Dimple for Hacker News

Dimple for Hacker News Free App

Rated 4.50/5 (2) —  Free Android application by Kasun Gamlath

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About Dimple for Hacker News

Simple Hacker News reader I started working on. Lot of features yet to be implemented. (But it's fairly usable and IMO beautiful.)

If you like to try the newest features first, please join this community : https://plus.google.com/communities/118167818139031156233

How to use:
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1. Normal click on title or thumbnail open the article in device browser
2. Long press on title or thumbnail opens share dialog
3. Click on row below the title to open the respective Hacker News page with comments, in device browser

Features:
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Uses official HN API :https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/
Thumbnails for articles
Share articles
Infinite(all the articles provided through API. ex :up to 500 "top" items) scroll
Recycle view
Indicate read items (until doing a refresh)
Remember where you left
Open each links in default application of the device (eg :Chrome, Firefox, Twitter, etc)
Material design

Issues :
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Each read Item fades(Marked read) only after recreating the item in list.

To do :
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Fix the above issue
Implement article extraction
Open article view within app
Implement search
Implement login to hn
Implement voting, commenting
Implement coffee making

Permissions :
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full network access : to make API calls to HN API

How to Download / Install

Download and install Dimple for Hacker News version 0.9 on your Android device!
Downloaded 100+ times, content rating: Everyone
Android package: com.kasungamlath.hackernews, download Dimple for Hacker News.apk

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App History & Updates

What's Changed
Sharing enabled
Load as scroll
Stabilized image retrieving
Visual redesign
Version update Dimple for Hacker News was updated to version 0.9
More downloads  Dimple for Hacker News reached 100 - 500 downloads
Name changed  Name changed! HNYC now is known as Dimple for Hacker News.

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