What is an RSS Feed Component?

This component allows you to include a live feed in your app. Once the content is downloaded onto the component from your news feed, it remains visible to your users even when they go offline.

How to Use an RSS Feed Component

Why Use an RSS Feed Component?

The RSS feed component is useful for several purposes. For example, you can use it to display tweets from your Twitter account. It also works great for company updates, or if you have a news site or blog with frequent content updates. With an RSS feed component, your users can read your latest updates even after they go offline. 

Options of an RSS Feed Component

When adding an RSS feed component, an example will be shown on the screen. You must then choose from among the three available layouts, then enter the feed URL.

Layout

Select layout

Select from among the three available layouts for the RSS feed

Settings

RSS feed URL

The URL for the RSS feed that will be used with your app

Display titles

Sets how the RSS feed’s article titles will appear on the component

Display descriptions

Sets how the RSS feed’s article descriptions will appear on the component

When a user taps an article

Sets how the component will display article contents when clicked or tapped

Highlight unread entries

Sets how the component will highlight unread entries on the component

Full content overlay size

Sets the size of the full content overlay on the component

Full content overlay animation

Sets the animation that will be used in displaying the full content overlay

Preview animation

Previews the selected Full content overlay animation

How would you like to separate each entry

Sets how entries will be separated from each other on the component

 

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