Christian Selig

With Mastodon’s popularity I think it’d be really cool to see someone pull off an all SwiftUI Mastodon client. A timeline with inline media, and a rich media viewer would be the standout things to me.

(This isn’t a snark tweet, I’d really love to see it! Seems like a core app type I haven’t seen yet in SwiftUI.)

Dec 21, 2022 at 2:08pmIvory for iOS
Show threadChristian SeligDec 21, 2022
To get an “A” from me it’d have inline media in the feed (pictures, auto-playing video), and tapping on the media would bring it to a media viewer UI similar to the iOS Photos app (full screen, swipe to close, zoomable, nice transition), and not rely on UIViewRepresentable for the hard parts 😛
Show threadBlake StoddardDec 21, 2022
@christianselig will trade Apollo ipad update for Christian’s Mastodon Client
Show threadPM Me Cats 🐈Dec 21, 2022
@blake @christianselig oh this is tough
Show threadChristian SeligDec 21, 2022
@WeirdoCatLover @blake ain’t gon be me, I’m a SwiftUI noob
Show threadBlake StoddardDec 21, 2022
@christianselig @WeirdoCatLover not with that attitude!
Show threadgh0sti Dec 21, 2022
@christianselig for political reasons that was a joke
Show threadToni GranadosDec 21, 2022
@christianselig I'm trying to build an image viewer package using only SwiftUI. API wise I think it's pretty neat, just wrap the app with a modifier. It's still a WIP, you can see that when dismissing an image, the original image is shown as well, but it's coming along nicely. Hopefully I'll have time to finish it during Christmas break.
Show threadChristian SeligDec 21, 2022
@tngranados that looks awesome! Pinch to zoom too?
Show threadToni GranadosDec 21, 2022
@christianselig That's where I am right now, it sort of works but it interferes with the dismissing gesture. I think I know how to fix it though
Show threadSlade WatkinsDec 21, 2022
@christianselig ... Noted. Perhaps this could be my first foray into Xcode and Swift. Haven't touched either yet!
Show threadChristian SeligDec 21, 2022
@slade good luck! Could be a fun one
Show threadSlade WatkinsDec 21, 2022
@christianselig if I have the chance, let it be known I will send a build your way ;)
Show threadFrancesco BiancoDec 21, 2022
@christianselig it’s very tricky, especially if you use SwiftUI views wrapped into UIKit containers.
I tried many times, but with no luck :/
Show threadChristian SeligDec 22, 2022
@iCesck D:
Show threadakafesterDec 21, 2022
@christianselig not sure if SwiftUI, but toot https://apps.apple.com/app/id1229021451 seems to cover most of your wishes.
Show threadChristian SeligDec 21, 2022
@akafester I’m not saying there’s not iOS Mastodon apps, I’m using a good one already in fact, but looking for SwiftUI ones
Show threadakafesterDec 22, 2022
@christianselig it seems to me (not a developer) that it is a SwiftUI app. Lots of quirky animations.
Show threadChristian SeligDec 22, 2022
@akafester I don’t think so, looks like the app came out before SwiftUI was really a thing
Show threadJake NelsonDec 23, 2022
@christianselig is there an amount of UIKit you'd accept? Most of my apps end up needing a little sprinkle here and there but majority SwiftUI...
Show threadChristian SeligDec 23, 2022
@jknlsn oh yeah some is fine, “needed UIKit for the core foundation of X” not so much
Show threadJohan ForsellDec 21, 2022
@christianselig @JPEGuin what UI framework are you using for Mammoth?
Show threadShihab MehboobDec 21, 2022
@joforselldev @christianselig Swift + UIKit
Show threadBluewallDec 21, 2022
@christianselig Maybe the one by Tapbot ?
Show threadChristian SeligDec 21, 2022
@Bluewall I’d eat my hat if that isn’t UIKit
Show threadBluewallDec 21, 2022
@christianselig ping @paul :D
Show threadChris Wu 🪐Dec 22, 2022
@christianselig @Bluewall no hat eating today. https://tapbots.social/@ivory/109557761593331100
Ivory (@[email protected])

@[email protected] no swiftui 😅 Well maybe just a tiny bit for notifications.

