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হে মুসলিম অভিভাবক

A Bengali Islamic book on parenting, as an easy-to-read offline Android ebook

An Android ebook of হে মুসলিম অভিভাবক, a book by শাহরিন ছিদ্দিকা for Muslim parents: on their own self-improvement, on spending for the family, and on the part parents play in shaping their children's character. All 10 chapters ship inside the app, so it reads fully offline with no ads and no account. A "continue reading" card takes you back to your last chapter, and finished chapters are marked as read.

হমহে মুসলিম অভিভাবক
Status
Released
Platform
Android
Stack
6 technologies
Source
Open source

Why I built it

The first version was a basic reader. I redesigned it as a modern ebook that gets out of the way: a proper Bangla font, Bangla numerals, a progress bar on every chapter, and page colours that are easy on the eyes at night.

My role

Designed and built the app. The book is written by শাহরিন ছিদ্দিকা (Shahrin Siddeka).

How it fits together

4 layers

  1. 01HTML chapters with local CSS and a Bangla font
  2. 02Chapter reader activity
  3. 03Home, writer and about fragments
  4. 04SharedPreferences for progress and settings

Key features

  • Reads completely offline, no internet permission
  • Continue reading from your last chapter
  • Text size from 80% to 180%
  • Light, sepia and dark pages
  • Reading progress bar, with finished chapters marked as read
  • About the writer page
  • Signed APK published automatically on every release

Built with

  • Java
  • Android
  • Material 3
  • Navigation component
  • WebView
  • GitHub Actions

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