Hews for Hacker News

A Hacker News client provides the best reading experience and unique features.

Leav Jenn · com.leavjenn.hews

Not rated yet 10K+ downloads v1.9.1 4.1 MB Android 4.1+ PEGI 3 · Everyone

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At a glance

Latest version: v1.9.1 (28)
Updated: Oct 30, 2024 (1 year ago)
APK size: 4.1 MB
Requires: Android 4.1+ (API 16)
CPU support: Any (no native code)
Category: Social (app)
Listed since: Jan 16, 2020 (at least)
Permissions: 2
Website: leavjenn.github.io/Hews
Developer contact: [email protected]
Privacy: Developer's privacy policy

About this APK

Hews for Hacker News is an app by Leav Jenn in the Social category, listed since at least January 2020. It has no native code, so it runs on any Android processor.

It asks for 2 permissions, none of them sensitive.

What's new in v1.9.1

- Add privacy policy link. - Add feature to watch comments' replies. Get reply notification of watched comments. (This feature not fully tested, may not stable) This app hasn't been updated for a long time. I plan to rewrite it in Flutter. Thanks for all your support.

Description

From the listing uploaded by “catappult”.

Hews is a Hacker News client focuses on reading experience with some unique features. And it's open source. • Clear nested comments with two-way collapsing • Four themes: light, sepia, dark and AmoLED black • Browse Top, New, Show HN and Ask HN stories • Browse popular posts by any date range • Login hacker news account, upvote and reply to post/comment • Search by any date range, with popularity/date sorting • Post bookmarking • Open hacker news links by this app • Open post in build-in or external browser • Check User's HN profile (long press) • Share comment link/content (long press) • Material design • Open source (https://github.com/leavjenn/Hews) * Highly customizable typography 10 distinct fonts, easy to fine-tune font size and line-height, for the best reading experience. Video demo: https://youtu.be/gGyW0LxO9wg * Two-way comments Collapsing Not only collapsible children comments (press comment content), it can also collapse comments between itself and it's parent (press comment info bar). Video demo: https://youtu.be/FT4aFFUzFIo * Scroll-down floating button Scroll down the page by pressing or draging the big floating button, swipe no more. Video demo: https://youtu.be/kuffdR2GCqU * Post summary (TL; DR) Distill the summary (tl; dr) of a post from it's comments, save yourself from clickbait title. Notice that this feature is still in test. Video demo: https://youtu.be/Yrr4OiqGf7U Hews is an unofficial Hacker News Android app, and it is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by Y Combinator.

Security & authenticity

Security rating: Trusted

Signing certificate

Certificate issued to “Leav Jenn” The developer's name — though anyone can put any name in a certificate.

Store checks and file details

Developer signature verified Oct 22, 2021
Antivirus scan result not available
Signed byCN=Leav Jenn
Signing certificate (SHA-1)5C:A9:33:4A:5A:CE:D6:28:EF:9F:38:09:ED:41:01:52:4A:BE:60:81
File MD55c08bdf9717e1755f56809d0a93a472c
Uploaded by “catappult” Platinum tier · 1,377 followers · uploading since 2018

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Permissions (2)

Hews for Hacker News requests 2 permissions, none of them sensitive.

Full network access android.permission.INTERNET
View network connections android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE

Required hardware & features

Basic touch input android.hardware.faketouch