tapbots.social
Show threadBluewallDec 22, 2022
@MuseumShuffle Well, that’s a relief for @christianselig
Show threadChristian SeligDec 22, 2022
@Bluewall @MuseumShuffle dang it I even had a yummy hat picked out
Show threadDaniel BastidasDec 21, 2022
@christianselig I’ve been looking for a SwiftUI project to get me started and I just downloaded Toot! for iOS and had the same thought. Gonna give it a shot 💪🏽💪🏽
Show threadChris Wu 🪐Dec 21, 2022
@christianselig I am about to make your day. Look @dimillian is working on. https://mastodon.social/@dimillian/109550753013383003
Show threadChristian SeligDec 21, 2022
@MuseumShuffle @dimillian Ooo! That’s so exciting. Following! I’d be curious how well it handles inline media and transitioning to the media viewer. Hopefully a TestFlight? 😛
Show threadThomas RicouardDec 21, 2022
@christianselig This is crazy you mention that lol. For now I just show a sheet because I wanted to make something global in my routeur. But I'll revisit it to do something with a ZSTack + shared geometry effect and hopefully it should just works.
Show threadChristian SeligDec 21, 2022
@dimillian Wow that looks great! How does tapping on an image look?
Show threadThomas RicouardDec 21, 2022
@christianselig Like in the video, just open a native sheet with the image full screen. Will later build pinch to zoom etc...
Show threadChristian SeligDec 21, 2022
@dimillian ohhh that is an image it’s just a screenshot, doh, thought you were opening a new screen haha
Show threadAxel Le PennecDec 21, 2022
@dimillian @christianselig or use quicklook so iOS does the hard work for us: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/view/quicklookpreview(_:in:)
Apple Developer Documentation

Show threadThomas RicouardDec 21, 2022
@alpennec @christianselig This is genius, I'll try it right away
Show threadThomas RicouardDec 21, 2022
@alpennec @christianselig It does not seems to actually work with remote URL. It just show me "DATA" even with a URL that have the correct extension.
Show threadAxel Le PennecDec 21, 2022
@dimillian @christianselig yep only local I think. I write my Core Data blob to a temp file stored in the Cache directory and when ready, I present the sheet.
Show threadThomas RicouardDec 22, 2022
@alpennec @christianselig Just did that, basically downloading attachements if you tap on them and then displaying them using quicklook. Will have proper code up and video soon. This is so good!
Show threadThomas RicouardDec 21, 2022
@christianselig @MuseumShuffle And about Testflight, it's too early for now, plus I'm doing it for the open source mostly and for myself. Don't know if I'll ever release it proper. But the good thing is that you can clone it and build it yourself :D
Show threadChris Wu 🪐Dec 21, 2022
@dimillian @christianselig Thomas really appreciate you doing that. Back when I was a beginner and had no idea what I was doing I kept referencing your open source animal crossing app to learn.
Show threadThomas RicouardDec 21, 2022
@MuseumShuffle One of the reason I'll keep doing it :D
Show threadTyler HillsmanDec 21, 2022
@dimillian @MuseumShuffle Another appreciation post here. I was pretty early to SwiftUI, but found your movies app and it taught me a ton about navigation/structure of more complex apps. Thanks for building out in the open!
Show threadAaronDec 21, 2022
@MuseumShuffle @dimillian @christianselig let me jump in and say I too have learned a lot looking at your open source apps as well Thomas. Thank you!
Show threadDaniel KrauszDec 21, 2022
@christianselig @dimillian is already working on one and it's also open source :) https://github.com/Dimillian/IceCubesApp
GitHub - Dimillian/IceCubesApp: A SwiftUI Mastodon client

A SwiftUI Mastodon client. Contribute to Dimillian/IceCubesApp development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHub
Show threadChristian SeligDec 21, 2022
@danielkrausz @dimillian Oooo! Will see if I’m smart enough to understand this later today haha
Show threadKieran McHughDec 21, 2022
@christianselig I was hoping you would do it 😆
Show threadChristian SeligDec 21, 2022
@kieranmch I’m too much of a SwiftUI noob
Show threadMikaela Caron 🦄Dec 21, 2022

@christianselig this app is all SwiftUI!

I haven’t tried it yet though

https://github.com/Dimillian/IceCubesApp

GitHub - Dimillian/IceCubesApp: A SwiftUI Mastodon client

A SwiftUI Mastodon client. Contribute to Dimillian/IceCubesApp development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHub
Show threadChristian SeligDec 21, 2022
@mikaelacaron Ooooo!
Show threadgh0sti Dec 21, 2022
@christianselig @ivory
Show threadChristian SeligDec 21, 2022
@gh0sti @ivory that’s not SwiftUI
Show threadgh0sti Dec 21, 2022
@christianselig @ivory If you squeeze your eyes, it could be.
Show threadDavid BeckDec 21, 2022
@christianselig challenge accepted.
Show threadMiicat_47Dec 21, 2022

@christianselig

Tweet? You mean toot! 🐘🎺

Show threadRam ShandilyaDec 21, 2022
@christianselig make one :P
Show threadChristian SeligDec 21, 2022
@ramshandilya I'm not good enough at SwiftUI to try that haha
Show threadEthanRDoesMCDec 21, 2022
@christianselig absolutely zero promises
Show threadEthanRDoesMCDec 21, 2022
@christianselig oh great it would appear that mastodon mobile is horrible at uploading video