- Added switch in the Settings to show or hide images (to reduce data usage)
- Minor tweak of Android Paging to reduce data usage (fetch data as little as necessary possible)
- Code rewriting to adhere to one activity principle Android team has been promoting.
- Implemented Android Paging library to enable bitwise download
- Improved news search function
- Improved Navigation Components
- Reorganised news sections
- Fixed the app crash when carrying out search after changed in Settings
- Solved the issue of Navigation controller not found after carrying out news search or changing switch in Settings
GuNews is a fake-news-free headlines app that is free of clutter and overloaded features. It was rewritten following the Android Architecture Components guidelines, which Google has been promoting lately.
And of course: it's powered by theguardian.com, one of few trustworthy news sources out there in this time of fake news epidemic.
Please note:
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The app shows headlines with news related images. This could eat into your data allowance, especially if you are on limited cellular data. To reduce data usage, go to the Settings and switch off Show images in the news list.
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You can refine the search results by adjusting the order by in Settings. Try with relevance, newest or oldest for better results.
GuNews focuses on showing guaranteed fake-free news and to make that happen, GuNews is sourced from trusted news only, i.e. theguardian.com. GoNews meanwhile shows unfiltered news from various news outlets from many countries. For these kind of news the app relies of the free service, which has limited daily request, provided by newsapi.org.
In short: if you want to be safe use GuNews. However if you are proficient enough to spot real news headlines, click-baiting and bombastic headlines and suspected fake-news stories, use GoNews.
I may combine the two in one app in the future.