Removed the DailyKingFeatures comics as per the request made by its authors :(

ComicReader/src/com/blogspot/applications4android/comicreader/ActivityComicSelector.java

@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ public class ActivityComicSelector extends ComicActivity {
 	protected static PreviewLauncher mPL = null;
 	/** web page display activity */
 	protected static ComicMainWebPageDisplay mWP = null;
+	/** to display a message describing why we had to disable this comic! */
+	protected static ComicHasBeenDisabled mDis = null;
 
 	/** sort type */
 	protected int mType;
@@ -57,18 +59,28 @@ public class ActivityComicSelector extends ComicActivity {
 	private boolean mStoreList = true;
 
 
-	/** to launch the strip viewer activity in preview mode */
+    /** to launch the strip viewer activity in preview mode */
-	private class PreviewLauncher implements OnClickListener {
+    private class PreviewLauncher implements OnClickListener {
-		@Override
+        @Override
-		public void onClick(View v) {
+        public void onClick(View v) {
-			Log.d(TAG, "PreviewLauncher getting triggered...");
+            Log.d(TAG, "PreviewLauncher getting triggered...");
-			Intent i = new Intent();
+            Intent i = new Intent();
-			i.setClass(ActivityComicSelector.this, ComicStripViewer.class);
+            i.setClass(ActivityComicSelector.this, ComicStripViewer.class);
-			i.putExtra("title", (String)v.getTag());
+            i.putExtra("title", (String)v.getTag());
-			i.putExtra("mode", Comic.TYPE_PREVIEW);
+            i.putExtra("mode", Comic.TYPE_PREVIEW);
-			startActivityForResult(i, 0);
+            startActivityForResult(i, 0);
-		}
+        }
-	}
+    }
+
+    /** to display a message to the user */
+    private class ComicHasBeenDisabled implements OnClickListener {
+        @Override
+        public void onClick(View v) {
+            Log.d(TAG, "ComicHasBeenDisabled getting triggered...");
+            String msg = "SORRY! Comic:'" + (String)v.getTag() + "' had to be removed from the list based on the request from its authors!";
+            Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), msg, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
+        }
+    }
 
 	/** to launch the alertdialog for opening the comic in a web page */
 	private class ComicMainWebPageDisplay implements OnLongClickListener {
@@ -125,31 +137,29 @@ public class ActivityComicSelector extends ComicActivity {
 		public long getItemId(int position) {
 			return position;
 		}
+        /** comic select checkbox */
+        OnClickListener ocl = new OnClickListener() {
+            public void onClick(View v) {
+                try {
+                    int pos = (Integer) v.getTag();
+                    mList.toggleSelected(pos);
+                }
+                catch (ComicNotFoundException e) {
+                    e.printStackTrace();
+                }
+                notifyDataSetChanged();
+            }
+        };
 		@Override
 		public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
 			final ViewHolder holder;
 			if (convertView == null) {
 				convertView = mInflater.inflate(R.layout.comic_selector_listview_content, null);
 				holder = new ViewHolder();
-				// comic select checkbox
-				OnClickListener ocl = new OnClickListener() {
-					public void onClick(View v) {
-						try {
-							int pos = (Integer) v.getTag();
-							mList.toggleSelected(pos);
-						}
-						catch (ComicNotFoundException e) {
-							e.printStackTrace();
-						}
-						notifyDataSetChanged();
-					}
-				};
 				holder.text_name = (TextView) convertView.findViewById(R.id.comic_settings_item_name);
-				holder.text_name.setOnLongClickListener(mWP);
 				holder.sel = (CheckBox) convertView.findViewById(R.id.comic_settings_item);
 				holder.sel.setOnClickListener(ocl);
 				holder.preview = (Button) convertView.findViewById(R.id.comic_settings_item_preview);
-				holder.preview.setOnClickListener(mPL);
 				convertView.setTag(holder);
 			}
 			else {
@@ -159,14 +169,20 @@ public class ActivityComicSelector extends ComicActivity {
 				ComicClass clz = mList.getComicClassFromIndex(position);
 				holder.text_name.setText(clz.mName);
 				holder.text_name.setTag(clz.mName);
-				holder.sel.setChecked(clz.mSel);
+				holder.sel.setChecked(clz.mSel && clz.mCanDisplay);
 				holder.sel.setTag(position);
 				holder.preview.setTag(clz.mName);
+				if(clz.mCanDisplay) {
+				    holder.setEnabledListeners();
+				}
+				else {
+				    holder.setDisabledListeners();
+				}
 			}
 			catch(ComicNotFoundException e) {
 				e.printStackTrace();
 			}
-			convertView.setBackgroundColor((position & 1) == 1 ? mColor1 : mColor2);
+            convertView.setBackgroundColor((position & 1) == 1 ? mColor1 : mColor2);
 			return convertView;		
 		}
 
