Blogaway for Android

Blogaway update

2010-09-17T23:28:00.000-07:00

Hi All,

The last update to blogaway was force closing on some users. So, we have uploaded a quick fix update for that problem. Please update Blogaway.

Thanks,
Blogaway Team

Blogaway Update v4.6 released

2010-09-16T12:36:00.000-07:00

A new version of Blogaway is now available on the Market. We have basically added two features:

1. Apps 2 SD
2. Support for multiple screen sizes

However, the artworks and the layouts haven't been adjusted yet. Please update or install the latest release to take advantage of these features. We would be updating the app soon to give better experience for multiple size screens, for tablets too. :)

Blogaway Update v4.57

2010-08-22T15:00:00.000-07:00

Blogaway has been having a few issues of late. Especially, related to reading of posts and edit features. We have changed the database structure a bit, to include the html link to your posts which is used in "Share" option. So, your old posts that you must have already had one your phones would not have this new column. And so, problems.

In the recent update, we have tried to remove all your old posts from your phone which do not have this column filled. As a result, some of your old posts would be deleted locally from your phone. Sorry for that.

Also, the Edit feature bug has been fixed. Please update Blogaway to the latest version.

We would also like to mention that we have been receiving a lot of mails and complaints from users. We appreciate your feedback, bug reports and suggestions. Please keep them coming. We will try our best to reply to each of your queries through mail.

Update on Blogaway Lite : Still under beta. We have plans of adding lots of new features with the Lite version. If you have any suggestions for any features, you can either mail us or leave a comment here.

Thanks and Regards,

Blogaway Team(Follow us on Twitter @blogaway)

Blogaway Update v4.55 available

2010-08-11T11:17:00.000-07:00

This new update fixes quite a few problems that users have been reporting. There was a bug which downloaded posts saved as drafts and displayed them as normal posts. And for some, these drafts were shown as drafts, but when you open the post to view, it displayed "null" in the Reader.

This has been fixed now. For now, your drafts will still be downloaded and will be shown as drafts, but you cannot open these posts. When you go to blogger and finally publish this draft, and come back and refresh the list, then you will be able to view the posts.

Do let us know your feedback and issues if any.

Blogaway Lite (Beta) available now

2010-08-02T02:33:00.000-07:00

We have published the beta version of Blogaway Lite to the Android market. As of now, the features are very limited. But, we will be adding more and more features to it within the next couple of weeks.

- Supports Blogger and Wordpress blogs
- Multiple image uploads to Blogger and Wordpress
- Add labels to your posts
- View the blogs you follow on Google reader

Do let us know if you have any issues or feature requests.

Blogaway Issues

2010-07-18T23:03:00.000-07:00

Of late, many users have been complaining about issues with Blogaway. From the mails/feedback we have received, it seems that people are not being able to view their posts. This is really weird since it's working fine on our phones.

We are still trying to figure out the problem. Right now, we have no clue whats gone wrong.

Another update: We are working on another version of Blogaway with new features and a revamped UI. This should be ready in a month.

Blogaway Issues

2010-07-11T11:25:00.000-07:00

Recently, we have been receiving mails/feedback from users of Blogaway with quite a few issues. We are aware of the issues, and will release a new update that fixes the problems.

Thanks for your feedback and mails with your queries and issues. Keep them coming.

Blogaway v4.51

2010-06-29T14:22:00.001-07:00

A new update of blogaway is available on the Android market.

- Share links of your new post via any channel

- Share links of blogs that you read via any channel

- Minor bug fixes

This is a minor release. Thanks for using blogaway. Keep blogging.

Posted via Blogaway

Blogaway Update v4.5

2010-06-06T11:41:00.000-07:00

A new update of Blogaway is available on the Android Market. Below are some of the issues that are addressed with this update.

Reading of private blogs
View comments on private blogs
Comment on private blogs

Thanks for your feedback and support. We hope you like Blogaway. Please let us know about issues/bugs if you encounter any.

