Feedews | iOS Universal News App Template (Swift)

1 Jul 2024
• Fixed app performance issue while image downloading
• Added iOS 17+ support with latest XCode
• Changed old design to new one of whole app + logo + screenshots

7 Jul 2021
• Update the design of Home Categories screen
• Updated version support for Xcode 12.4 and iOS 11.4
• Updated docs as per new software support

20 Aug 2020
• Added new home screen with tab view.
• Added tabs view on listing screen
• Fixed iOS 13.6 new permissions and design patterns

8 May 2020
• Fixed a crash on the news screen as text label was not set properly
• Updated to iOS 13+, Xcode 11+ and Swift 5+ versions.         
• Updated to the latest Back4App server version.

29 September 2017
• Updated to Xcode 9, Swift 4, iOS 11
• Set Swift 3 @objc Inference as Default in Build Settings
• Added a 1125x2436px png image (iPhone X launch image) into Images.xcassets -> LaunchImage image set
• Adjusted some views in the Storyboard, because of iPhone X layout 
• Edited the 'func showBanner()' methods in order to display banner ads properly in iPhone X
• Unchecked the Runtime API Checking | Main Thread Checker in Edit Scheme -> Diagnostics, accordingly to this post: https://stackoverflow.com/a/44392584/3724800

Feedews gets its name from 2 words: feed and news. This is an RSS feed reader to get all news in one place, there are several Categories and you can share articles to social networks and Mail!
This app also works with Parse Push Notifications, you can send pushes to all registered users by using the Parse Push web console on https://back4app.com

Highly customizable, written in Swift, native XCode project, Universal app.
All RSS links are stored into a .plist file and the User Guide included in the package shows how to edit them.

PLEASE NOTE that those RSS links are for DEMO PURPOSES only, you should use your own ones and also may need to grant the Rights to make them visible in your app due to some Copyright Policies of the RSS links owners.

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

I get a Code signing error in Xcode 8.x

That’s a bug of Xcode 8 with macOS Sierra, check this sample video to see how to fix it: https://youtu.be/z2LemT1_LqA

How to remove AdMob banner ads

Check this video out to see how to remove the code that shows AdMob banners: https://youtu.be/e-HQYnta2Jg Keep in mind that you must repeat the shown steps for every .swift file that contains this line on the top:

import GoogleMobileAds

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.

Should I use the latest version of Xcode to edit this template?

Yes, I always update my apps to the latest version of the IDE.

Screenshots

• Xcode 11.4+ project – Swift 4.5+
• Universal – iOS 14.0+
• You can localize (translate) this app into other languages
• AdMob banners
• Push Notifications to all registered devices via Push web console on back4app
• Easily store your RSS links into a .plist file
• Editable Categories
• Share news via Social Networks and Mail
• Mini browser implemented
• Nice User interface
• User Guide included
• Well commented code
• PSD included

• Apple Mac with its latest OS version installed
• The latest version of Xcode and some knowledge about its UI interface
• Photoshop or any other image editor software
• An Apple Developer account to submit apps to the App Store
• An AdMob account to generate your own banner UNIT ID
• A free account on back4app.com