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Show HN: Hacker News Android Application

#1
I was frustrated with current native HN Android apps so I created my own. Very clean. No ads or 'Hire Me' messages. Here's what it does: * Homepage news * Newest * Best * Ask HN * Comments * Home screen Widget * Saving news items for later reading

Download here: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.glebpopov.hackernews

Re: Show HN: Hacker News Android Application

#7
I downloaded it. Nice. Some quick feedback:

1. It looks like you are querying out real-time to bring back the list of stories. Why the need to modify/delete SD card content?

2. The default action, when clicking on a news item, is to take you to the website of the article (or here, for ask). You have to long press to see the comments. I hate to say this, but I often read through the comments BEFORE going to the outside link for the story details (ask is the exception). Can you give a preference of what you want to be the default option when selecting a news item?

3. Nice touch - to put the icons of the website (e.g. blogger) next to the article title. Hard to see, but still decent.

Anyway, nice job!

Re: Show HN: Hacker News Android Application

#8

I downloaded it. Nice. Some quick feedback: 1. It looks like you are querying out real-time to bring back the list of stories. Why the need to modify/delete SD card content? 2. The default action, when clicking on a news item, is to take you to the website of the article (or here, for ask). You have to long press to see the comments. I hate to say this, but I often read through the comments BEFORE going to the outsid…

Also, if it is an "Ask" entry (or any non-external url entry), pull down the contents with the result set and just show it inline, or query out for the item and show inside your app, instead of launching hn in a separate browser.

Re: Show HN: Hacker News Android Application

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Hm. I get changing background colors when scrolling, maybe because the cache color hint is set to white? You should disable it if you use a non uniform background.

What device are you using?

Motorola Defy, CM7.

Edit: here is a nice explanation http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/01/why-is-my-lis...

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