Blogaway Team

Blogaway Update v4.4

2010-05-28T11:04:00.000-07:00

Blogaway now supports users with Custom domains on Google Apps for Domains. This is still being tested, but the basics work. Posting, viewing, commenting and uploading pictures work.

A few things you have to keep in my mind.
- Your Apps account password and Blogger account password should be same.
- Your Apps account password and Picasa Web account password should also be same.

In short, for the time being, Blogaway will not work if you have different login credentials for these services. If you run into problems, do let us know. You can also enter bugs in our bug tracker.

http://code.google.com/p/blogaway/issues/list

Blogaway had some unused permissions. They have been removed. Also, we have now removed the Ad support that was introduced in the previous update.

For GAFYD accounts, youtube is not yet a part of the services offered to it's users. So, with such accounts you will not be able to upload videos to their blogs. We will try to find a workaround for that.

Blogaway Update v4.3

2010-05-21T10:55:00.000-07:00

Hey Guys,

Blogaway has a new update. This is a major update. So, I would request you all to install this update which will fix quite a few issues, and also you will get some new features.

Share links with Blogaway
Fixed Force closes while uploading large sized images.
Issue 38 : adding functionality for embedding youtube clip
Images uploaded through Blogaway now have links to the actual image

Android 2.2 has been released. Pretty soon, we will also see what new features we can add to Blogaway. Of course, till we get the 2.2 devices out in the market, we have to wait.

Blogaway at Appjam

2010-05-15T03:37:00.001-07:00

I am at Appjam.

Posted via Blogaway

Blogaway v4.1

2010-04-26T00:15:00.000-07:00

With this update, you can add signatures to your posts.

1. Go to Settings screen.
2. Check the "Signature" option.
3. Enter a custom signature that you wish to be appended with your posts.

Currently, you can only enter signatures as simple text. We will be working on this feature and extend this so that you can put links in you signature.

If you enable signatures, the signature will be appended to each blog that you post from Blogaway. You cannot selectively set/enable signatures for a particular blog.

Do send us your comment, feedback and issues so that we can make "Blogaway", a better blogger client for Android.

Blogaway Team

Blogaway Issues

2010-04-10T10:50:00.000-07:00

Hi People,
It's been some erroneous uploads by me. The past few updates were not properly tested and thus you had to face so many issues. I am sorry for the inconvenience caused to you.

The latest update is the most stable update and works fine. This update has been thoroughly tested for errors. So, I would request you all to update to the latest version available on the market.

I assure you that the next updates will be tested out completely and thoroughly before making it to the market. Please let me know if you still have any other issues.

Blogaway Update 3.7 problems

2010-03-24T20:38:00.000-07:00

People who are getting frequent Force Closes, please do a fresh install. If possible, please send us a log of the error.

How to send an error report.
1. Download and install SendLog which is available free on the Android Market.
2. Once installed, try to reproduce the error/force close.
3. When the Force close dialog comes, click on "Force Close".
4. Now open SendLog. In the list of various options, select "time" and click on send.
5. Send it to blogaway.team@gmail.com

We will investigate the error and try to fix this problem.Sorry for the inconvenience. If we find a solution or a fix, we will post an update to the Android Market very soon.

* SendLog is a great tool for developers who can ask their users to send error reports and logs directly to them.

Blogaway Video

2010-03-24T01:48:00.000-07:00

Here is a short video of Blogaway. Enjoy

Blogaway Version 3.7

Blogaway Downloads

2010-03-22T23:34:00.001-07:00

With the recent update problem that the users of Blogaway faced, I have now decided to put up a download page where you can find the current and previous versions of Blogaway.

Here is the link. Click Here

This would also enable users who cannot find it on the Android Market.

Thanks for your support and feedback

Blogaway now for more devices

2010-03-22T00:54:00.000-07:00

With the recent update to Blogaway, we have made sure that people having problems of finding this app on their phones can now find it easily.

