- Fixed strange characters in Dutch translations (like é )
- [3.0+] Fixed issue with the picture frame widget showing a faint line on the bottom
- [3.0+] Probably fixed an issue clicking the widget (over time) would not work anymore
1.4.1 (mar 5, 2013)
- [3.0+] Fixed issue with the picture frame widget not fully resizing on high resolution devices
1.4.0 (mar 3, 2013)
- Rewrote background worker mechanism, this should fix all 'freeze' situations and make Fresco a lot more responsive (like it should)
- [3.0+] Added (scrollable) home screen widgets for today's image (Picture frame, just text or both)
- Fresco now chooses an appropriate location for cached images and this location is now editable in settings
- Notifications of new wallpapers didn't work until the app was started at least once
- In the select wallpaper dialog you can now open Fresco (to read the text of the image)
- Removed unused space on imageview (sometimes the text was even not visible without scrolling while half of the screen was black)
- [3.0+]Widgets are now clickable
- Automatically setting an IOTD image as wallpaper could fail
1.3.1 and 1.3.2 (jan 28, 2013)
- Tried to fix an OutOfMemory issue
1.3.0 (jan 27, 2013)
- Added a complete archive of the Nasa image of the day (iotd) images (found on www.nasa.gov), over 2300!
- Added the latest iotd to the wallpaper selection screen
- Clarified the tabs on the wallpaper selection screen by making the page indicator lines thicker and moving them to the top
- Improved image resizing of smaller images (they will now stretch)
- Improved memory utilization when opening large images
1.2.1 (jan 21, 2013)
- Some devices still had problems with stretching wallpapers, fixed that now!
1.2.0 (jan 20, 2013)
- Setting a wallpaper will stretch to full screen now! (thanks for reporting this one)
- Auto set wallpaper has now a new option in which you can if and how you want to be notified if a new wallpaper is available (see screenshot)
- Images are initially rendered larger now so it looks more epic and when double clicking it'll open the full-screen view and zoom in automatically
- When you select a random image, you can now scroll back and forth through the selected images
- Retrieval of latest entries was slow when initializing the database for the first time
- Fixed Android 2.2 compatibility issues (crashes)
- Fixed a whole bunch of crashes: restoring Fresco after a long period, setting a video as wallpaper (disabled now), when initializing the Fresco database (sometimes the dialog was already dismissed)
1.1.1 (jan 10, 2013)
- Added a Dutch translation for images where available (starting from january 1st, 2005). Fresco will automatically select a language for you, but it can be changed in the settings screen.
- Every image has a unique id now (a code)
- At the image archive you can now select an image not only by date, but also by code
- You can now import (or merge) and export favorites
- You can open the source webpage of an image
- Added information about the source of the images in the settings dialog
1.0.1 (jan 3, 2013)
- Initial public version
Feedback / problems
You can use Twitter to report problems or send some feedback: @ToverbalApps
Link
Play store: Fresco
APK
Direct link to APK (1.4.2): https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fr...esco_1_4_2.apk
Older versions
1.4.1 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fr...esco_1_4_1.apk
1.4.0 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fr...esco_1_4_0.apk
1.3.2 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fr...esco_1_3_2.apk
1.3.1 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fr...esco_1_3_1.apk
1.3.0 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fr...esco_1_3_0.apk
1.2.1 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fr...esco_1_2_1.apk
1.2.0 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fr...esco_1_2_0.apk
I would like to share with you guys an app called Fresco. With Fresco you can view images posted on the Astronomy Picture of the Day website of NASA. Every image has an explanation written by a professional astronomer and every image ever posted on this website is available in this app (starting somewhere back in 1995)
Screenshots:
Features
* View over 5800 images with a new one being downloaded every day
* Mark images as favorites
* View a random image with one button click (I use it to find cool pictures and stories, you can cycle through all images or your favorites)
* View a grid with image archive (with ascending, descending and random sorting)
* Full Text Search for images (e.g. searching for 'apollo moon armstrong' will show all images containing those words, the index uses Porter Stemming Algorithm)
* Double click an image to view it full-size and you can zoom it
* Set image as wallpaper
* Automatically set wallpaper to today's image as soon as it's downloaded (my favorite)
* Share images (via all channels available on your device)
Change log
1.4.2 (mar 10, 2013)
- Added a .nomedia file to each folder Fresco uses to save cached images (so Fresco's images will not show up in your gallery app(s) anymore), you can disable this switch in the settings screen.
