Ask HN: What are the HN apps you use in android?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9775918

by kpgx • 11 years ago

2 7 11 years ago

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Hi everyone,

What are the HN apps you use in android? And What features you like in that app?

ne012• 11 years ago

I use "HN -- Hacker News Reader" by Manuel Maly

It's clean and has all the features that I need. But if you like google material design check out "Hacker News" by DWAK.

kpgx• 11 years ago

I'm asking because I'm building an app myself. So other than login, posting, voting and commenting any other features you like?

my app : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kasungamla...

bookwormAT• 11 years ago

What I miss on every HN app I tried is a focus on search. Maybe I'm using HN differently than most people, but I usually look for discussions on topics I'm interested in, instead of reading the top posts on all topics.

For example: I'm an Android developer, so I often browse hacker news by searching for "Android" in topics and comments, to see if there are any interesting discussions.

A great app for my usecase would allow me to search and quickly repeat previous searches right from the startpage.

You could add widgets that jump directly into saved searches.

ne012• 11 years ago

I just tried your app, it's very promising! Good luck!

Things i like about it so far:

* you can switch between new, top, etc ... (very useful) * It opens all the links in a new tab of default browser!!

One thing that you can work on is the readability of posts... it's a little bit crowded. (title should be bold while comments & other stuff smaller with lower opacity)

DiabloD3• 11 years ago

I've been trying to find one that allows me to login and post and comment AND support the Android Share API so I can send shit directly from other apps.

All the apps I've seen that claim they can post, none of them seem to work well.

brudgers• 11 years ago

The Firefox browser.

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