Android client: if only I could unread the sdk

[tagno25]

Fresh articles is blank when first opening the app. I have to manualy refresh to get it to load articles.

Shouldn't the back button return you to "Fresh articles" before exiting, since that would be a previous context? Something similar to how opening Gmail gives you the inbox, switch to a different label, then when you hit back it takes you to the inbox.

I have no idea how difficult it would be, but would it be feasible to have the app cache the past day or few hours of feeds similar to how Gmail can cache a label?

[fox]

>Fresh articles is blank when first opening the app. I have to manualy refresh to get it to load articles.

idk works for me

>I have no idea how difficult it would be, but would it be feasible to have the app cache the past day or few hours of feeds similar to how Gmail can cache a label?

no caching of any kind will be implemented ever

fuck that

e: also, i have already explained why back buttons works how it works. it ain't gonna change.

[Masiosare]

We will have to adapt, I guess. Or make our own app

What's kind of weird is that the back button behaves the same as the home button (at least on the articles list), it's kind of odd to have two different buttons for the same action. I understand the rationale, but it's still odd.

[fox]

If you have a drawer a hamburger is drawn on screen and home button toggles it. Otherwise, a <- is drawn and you go back.

Back button always goes back to previous activity. It's really not that confusing, imo.

e: idk if its possible to have multiple back stacks, if so I could prob. make it so back goes to previous open feed if available and then quits the app.

[decoherent]

I'm really liking the new look and workflow. The only thing I'm missing is that it used to be possible to go directly to article view when you tapped on a feed, rather than the headline view. Would it be possible to get that option back? I mean, it's not a big deal, it's one extra tap, but it'd be nice.

[fox]

It was a kludge and it prevented people from dealing with stuff exposed in headlines list only such as sorting which has been moved away from settings screen.

Anyway, it was a remnant of dark times when headlines list was shitty, it's much better now so I removed it (also there were some long-standing minor technical issues with it, two preferences regarding viewing stuff was confusing imo, and it was only enabled on smartphones anyway - which makes the UI less consistent between devices, which is something I'm trying to minimize).

tldr it ain't coming back, sorry.

[decoherent]

Fair enough, like I said it's only one extra tap, I'll survive! Thanks anyway!

[jamesbond]

@fox: +1 for the new "All articles" pseudo feed in every category!

Thanks a lot for this feature. I was still thinking about buying the app, now I will definitely do so.

[fox]

this was there from the start but you had to longpress and apparently nobody ever discovered it except for a bunch of turbonerds. enjoy.

[fox]

heads up: I think I finally figured out a compromise solution for the #exitgate, it should be there in the next play store update.

[jamesbond]

this was there from the start but you had to longpress

Yes, I used that, but the longpress always felt like an interruption in the worklow. So I like the additional new way much better.

[thermoman]

Hi,

with the new layout there is still an issue:

I'm reading the article overview of a feed

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and then use the check mark on top to mark all items in this feed as read:

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When now opening the side bar the feed list still shows the feed with unread items although i just marked all items in this feed as read:

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It's really annoying with this workflow as there is always one feed in the feed list which has no unread items although the list claims so.

Solution: implement refresh of feed list after the "mark as read" checkmark was used.

Regards
thermoman

[fox]

stop sperging over counters. if you really care about it so much, swipe the listview and it will refresh itself.

keeping meaningless numbers up-to-date at all times has never been a priority and never will be, dealwithit.gif

e: also lol at your ~workflow~

[Latimer]

May I ask you to reconsider the decision of adding a floating action button to the article view? Normally it disappears once you scroll down, but sometimes the article is not long enough, and the button ends up covering several words in the end.

(Sorry I know it looks FAB!)

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[thermoman]

I don't care for the number - it's annoying that the name of the feed is still in the list. Not everyone uses "all articles".

Besides your rude attitude it's still a bug.