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isimar/hackernews-react-native

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★ 3,712JavaScriptAudience · developerComplexity · 2/5Setup · moderate

TLDR

A deprecated React Native Hacker News reader for iOS and Android with pull-to-refresh, threaded comments, pagination, and an in-app web view, useful as a real-world React Native learning reference.

Mindmap

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  root((HN React Native))
    What it does
      Hacker News reader
      iOS and Android app
      Deprecated project
    Features
      Pull to refresh
      Pagination
      Threaded comments
      In-app web view
    Tech Stack
      JavaScript
      React Native
    Learning value
      Real-world reference
      App starter template
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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Study a complete cross-platform mobile app to learn how React Native structures a real news reading experience on iOS and Android.

USE CASE 2

Use as a starting template for building your own Hacker News or Reddit-style mobile feed app.

USE CASE 3

Reference how to implement pull-to-refresh, pagination, and nested threaded comments in React Native.

What is it built with?

JavaScriptReact Native

How does it compare?

isimar/hackernews-react-nativehomerchen19/nba-gosindresorhus/meow
Stars3,7123,7123,711
LanguageJavaScriptJavaScriptJavaScript
Setup difficultymoderateeasyeasy
Complexity2/51/51/5
Audiencedevelopergeneraldeveloper

Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.

How do you get it running?

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

Uses an old React Native version, compatibility issues with newer toolchains and Xcode are likely.

In plain English

This is a Hacker News reader app for iOS and Android, built with React Native. Hacker News is a popular technology and startup news forum run by Y Combinator, where users post links and discuss topics in computing, entrepreneurship, and science. The app lets you browse those posts and read comments directly from your phone. The README notes that this project is currently deprecated and uses an old version of React Native, so it is not actively maintained. It was previously available on both the App Store and Google Play. On the feature side, the app supports pulling down to refresh the article list, scrolling through pages of stories with pagination, and reading threaded comments including replies to replies. There is also a built-in web view that opens the original article source directly within the app rather than switching to a browser. To run it yourself, you download or clone the repository and install dependencies with npm. From there you follow the standard React Native setup steps for either Android or iOS, which are linked in the README. The project is written in JavaScript and was built as an example of what React Native could produce for a real-world reading experience across both mobile platforms.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Using this Hacker News React Native app as a reference, show me how to add pull-to-refresh to a list of posts in my own React Native project.
Prompt 2
How does this project implement threaded comments with nested replies? Walk me through the component structure I should copy.
Prompt 3
Walk me through getting this React Native project running on an iOS simulator from a fresh clone.
Prompt 4
How would I update this deprecated React Native project to work with the latest React Native version and modern dependencies?

Frequently asked questions

What is hackernews-react-native?

A deprecated React Native Hacker News reader for iOS and Android with pull-to-refresh, threaded comments, pagination, and an in-app web view, useful as a real-world React Native learning reference.

What language is hackernews-react-native written in?

Mainly JavaScript. The stack also includes JavaScript, React Native.

How hard is hackernews-react-native to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 30min to a first successful run.

Who is hackernews-react-native for?

Mainly developer.

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