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Android Apps > News & Magazines > HN - Hacker News Reader
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HN - Hacker News Reader

Easy to use Hacker News Reader.
by Manuel Maly
Google Play
Google Play
50+
Thousand
Downloads
PREMIUM
Est. downloads
PREMIUM
Recent d/loads
4.33
1,371
Rating
Unranked
Ranking
3
Libraries
2.2+
Android version
8/26/16
Last updated
2012
September
App age
1.06 MB
App size
Everyone
Content rating
FREE
Price

Google Play Rating history and histogram

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Changelog

  • Aug 26, 2016 Update Version 1.9.15
  • Aug 17, 2016 Update Version 1.9.14
  • Oct 20, 2015 Update Version 1.9.13
  • Jul 25, 2015 Update Version 1.9.12
  • Mar 24, 2015 Update Version 1.9.11
  • Mar 5, 2015 Update Version 1.9.10
  • Feb 21, 2015 Update Version 1.9.9
  • Feb 11, 2015 Update Version 1.9.8
  • Nov 29, 2014 Installs 50,000+ installs
  • Oct 13, 2014 Update Version 1.9.7
  • Dec 9, 2013 Update Version 1.9.6
  • Oct 11, 2013 Update Version 1.9.4
  • Jun 3, 2013 Update Version 1.9.3
  • May 29, 2013 Update Version 1.9.2
  • Apr 1, 2013 Update Version 1.9.1
  • Mar 28, 2013 Update Version 1.9
  • Feb 23, 2013 Installs 10,000+ installs
  • Feb 19, 2013 Update Version 1.7
  • Dec 27, 2012 Installs 5,000+ installs
  • Dec 4, 2012 Update Version 1.6
  • Nov 18, 2012 Update Version 1.5
  • Oct 15, 2012 Installs 1,000+ installs
  • Oct 4, 2012 Installs 500+ installs
  • Oct 4, 2012 Update Version 1.4
  • Sep 15, 2012 Installs 100+ installs
  • Sep 12, 2012 Installs 50+ installs
  • Sep 12, 2012 Update Version 1.3
  • Sep 10, 2012 New App Version 1.2 in News & Magazines for Free
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Developer information

Manuel Maly

[email protected]

Website

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Description

Finally, a reliable Hacker News reader with a focus on design & usability! It's also open-source.

Upcoming feature:

• Post comments

Current Features:

• View Hacker News stories and comments, beautifully laid out
• Also view articles in ViewText, Google, or your system browser (you can set each as default)
• Upvote stories (long-press on story) and comments (long-press on comment).
• Collapse and expand comments by tapping on them
• Choose from 3 text sizes
• Switch between stories and comments with one tap
• View "more" stories than only the HN frontpage
• Share the article's URL to your installed apps (Instapaper, Pocket, Twitter,...)
• See which articles you have already visited


Please report any issues to me via Twitter (@manuelmaly) or via mail (link is below).

Get the source code here: https://github.com/manmal/hn-android/

Recent changes:
- bugfix for missing comments (thanks @vafada)
- dismiss the comments dialog on outside touch (thanks @austinoneil)

Thanks for the PRs and bug reports. Keep them coming :).
Please, do not submit bug reports with ratings and reviews. Use github, twitter or an email instead.
Finally, a reliable Hacker News reader with a focus on design & usability! It's also open-source.

Upcoming feature:

• Post comments

Current Features:

• View Hacker News stories and comments, beautifully laid out
• Also view articles in ViewText, Google, or your system browser (you can set each as default)
• Upvote stories (long-press on story) and comments (long-press on comment).
• Collapse and expand comments by tapping on them
• Choose from 3 text sizes
• Switch between stories and comments with one tap
• View "more" stories than only the HN frontpage
• Share the article's URL to your installed apps (Instapaper, Pocket, Twitter,...)
• See which articles you have already visited


Please report any issues to me via Twitter (@manuelmaly) or via mail (link is below).

Get the source code here: https://github.com/manmal/hn-android/

Recent changes:
- bugfix for missing comments (thanks @vafada)
- dismiss the comments dialog on outside touch (thanks @austinoneil)

Thanks for the PRs and bug reports. Keep them coming :).
Please, do not submit bug reports with ratings and reviews. Use github, twitter or an email instead.
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Google Play Rankings

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Permissions

Network communication
view network connections, full network access

Libraries

Ad network libraries

None found

Social libraries

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Development tools

Android Jetpack core Google Analytics jsoup: Java HTML Parser

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