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142 sats \ 7 replies \ @Spartan 25 Jul 2022 \ on: Daily discussion thread
Someone posted about wanting a SN app... As someone deep into teaching myself Swift / SwiftUI I'd love to work on a 3rd party client for iOS. Even though I feel the web client is more than sufficient.
Does this idea violate any SN rules @k00b?
I'm not dense enough to believe I am the best person for this job, but it feels like a great learning opportunity and I would happily open source the project.
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125 sats \ 1 reply \ @cointastical 25 Jul 2022
There's no API (yet).
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120 sats \ 0 replies \ @Spartan 25 Jul 2022
Yeah this alone will prevent me from touching the project, but I am working on other aspects of my project and will integrate this when/if an API becomes available. Can always lop it off into a stand alone app if people want that as well.
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125 sats \ 4 replies \ @sb 25 Jul 2022
I would be happy to use a decent 3rd party client and let @k00b focus on bigger and better things. Although, I would like to see it on Android too :)
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126 sats \ 2 replies \ @pitiunited 25 Jul 2022
How about making a PWA and simply adjusting the the web app so it scales better on mobile? I think that way there's less hustle and no need to build an app for every platform :) Edit: also an issue with Swift is that it requires that the developer uses an Apple computer.
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110 sats \ 1 reply \ @Spartan 25 Jul 2022
I like this idea as well. The only reason I want to build it natively in Swift is for my personal learning experience. However, there is no API as of right now so its not really feasible to build.
With that said, I am working on a personal project to build out a nice dashboard app. When/If an API becomes available, I will add it to the functionality of my app and will break it off if people want something stand alone.
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @pitiunited 25 Jul 2022
I got you :) It's been like four years since I haven't touched Swift, but if you haven't already, be sure to check Alamofire for http networking :)
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @Spartan 25 Jul 2022
I agree, but I personally don't have the skill set to make that happen. Frankly, I am not sure that I have the chops to build it for iOS yet either, but want to leverage it as a learning opportunity. Learning is best done with a project you are passionate about, and this feels like a good focus.
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