Just search for Blogaway on the Android Market, and you should be able to find it. Still, if you don't find it and need a copy, send us a mail, and we would be happy to send you the same.

Hope you enjoy blogaway.
Happy Blogging.

Blogaway Downloads

2010-03-18T14:20:00.000-07:00

Searching for Blogaway? Couldn't find it? Well, here are more options for you to download and use "Blogaway" rightway.

Blogway is now available on these stores:

1. Google Android Market             Search for "Blogaway"
2. AndAppStore                        Download
3. Slideme.org        Download

We will be updating the same versions to all these stores as and when new releases are due. So, you don't have to worry and search and dig to find your copy of "Blogaway" if you fail to find it on the Android Market.

Happy Blogging,
Blogaway Team

Blogaway with GMail and Twidroid

2010-03-15T15:41:00.001-07:00

Hello People,

The new update of blogaway is now available on the Anroid Market. This has a few bug fixes. But the main feature that we have released with this version is "Blogaway's Integration with GMail and Twidroid Apps".

To enable this feature, you will need to have Twidroid already installed. If not, then this feature won't work. If you have already installed Twidroid, you are ready to TWEET your BLOGs.

Go to Settings Screen. Check the option "Post on Twitter".

From now, whenever you create/publish a post from Blogaway, you will get an option of either sending the link of your new post via Gmail or Twitter. Select an option. The default message will look something like this.

"Check out my blog "My first post" http://myblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/my-first-post.html "

If you want you can edit the title and the message, but please don't change the URL. Click on send and you are done. It's so simple.

Do let us know your experiences with this new feature. If you have any queries, do contact us and we will reply to your messages/mails promptly.

Thanks and Regards,

Blogaway Team

Blogaway was on a break

2010-03-04T06:49:00.000-08:00

Hey there,

It's been almost a month that we have updated Blogaway. And we haven't been working on it as well. We had taken a break. But, in the background, we have been getting mails, feature requests and appreciation mails from many of our users. It is a pleasure to see that Blogaway is being liked by so many users.

From the mails we receive, we collect your feedback and the new features to add which will improve your blogging experience. We thank you for your suggestions and complaints.

Now that we have compiled a whole lot of new features to add to Blogaway, hopefully we will spring into action very soon and keep updating Blogaway at regular intervals.

Looking forward for your support and feedback.

Thanks,
Blogaway Team

Issues with Auto-Sync Posts

2010-01-30T11:22:00.001-08:00

The recent update has some issues with the Auto-Sync feature You might not be getting updates of new posts even if you have enabled the settings. In some cases, you might also be getting duplicate posts.

We have found out the issue, and will be fixing it with the next update.

Thanks,
Blogaway Team

Blogaway - New Update Available

2010-01-27T11:46:00.000-08:00

Today, we have released an update to Blogaway. Here are the list of bugs/features for this update.

Blogaway v3.0(build 28) (Release Date: 28th January 2010)

Editing posts
"Share" photos with Blogaway from your gallery
"Share" videos with Blogaway from your gallery
Fixed Error Messages for Picasa/Youtube activation
Fixed Error Message for "Network Error"
Show Read/Unread status of posts
Incremental post refresh only scans for updates which makes the process faster

Please note: The edit feature is still in it's infancy, and it might be a bit hard to use it. Please be careful while editing posts.

Thanks,
Blogaway Team

Blogaway's next Update

2010-01-25T03:45:00.001-08:00

We will be introducing the edit feature for posts in the next update. BUt, since this feature will be a new addition, this might have a lot of small bugs which you should be aware of.

-Editing posts with formatting is still possible, but you cannot change the formatting of already formatted texts.

-If you have pics/videos on your post, you can only edit the texts in such cases. Pics/Videos will appear as blue boxes. Please be careful with those, because, if by mistake you delete them, your pics and posts will be gone.