@@ -180,6 +196,20 @@ public class ActivityComicSelector extends ComicActivity {
 			CheckBox sel;
 			/** preview button */
 			Button preview;
+            /** Set the holder to respond to the events correctly */
+            void setEnabledListeners() {
+                text_name.setOnLongClickListener(mWP);
+                text_name.setTextColor(mEnabledColor);
+                preview.setOnClickListener(mPL);
+                sel.setEnabled(true);
+            }
+            /** Set the holder to not respond to the events (this occurs when we have to remove the comic!) */
+            void setDisabledListeners() {
+                text_name.setOnClickListener(mDis);
+                text_name.setTextColor(mDisabledColor);
+                sel.setEnabled(false);
+                preview.setOnClickListener(mDis);
+            }
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -193,6 +223,9 @@ public class ActivityComicSelector extends ComicActivity {
 		if(mWP == null) {
 			mWP = new ComicMainWebPageDisplay();
 		}
+		if(mDis == null) {
+		    mDis = new ComicHasBeenDisabled();
+		}
 		GetAllComicsTask get_task = new GetAllComicsTask();
 		get_task.execute((Void[])null);
 	}

ComicReader/src/com/blogspot/applications4android/comicreader/comics/LeastICouldDo.java

@@ -2,23 +2,18 @@ package com.blogspot.applications4android.comicreader.comics;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.URI;
-import java.text.DateFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Calendar;
-import java.util.Collections;
-
 import android.util.Log;
 
 import com.blogspot.applications4android.comicreader.comictypes.ArchivedComic;
 import com.blogspot.applications4android.comicreader.core.Bound;
-import com.blogspot.applications4android.comicreader.core.Downloader;
 import com.blogspot.applications4android.comicreader.core.Strip;
 
 public class LeastICouldDo extends ArchivedComic {
 
-	private static final int mFirstYr = 2003;
+//	private static final int mFirstYr = 2003;
-	private int mCurrYr;
+//	private int mCurrYr;
 
 	@Override
 	public String getComicWebPageUrl() {
@@ -47,7 +42,6 @@ public class LeastICouldDo extends ArchivedComic {
 			// for (c.set(2003, 2, 10); c.get(Calendar.MONTH) <= 2004;
 			// c.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR, 1)) {
 			for (c.set(2003, 2, 10); c.compareTo(today) <= -1; c.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR, 1)) {
-
 				String surl = String.format("http://leasticoulddo.com/comic/%4d%02d%02d/", c.get(Calendar.YEAR), c.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1,
 						c.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH));
 				all_yrs.add(surl);

ComicReader/src/com/blogspot/applications4android/comicreader/comictypes/DailyKingFeaturesComic.java

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public abstract class DailyKingFeaturesComic extends DailyComic {
 	protected Calendar mFirstCal = null;
 
