1.20.5
2024-01-17
• Replaced OneSignal with a self-hosted solution.
• Fixed a serious issue when running the app in ‘Designed for iPad’ modus on visionOS.
1.20.4
2023-10-19
• Fixed a compatibility issue with iOS 17, when using the ‘Add to News Explorer’ share extension in Safari.
• Fixed another compatibility issue with iOS 17, when sharing to Pocket or Instapaper via the Share Sheet.
• Fixed a parsing issue with feeds without ‘lastPubDate’ and with articles dated in the future.
• Fixed an issue with feed articles containing HTML without any closing tags with forward slashes.
• Fixed an issue with HTML images with referrer policy sub tags.
1.20.3
2023-08-15
• Fixed an issue where article summaries were downloaded as main content.
• Fixed a feed parser issue with self closing HTML tags.
1.20.2
2023-08-09
• Fixed a crash caused by malformed ATOM feeds.
• Fixed a crash when parsing articles ending with truncated HTML elements
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• Improved support for feeds with non standard date formats.
• Restored parsing card data of Tweets.
• Fixed a bug related to auto contrast.
1.20.1
2023-06-26
• Fixed alignment of RTL text in the article list.
• Improved detection of deleted app data in CloudKit storage settings.
1.20
2023-06-15
• Added native support for Mastodon feeds, including beautifully rendered ‘Toots’.
• Replies, parent posts and cards of Mastodon posts are automatically downloaded.
• Mastodon feeds can be added via the Search New Feeds or Add New Feed dialogs.
• Unfortunately, Twitter integration has been removed due to recent Twitter API limitations.
• Already downloaded Tweets remain available in the app and iCloud.
• Improved reliability of initial sync with iCloud.
1.11.3
2022-10-05
• Auto high contrast when using Dark or System theme with max screen brightness.
• You can now search within an article with the new ‘Find on Page’ share sheet action (iOS 16).
• Restored the Print share sheet action in the Article viewer.
• An iOS 16 specific crash has been fixed related to incorrectly encoded feeds.
1.11.2
2022-05-24
• Fixed missing sound of non-YouTube videos in Reddit feeds.
• Improved resetting of the default icon in the App icon selector.
• Changed default for setting 'Auto-switch themes', to prevent unexpected theme changes.
1.11.1
2022-05-16
• Full text search now includes the title, summary, content and reader view text.
• The Reddit parser now supports search feeds.
• Improved detection of videos with the Reddit parser.
• Opening the website of a subreddit opens now the correct page.
• Fixed a custom icon issue.
• Improved handling of offline feed deletions.
1.11
2022-04-18
• Data snapshots speed up syncing with iCloud when syncing on a new device or one that has not been used for a while.
• Standard initial syncing performance has been improved as well.
• Browse through all images of a feed by using the new Slideshow context menu item in the Feeds list.
• Reddit feeds are now parsed by a dedicated parser, resulting in cleaner and better looking articles.
• Articles marked as Favorite are now stored forever locally and in iCloud.
• New alternative app icons in the Viewing section of the preferences.
1.10.2
2021-09-21
• Quick Notes support with iPadOS 15
• Improved robustness of feed list data refreshes
• Optimised article list loading logic
• Improved Mark All as Read performance
• Fixed a clipping issue when zooming in with image viewer
• Fixed a crash when using arrow key navigation
• Restored group header update after using Rename function
1.9.17
2021-01-11
• Fixed compatibility with JSON Feed version 1.1
• Fixed generating notifications based on Feed Manager settings
1.9.16
2020-12-30
• Fixed some article list update issues
• Fixed overlapping icons issue after a cancelled swipe back action
• Fixed cleaning interval setting in the Preferences
• Restored icons in the Preferences start view when using iOS 13
• Improved support for feeds with invalid response header metadata
1.9.15
2020-12-21
• Fixed implementation of setting 'Subscription badges
• Improved search performance
• Improved reliability of arrow key navigation
1.9.14
2020-12-07
• Print and 'Export to PDF' share sheet actions
• Improved unread counters update logic
• Improved Twitter Cards parsing
• Improved feed icon selector
• Fixed initial data load of small size Home Screen widgets
• Fixed disappearing navigation buttons
• Fixed sync with iPhone when opening items on the Apple Watch
• OPML import now retains original feed sorting
1.9.11
2020-11-30
∙ Extensive Widget support for iOS 14 users!
