Hacker News
Features:
* Clean UI utilizing Material Design
* Night Mode
* Link and Comments in same view
* Readability
* Comment Collapsing
* Ability to open hacker news links in the application
source here: https://github.com/dinosaurwithakatana/hacker-news-android
You can file issues on the github page, contributions are always welcome!
Comment count issue:
This is due to hacker news sending back the total parent comment count through their API, this is a technical limitation from their end. The true comment count is shown when you drill into a story. Sorry about this!
Category : News & Magazines
Reviews (26)
UX is great, but most times that I go back to read a post I had open, the app refreshes then I have to remember what it was I was looking at, then spend time finding. Please fix that, then it's perfect
Amongst other things I have been looking for a reader that actually lets you open the link in browser. So don't get rid of that. Good stuff!
Great app! I like how comment folding works, the colored borders showing comment depth are awesome idea! I would love a history tab, where all HN threads that I actually clicked would be preserved, that would be absolutely neat!
because I want to folder the comments.
Great interface. Just wish it had the ability to vote and comment.
Where did all my saves go?!?!
Useless app
This app is the only app I am able to use for HackerNews without going slightly insane. Comment arrows are a big example of a feature that can't be found in any other HN app. There are a few bugs, though. Namely: links don't show up in comment sections.
The font size of titles is too big IMO. Need a better icon also. (Do something with the shades)
Nice app with a clean interface. Hyperlinks aren't showing up for me. The text color matches the background color. I can still click them, but not see them. I'm on a Nexus 5X on Marshmallow
I can only read comments, not write or reply to them. Design is pretty good though, and most importantly it handles HN links opened from other apps.
So slow it was unusuable. 11 comments still hadn't loaded in 11 seconds.
Very good, need more improvement when opening page
Does anyone else have problems with seeing the links? To me they are all white on a white background...
Amazing that it's opensource
That's the app I'm most comfortable with. The usability can be imroved if the screen returned the same scroll position the user was at when clicking "Back" arrow. Other stuff is good and convenient. Would like to see "Ask HN" category in the menu one day. These two remarks do not make me like this app less. Five stars!
My only, tiny, gripe is that "Open in Browser" opens the HN link instead of the content.
Nice design. Allows you to jump to top level contents which is super helpful. Would appreciate a long press option to go to the comments/open link. Remember that this isn't a client with login support.
Best interface among all HN apps
But why is there no option to login?
May not immediately look like the best, but it has it all. Makes it easy to read articles and has a night mode. No ads + open source = happy developers.
The best HN app right now. But the comment count is wrong.
What mostly annoyed me was that the app reloads the frontpage if you return from a link. It should also show the settings in the same activity rather than launching a new one.
This app works great but you can't login to post or upvote.
Any reason why it only does first 2 pages?
The first app i used that allows me to either share comment link or article link! This is important. I go back and deduct 1 star because whwn you hit back button to see list of articles, it starts off loading every time. It'd be much better if the app can cache it. This wastes time.