title: RSS reader with alert
body: <p>There are many examples out there for RSS readers but I am trying to find an example that employs alerts when new items in the rss feed become available.</p>
  
  <p>I've found <a href="http://automateddeveloper.blogspot.com/2010/08/android-rss-reader-tutorial.html" rel="nofollow">this</a> Android open source rss reader which seems like a good base to start with. How could I adapt this rss reader to alert the user when a new item became available. The only way I could think to alert the user is setting a service to grab the rss in the background and them compare the two arrays to see if they match. But this may be more complex than my skills are.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Where can I find an example project of an RSS reader with alerts or how can I adapt an open source Android rss reader to have alerts.</strong></p>