∙ Full-width article option, ideal when using Dark Mode.
∙ Tweets with Twitter Cards are now properly displayed.
∙ New option to group articles on feed, instead of date.
∙ You can now select a custom font in the Reading settings.
∙ New ‘Show on Apple Watch’ option in the Subscriptions list.
∙ New Apple Watch Complication to easily start News Explorer.
∙ Unread badge in the navigation bar, just like the Mail app.
∙ Relocated navigation buttons in the Article viewer.
∙ Added system font option ‘New York’ to the Article viewer.
∙ Option to disable navigation by swiping in the Article viewer.
∙ Improved performance of the Feeds and Articles list.
∙ Improved ‘Mark as read while scrolling’ performance.
∙ Option to automatically delete notifications of read items.
∙ Spotlight indexing is now disabled by default, to save battery.
∙ Extended Low Data support for thumbnails.
∙ SVG feed icons are now supported.
∙ Minimum version is now iOS 13.
1.9.10
2020-06-20
Fixes a crash with iCloud sync
Fixes large title setting sync of subscription list with article list
Fine-tuned color of the unread counter when using Dark Mode
1.9.8
2020-04-01
• You can now configure a default primary view for all feeds, for example Mercury Reader.
• Option to skip feeds with full articles, when using Mercury Reader or Arc90 Readability as default primary view.
• New option to use silent push notifications for background data refresh in the Syncing section of the Preferences.
• Play audio podcasts uninterrupted in the background using the new play toolbar button.
• Picture-in-picture support for videos.
• Improved punctuation for right-to-left languages
• The Add new feed dialog now supports iTunes podcast links.
• You can now create new folders in the Add new feed dialog.
• Add to Reading List leading swipe action option.
• Restored swipe back gesture for iOS 13.4 users.
1.9.7
2019-10-09
• Fixed non-working iCloud update notifications in iOS 13
• Restored old background app refresh implementation in iOS 13
• Added experimental support for Mark as read while scrolling
• Added option to hide feed icons in the article list
• Added support for YouTube playlist feeds
• Added a new action 'Save as Web Location' to the Share sheet
• You can now move a feed to another folder by using the long press context menu in iOS 13
• Reader view support on the Apple Watch app has been improved.
1.9.6
2019-09-19
• Full support for iOS 13 and iPadOS Dark Mode
• Preferences are now integrated in the app
• Restored Instapaper and Pocket support with new context menu options
• Improved background sync in iOS 13 and iPadOS 13, based on background tasks
• New mobile data settings
• New article list tap gestures
1.9.5
2019-07-11
• On startup, the app will reopen the last selected feed or folder. If you don't want this, disable setting “Restore last list on startup’ in the Viewing section of the News Explorer preferences.
• New sub option 'Request desktop site' when using primary view 'Website Article' with the embedded web viewer.
• Scrolling the article list without thumbnail images no longer consumes network data.
• Compatibility improvement with setting popups on small devices like iPhone SE.
1.9.4
2019-06-11
• The Article viewer now contains 26 new fonts with excellent legibility characteristics.
• Option to combine serif body font with sans serif titles and headers.
• Improved support for title-less articles commonly found in micro blogs.
• Removed warning when there is no internet during a standard sync session.
• Fixed flashing white line glitch when using the standard light theme.
• You can now navigate back by swiping from the left edge to the middle, even when the navigation bar is hidden.
