An Android application for Ars Technica readers, built on WebView and RSS. Originally, I realized that I was reading articles on Ars Technica a lot, but they didn't have an app. I thought that there was no better way to become more familiar with Android development then to make an app I would use a lot, so here it is.
- Access to all Ars Technica articles through their excellent mobile website
- Notifications of articles on a variable schedule
- Manage notifications or turn them off entirely
- Support for Notification Channels (Android 8 Oreo and above)
- Native dark theme
- Notifications on Wear OS with actions
- After clicking on a notification, going back to the home page, and not using the app for a while, the app will reload the article that the notification was for, not the home page (#1)
- If articles are posted to two seperate RSS feeds, it results in duplicate notifications (#2)
- Allow users to search for text on the page (#3)
- Allow users to copy, share, and download images (#4)
And now, for the boring, but necessary parts.
This application is a third-party application. Neither it nor its creator is associated with or endorsed by Ars Technica, Condé Nast, or any author of any article that appears on the Ars Technica website.
This project is licensed under the Apache Licence, Version 2.0. See the LICENSE file for more information.