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41 sats \ 4 replies \ @BlokchainB OP 26 May 2025 \ parent \ on: If you were to create an SN native app would you use React Native or Flutter? AskSN

Current API on iOS? That doesn’t make any sense to me.

The problem that you mention (styling articles) is a you-specific problem.

Exactly I am wanting to build a mobile app for myself.

Suppose you write an app that does that. But someone else doesn't want that, they actually want them a different color/font/whatever. Should they now write their own app or fork yours?

Yes exactly. It will be open source free for anyone to copy and fork

The real problem is that mobile browsers have limited options for injecting custom styles compared to desktop (a PWA is a browser window sans the browser UI).

Correct again! Another reason why I want to try to make my own native app.

Plus it will be a tremendous learning experience for me about app development and the process it takes to go from knowing absolutely nothing about development to having an app I put together on the App Store

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72 sats \ 3 replies \ @ek 26 May 2025
Current API on iOS? That doesn’t make any sense to me.

Your app will only be the frontend. Your app will break the moment we change the current backend (API) in an incompatible way.

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100 sats \ 2 replies \ @BlokchainB OP 26 May 2025

Hey I shipped code yesterday!

I haven’t taken the plebdev backend course yet. So my goals may be naive at the moment.

So please don’t crush my dreams yet I am finally getting my momentum back!

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328 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 26 May 2025

Sorry, didn’t mean to crush your dreams, just set you up for less disappointment later on 👀

To compensate, here’s a little setup for success: If I wanted to create an SN app for myself, I would write down the requirements for the first useful version that I would use daily.

For example, only reading posts and comments might be enough. No login, no zaps, no profiles, just loading the feed and being able to click on a post to read it and the comments since that’s what I mostly do.

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB OP 26 May 2025

Thanks! This is my goal as I refine my skills

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