• The navigation bar in the article viewer is now default hidden when you scroll upstairs.
• The Apple Watch app doesn't warn anymore for a missing internet connection when you open an article offline.
1.9.3
2019-05-19
• Footer of article list contains now handy thumbs friendly actions buttons
• Updated Mercury Reader and Arc90 Readability libraries
• When using Reader view for a PDF link, the PDF document will be opened
• Added support for redirecting when rendering Reader view
• Improved management of web view and network processes
• Opening an article on the Watch will now mark the item as read
1.9.2
2019-04-20
• Solves a bug that sometimes resulted in missing images in the original feed article.
• Added thumbnail extraction for articles without valid website metadata.
• Added support for image links without a host name, so called relative links.
• Menu item View Options will no longer incorrectly be shown when a Twitter feed is selected.
• Reactivating the app does no longer change the keyboard focus.
• Fixed an unstoppable repeating keypress problem with Spacebar navigation.
1.9.1
2019-04-17
This update solves a bug with Reader view when opening articles with compound characters.
This update includes all changes from version 1.9:
Feed level article view options
• You can now set a preferred article view modus for each individual feed.
• For example Mercury Reader view ‘CNN’, Feed Article view for ‘MacRumors’ and Website Article view for ‘Dezeen’.
• Long press the Reader view button to select a primary view.
• The Mercury Reader view engine now works locally.
• The Arc90 Readability performance has been dramatically improved.
Poster article list view
• The article list can now be set to ‘Poster’ view, in addition to the existing view options.
• Poster view shows a preview image under the header and summary of each article.
• The height of the preview image can be adjusted in the Preferences panel.
Improvements, tweaks and fixes
• Added support for Spacebar navigation with automatic scroll of articles and selection of the next item.
• Added also support for Shift + Spacebar navigation, to do the opposite.
• New setting to open links in their Native apps, if available.
• Automatic detection and correct display of RTL languages.
• Timeline view supports now the same article views as the article list.
• Unread and read items can now be stored forever instead of a limited period.
• Action 'Mark all as read' is now being performed immediately, without waiting for internal updates.
• Long words in the article viewer are now being hyphenated, if the language of the feed is known.
• Countless other small tweaks and fixes.
1.9
2019-04-13
Feed level article view options
• You can now set a preferred article view modus for each individual feed.
• For example Mercury Reader view ‘CNN’, Feed Article view for ‘MacRumors’ and Website Article view for ‘Dezeen’.
• Long press the Reader view button to select a primary view.
• The Mercury Reader view engine now works locally.
• The Arc90 Readability performance has been dramatically improved.
Poster article list view
• The article list can now be set to ‘Poster’ view, in addition to the existing view options.
• Poster view shows a preview image under the header and summary of each article.
• The height of the preview image can be adjusted in the Preferences panel.
Improvements, tweaks and fixes
• Added support for Spacebar navigation with automatic scroll of articles and selection of the next item.
• Added also support for Shift + Spacebar navigation, to do the opposite.
• New setting to open links in their Native apps, if available.
• Automatic detection and correct display of RTL languages.
• Timeline view supports now the same article views as the article list.
• Unread and read items can now be stored forever instead of a limited period.
• Action 'Mark all as read' is now being performed immediately, without waiting for internal updates.
• Long words in the article viewer are now being hyphenated, if the language of the feed is known.
• Countless other small tweaks and fixes.
1.8.14
2018-11-02
• The watchOS app now supports Dynamic type.
• Fixed an issue with a missing navigation bar when navigating back from the article viewer.
• Fixed a truncated titles issue in the 'Search new feeds' dialog.
• Added support for often used Wordpress drop cap styles.
• Extended extraction of images.
• Improved protection against duplicates.
• Improved iCloud cleaning algorithm.
• After loading images in the article viewer, the images are resized to max width if possible, or hidden when they are too small (iPad only).