- Fixed strange characters in Dutch translations (like é )
- [3.0+] Fixed issue with the picture frame widget showing a faint line on the bottom
- [3.0+] Probably fixed an issue clicking the widget (over time) would not work anymore
1.4.1 (mar 5, 2013)
- [3.0+] Fixed issue with the picture frame widget not fully resizing on high resolution devices
1.4.0 (mar 3, 2013)
- Rewrote background worker mechanism, this should fix all 'freeze' situations and make Fresco a lot more responsive (like it should)
- [3.0+] Added (scrollable) home screen widgets for today's image (Picture frame, just text or both)
- Fresco now chooses an appropriate location for cached images and this location is now editable in settings
- Notifications of new wallpapers didn't work until the app was started at least once
- In the select wallpaper dialog you can now open Fresco (to read the text of the image)
- Removed unused space on imageview (sometimes the text was even not visible without scrolling while half of the screen was black)
- [3.0+]Widgets are now clickable
- Automatically setting an IOTD image as wallpaper could fail
1.3.1 and 1.3.2 (jan 28, 2013)
- Tried to fix an OutOfMemory issue
1.3.0 (jan 27, 2013)
- Added a complete archive of the Nasa image of the day (iotd) images (found on www.nasa.gov), over 2300!
- Added the latest iotd to the wallpaper selection screen
- Clarified the tabs on the wallpaper selection screen by making the page indicator lines thicker and moving them to the top
- Improved image resizing of smaller images (they will now stretch)
- Improved memory utilization when opening large images
1.2.1 (jan 21, 2013)
- Some devices still had problems with stretching wallpapers, fixed that now!
1.2.0 (jan 20, 2013)
- Setting a wallpaper will stretch to full screen now! (thanks for reporting this one)
- Auto set wallpaper has now a new option in which you can if and how you want to be notified if a new wallpaper is available (see screenshot)
- Images are initially rendered larger now so it looks more epic and when double clicking it'll open the full-screen view and zoom in automatically
- When you select a random image, you can now scroll back and forth through the selected images
- Retrieval of latest entries was slow when initializing the database for the first time
- Fixed Android 2.2 compatibility issues (crashes)
- Fixed a whole bunch of crashes: restoring Fresco after a long period, setting a video as wallpaper (disabled now), when initializing the Fresco database (sometimes the dialog was already dismissed)
1.1.1 (jan 10, 2013)
- Added a Dutch translation for images where available (starting from january 1st, 2005). Fresco will automatically select a language for you, but it can be changed in the settings screen.
- Every image has a unique id now (a code)
- At the image archive you can now select an image not only by date, but also by code
- You can now import (or merge) and export favorites
- You can open the source webpage of an image
- Added information about the source of the images in the settings dialog
1.0.1 (jan 3, 2013)
- Initial public version
Feedback / problems
You can use Twitter to report problems or send some feedback: @ToverbalApps
Link
Play store: Fresco
APK
Direct link to APK (1.4.2): https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fr...esco_1_4_2.apk
Older versions
1.4.1 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fr...esco_1_4_1.apk
1.4.0 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fr...esco_1_4_0.apk
1.3.2 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fr...esco_1_3_2.apk
1.3.1 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fr...esco_1_3_1.apk
1.3.0 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fr...esco_1_3_0.apk
1.2.1 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fr...esco_1_2_1.apk
1.2.0 - https://dl.dropbox.com/u/11837707/fr...esco_1_2_0.apk
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