Hacker News 2 was a news & magazines app developed by Airlock Software. It was removed from Google Play Aug 22, 2018 and is no longer available for download.
Download Statistics
Hacker News 2 had been downloaded 71 thousand times before it became unavailable.
User Ratings
Hacker News 2 was rated 4.18 out of 5 stars, based on 950 ratings.
App Information
Hacker News 2 was free to download. The APK download size was 2.12 MB. The last available version was 2.1.11. The last update was on August 29, 2016.
Technical Requirements
Hacker News 2 required Android 2.2+ or higher. The app had a content rating of Everyone. The app had been available on Google Play since January 2012.
Description
A Hacker News (news.ycombinator.com) client for Android phones with a focus on the user interface. You can login, upvote, and reply to stories and comments. It scrapes the data directly from the site, so it should be a little more reliable than something that uses a third party API.
Features: - Search capability - Tablet support - Folding comment threads - Share articles and comments easily - Submit new stories - High contrast for ease of reading - Light and dark themes - Control text size
Best of all; it's open source! We welcome pull requests. Check it out at https://github.com/bishopmatthew/HackerNews
Submit issues through GitHub, and we'll respond with timeframes for features and fixes.
If you like the app, please consider Matthew Bishop if you're looking for an Android developer (for freelance or hire)! Please direct all inquiries to matt@airlocksoftware.com
Recent changes: 2.1.11
Fix for comments showing as "deleted"
2.1.10
Sorry for the delay in getting this fixed! Fix for change in HN's HTML that broke stories and comments.
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★★★★★
Favorite Hacker News Reader Stop searching for the best Hack News reader: you've found it.
★★★★★
Good but article view isn't great Very nice app! This app is what got me to read the comments for the articles, like the swiping navigation from article to comments. Also nice to have the browser button, as the article view isn't always rendered great
★★★★★
The best of a bad bunch. This is the best HN client out there. Nice tight layout, color schemes, article/comment control. I wish comments worked.
★★☆☆☆
Was my go-to hacker news app, but now comments have stopped working! Hoping for a fix...
★★☆☆☆
extremely slow loading especially when trying to reply to comment, also loading only last ten comments, button to load more does nothing, overall besides showing last few comments everything worse than Materialistic
★★☆☆☆
One of the better HN clients out there, altho dated UI and no comments One of the better Hacker News clients out there. The user design seems a bit dated compared to other clients. Also, the latest update stopped all comments from being displayed.
★★☆☆☆
Broken. After logging in you can't reply to comments. Sometimes fails to load comments or links.
★★☆☆☆
Routinely fails to display content. Content tab completely blank very often, have to open in browser. Defeats the whole purpose of using the app.
★★☆☆☆
UX is bad * when tap on an article firstly comments section opens instead of the article itself. * if orientation changes the article is get refreshed/reloaded * no caching is done through app, offline reading is not possible even the article is seen very soon before
Technologies used by Hacker News 2
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Frequently asked questions about Hacker News 2
Is Hacker News 2 free?
Yes. Hacker News 2 is free to download from Google Play.
Is Hacker News 2 still available?
No. Hacker News 2 was removed from Google Play. We last saw it there Aug 22, 2018.
Does Hacker News 2 contain ads?
Yes. Google Play lists Hacker News 2 as containing ads.
What Android version does Hacker News 2 require?
Hacker News 2 runs on Android 2.2 and higher.
How large is the Hacker News 2 APK?
The Hacker News 2 APK is 2.12 MB.
Is Hacker News 2 suitable for children?
Google Play rates the content of Hacker News 2 as suitable for everyone.
How many times has Hacker News 2 been downloaded?
Google Play lists 50,000+ downloads for Hacker News 2.
How do people rate Hacker News 2?
Hacker News 2 scores 4.18 out of 5 stars, from 946 ratings on Google Play.
Who made Hacker News 2?
Hacker News 2 was developed by Airlock Software. It is listed in the news & magazines category on Google Play.
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