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v1.9.2 by Leav Jenn

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About Hews

Hews (Package Name: com.leavjenn.hews) is developed by Leav Jenn and the latest version of Hews for Hacker News 1.9.2 was updated on September 15, 2022. Hews for Hacker News is in the category of Social with the feature News & Magazines. You can check all apps from the developer of Hews for Hacker News and find 180 alternative apps to Hews for Hacker News on Android. Currently this app is for free. This app can be downloaded on Android 5.0+ on APKFab or Google Play. All APK/XAPK files on APKFab.com are original and 100% safe with fast download.

• This app will stop being maintained soon. Please try the updated version: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.leavjenn.hews2

Hews is a Hacker News client focuses on reading experience with some unique features. And it's open source.
Basic features
• 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)
Unique features
* 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
DISCLAIMER
Hews is an unofficial Hacker News Android app, and it is neither affiliated with nor endorsed by Y Combinator.

Hews 1.9.2 Update

Feature:
-- Export bookmark as csv file.
-- New version announcement.

Hews Features

Social News & Magazines

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Hews for Hacker News 1.9.2 XAPK APKs

September 22, 2022 4.93 MB

Requires Android: Android 5.0+

Screen DPI: nodpi

SHA1: cb4c20437a0c4da2fc9d2a67b9b0298be30b6b41

Size: 4.93 MB

What's New:

Feature:
-- Export bookmark as csv file.
-- New version announcement.

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Hews for Hacker News 1.9.1 APK

February 17, 2020 4.13 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.1+

Screen DPI: nodpi

SHA1: a822c8522df247eaf812c5b1ad883c19b8fa4b0d

Size: 4.13 MB

What's New:

- 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.

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Hews for Hacker News 1.9.0 APK

May 21, 2016 4.07 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.1+

Screen DPI: nodpi

SHA1: b8aeb48908cf82183ecf96b94410c426eadc4196

Size: 4.07 MB

What's New:

1.9.0:
New feature: support device rotating.
change: show post list in the same order as the official website.
Improve: reduce memory usage.

By the way, the latest version is applied MVP architecture, don't panic if any cute bug occurs~

1.8.0:
Improve: revamp post list UI;
change: follow point order in search and popular post list.

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Hews for Hacker News 1.8.0 APK

April 24, 2016 4.03 MB

Requires Android: Android 4.1+

Screen DPI: 160-640dpi

SHA1: 70ca07758742ad326d66a351e47c76a3195437a3

Size: 4.03 MB

What's New:

1.8.0:
Improve: revamp post list UI;
change: follow point order in search and popular post list.

1.7.0-1.7.7:
New feature: posts bookmarking;
New feature: AmoLED black theme;
New feature: scroll up/down by clicking volume/page button;
New feature: downvote comment (need karma > 500);
Improve: add text to floating scroll down button;
Improve: less network fetching;
Bug fix: a bunch of lovely bugs.

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More Information

Package Name:

com.leavjenn.hews

Category:

Social Apps

Update Date:

2022-09-15

Latest Version:

1.9.2

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