YouNews Android Universal News App Template

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iOS and Android versions can share the same database on back4app 14 Mar 2023 Android 13 support added All libraries updated Notification permission added for android 13 Gradle and build tools updated Android 12 notification fixed Redundant test files removed 20 May 2022 upgraded to android 12 all libraries updated gradle updated file provider issue fixed location issue fixed manifest issue fixed firebase updated added notification channel to support api 26 devices admob crash fixed apk updated 22 June 2020 Full app files updated to AndroidX Gradle updated sdk updated to 28 Documentation updated 9 May 2020 FCM firebase cloud messaging implemented Google libraries updated Gradle files updated 16 Sep 2019 Fixed the issue with Login with Facebook Fixed the issue Compatibility Issue with Facebook SDK 4 38 0 so we downgraded Facebook SDK to 4 37 0 still using the old constructor so using that version fixes this particular issue 5 August 2019 Fixed Back Stack issue on application Updated Login SighUp screen UI Upgraded Profile Setting Category screens UI Improved Home List item screen design by applying Card View Updated NewsByCategory List item screen design by using Card View Upgraded Comment screen design using proper alignment and layout Updated compileSdkVersion and targetSdkVersion to 28 in build gradle Applied Camel Notation in Edit Text Fields Hints 25 May 2018 Accordingly to the new EU GDPR terms I ve updated the tou html file and Documentation IMPORTANT This means that if a User asks for his her Account deletion you must do it within 24 hours as the GDPR s Right to be forgotten Article states LINK https gdpr-info eu art-17-gdpr 8 May 2018 Changed Parse version in build gradle into 1 16 0 due to some issue on the latest Parse SDK and FCM implementation com parse parse-android 1 16 0 Edited getUserDetailsFromFB method in Login java this line of code else currUser put Configs USER_EMAIL facebookID facebook com 17 April 2018 Added new Firebase dependencies in build gradle Module app Removed the com google android gms play-services implementation and updated all dependencies to the required ones only Added the google-services classpath in the dependencies list in build gradle Project classpath com google gms google-services 3 2 1 Added this Permission into Manifest xml uses-permission android name android permission RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED Updated the Documentation connect your App to Firebase for FCM 15 April 2018 Updated to Android Studio 3 1 1 Removed all dependencies of play-services left only this one in build gradle implementation com google android gms play-services 11 April 2018 Updated to Android Studio 3 1 Updated compileSdkVersion to 27 in build gradle Replaced compile with implementation in build gradle Module app Feb 26th 2018 Replaced the ndNewsTextTxt TextView with a WebView in the news_details xml adjusted the code in NewsDetails java accordingly edited the showNewsDetails method Get news text String htmlText newsObj getString Configs NEWS_HTML_TEXT newsTextWebView getSettings setJavaScriptEnabled true newsTextWebView loadDataWithBaseURL null htmlText text html utf-8 null In this way you ll be able to publish news articles with bold or italic text links and images still from the web not locally instead of plain text Added this line into Configs java public static String NEWS_HTML_TEXT htmltext Added a sheet html file in the package in order to help you create HTML text articles for the Parse Dashboard IMPORTANT IF THIS IS AN UPDATE FOR YOU then you first need to enter your Parse Dashboard and create a new column in the News class called exactly htmltext of Type String and fill it all the empty cells of such column with your HTML text the Documentation explains how to do that with a new sheet html file included in the package Then you can update the code of your app project and test it YouNews is a Universal App Template where you as the Admin of the app can easily add and edit news via the Parse Dashboard hosted on back4app com or Adminca com free CMS panel for Parse apps and have them displayed right away in the app You can also send Push Notifications to all registered devices via the Parse Push console on back4app Users and readers can comment like and share news Login Sign Up is required for comments and likes as well as contact the admin by email rate the app on the App Store You as the Admin of the app should daily check your database for reported comments and take action for them The Category images and names are stored locally within the Xcode project the User Guide explains how to configure the app the backend on back4app and how to edit add categories Since its backend is by Parse you don t have to buy any domain hosting there are NO php files to upload to a web server so you ll save some money for server side Worried about Parse shutting down It won t please check this out https hubpages com technology Parse-SDK-will-not-shutdown-in-thanks-to-back4app YouNews is a native Android Studio project Java xml language Universal super easy to customize backend with Parse SDK hosted on http back4app com About Parse SDK and back4app Read this article for more info about back4app and Parse SDK https hubpages com technology Parse-SDK-will-not-shutdown-in-thanks-to-back4app Can I host Parse Server on my own server Yes although I don t provide support for the setup process you can read the official Guide here http parseplatform org What about free support for this template I can offer free support for bugs encountered in the original code Instead if you ve edited the code and messed something up with it I may apply some fee to fix it either via TeamViewer or by checking your app project files directly on my computer How do I rename the app s package name Read this tutorial to learn how to rename a package name https hubpages com technology Android-How-to-rename-an-app-package Should I use the latest version of Android Studio to edit this template Yes I always update my apps to the latest version of the IDE and you also should make sure you ve updated the Android Tools to their latest version of the Android SDK manager The demo APK crashes on startup Make sure that the minimum Android version of your device is the one listed in the FEATURES section below If the problem persists please contact me by my profile s contact form and send me the Logcat message of you get when the app crashes along with the steps you made to reproduce the crash Please note that not all real devices print an error Logcat message in this case just run the APK into the Android Studio s emulator and you ll surely get the red messages about your issue How do I remove AdMob banner ads Enter the xml files where there s an AdView and remove its code com google android gms ads AdView android id id admobBanner android layout_width wrap_content android layout_height wrap_content ads adSize BANNER ads adUnitId string ADMOB_BANNER_UNIT_ID android layout_alignParentBottom true android layout_centerHorizontal true com google android gms ads AdView Enter the java files where there s an AdRequest instance into its onCreate method and remove its code Init AdMob banner AdView mAdView AdView findViewById R id admobBanner AdRequest adRequest new AdRequest Builder build mAdView loadAd adRequest Lastly remove the play-services-ads reference in the build gradle file compile com google android gms play-services-ads Android Studio 3 x project Universal Android 5 0 Backend with Parse Server hosted on https back4app com AdMob banners Send Push Notifications to all registered device via the Parse Push web console on back4app Comment like and share news Admin can easily insert edit news via the Parse Dashboard or Adminca com CMS panel Rate and share app feature Image and YouTube video headers for the news details screen PDF User Guide and PSD included Easy to customize Well commented code Apple Mac or Windows PC with their latest OS version installed The latest version of Android Studio and some knowledge about its UI interface Photoshop or any other image editor software A Google Developer account to submit apps to the Play Store An AdMob account to generate your own banner UNIT ID A free account on back4app com