Also, with the next update, we will be enabling the "Share with" option for Blogaway, so that, right from your gallery, you can create a post with a picture or a video without going through the process of attaching a pic/video.

This was a feature requested by one of "Blogaway's" user.

With subsequent updates, you will definintely notice better edit handling of posts and more new and cool features.

Till then, BLOGAWAY!!!!

Blogaway - New Update Available

2010-01-20T19:22:00.000-08:00

A new update of Blogaway has been releases and is available for download on the Android Market. We have fixed a number of issues.

Blogaway v2.3(build 27) (Release Date: 21st January 2010)

Issue 23 :maps link is for India fixed
Issue 24 :geo tag uses old location fixed
Issue 26 :Adding a link (Check for extra http) fixed
Issue 19 :Issue with @gmail.com username fixed
Issue 13 :Check the video upload functionality checked
Issue 16 :Adding a blog/feed (http://alansmumbles.blogspot.com) fixed (Please see the comment)
Issue 25 :Fails to read some blogs fixed (Please see the comment) Delete blog posts feature enabled Easy access to your blogs from the home screen

Blogaway - Failure to read some blogs

2010-01-13T13:34:00.000-08:00

Some users have reported that they were not able to read some blogs. After "Refresh", you get a message saying "Content object is not TextContent". This is a configuration issue with your blog. Please follow the steps below to resolve this.

To rectify this, please go to your blog settings. From the "Site Feed" tab, set "Allow Blog Feed" to "Full". Now try reading it on "Blogaway". This should solve your problem.

There's no need to update "Blogaway" to resolve this. This is only a configuration change on your blog.

Thanks,

Blogaway Team

Blogaway is going to change

2010-01-13T11:14:00.001-08:00

Hello everyone,

Thanks for all your feedback and responses. We have now got a considerable amount of bugs/issues that we need to fix. Also, we would be improving quite a few things in the next update.

It's surely going to take some time to make all these changes. But, we are still accepting new bugs. You can directly open an issue on our issue tracker, or you can just send us a mail.

So, the next update will take some time. Till then, enjoy blogging.

--Posted from "Blogaway"

Blogaway Update

2010-01-09T19:45:00.003-08:00

Hi All,

We are very sorry for so frequent updates for Blogaway. But there were a lot of bugs which we could find and had to fix them. We didn't find all these bugs at one time, and each of them was leading to Force closes.

Now, Blogaway is very stable, and thus we would not be updating it so frequently.

Thanks for your support and bug reports,

Blogaway Team

Latest update Issues

2010-01-05T20:32:00.000-08:00

Blogaway v2.3(build 24) (Release date : 6th December 2009)

This release seems to have problems with Auto-Save drafts. We will be fixing this issue in the next update.

Thanks,
Blogaway Team

Thanks for support and feedback

2010-01-03T11:46:00.000-08:00

Hello All,

A very very Happy New Year to all the users of "Blogaway". We have been getting, 10's (1000's would have been proper :) ) of mails everyday from users asking to include new features, and reporting bugs, and appreciating "Blogaway".

Keeping a track of all these mails is quite tedious, especially for such a small team. Nevertheless, we are trying to record all such feedback on our bug-tracker. But, we would request all of you to directly use the bug-tracker instead. Here is the link.

http://code.google.com/p/blogaway/issues/list

You can create new "Feature Requests", "Report bugs" or ask for help and we will definitely reply to you. Also, by doing this, people having similar issues don't have to mail us and wait for our reply. They can directly access information from this bug tracker, and check the status of the reported bugs.

Also, we have created a page for user's to enter comments and queries which might not be suitable for the bug-tracker. Here is the link.

http://code.google.com/p/blogaway/wiki/UserComments

However, in case you need to contact us directly, you can do that as well. Drop us a mail at:

blogaway.team@gmail.com

We will try our best to reply/revert to your queries as soon as possible.