• New option to download feeds as files before processing, which may help to retrieve news from slow responding feed sources. Only use this when you really need it, because it slows down the sync process.
• Short cut for Mark all as Read is now Command+D.
• Short cut for Redownload is now Command+R.
• Solved a bug that resulted in redownloading JSON feed items after marking them previously as read.
1.8.11
2018-09-25
New features
• The article list now displays thumbnails!
• To manage the new thumbnail view, a settings popup has been added to the article list.
• With this new popup, you can change the size, alignment and visibility of the thumbnails, the number of preview lines, font size and list view width (iPad).
• The font weight and line height of the body text in the article reader are now adjustable.
• Added J and K shortcut keys to select the next and previous article.
• Added support for toggling Read and Favourite with the keyboard in the Timeline view.
• Added support for the new 40mm and 44mm Apple Watches.
New settings
• New option to navigate back to the subscription list after marking all items as read.
• New option to disable Spotlight indexing. This is default enabled.
• New option to include thumbnail images in the Spotlight index items. This is default disabled.
• The News Explorer spotlight index can now be deleted, so you can re-index it with new settings.
• Added fallback option for the Mercury reader. When it doesn't work, the built-in Arc90 reader will be used.
• The cache size for the new thumbnail view can be set.
Changes
• The News Explorer section in the Settings app has been re-arranged, for easier access.
• Redundant settings, which can also be set within the app, have been removed.
• Trailing swipe action 'More' in the articles list has been replaced with a 'Share' action.
• Tapping the unread filter button when the article list is already in unread filter modus, will clear read items in the list.
• This replaces the previous dedicated Clear button in the article list.
• The dark theme has been tweaked. It's now a bit darker and features transparent bars.
• Several small technical changes to make things work with iOS 12.
Improvements
• Marking all unread items as read in the Latest news filter will now only affect items within this filter.
• The font collection that can be used in the article reader has been extended.
• Improved cleaning of summary data from HTML tags.
• Improved detection of thumbnail tags in RSS feeds.
• Spotlight indexing is now performed on a separate work queue.
• Last iCloud cleaning date is now displayed in the settings.
• Solved a bug with navigating with the keyboard to a collapsed section.
1.8.9
2018-05-30
ARTICLE VIEWER IMPROVEMENTS
• You can now navigate between articles with an animated horizontal, vertical or page curl swipe gesture.
• The Theme settings popover panel has been extended. You can now set the font size and weight of the article title.
• New default font settings, with bold article titles and no separator line. This can be adjusted in the updated Theme popover.
• Poster images are now shown on top, instead of the bottom of the article.
• Added support for zoom pinch gesture in the article viewer.
• Option to play HTML5 videos inline, instead of full screen.
• Option to automatically hide the toolbar. This was always enabled in the previous versions, so you can now switch it off.
• Support for repetitive opening of articles by long pressing the browse buttons in the article viewer.
• The long press repeat rate can be set in the Navigation section of the News Explorer Settings.
ARTICLES LIST IMPROVEMENTS
• The number of preview lines in the articles list can now be set. You can choose between 0 and 10 lines.
• The width of the articles list on the iPad can now be further reduced to 280 pixels.
• New option to use a slightly larger font in the articles list.
• You can now copy the feed address or feed icon by using one of the articles list context menu items.
OTHER IMPROVEMENTS
• New Feed Manager panel, which let you select which feeds should be part of background app refresh and notifications.
• You can now start the app using URL scheme "news-explorer://“. This can for example be used in the Workflow app of Apple.
• Enhanced correction of incorrectly encoded feeds.
• Added support for feeds with dates with two digits year numbers.
• Extended support for RDF feeds.
• Feeds with too many white spaces in URLs are now also supported.
