bonzoq/hniosreader

Hacker News API-Based iOS Reader

hniosreader's Issues

Is this actively maintained? Or are PRs merged?

Comments intermittently visibly cut off

Comments are intermittently visibly cut off until leaving the page then returning to the comment.
iphone 6s, iOS 9.3.1, hn v2.1

Improvement: change back button to X

Back button that brings you back from the browser to the app itself is often confused with browser back button. So instead of browsing back I often close the browser completely. Could you please change it to X to emphasize that it closes browser?

Build the project

Hi, I'm trying to build your project as I want to add some features to this awesome project but when I try to build it I have an error. I have installed Cocoa Pods but it's my first use of it. I setted it up, updated and run the command: pod install into the project home, no errors. In Xcode I have this:

do you know where the problem can be? it's the first time I'm using pods

Use Safari View Controller instead of UIWebView to view articles

Should be rather straightforward. Don't forget the black arrow button, swipe to go back functionality and the address bar will need to be hidden too.

Battery Consumption

Brilliant app, loved it until I noticed the amount of battery drain it is causing on my iPhone 5S iOS 8.1.1... Just leaving the iPhone lying on the table while having the app open in the background, and being in an article view killed 26% of my battery in about 3h...

On the battery usage page it says Low Signal under the app name, so I guess there's a hint. Please improve this if you can, I'd love to use an OS hnclient :)

Slow start

Hi, I don't know if is the app or my old iPhone 4s, but the application is slow in the beginning:
I open the app, I view the first stories, but I can't open or scroll for 45-60 seconds, it seems frozen, then all works well.

Feature request: "best" stories

First of all thank you for this wonderful hacker news client. I use it daily and enjoy it's elegance.

It would be great to have support for "best" stories, which can be accessed via https://news.ycombinator.com/best . Those stories have the highest points in the last 3 days. So it's a good place to find high quality stories.

Share from home screen

Almost every day i scroll through the list of Posts on the home screen just to find the ones i would like to read later (add to pocket).
Currently, you need to tap on the item and wait for the Post to load before you're able to share it. Even though PR #14 removes the need to wait for the Post to load, i think it would be useful to have a shortcut right from each item on the home screen.
As in issue #16, i'm not sure where i'd add the button. I see two main options:
1) Add a button to the cell view
Pros:

• Requires one tap only
• It's right there

Cons:

• Adds clutter

2) Add a swipe gesture
Pros:

• Keeps the current white space on the cell
• You'll have an easy place to put other shortcuts

Cons:

• Requires one more gesture than 1)
• Hard to know it's there

@bonzoq do you have any thoughts on this? Thanks

Slow scrolling performance

From the code, it looks like the UITableView implementation isn't properly doing the prototype-row caching method; row heights are being calculated during scrolls causing jitteriness and other gnarly performance issues.

Copy the thread URL - feature request

One thing that I often wish I could do on posts like an Ask HN is to copy the
thread URL or choose to have it open in safari (possibly by long-pressing the
thread). This would be really helpful for non-link posts that I would like to
view later.

Share comments

Hi @bonzoq, as mentioned before (sorry for the delay), i think it would be quite useful to be able to share the URL for a Post's comments.
Just not sure where i'd put the share button. Perhaps next to the back button (either below or on the right side). On the other hand, when sharing a Post the button is on the bottom right. Thoughts?

Thanks