Now you can create your WordPress blog application for any Android mobile phones or for any Android devices such as tablet by creating Android app and upload that to on Android Market for any Android users to download and view your blogs in their mobile or any Android devices. People who are using Android phones can download the .apk file and install the same on their phone. Browsing a website or blog thru .apk is much easier and accessible than opening the same blog in regular browser. If you want to create an Android app for your WordPress blog, then here is the free solution to do the same without writing any piece of code. You just need to go to feed.nu web site and signup (free) and provide the RSS feed of your WordPress blog to create an app for the same.
You can hire Android developer to develop an app for your blog or you may start writing the code yourself, but that will take your valuable time. So try Feed.nu which will allow you to create an Android app online for your blog for free. No programming skills needed and it’s instantly available. You need to register on Feed.nu to create and download the Android app .apk file for your blog. Once you will register on this service, it create a WordPress MU blog for your with a sub-domain on feed.nu. Now you can access the WordPress dashboard of new WordPress MU created for your account. On dashboard, you can see “Feed Settings” option. Click on that to add the RSS feed of your blog. For example, you can add “http://yourblogdomain.com/feed” in the feed box and click on add button. You will see the fetched blog on that feed. Click on “add blog” to add that feed over there.
Once you added the RSS feed of your WordPress blog, now its time to customize the appearance of the app. You can upload images for welcome screen, app header, app icon etc. from the “Appearance” section available under the “Android” panel on left side on dashboard. Customize the look and feel of the app as per your blog for branding purpose as well.
Now you need to click on “Android” link available in the left panel on Dashboard. A new window will open where you can see an option as “Generate APK” which is nothing but generating the .apk file for your WordPress blog’s android app. You will see your APK file ready to download from the same page in next 1 or 2 minutes. Download the .apk file and upload the same on Google Android Market or share that on your blog to let Android users install the same.
As you have added RSS feed in the app, the Android app will be updated automatically with the latest posts once you will publish them on the blog. Isn’t this app generation tool make life much easier for bloggers who want to let Android users browse their site thru app.
Feed.nu Plugin for WordPress Blog
Now you can create a native Android app of your blog using Feed.nu plugin. No programming skills needed and it’s instantly available.
Go to word press plugin page to download the feed.nu plugin in to your WordPress blog.
With this plugin you can automatically generate your mobile app ready to deploy on android market or host it by yourself from your blog.
PS: You’ll need an feed.nu account or API key to use it. Account can be created within this plugin.
Installation of Plugin
1. Upload feed-nu to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
3. Enter your feed.nu account or create one by clicking on feed.nu in your dashboard menu
4. Select your site or create a new
5. Optional: change the Language, Look & Feel and General settings
6. Go back to where you entered your feed.nu account and press Generate APK
7. Test the app on your device
8. Press publish to release the app
9. Optional: Add a widget to your published app
10. Optional: Upploaded the generated app to Android market