TUTORIAL: Step by step tutorial on how to use RedReader

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RedReader is an open source android application which is an unofficial client for reddit. It is developed by Quantum Badger.

Features:

  • Free and Open Source - no ads/tracking.
  • Swipe posts and comments left and right to perform customizable actions, such as upvote/downvote, or save/hide.
  • Advanced cache management - automatically stores past versions of posts and comments.
  • Support for multiple accounts.
  • Two-column tablet mode (can be used on your phone, if it's big enough)
  • Image precaching (optional: always, never, or Wi-Fi only).
  • Built in image viewer, and GIF player.
  • Support for imgur albums and gifv files
  • Compression
  • Night mode (i.e. a dark theme)
  • Translations for some languages (let me know if you'd like to help out!)
    Above features are copied from Google Play.

Let's start the tutorial.

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Go to the Google play store and search for RedReader

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Click on the Install button and proceed.

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After installing the app click on Open button to get access to the app.

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You will see this notification appear on your screen. You can login to reddit by clicking on the log in button or be anonymous by clicking on the be anonymous button.

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You will see this on the homepage of the application.

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Now click on the front page button to see feeds of users.

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Here you can see different feeds of users.

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Swipe right to upvote.

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Swipe left to downvote.

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Click on the message icon shown at right side of the feed to see comments.

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Click on the button shown in above screenshot to sort the comments.

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You can sort these comments in any of these options by clicking on them.

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Click on the button shown in above screenshot to refresh comments.

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Click on the three dots at the top right corner of the screen for options

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You can search and reply comments. You can also see the past versions.

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Swipe up or down to see more comments.

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Click on All Subredits to see all stories.

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Or you can click on custom location to choose from subreddit, user or url.

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If you want to only see feeds from particular category provided in the Subscribed Subredditslist click on them to open.

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Now click on the button shown in above screenshot for options.

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To change the theme click on the themes button.

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Select a theme of your choice by clicking on it.

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Click on the settings to view the settings

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Now click on the Appearance button to change the appearance of the application.

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In appearance you can change *themes, language, navigation bar, post font size, comment font size, etc.

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Now click on the behavior button to change the behavior of the app by accessing lot of options available.

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You can toggle between many options available in the behavior option.
You can skip to front page, enable video playback comments, change gallery swipe length, change screen orientation, sort post and comments, change bazel toolbar swipe zone size, and many more.

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Click on the cache button to get access to cache settings.

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Change cache location by clicking on the button shown in above screenshot.

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You can also toggle options like precache images, precache comments and cache pruning.

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Click on the menus button to get access to the menu items.

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You can toggle between all these options by clicking on them and selecting your preferences.

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Click on the About button to check the version of the app and new updates

The tutorial is completed. You can use RedReader now with ease.



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