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Newsify (Android App)

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2017
NativeScriptVueJS

A news aggregation app that scraped and curated news from multiple sources. Reached 1,000 users at its peak. Built with NativeScript and Vue.js.

The Story

Newsify was born from my frustration with cluttered news apps. I wanted a clean, fast way to read news from multiple sources. At its peak, the app had over 1,000 active users on the Play Store.

Features

  • Aggregated news from multiple sources
  • Clean reading experience
  • Offline article saving
  • Category-based filtering
  • Dark mode support

Technical Journey

This was my introduction to web scraping at scale. The backend would periodically scrape news sites, parse the content, and serve it through an API. NativeScript with Vue.js allowed me to build a native-feeling app with familiar web technologies.

Lessons Learned

Running a scraper taught me about rate limiting, being a good citizen of the web, and handling unreliable data sources. The app also taught me about the challenges of maintaining a published mobile app.

What I Learned

Web ScrapingNativeScriptApp Store Publishing

Project Discontinued

Made it to learn Web Scraping. At peak had 1k users