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Re: Show HN: My first Android app - Hacker News reader

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Post by pspeter3 » Thu, Jan 17, 2013, 4:48 PM UTC

If I pay to remove adds from my phone, will they be removed from my tablet and all future installs?

Re: Show HN: My first Android app - Hacker News reader

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Post by mikeevans » Thu, Jan 17, 2013, 4:54 PM UTC

pspeter3 wrote: post #31

If I pay to remove adds from my phone, will they be removed from my tablet and all future installs?

Yep. The purchase is tied to your Google account.

Re: Show HN: My first Android app - Hacker News reader

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Post by rodolphoarruda » Thu, Jan 17, 2013, 5:40 PM UTC

There is a box in the page which says: "This app is not compatible with your Samsung GT-S5830C." I wonder why it isn't. I didn't know there were version specific Android apps.

Re: Show HN: My first Android app - Hacker News reader

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Post by BrokenPipe » Thu, Jan 17, 2013, 5:44 PM UTC

StavrosK wrote: post #30

BrokenPipe wrote: post #17

Why does it need permission to read my identify? Sorry, uninstalled.

I've been wondering about this. What exactly does the "READ PHONE STATUS AND IDENTITY" permission entail, and why do developers need it? What exactly am I giving them access to when I allow it?

Apparently read your IMEI and other identifying information, which then can be sent anywhere without further permission (assuming it has network access as this app has)

Re: Show HN: My first Android app - Hacker News reader

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Post by mikeevans » Thu, Jan 17, 2013, 5:44 PM UTC

rodolphoarruda wrote: post #33

There is a box in the page which says: "This app is not compatible with your Samsung GT-S5830C." I wonder why it isn't. I didn't know there were version specific Android apps.

It's not specifically targeting your device, it's Android 4.0+ only right now. Android 2.X support is coming soon.

Re: Show HN: My first Android app - Hacker News reader

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Post by yock » Thu, Jan 17, 2013, 5:59 PM UTC

RossM wrote: post #27

veeti wrote: post #24

Two problems with rotation: 1) The article list scrolling position is reset. 2) On my Nexus 7, going from landscape to portrait while viewing comments closes the comments.

Rotation issues are usually to do with the activity being recreated (i.e. onCreate is called again) as the screen size has changed. There is a config to disable this however: http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/resources/runtime-...

It's usually better to implement onSaveInstanceState and onRestoreInstanceState.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3542333/how-to-prevent-cu...

Re: Show HN: My first Android app - Hacker News reader

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Post by pspeter3 » Thu, Jan 17, 2013, 6:14 PM UTC

mikeevans wrote: post #32

pspeter3 wrote: post #31

If I pay to remove adds from my phone, will they be removed from my tablet and all future installs?

Yep. The purchase is tied to your Google account.

Awesome thanks

Re: Show HN: My first Android app - Hacker News reader

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Post by incision » Thu, Jan 17, 2013, 6:56 PM UTC

LVB wrote: post #22

Good start, though the feature I've found essential in this type of application is being able to share an article via a long press on the main page. I send dozens of articles to Pocket every day that way.

>I send dozens of articles to Pocket every day that way.

Exactly.

A HN app with a "share to pocket" (configurable for other share targets of course) one-tap link on articles would be my new main app over night.

Re: Show HN: My first Android app - Hacker News reader

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Post by dikanggu » Thu, Jan 17, 2013, 7:19 PM UTC

Great App! How much time did you spend on writing the app?

Re: Show HN: My first Android app - Hacker News reader

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Post by gkumartvm » Thu, Jan 17, 2013, 7:57 PM UTC

Good App. Are you planning to make the app open source ?