1.8.7
2018-03-14
• Fixed the edit modus of the subscriptions list
• Added a menu item to the settings menu to open the News Explorer Help page
• Fixed a visual glitch which occurs after rotating an article on the iPhone X from portrait to landscape orientation
Includes all the new features of version 1.8.6:
• Folders can now be collapsed by tapping on the disclosure indicator
• Implemented asynchronous calculation of the unread counters
• Implemented caching of unread counters
• Improved support for iPhone X when using the Timeline view in landscape orientation
• Timeline view doesn't change the scroll position anymore when you navigate back from visiting an article
• You can now make the Timeline view toolbar visible by tapping on the date group header
1.8.6
2018-03-12
• Folders can now be collapsed by tapping on the disclosure indicator
• Implemented asynchronous calculation of the unread counters
• Implemented caching of unread counters
• Improved support for iPhone X when using the Timeline view in landscape orientation
• Timeline view doesn't change the scroll position anymore when you navigate back from visiting an article
• You can now make the Timeline view toolbar visible by tapping on the date group header
1.8.5
2018-02-28
• Added support for Dynamic Type font size adjustments in the list and timeline views.
• The feed icon can now be changed via a new left swipe 'Select icon' action in the subscriptions list.
• New behavior settings when reaching the bottom of the timeline view.
• Image viewer can now be closed with a swipe up gesture.
• The feed selector of the Timeline view does now show unread counters.
• Added a 2 hour sync time interval.
• Fixed a bug with opening source links containing a hashtag character.
• Fixed a problem with the default font when using a font size larger than 14 points.
• After marking unread items with 'Mark all as Read' as read, the app navigates to the start screen.
• Fixed a visual glitch when using the app with iPhone X in horizontal orientation.
• Fixed a visual issue when using the Mail sharing sheet.
1.8.4
2018-01-11
• New 'real' black theme optimised for iPhone X OLED display.
• New option to use small article headers.
• Improved article scrolling.
• Improved support for relative links in articles.
• New Force Touch option to generate Reader view on the Apple Watch.
• New option to skip images on the Apple Watch.
1.8.3
2017-12-18
• New option to auto hide the navigation bar in the article viewer, for a completely minimalistic reader experience
• New option to adjust to order of the swipe actions in the news article list
• New option ‘Auto correct invalid feeds’ which improves compatibility with some invalid configured feeds
• User-agent sensitive feeds are now correctly downloaded
• Fixed rendering of inline xml within 'pre' and 'code' tags
• The image extraction algorithm has been improved and extended
• The built-in Readability engine has been updated
• The poster image returned by the Mercury engine is now displayed, when applicable
• Improved usability of the feeds edit modus
• The Add new feed dialog will now close after adding a hashtag Twitter feed
• Fixed a crash related to a permission to access the Photo library when saving an image
• The preferences in Settings app are slightly reorganised
1.8.2
2017-11-12
• Support for using the app without iCloud sync has been restored.
1.8.1
2017-11-10
• The new iCloud syncing algorithm introduced in the previous release has been fine-tuned.
• New option to download liked Twitter tweets.
• Added support for relative links in feed items.
1.8
2017-11-01
• Enhanced iCloud sync with instant sync between active devices.
• Read items are now displayed with configurable transparency.
• External link support in the article viewer.
• External links can now be used as Reader view source.
• Improved context swipe menu in the articles list.
• New swipe action to navigate directly to the source article.
• Improved search interface.
• Support for large navigation titles, can be disabled with a new setting.
• Turning the device to horizontal orientation will no longer result in a zooming effect.
• Additional adjustments for iPhone X and iOS 11.
1.7.3
2017-09-08
Improved image extraction algorithm with sources that make use of image sets.
Solved some issues related to theming of external views like share menu and iCloud dialogs.
Solved an issue with a disappearing article viewer toolbar, caused by background app refresh.
1.7.2
2017-09-06
Compatibility improvements.
Solves a problem with articles that contain images that are nested in frames with hardcoded widths.
