How to open an FB2 book on Android

An e-book reader with themes, fonts and bookmarks

FB2 (FictionBook) is an e-book format popular in Eastern Europe. On Android, the free XanderFiles app opens FB2 books in a full-featured reader: contents, bookmarks, themes and fonts, and it remembers where you stopped.

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What is this file

An FB2 file is XML with the text of the book, the cover and the contents. Many online libraries use it, and books often come zipped as .fb2.zip.

Android has no built-in FB2 reader, and a browser shows the book as raw text with tags.

How to open it

Install XanderFiles from Google Play. It is free, with no ads and no sign-up.
Tap the .fb2 file wherever you have it: in Downloads, in Telegram or on Google Drive.
When Android asks which app to use, choose XanderFiles. Or the other way round: open XanderFiles, tap “Open file” and pick the file in Downloads or Google Drive.
The book opens with its cover, contents and text. Turn pages with a tap or with the volume keys.

What you can do

Pages or scrolling; turn pages with the volume keys
Font, size, line spacing, margins; sepia, night and other themes; brightness
Contents, search, bookmarks
Your reading position is remembered for every book
EPUB, MOBI, AZW3 and CBZ comics open too

Good to know

There is no sync between devices: books and bookmarks stay on your phone.

Questions

Can it open FB2 inside a ZIP archive?

Yes: open the archive and tap the book inside.

Is there a night mode?

Yes: a dark “Night” theme, sepia and more, plus brightness control right in the reader.

Is it free?

Yes. No ads, no sign-up, and it works offline.

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Free · no ads · no sign-up · offline