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Show HN: Yarn – a hacker news client for Android

#1

Post by hellotimmutton » Sun, Feb 08, 2015, 7:41 AM UTC

Show HN: Yarn – a hacker news client for Android
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Re: Show HN: Yarn – a hacker news client for Android

#2

Post by mkeedlinger » Sun, Feb 08, 2015, 8:09 AM UTC

Warning: There's ads :(

Re: Show HN: Yarn – a hacker news client for Android

#3

Post by hellotimmutton » Sun, Feb 08, 2015, 8:22 AM UTC

mkeedlinger wrote: post #2

Warning: There's ads :(

Hey michael, thanks for checking it out :) Developing Yarn took a lot of time and effort and advertising is a small way to make up for that. Hopefully the quality and features make it worthwhile

Re: Show HN: Yarn – a hacker news client for Android

#4

Post by Jimbob1415 » Sun, Feb 08, 2015, 4:37 PM UTC

The UI is very reminiscent if Reddit Sync. Looks like I have found my new HN app.

Re: Show HN: Yarn – a hacker news client for Android

#5

Post by hellotimmutton » Mon, Feb 09, 2015, 1:52 AM UTC

Jimbob1415 wrote: post #4

The UI is very reminiscent if Reddit Sync. Looks like I have found my new HN app.

Thanks, I'm glad to hear that :)

Re: Show HN: Yarn – a hacker news client for Android

#6

Post by cotsog » Mon, Feb 09, 2015, 5:05 AM UTC

Really nice! I like the fact that I can access all sections i.e. new, ask, show, etc.

Nit: I often get "Story type not supported" when tapping on posts.

Any plan to open source it or some parts?

Re: Show HN: Yarn – a hacker news client for Android

#7

Post by hellotimmutton » Mon, Feb 09, 2015, 5:22 AM UTC

cotsog wrote: post #6

Really nice! I like the fact that I can access all sections i.e. new, ask, show, etc. Nit: I often get "Story type not supported" when tapping on posts. Any plan to open source it or some parts?

Thats very strange. In theory it should support everything that isnt a poll. If possible, I'd very much appreciate you linking me to any posts that dont work for you so that I can test and fix it.

I'm not planning on open sourcing it at this point in time, but I'll probably do a blog post at some point discussing the most interesting aspects

Re: Show HN: Yarn – a hacker news client for Android

#8

Post by marapuru » Mon, Feb 09, 2015, 9:06 PM UTC

This is brilliant. Did you use the Google Material Design default skin?

Re: Show HN: Yarn – a hacker news client for Android

#9

Post by marapuru » Mon, Feb 09, 2015, 9:09 PM UTC

hellotimmutton wrote: post #3

mkeedlinger wrote: post #2

Warning: There's ads :(

Hey michael, thanks for checking it out :) Developing Yarn took a lot of time and effort and advertising is a small way to make up for that. Hopefully the quality and features make it worthwhile

Any chance of adding a donate button to remove ads?

Re: Show HN: Yarn – a hacker news client for Android

#10

Post by hellotimmutton » Wed, Feb 11, 2015, 1:31 AM UTC

marapuru wrote: post #9

hellotimmutton wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hey michael, thanks for checking it out :) Developing Yarn took a lot of time and effort and advertising is a small way to make up for that. Hopefully the quality and features make it worthwhile

Any chance of adding a donate button to remove ads?

Ive added an IAP to remove them now :)