Show HN: My first app. An iOS client for Hacker News in Swift

Posted by nikant on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @01:56AM
from the show-hn dept.

I finally released my first iOS app following the excellent tips give on https://designcode.io/.I have open sourced the app https://github.com/NikantVohra/HackerNewsClient-iOS. I know there are lots of Hacker News Clients on App Store but I made this app just to learn something new and not with the motive of competing with anyone.I would love to get the feedback of the HN community on this app. The App store link for the app is https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hn-app/id983203003?ls=1&mt=8.

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Re:Show HN: My first app. An iOS client for Hacker News in S... by cdipaolo on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @02:29AM (#9456732)

Not going to lie that ui actually looks pretty sweet. Do you have experience prior in coding or UI/UX design? Also how much did you 'glean' from the book. I was looking and it looks very informative but similar to what you designed. Still, bravo

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Re:Show HN: My first app. An iOS client for Hacker News in S... by nikant on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @02:40AM (#9456755)

Actually some of the UI was designed by me but most of it was inspired by the app designed in the book. I do not have much experience in UI design. I learnt a lot from the book. Thanks for the appreciation :)

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Re:Show HN: My first app. An iOS client for Hacker News in S... by emsy on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @07:31AM (#9457510)

The HN app I previously used was rendered useless by not updating to the recent API. I was looking for a new HN app but couldn't find a decent one, despite the fact that there are so many. Your app looks really fresh, I'm looking forward to try it out when I go to the toilet :)

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Re:Show HN: My first app. An iOS client for Hacker News in S... by nikant on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @08:35AM (#9457793)

Thanks :). Do give your feedback after that :)

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Re:Show HN: My first app. An iOS client for Hacker News in S... by emsy on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @09:39AM (#9458147)

Ok tried it and I like the UI but there are some show stopping bugs for me. Top Stories and Recent Stories were empty. Also on my 5S the WebView is too large so I have to scroll to see the whole screen.

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Re:Show HN: My first app. An iOS client for Hacker News in S... by nikant on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @09:59AM (#9458258)

ok points noted. will take care of these in the next version :)

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Re:Show HN: My first app. An iOS client for Hacker News in S... by vs4vijay on Thursday April 30, 2015 @07:00AM (#9464279)

Cool, Indeed the good UI.

@nikant: I had plan to create Mac client for HN using swift. https://github.com/asm-products/ycbar

willing to help?

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Re:Show HN: My first app. An iOS client for Hacker News in S... by nikant on Thursday April 30, 2015 @08:05AM (#9464498)

Yeah sure. I would love to help :)

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Re:Show HN: My first app. An iOS client for Hacker News in S... by hskoder on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @08:44PM (#9462735)

Nice design but some serious show stoppers.... only show HN is working

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Re:Show HN: My first app. An iOS client for Hacker News in S... by ParadoxOryx on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @12:07PM (#9459275)

Looks great! Love the design.

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Re:Show HN: My first app. An iOS client for Hacker News in S... by nikant on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @12:39PM (#9459548)

Thanks :)

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