 	/** list of month names */
-	private static final String[] MONTH_NAMES = {	"january", "febraury", "march",
+	private static final String[] MONTH_NAMES = {	"january", "february", "march",
 													"april", "may", "june", "july",
 													"august", "september", "october",
 													"november", "december"	};

ComicReader/src/com/blogspot/applications4android/comicreader/core/ComicActivity.java

@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ public class ComicActivity extends Activity {
 	protected static int mColor1 = Color.parseColor("#222222");
 	/** color2 for the list view row */
 	protected static int mColor2 = Color.parseColor("#333333");
+    /** color for disabled comic's text */
+    protected static int mDisabledColor = Color.parseColor("#722020");
+    /** color for enabled comic's text */
+    protected static int mEnabledColor = Color.parseColor("#ffffff");
 
 	/** the broadcast receiver for network connectivity check */
 	//private ConnectivityCheck mNetworkChk;

ComicReader/src/com/blogspot/applications4android/comicreader/core/ComicClass.java

@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ public class ComicClass {
 	public boolean mSel;
 	/** num unread strips */
 	public int mUnread;
+	/** can be displayed in the main list or not */
+	public boolean mCanDisplay;
 
 	/**
 	 * Constructor
@@ -27,5 +29,6 @@ public class ComicClass {
 		mNew = false;
 		mSel = false;
 		mUnread = 0;
+		mCanDisplay = true;
 	}
 }

ComicReader/src/com/blogspot/applications4android/comicreader/core/ComicClassList.java

@@ -57,10 +57,23 @@ public class ComicClassList {
 	//// NOTE NOTE NOTE NOTE ////
 	/// Before releasing to market, do remember to set the below flag to 'true'!!!!!!!!
 	/** flag which will tell whether to use the below array to filtering the comics! */
-	private static boolean FILTER_COMICS = false;
+	private static boolean FILTER_COMICS = true;
 
 	/** list of comics that cannot be shown to the users! */
-	private static final String[] FILTER_COMICS_LIST = { "Cyanide and Happiness" };
+	private static final String[] FILTER_COMICS_LIST = {
+	    "Cyanide and Happiness",
+	    "Arctic Circle",
+	    "Beetle Bailey",
+	    "Bleeker",
+	    "Brilliant Mind Of Edison Lee",
+	    "Gil",
+	    "Pajama Diaries",
+	    "Popeye",
+	    "Retail Comic",
+	    "Rhymes With Orange",
+	    "Tina's Groove",
+	    "Zits"
+	};
 
 
 	/**
@@ -315,7 +328,7 @@ public class ComicClassList {
 		int i = 0;
 		int j = 0;
 		for(ComicClass clz : mClasses) {
-			if(clz.mSel) {
+			if(clz.mSel && clz.mCanDisplay) {
 				sel[j] = i;
 				++j;
 			}
@@ -381,7 +394,7 @@ public class ComicClassList {
 	public int numSelected() {
 		int i = 0;
 		for(ComicClass clz : mClasses) {
-			if(clz.mSel) {
+			if(clz.mSel && clz.mCanDisplay) {
 				++i;
 			}
 		}
@@ -461,9 +474,9 @@ public class ComicClassList {
 		for(int i=0;i<numClasses;i++) {
 			JSONObject clz = classes.getJSONObject(i);
 			String key = clz.getString("name");
-			if(!_canAdd(key)) {
+			boolean canAdd = _canAdd(key);
-				Log.d(TAG, "Not adding the comic '" + key + "' to the list...");
+			if(!canAdd) {
-				continue;
+				Log.d(TAG, "Comic '" + key + "' cannot be displayed due to request from the comic-authors...");
 			}
 			ComicClass cl = new ComicClass();
 			cl.mClass = clz.getString("class");
@@ -476,6 +489,7 @@ public class ComicClassList {
 				cl.mNew = false;
 			}
 			cl.mSel = false;
+			cl.mCanDisplay = canAdd;
 			com_arr.add(cl);
 			mIdxs.put(key, j);
 			j++;