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Simple RSS Widget on Windows Pc

Developed By: MYCOLORSCREEN

License: Free

Rating: 3,6/5 - 3.228 votes

Last Updated: April 17, 2024

Download on Windows PC

Compatible with Windows 10/11 PC & Laptop

App Details

Version 2.4.4
Size 813.2 KB
Release Date September 20, 13
Category News & Magazines Apps

App Permissions:
Allows applications to open network sockets. [see more (5)]

What's New:
2.4.4-New viewer that displays full article-Fixed major known bugs that caused "No data available" message. If you are trying to display a large... [see more]

Description from Developer:
Have all your important news directly on your home screen!
This app is just a customizable, simple widget which displays RSS feeds on your home screen.

Features:
- Scrollable
- Re... [read more]

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About this app

On this page you can download Simple RSS Widget and install on Windows PC. Simple RSS Widget is free News & Magazines app, developed by MYCOLORSCREEN. Latest version of Simple RSS Widget is 2.4.4, was released on 2013-09-20 (updated on 2024-04-17). Estimated number of the downloads is more than 100,000. Overall rating of Simple RSS Widget is 3,6. Generally most of the top apps on Android Store have rating of 4+. This app had been rated by 3,228 users, 637 users had rated it 5*, 1,408 users had rated it 1*.

How to install Simple RSS Widget on Windows?

Instruction on how to install Simple RSS Widget on Windows 10 Windows 11 PC & Laptop

In this post, I am going to show you how to install Simple RSS Widget on Windows PC by using Android App Player such as BlueStacks, LDPlayer, Nox, KOPlayer, ...

Before you start, you will need to download the APK/XAPK installer file, you can find download button on top of this page. Save it to easy-to-find location.

[Note] You can also download older versions of this app on bottom of this page.

Below you will find a detailed step-by-step guide, but I want to give you a fast overview of how it works. All you need is an emulator that will emulate an Android device on your Windows PC and then you can install applications and use it - you see you're playing it on Android, but this runs not on a smartphone or tablet, it runs on a PC.

If this doesn't work on your PC, or you cannot install, comment here and we will help you!

Step By Step Guide To Install Simple RSS Widget using BlueStacks

  1. Download and Install BlueStacks at: https://www.bluestacks.com. The installation procedure is quite simple. After successful installation, open the Bluestacks emulator. It may take some time to load the Bluestacks app initially. Once it is opened, you should be able to see the Home screen of Bluestacks.
  2. Open the APK/XAPK file: Double-click the APK/XAPK file to launch BlueStacks and install the application. If your APK/XAPK file doesn't automatically open BlueStacks, right-click on it and select Open with... Browse to the BlueStacks. You can also drag-and-drop the APK/XAPK file onto the BlueStacks home screen
  3. Once installed, click "Simple RSS Widget" icon on the home screen to start using, it'll work like a charm :D

[Note 1] For better performance and compatibility, choose BlueStacks 5 Nougat 64-bit read more

[Note 2] about Bluetooth: At the moment, support for Bluetooth is not available on BlueStacks. Hence, apps that require control of Bluetooth may not work on BlueStacks.

How to install Simple RSS Widget on Windows PC using NoxPlayer

  1. Download & Install NoxPlayer at: https://www.bignox.com. The installation is easy to carry out.
  2. Drag the APK/XAPK file to the NoxPlayer interface and drop it to install
  3. The installation process will take place quickly. After successful installation, you can find "Simple RSS Widget" on the home screen of NoxPlayer, just click to open it.

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Download older versions

Other versions available: 2.4.4.

Download Simple RSS Widget 2.4.4 on Windows PC – 813.2 KB

Have all your important news directly on your home screen!
This app is just a customizable, simple widget which displays RSS feeds on your home screen.

Features:
- Scrollable
- Resizable (only Android 3.1 and newer)
- lockscreen widget (Android 4.2+)
- multiple feeds in one widget
- text style, size & color changeable
- background color changeable
- icons for reloading & configurating the widget can be hidden
- user defined update interval
- multiple widgets with different configurations
- free & without ads!

If the widget doesn't show up in your launchers widget category, try rebooting your device!

Note: Google Reader will no longer exist after July 1st. Import functionality will be affected

Permissions:
- INTERNET: to receive feed content
- ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE: to test if internet connection is available before trying to update
- WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE: to cache feeds and display them even when offline
- GET_ACCOUNTS & USE_CREDENTIALS: to request access for importing Google Reader feeds
2.4.4
-New viewer that displays full article
-Fixed major known bugs that caused "No data available" message. If you are trying to display a large number of feeds (especially with images), it can take several minutes to load content. Please let us know any issues you continue to have.

2.4.3
-Fixed crash when importing from Feedly
-Fixed issue of images getting cut off

2.4.2
-Fixed news viewer bug
-Fixed issue of viewer not opening when multiple RSS widgets are being used
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service.
Allows an application to read from external storage.