ACV

ACV, Android Comic Viewer, is a format from Robot Comics. These are comic books and Manga stored in modified CBZ (zip) files containing images formatted for small-screen portable devices. According to the developers, "This is not a proprietary format."

In addition to the usual CBZ contents, an ACV also contains a comic.xml file that describes the content with metadata, specifies page transitions, device vibration effects and pop-up messages that may appear on specific pages during viewing.

Support includes iPhone, Nintendo DS, and Android powered devices. The readers are available as a free download and the eBooks are available for free or purchase and direct download to the devices.

The Reader for Android also support CBR/CBZ formats.

comic.xml format

<comic id="ghostboy_01" direction="ltr" scaleMode="best" paid="false" orientation="2" transition="none">
<images length="62" startAt="0" indexPattern="000" namePattern="screen@index">
<image index="6" transition="fade"/>
<image index="11" transition="none" vibrate="yes"/>
<image index="13" transition="fade"/>
<image index="41" transition="fade"/>
</images>
<thumbnails length="62" startAt="0" indexPattern="000" namePattern="tn_screen@index"> </thumbnails>
<messages>
<message index="56" value="Download Episode 2" uri="comic://ghostboy_02"/>
<message index="57" value="Download for Free" uri="market://search?q=pname:net.androidcomics.acv" nonMarketUri="http://andappstore.com/AndroidApplications/apps/Droid_Comic_Viewer"/>
<message index="58" value="Open Twitter" uri="http://www.twitter.com/robotcomics"/>
<message index="59" value="Open Facebook" uri="http://bit.ly/Tl54x"/>
<message index="60" value="Learn More" uri="http://www.robotcomics.net/2009/07/worlds-comics-nintendo-dsi/?utm_source=android&utm_medium=ad&utm_content=dsi&utm_campaign=ghostboy"/>
<message index="61" value="Visit Website" uri="http://www.robotcomics.net/?utm_source=android&utm_medium=ad&utm_content=site_ad&utm_campaign=ghostboy"/>
</messages>
</comic>