Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
While I use Stack Exchange (primarily Stack Overflow), I'm not heavily active so don't really need the ability to interact with the full site on mobile.
I am a big fan of the "hot network questions" section/feature though - I find it a great way to learn interesting tidbits across a range of subjects.
Until recently this was very easy to do via mobile because the official(ly unsupported) app included a widget that meant I could quickly zip through the titles of hot network questions to find ones that sounded interesting - this was particularly useful when I had small periods of downtime like waiting for a train/bus, water to boil, etc
While the official app hasn't been supported for years, this functionality has worked fine until I want to say this year when hot network questions wouldn't load for a series of weeks, and has now deteriorated to the point that the app just completely crashes when trying to open it.
Describe the solution you'd like
It would be awesome if this app had a view (maybe a third tab at the bottom?) that showed a list of the hot network questions, and ideally a widget as well akin to the original - specifically, showing the icon representing the site, the question title, and a refresh button to be able to cycle through questions.
Describe alternatives you've considered
Accessing the list though my browser - there's just something about that feels ineffective. I think probably because I have to manage a set of tabs, and there's an element of it requiring more active initial engagement compared to just casually looking at my main screen and seeing the title of a question that sounds interesting.
Creating my own little app for just this widget - I have worked on android apps before, but my skillset lies more in web applications and infrastructure rather than native apps 😅
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. While I use Stack Exchange (primarily Stack Overflow), I'm not heavily active so don't really need the ability to interact with the full site on mobile.
I am a big fan of the "hot network questions" section/feature though - I find it a great way to learn interesting tidbits across a range of subjects.
Until recently this was very easy to do via mobile because the official(ly unsupported) app included a widget that meant I could quickly zip through the titles of hot network questions to find ones that sounded interesting - this was particularly useful when I had small periods of downtime like waiting for a train/bus, water to boil, etc
While the official app hasn't been supported for years, this functionality has worked fine until I want to say this year when hot network questions wouldn't load for a series of weeks, and has now deteriorated to the point that the app just completely crashes when trying to open it.
Describe the solution you'd like It would be awesome if this app had a view (maybe a third tab at the bottom?) that showed a list of the hot network questions, and ideally a widget as well akin to the original - specifically, showing the icon representing the site, the question title, and a refresh button to be able to cycle through questions.
My understanding is that this is the API endpoint that can be used to retrieve the hot network questions: https://stackexchange.com/hot-questions-json
Describe alternatives you've considered Accessing the list though my browser - there's just something about that feels ineffective. I think probably because I have to manage a set of tabs, and there's an element of it requiring more active initial engagement compared to just casually looking at my main screen and seeing the title of a question that sounds interesting.
Creating my own little app for just this widget - I have worked on android apps before, but my skillset lies more in web applications and infrastructure rather than native apps 😅
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