1.7.1
2017-08-07
• Improved iCloud sync algorithm to handle data conflicts
• Improved support for VoiceOver in all main views
• Added support for Modified date field in JSON feeds
• The refresh button in the Timeline view acts now as a sync button
• Timeline view opens the selected channel in the subscription list
• Updated Readability engine
• Redownloading a feed will now also refresh the feed icon
• Twitter profile images are now rendered with a higher resolution
• Fixes an issue when maximising from split to full screen, with hidden navigation bar
• Compatibility improvements
1.7
2017-07-25
• Integrated authorization module for the Twitter feed engine
• Integrated support for sharing with Instapaper and Pocket
• Long-press menu with 'Mark Above as Read', 'Mark Below as Read' and the new Instapaper and Pocket services.
• Keyboard support for navigation and more
• Extension for Safari and other browsers to add feeds to News Explorer
• Notifications with images
• Adjustable split-view column width
• Option to play YouTube in HD quality
• Option to show imageless items in Timeline
• Built-in support for importing and exporting OPML files
• Removed support for ‘Fast batch sync’.
• The more reliable ‘Instant item change upload’ is now the default.
• Option to automatically hide the articles list in portrait modus on the iPad.
• Toggle toolbar and navigation bar visibility in the article viewer with a two finger tap gesture.
• New configuration menu button in the root view, which replaces the previous 'Edit' button.
• The app settings can now be opened from the configuration menu
• Add feed dialog will now also detect and handle Twitter account names and URLs
• Improved Background App Refresh selection dialog
• Cloud cleaning is now done on a separate operation queue
• And several bug fixes and countless other small improvements
1.6.1
2017-06-26
• JSON feeds are now properly detected during OPML import
• Fixed a bug with feeds containing duplicate items
• Handling speed of 'Mark All as Read' has been improved
• Improved handling of items with equal identifiers belonging to different feeds
• Improved sync of Twitter metadata
• Extended date format support
• Solved a potential bug with unread counting
1.6
2017-05-26
• Added support for the new JSON Feed syndication format.
• Implemented HTTP Conditional GET to minimize network traffic.
• Automatic detection of copied URL's when adding new feeds.
• Improved support for Google RSS feeds.
1.5.1
2017-05-13
• Improved support for YouTube channel URL’s ending with an identifier
• Fixed a duplication issue with legacy YouTube feed data
• Twitter feeds within OPML files are now properly imported
• Enhanced handling of feed icons with problematic sources
• Improved validation when adding Twitter hashtag feeds
• Improved rendering of search results
• "Open next subscription" is now the default for setting "After marking all as read"
• Improved the performance of the Mark All as Read action by only processing subscriptions with unread items
• Improved generation of title and summary for Tweets in Twitter feeds
• Several other bug fixes
1.5
2017-05-03
• Support for Twitter news feeds, including pixel perfect rendered tweets.
• Built-in support for replying, retweeting and liking of tweets in the new Twitter feeds.
• Both Twitter user feeds and hashtag feeds are supported, including optional download of retweets and replies.
• Improved support for YouTube subscription feeds.
• Navigate to the next or previous item by swiping or scrolling.
1.4.5
2017-02-27
• New Theme button with adjustable font settings for the news article viewer.
• Added support for feeds protected by Digest Authentication.
• Implemented new sorting options.
• Improved auto-discovery of feeds within websites.
• Improved the Add feed dialog.
• And many other small tweaks.
1.4.4
2017-01-30
Added support for RSS feeds with HTTP authentication.
Added a long press option for the Reader view button to switch ad-hoc between the built-in Arc90 Readability engine and Mercury Web Parser.
Fixed a problem with page rendering when using Reader view based on Mercury Web Parser.
Improved the Instant sync implementation.
1.4.3
2017-01-09
Improved Reader view based on the Mercury Web Parser.
New setting to choose between the Arc90 Readability and Mercury Web Parser for the Reader view.
Added support for subscribing to websites with RSS Autodiscovery.
New settings to speed up iCloud sync.
And a lot of other small improvements and fixes.