Test post with formatting

2009-12-08T11:44:00.001-08:00

This is a test post with rich text formatting. You can make your text BOLD, ITALIC, UNDERLINE. You can also change the color of your text. Blogging is fun!!!

Blogaway!!!

Update - Blogaway now supports Rich Text Editing

2009-12-08T11:39:00.000-08:00

Hello People,

Finally we got it working. The rich text editing feature is live now with the latest update.You can now format your text, make it BOLD, Italic or make it ~~Underlined~~. You can also change the font color of a selected text easily.

How to use.
1. Write some text into the post area.
2. Select some text and click on the formatting you would like to set.

"B" - Bold
"I" - Italics
"U" - Underline
"N" - Normal (No formatting)
"@" - Choose font color
"#" - Cancel all formatting

You can save your post with formatting on your phone as well. And when you open it from your drafts, all your formatting is preserved.

Well, there is a bug though. If you open a draft with the formatting, you cannot cancel the formatting with which you had saved it. We will try to fix this in the next release.

Blogaway!!!!!!!!!!

Update - Image upload bug fix

2009-12-04T15:20:00.000-08:00

Special thanks to Brian with whose effort I was able to figure out the issue. He is my savior. :)

People were getting force closes when they were trying to upload images of sizes more than 700Kb. This is now fixed.

Happy blogging.

Update - Blogaway

2009-11-29T01:42:00.001-08:00

This version is a minor update with mostly bug fixes.

People have been asking for delete functionality in the drafts/accounts/posts.

So, currently, I have enabled the deletetion of drafts and blog-roll.

Blogaway - Now supports Video upload

2009-11-24T12:22:00.000-08:00

We are happy to announce that Blogaway now supports Video upload option with your blog posts. So, finally we got it working.

From the create post screen, you just have to say, Add Video. Select a video from your gallery, write a short post, and click on Publish from the menu. That's it.

However, there are some pre-requisites to be able to post blogs with pictures/videos. For picture uploading, you need to activate you Picasa account, and similarly, for uploading videos, you need to activate your Youtube account. Else you will get an error "Not found", as many people have been reporting. And also, right now, while creating a post, there is a limitation to what all you can attach to your post.

You can definitely attach any number of links as you want. But for pictures and videos, you can attach only a single picture or a single video. We are trying to get a solution for multiple pictures/video upload, but till then this the limitation for our application.

Hope you enjoy using Blogaway.

Blogaway - Now supports adding links

2009-11-23T08:23:00.000-08:00

Hi People,
I know it's an important feature. But in the hurry, I forgot to include this in the initial releases. Now you can add links to your posts.

In the create post screen, you will see a new menu item called "Add Link". Clicking on it, you will see a dialog which has 2 text boxes. The first one is for the URL. (Please don't append http://, since blogaway will do it for you). In the label text box, enter a label for the link. This is optional. It no label is provided, the URL itself will be the label.

Apart from this feature, I have also enable auto-cap sentences in the Post Title, Post itself and in the Comments box, in the Create Comment screen.

Important Update

2009-11-22T00:58:00.000-08:00

The last update has a problem with the text box for the Post and the Comment areas. Due to this problem, the text is not getting wrapped into multiple lines. Now the bug has been fixed and the new update is available on the Market.

I request you to please apply the update to remove this issue. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Blogaway v2.2 now supports Geo-Tagging

2009-11-18T11:30:00.000-08:00

Its been quite some time since the last update. Been quite busy. Today, I have updated "Blogaway" to support Geo-Tagging your posts. While you are writing a small post from your phone, if you want to send/post your location information along with the post, you can simply turn-on the Automatic Geo-tagging feature by going to the "Settings" screen.

If this option is selected, every post that you publish will contain your location information, i,e the address from where you had published that post. The address will be a hyperlink. If you click on the hyperlink, you will be taken to Google Maps, and the address will be marked for you.

