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I updated "Hacker News Full" for Android to fix the loading errors

48 points by jazzychad 14y ago

jazzychad 14y ago
Hi all. Hacker New Full allows you to login, vote up/down, and comment on threads. It has been plagued by loading errors for a while because I was using the ihackernews api (which returned a lot of errors), but I finally wrote my own HN api service which uses heavy caching to play nice with HN. I'm really sorry it took so long to get updated, but please give it another try if you gave up on it because of the errors!
- cheeaun 14y ago
  Any chance for this API service to be open sourced or public?
  - jazzychad 14y ago
    maybe in a while after i'm sure it is stable and doesn't run afoul of request limits...
w1ntermute 14y ago
Any chance you could update it to follow Android 4.0+ UI guidelines? You still have the old style menu and no overflow button.
- jazzychad 14y ago
  maybe... I don't have any 4.0+ devices to test on, and the large majority of users are still on 2.x
  - w1ntermute 14y ago
    You can always use the AVD, it has 4.0 and now even 4.1.
  - zrgiu_ 14y ago
    make it open-source and I'll do that for you. You can then update the app with the new design if you'd like.
    - w1ntermute 14y ago
      I'd be willing to help out as well. I'd really like to see a good HN site browser for Android.
- patrickmclaren 14y ago
  I think any updates to the UI would be appreciated at this stage. The rest of the app seems to be working just fine, now all that's missing is a nice interface.
- donniezazen 14y ago
  I agree. UI does need improvements. Specially for bigger screens like Nexus 7. Overall. I like it a lot. I might stop visiting HN in browser and start using your app.
SideburnsOfDoom 14y ago
Nice. Now where in can I find the data about my comments - e.g. what's at http://news.ycombinator.org/threads?id=SideburnsOfDoom http://news.ycombinator.org/threads?id=SideburnsOfDoom
- jazzychad 14y ago
  not there yet because nobody has ever requested that feature :) i'll add it to the todo list
  - SideburnsOfDoom 14y ago
    If we're on features, I should also be able to do that wherever a user name is shown on screen - i.e. click on it and go to the profile & comment history. Also you may prefer white on black, but I strongly prefer to read in black on white. Option for colours?
    - jazzychad 14y ago
      agreed about being able to do it for all usernames (i might just have them go to a profile view, from there you can view their threads). also added color/theme option to todo list.
dmooray 14y ago
The app works great, I think it would be nice to also have a "light" color theme.
nickpresta 14y ago
Unfortunately, the app looks terrible on newer devices (4.0+). On my Galaxy Nexus, I use: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glebpopov.hackernews https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glebpopov.... (Read Only) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.airlocksoftware.hackernews https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.airlocksof... (Read/Write)
- Ecio78 14y ago
  I also use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glebpopov.hackernews https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glebpopov.... too, unfortunately i cant comment, but it's quite good
nsavant 14y ago
My favorite HackerNews Android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glebpopov.hackernews&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glebpopov.... Anyone know the best way to read TechMeme on Android. The one app I found is not the great: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spacenext.techmeme&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spacenext....
- CrazedGeek 14y ago
  My favorite mobile HN thing is http://ihackernews.com http://ihackernews.com -- not an app, but still great. For TechMeme, have you tried using Google Currents?
mootothemax 14y ago
Excellent, I'm writing this comment using the new version :-) One request: when viewing comments from the ask hn section, it doesn't display the text from the question. Is this a pain to fix?
- jazzychad 14y ago
  oops, yes this moves to the top of the todo list
  - mootothemax 14y ago
    Awesome, thanks!
    - jazzychad 14y ago
      should be fixed now.. was an api issue, the app should handle it correctly without and update :) some items might still appear to be broken if they were cached, but will reset automatically upon expiry
ck2 14y ago
Not to critique the effort, but couldn't this be done with an (aggressive) alternate stylesheet for the main site? (ie. via stylish)
skeletonjelly 14y ago
I really wish Reddit News could support HN. It's has such an intuitive design (loading comments and the article simultaneously in a split pane so you can swap between) as well has a nice comment navigation (buttons to navigate by submitter, navigating top level comments with a button, highlighting recent comments). https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=reddit.news https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=reddit.news

