[General Questions and Answers] GalaxyA325G:
This thread is intended to contain an actionable list of Android Usenet newsreaders & instructions for how to one-tap search & read (and reference) the canonical DejaNews/GoogleSearch automatic web archives for comp.mobile.android newsgroup topics in one tap.

Please add value where you find it lacking.​

Caveat: I'm well aware the general consensus is that all Android Usenet newsreaders suck (why nobody builds a decent free newsreader, I don't know why). Given they all probably stink, what we want to do to help people who don't know that yet, is simply list them, and, if possible, describe HOW they suck. OK? And then let them choose if they want to use them from that. OK?​

First I'm going to start with the easiest method to search & read Android Usenet newsgroup archives (because it's also the most useful and the least contentious in addition to being the simplest - that's why), which is simply to create a one-tap homescreen shortcut to the canonical comp.mobile.android Usenet newsgroup which is automatically archived by DejaNews/GoogleSearch engines.

Caveat: I'm well aware people go ballistic the instant they perceive anyone speaking about "google groups" posters. All those google-groups-haters please realize this is NOT about google groups! It's just a web page. With search. Read only. No posting! (Unless you log in, and I'm not suggesting that!). It also provides universal reference links to threads and to posts. Which means everyone can access them in a single tap from any platform. So if you hate Google Groups posters (and who doesn't), this is NOT the thread to rant on that 'cuz this has NOTHING to do (per se) with posting to Google Groups. OK?​

The easiest way (IMHO) to search within and read the canonical Android Usenet newsgroup is via a web browser one-tap shortcut. You can create that shortcut myriad ways, where most web browsers have a button for that - but this guide is meant to be eminently actionable, so can't assume any particular web browser (I'm using Ungoogled Chromium) so I'll suggest a free app that creates one-tap shortcuts for you.

Website Shortcut, by Deltac Development (free, adfree, gsffree, rated 4.3)

<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.deltacdev.websiteshortcut>

IMPORTANT NOTE: Some people think a "google search" is the same search as what I'm describing here; it's not. I'm describing a specific DejaNews/GoogleSearch site which uses a specific search mechanism of a specific content source - which is completely DIFFERENT from your normal google.com search mechanism.​

The Android tool used to create the one-tap shortcut isn't important - what's important is that DejaNews/GoogleSearch automatic archives cover many (most?) but not all Usenet newsgroups - where all you do is append the newsgroup name to this prefix:

https://groups.google.com/g/

<append the name of the Usenet newsgroup here>

The only group we care about for this thread, is the canonical Android newsgroup, which is:

<https://groups.google.com/g/comp.mobile.android>

But this one-tap search/read shortcut method works for many others (not all though), such as... (in alphabetical order)

<https://groups.google.com/g/alt.comp.freeware>

<https://groups.google.com/g/alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt>

<https://groups.google.com/g/alt.comp.microsoft.windows>

<https://groups.google.com/g/alt.home.repair>

<https://groups.google.com/g/alt.internet.wireless>

<https://groups.google.com/g/alt.usage.english>

<https://groups.google.com/g/comp.editors>

<https://groups.google.com/g/comp.mobile.ipad>

<https://groups.google.com/g/comp.sys.mac.system>

<https://groups.google.com/g/comp.text.pdf>

<https://groups.google.com/g/misc.phone.mobile.iphone>

<https://groups.google.com/g/news.admin.peering>

<https://groups.google.com/g/news.software.nntp>

<https://groups.google.com/g/news.software.readers>

<https://groups.google.com/g/rec.autos.tech>

<https://groups.google.com/g/rec.photo.digital>

<https://groups.google.com/g/uk.telecom.mobile>

etc. (there are thousands so this is just an illustrative snippet)

The reason I cover that canonical web URL first and foremost is, in the end, that may just be the easiest way to do three things in a single tap.

Search

the canonical Android newsgroup archives

Read

the canonical Android newsgroup archives

Reference

a thread or post

in a universal URI

(that everyone can instantly access)

The next post is going to be the Usenet newsreaders available on Android.