Clicking on the link will directly take you to that location on the Google Maps. If you need to turn off this feature, just go to settings, and uncheck "Geo-Tagging" and now you will not be sending your location information.

There is another option on the "Settings" screen called "Automatic Updates". This has not been implemented yet. So, it is disabled as of now.

Blogaway v2.2 now supports Image upload

2009-11-08T11:44:00.000-08:00

The updated blogaway now supports creating new post with an image. The current version supports only 1 image per post. Here are the steps to follow to attach an image while creating a post.

1. From the "Create Post" screen, click on the "Add Image" option from the menu. You will be taken to the Gallery. After you select an image from your gallery, a thumbnail of the selected image will appear on the screen, just above the posts area.

2. Enter a title for the post, and content if you wish.

3. From the menu, select "Publish" to post.

You can also select the size of the image and the layout (center, left or right) by clicking on the thumbnail of the selected image.

You can upload any type of images. The application might crash if you try to select video files from your gallery. Video upload option is still not supported with this version.

Also, if you have created and post with an image, and saved it to the phone's drafts, re-opening that post later will not contain any information about the image. You have to re-attach the image again and then publish.

Update - Blogaway 2.1

2009-11-07T14:20:00.001-08:00

Hi Everyone,

Recently, many people have been facing this issue with blogaway. Intermittently, the application "force closed".

Now, it has been fixed.

Now, you can save posts as drafts to your phone. Later, you can open them, edit them and publish to your blog.

Now, displayed time is formatted to a more readable format.

Note: Sometimes, when you get a "Error processing Request" message, please try again. This seems to be a bug with the core blogger API.

Now I am working on the "Manage Accounts" page.

New Update Available

2009-11-06T11:46:00.001-08:00

- Home screen changed.
- Adjusted some layouts for orientation change.

Future updates will mostly UI changes. I am trying hard to implement the photo upload feature. I need some more time.

Blogaway

Update - Blogaway 2.0

2009-11-03T07:31:00.000-08:00

You can now use the comment feature to comment on posts right from your phone.

By default, the default account will be used to send/post the comment. If you have multiple accounts configured, there is a Spinner in which you can specify which account to use while commenting.

At present, anonymous comments are not allowed from the application, even if the post has permission.

The UI is very awkward now, with so many activities till you reach the posts screen, or the comment screen. So, I will be concentrating on the UI for the next release, so that it is simple to use.

Update - Blogaway 2.0

2009-11-02T11:44:00.001-08:00

Blog-Away now uses the latest build of gData 1.39

- Upcoming features
1. Upload images
2. Comment on posts

Blogaway 2.0 uploaded

2009-10-31T07:11:00.001-07:00

New Features
- Set default blog and default account
- Create posts with labels/tags
- Save posts to phone for later publishing
- View comments on posts

Upcoming Features
- Add comments to posts
- Delete accounts, posts, feeds

Known Issues
- Some posts which are created using a blogger client would fail to load properly because of mal-formed HTML structure.

Blogaway 1.0 for Android Phones

2009-10-31T06:10:00.000-07:00

A simple blogger client to read, post and manage your blogspot account feeds. A convenient way to keep you connected. Blogaway uses the GData blogger API to communicate with the blogger site. This initial version is still under active development.

More and more features will get added so that you can have a real Blogging experience.

Features for 1.0
- Multiple blog account support
- Multiple feeds under one account
- Create, publish or save as drafts
- Blogroll to read public Blogspot feeds
- Captcha unlock account
- Set default account to create new post, comments etc.
- Set default feed to post new posts
- Add labels/tags to your new posts

Future improvements
- View Comments
- Post Comments
- Add pictures/videos to posts
- Manage your accounts
- Delete feeds and accounts
- Support for other blog feeds other than Blogspot

I will be updating this application at regular intervals with more features. Please feel free to post your comments so tat I can improve and add more features in the future. Thanks.