Is News Provider safe?

A simple and easy to use RSS aggregator that deliver news to your smartphone Easily add new feed using shortcut Support RSS XML Support Atom XML Support background sync Simple interface to add and read your news Support dark mode and light mode Accessibility friendly with one hand mode Accessibility friendly on screen reader (tested with TalkBack)

Developer: rh-id
Category: News
Earliest archived version: 03 Sept 2026
License: MIT (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

14 Oct 2026

2.2.0

Release 2.2.0+77 Features: Material You dynamic color: the app now follows the wallpaper colors on Android 12 and newer Mark items as read while scrolling (opt-in setting) Feed categories are parsed and shown as searchable, clickable chips Navigate to the next or previous article from the article…

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25 Sept 2026

2.1.0

Release 2.1.0+76 Features: Themed app icon support: the launcher icon now adapts to the wallpaper on Android 13 and newer Warn when adding a feed that is already subscribed to OPML import now shows how many feeds could not be added Fixes: The New feed dialog keeps its proper width Theme menu…

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14 Sept 2026

2.0.0

Release 2.0.0+75 Features: Search feed items with full-text search via a new dedicated search page supporting query, filter and sort New Simplified Chinese translation Fixes: Trust Let's Encrypt root certificates on old Android devices so https feeds keep working Sort button on the home screen is…

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDm.co.rh.id.a_news_provider

Latest APK SHA-256c6d01ba793b3df1857fe6506987487b3dbbab96da8cd1ddbee49f89227c422f4

Signing certificate95:82:F8:26:80:40:06:1D:E1:6D:6C:3D:43:BC:91:34:67:33:08:ED:C7:1A:A3:78:B4:A7:64:47:BA:EA:C3:22

MIN ANDROID21TARGET37ARCHITECTURE

04 / History

Archive history

4 versions in WIKI archive: earliest 1.15.0 (03 Sept 2026), latest 2.2.0 (14 Oct 2026).

No change in android.permission.* between 2.1.0 and 2.2.0.

05 / Version archive

Documented releases

4 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

2.2.014 Oct 202621+→2.1.025 Sept 202621+→2.0.014 Sept 202621+→1.15.003 Sept 202621+→

06 / Safety & access

Safety verdict

Authentic — file hash matches the source indexNo ads or tracking flagged by the source

IntegritySHA-256 verified vs source

SourceOpen-source · fdroid

Permissions9 declared · 2 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGEWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED android.permission.WAKE_LOCK android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE m.co.rh.id.a_news_provider.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Tracker status: Not assessed by WIKI for Android.

07 / Sources

Evidence ledger

Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.

RepositorySource package page↗Source codeSource repository↗