LxReader

LxReader

E-book reader

Aleksey Chernov Ebook Reader Reading

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Description

Open source e-book reader for Android.

Supported e-book formats through the use of the crengine-ng library: fb2, fb3 (incomplete), epub (non-DRM), doc, docx, odt, rtf, pdb, mobi (non-DRM), txt, html, Markdown, chm, tcr.

Main features:

  • Most complete support for FB2 - styles, tables, footnotes at the bottom of the page
  • Extensive font rendering capabilities: use of ligatures, kerning, hinting option selection, floating punctuation, simultaneous use of several fonts, including fallback fonts
  • Word hyphenation using hyphenation dictionaries
  • Ability to display 2 pages at the same time
  • Displaying and Navigating Book Contents
  • Ability to use bookmarks
  • Reading books directly from a ZIP archive
  • TXT auto reformat, automatic encoding recognition
  • Flexible styling with CSS files
  • Background pictures, textures, or solid background
  • Animation of turning pages - like in a paper book or simple shift
  • Customizable actions for touch screen zones
  • View illustrations with scrolling and zooming - by long pressing on the illustration
  • Select text and send it either to the clipboard or to another application, etc.
  • Reading aloud with the possibility of using accent dictionary
  • Built-in book library with search and/or filtering
  • Simple built-in file manager for viewing the list of files on the device

What’s new (0.8.6 (fdroid))

Added support for webp images in books (using crengine-ng-0.9.13).
Third-party libraries have been updated.

Versions

Version Date Size Requires Android Download
0.8.6 (fdroid) current
395ffcc05fea7b7d…
2025-11-08 19 MB API 21
0.8.5 (fdroid)
88f3a6fbfbec9bfa…
2025-06-11 19 MB API 21
0.8.4 (fdroid)
2dc65456ff699491…
2025-06-07 19 MB API 21

Permissions

What the app asks the system for. Android only grants sensitive access after you confirm it.

  • Read storageRead files on the device storage.
  • Write storageCreate and change files on the device storage.
  • Full file accessAccess all files on the device.
  • NotificationsShow notifications.
  • Foreground serviceKeep running in the background, visible in the status bar.
  • FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK
  • fdroid.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

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