Would you be opposed to a pull request adding login/posting support? I think the way it works in Octal is webview for login, snatching the cookies out of the webview, then using the same posting endpoints as the website with the cookie.
cadamsdotcom 2 days ago [-]
Looks great!
It seems you’re nervous about getting permission to show what you made to the world from Apple.
May I suggest you encourage people who want to use the app to get their own subscription and build and install it themselves, or consider AltStore/SideStore. Or go via TestFlight with your own monetization built in.
No one should need permission to ship from a trillion dollar company.
UqWBcuFx6NV4r 2 days ago [-]
This is a long bow to draw just for an excuse to get on your soapbox about Apple, especially talking to someone who has definitely heard it all before and has definitely formed their own view on this particular topic (and doesn’t need proselytising from you).
cadamsdotcom 1 days ago [-]
Only offering ideas, people are free to ignore them.
You never know - OP might not have thought of these options.
krageon 1 days ago [-]
I thought it was interesting to read. It had some information I didn't have before.
msephton 13 hours ago [-]
@sylwester is the repo run by a bot? or is it you? I'm OK with either, it's just issues are being marked as "help wanted" even though they are done in PRs waiting to be merged. It seems the replies in the threads ignore all user comments? What's going on?
And I've completed your big "login" feature request, it is done, just waiting for the PRs to be merged so I can make a nice clean rebase and tidy PR for you to review. But if small PRs aren't being merged I'm reluctant to file a larger one.
newdee 2 days ago [-]
Looks great, do you plan on publishing to the AppStore?
sylwester 2 days ago [-]
If it is possible and Apple accepts the app.
gavinmckenzie 2 days ago [-]
Well done. As a colour blind person (and iOS developer) I am thrilled anytime an app doesn’t rely on colour cues alone. I’ve used Hack and Octal but I am going to give your app a try.
shelled 2 days ago [-]
HN is quite nice inside a desktop browser, but mobile browsers are a different story altogether. But even there, it fares slightly better than old.reddit.com. So looks like I should dust off that xcode.
Cider9986 2 days ago [-]
I disagree it works great in Vanadium.
msephton 19 hours ago [-]
I'm posting this from a test feature I'm working on for your app: HN login, comments, replies, edit, etc.
Got to give you kudos for the Accessibility enablement though - while some of it is baked-in support, it’s worth appreciating your work in whittling down whatever else can be supported.
I'm curious if you used a particular tool for this comparison or a LLM. I ask because (layered irony) I'm making a general tool for multi-dimensional item comparisons, using Claude to build the tool (but not the comparisons, not that I mind).
ofcrpls 15 hours ago [-]
I had my personal notes comparing Octal and Ironside, then I had claude go through both the repos.
lemming 2 days ago [-]
One thing that would be useful in the readme is instructions on how to install the built app on a phone, for those of us who don’t do iOS development.
ethanhq 1 days ago [-]
The information comes from HN; would there be a risk of copyright infringement if the product were listed on the App Store?
kamyarg 2 days ago [-]
Could not find the appstore link, is it published there?
ios-contractor 2 days ago [-]
Looks great. Does it support pinch zoom like webpage hn does
UqWBcuFx6NV4r 2 days ago [-]
Needing to resort to pinch and zoom for everything is an indicator of bad accessibility. HN “supporting” pinch and zoom is more like… HN not being responsive and/or being good about dynamic text size.
ios-contractor 6 hours ago [-]
pinch and zoom doesn't really have to do with hn. All webpages support pinch and zoom. iOS-wide text enlargement isn't always a solution
roger_ 2 days ago [-]
Any chance of HN getting angry about this, à la Reddit?
rkagerer 2 days ago [-]
Ok. I don't need or want this.
Doesn't mean others can't find it useful. e.g. I bet some portion of users would appreciate Dark mode without resorting to CSS tweaks. /rant
altairprime 2 days ago [-]
(Perhaps they meant as in Is This At Risk of the Apollo Apocalypse rather than as in behaving more like Reddit?)
UqWBcuFx6NV4r 2 days ago [-]
* HN reader apps have existed forever.
* There is a public API.
^ The incentives for “getting angry” aren’t there, like they were for Reddit.
Think critically.
Calgaryp 23 hours ago [-]
Just starred it on github ;)
Looks very good !
pi-victor 2 days ago [-]
i've been using hackfeed, it does the job.
make this available on testflight, this looks great, would love to daily drive it.
+1 for the accessibility features, great job!
_dharmik_ 2 days ago [-]
Are you planning to release Android version as well ?
sylwester 1 days ago [-]
I will check if it is possible to build for Android.
I’ve been using [Octal](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/octal-for-hacker-news/id130888...) for a while now but it’s not open source.
Would you be opposed to a pull request adding login/posting support? I think the way it works in Octal is webview for login, snatching the cookies out of the webview, then using the same posting endpoints as the website with the cookie.
It seems you’re nervous about getting permission to show what you made to the world from Apple.
May I suggest you encourage people who want to use the app to get their own subscription and build and install it themselves, or consider AltStore/SideStore. Or go via TestFlight with your own monetization built in.
No one should need permission to ship from a trillion dollar company.
You never know - OP might not have thought of these options.
And I've completed your big "login" feature request, it is done, just waiting for the PRs to be merged so I can make a nice clean rebase and tidy PR for you to review. But if small PRs aren't being merged I'm reluctant to file a larger one.
I've also filed some smaller PRs.
Got to give you kudos for the Accessibility enablement though - while some of it is baked-in support, it’s worth appreciating your work in whittling down whatever else can be supported.
Here is a comparison for the two on Mac, if you're interested. https://gq6o9uxicyzuw8es6qxe78bnml9wc3re.pastehtml.dev/#core
Doesn't mean others can't find it useful. e.g. I bet some portion of users would appreciate Dark mode without resorting to CSS tweaks. /rant
* There is a public API.
^ The incentives for “getting angry” aren’t there, like they were for Reddit.
Think critically.
make this available on testflight, this looks great, would love to daily drive it.
+1 for the accessibility features, great job!