A simple Android application for keeping tabs on Packt's daily free book giveaway.
I used a Python program, which I contributed to, in order to collect my free book for me every time I turned on my PC. It was magical.
However, I'm not always with my computer to turn it on and run the program and also I don't always want what Packt has offered for the day.
I created this app in order to allow me to quickly view the free book of the day, before making a decision on whether I wanted it or not (without being pestered to buy something via full-page adverts)
- Persistent login
- Reminder Notifications (Off by default)
- Keeps track of obtained books (via the app only, for now)
- Multi-format downloads (PDF, ePub, Mobi)
- Auto-grabber - for those who want all the books!
- Access to previously obtained books
- Open to suggestions/pull requests...
Feel free to update the UI, add features (including those in the pipeline), or enhance the current codebase.
Send me a pull request and I'll review your work before adding it to the main program :)
Jsoup - For scraping the Packt web pages.
Picasso - For asynchronous downloading, caching and displaying of images.
SecuredPreferenceStore - For safe storage of user credentials.
GSON - For simple storage of collected books.
EasyPermissions - For simplified permission requests.