News Wallah: Version History

Version 2.0:

India-Live is now News Wallah!

For Android 4.0 and above:

• Custom feeds: Users can add their own feeds to News Wallah. Share an RSS feed link from the browser or add manually via the menu 
• Improved storage and caching mechanism: Will result in faster loading times and much more efficient use of run-time memory 
• Added Seventeen new news sources to the collection (Cricinfo, Calcutta Telegraph, NDTV, Rediff, CNN-IBN, India Today, New York Times, CNN, Reuters, USA Today, Wired, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Guardian, Time, San Francisco Chronicle) 
• Option to just sync main sections 
• Minor bug fixes: Notably reduced memory footprint, faster processing of data and increased responsiveness 
• Minor User Interface changes 
• Offline Reading: Synchronize news sources for later reading or for times without network connection. 
• Scheduling Options: Wide range of scheduling options for syncing. Ability to restrict it to just Wi-Fi 
• Improved background processing 
• Caching mechanism:News Wallah caches a visited page for even faster loading and reduced data usage. 

Two new permissions needed:

1. System Tools(Prevent phone from sleeping): This is to help with syncing. Android conserves power by putting the phone into a low powered state during idle time. This will lead to components of the phone(processor, network or wi-fi radios etc.,) working in much lesser capacities. Having this permission enables an app to request normal usage of system so it can finish its tasks. Once tasks are completed, apps signal they are done and the system resumes low powered state. 
2. System Tools(Run at startup) : Apps that depend on scheduled operations(in case of News Wallah, syncing at specific/specified times) register their schedules with Android which in turn sends an alert to the app at the specific time. This means the app doesn't need to run all the time and can be started only for the specified time window. But the list of registrations gets reset during a reboot. Having this permission will let News Wallah know that the phone has rebooted and News Wallah can reschedule syncing. 

Version 1.5:

For Android 4.0 and above:

• Tweaked settings screen 

For All Versions:

• Added First Post 

Version 1.5:
For Android 4.0 and above:

• Complete rewrite of the app using 4.0+ methods enabling India-Live to be faster, more efficient, have smoother animations and other features 
• Added Settings option, now you can customise the list of newspapers 

For Gingerbread:
>>The features will be backported soon :-)