48 points by jazzychad 14y ago

Hi all. Hacker New Full allows you to login, vote up/down, and comment on threads. It has been plagued by loading errors for a while because I was using the ihackernews api (which returned a lot of errors), but I finally wrote my own HN api service which uses heavy caching to play nice with HN. I'm really sorry it took so long to get updated, but please give it another try if you gave up on it because of the errors!

cheeaun 14y ago
Any chance for this API service to be open sourced or public?
- jazzychad 14y ago
  maybe in a while after i'm sure it is stable and doesn't run afoul of request limits...

w1ntermute 14y ago

Any chance you could update it to follow Android 4.0+ UI guidelines? You still have the old style menu and no overflow button.

jazzychad 14y ago
maybe... I don't have any 4.0+ devices to test on, and the large majority of users are still on 2.x
- w1ntermute 14y ago
  You can always use the AVD, it has 4.0 and now even 4.1.
- zrgiu_ 14y ago
  make it open-source and I'll do that for you. You can then update the app with the new design if you'd like.
  - w1ntermute 14y ago
    I'd be willing to help out as well. I'd really like to see a good HN site browser for Android.
patrickmclaren 14y ago
I think any updates to the UI would be appreciated at this stage. The rest of the app seems to be working just fine, now all that's missing is a nice interface.
donniezazen 14y ago
I agree. UI does need improvements. Specially for bigger screens like Nexus 7. Overall. I like it a lot. I might stop visiting HN in browser and start using your app.

SideburnsOfDoom 14y ago

Nice. Now where in can I find the data about my comments - e.g. what's at http://news.ycombinator.org/threads?id=SideburnsOfDoom http://news.ycombinator.org/threads?id=SideburnsOfDoom

jazzychad 14y ago
not there yet because nobody has ever requested that feature :) i'll add it to the todo list
- SideburnsOfDoom 14y ago
  If we're on features, I should also be able to do that wherever a user name is shown on screen - i.e. click on it and go to the profile & comment history. Also you may prefer white on black, but I strongly prefer to read in black on white. Option for colours?
  - jazzychad 14y ago
    agreed about being able to do it for all usernames (i might just have them go to a profile view, from there you can view their threads). also added color/theme option to todo list.

dmooray 14y ago

The app works great, I think it would be nice to also have a "light" color theme.

nickpresta 14y ago

Unfortunately, the app looks terrible on newer devices (4.0+). On my Galaxy Nexus, I use: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glebpopov.hackernews https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glebpopov.... (Read Only) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.airlocksoftware.hackernews https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.airlocksof... (Read/Write)

Ecio78 14y ago
I also use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glebpopov.hackernews https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glebpopov.... too, unfortunately i cant comment, but it's quite good

nsavant 14y ago

My favorite HackerNews Android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glebpopov.hackernews&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glebpopov.... Anyone know the best way to read TechMeme on Android. The one app I found is not the great: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spacenext.techmeme&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spacenext....

CrazedGeek 14y ago
My favorite mobile HN thing is http://ihackernews.com http://ihackernews.com -- not an app, but still great. For TechMeme, have you tried using Google Currents?

mootothemax 14y ago

Excellent, I'm writing this comment using the new version :-) One request: when viewing comments from the ask hn section, it doesn't display the text from the question. Is this a pain to fix?

jazzychad 14y ago
oops, yes this moves to the top of the todo list
- mootothemax 14y ago
  Awesome, thanks!
  - jazzychad 14y ago
    should be fixed now.. was an api issue, the app should handle it correctly without and update :) some items might still appear to be broken if they were cached, but will reset automatically upon expiry

ck2 14y ago

Not to critique the effort, but couldn't this be done with an (aggressive) alternate stylesheet for the main site? (ie. via stylish)

skeletonjelly 14y ago

I really wish Reddit News could support HN. It's has such an intuitive design (loading comments and the article simultaneously in a split pane so you can swap between) as well has a nice comment navigation (buttons to navigate by submitter, navigating top level comments with a button, highlighting recent comments). https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=reddit.news https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=reddit.news