Steve Streza
Apple devs in 2010: Wow I can't wait to make apps for the upcoming Apple tablet
2014: We're shutting down our iPad app and will just make our iPhone app big
2015: Wow I can't wait to make apps for the upcoming Apple wearable
2018: We're shutting down our Apple Watch app
2023: Wow I can't wait to make apps for the upcoming Apple mixed reality headset
May 24, 2023 at 6:30amWeb
Show threadChris WilliamsMay 24, 2023
@stevestreza iPhone sized apps on iPads should be criminal.
Show threadPhil AmourMay 24, 2023
@cwilliams25 @stevestreza Most iPad apps died shortly after Apple killed theirs with iOS 7 šŸ™
Show threadMike BeasleyMay 24, 2023
@stevestreza you skipped over TV apps entirely
Show threadSteve StrezaMay 24, 2023
@MikeBeas so did everyone!
Show threadNick LockwoodMay 24, 2023
@stevestreza @MikeBeas ba-dum *tish*
Show threadSteveMay 24, 2023
@stevestreza @MikeBeas oh snap
Show threadArcticulateMay 24, 2023
@stevestreza @MikeBeas Itā€™s fun to make Apple TV (tvOS-native) apps, in my view. Definitely an underrated platform (speaking as a SwiftUI hobbyist ā€” and an ATV ā‰ˆdaily user for almost a decade). The problems Iā€™ve faced are the messages in Xcode saying something like ā€this feature is not available in tvOSā€ or similar, so youā€™ll inevitably see conditional platform checks for iOS/iPadOS and tvOS, or a bunch of tedious refactorisations.
Show threadNate BarhamMay 24, 2023

@stevestreza You forgot

2008: I canā€™t wait to make apps for the iPhone!

2020: We are shutting down our (actual) iPhone app and replacing it with an Electron-based app-like slurry that mostly works (horribly) on all major platforms!

Show threadHelge HeƟMay 24, 2023
@NateBarham @stevestreza Electron is a macOS thing though šŸ˜¬ React or PhoneGap I think.
But the premise is right and currently flutterā€˜ing
Show threadNate BarhamMay 24, 2023
@helge @stevestreza Good correction.
Yes. That is what I meant, but unfortunately, not what I said. šŸ¤¦ā€ā™‚ļø
Show threadsavaranMay 24, 2023
@stevestreza admittedly Iā€™m still excited to make things for all of this, especially my watch, as soon as they ship the dev environment for it ;) (šŸ˜­ no really, when is Xcode going to be improved for watch development!)
Show threadSteve StrezaMay 24, 2023
@savaran Yeah it's been years since I tried Watch dev but I remember it being... pretty poor.
Show threadsavaranMay 24, 2023
@stevestreza I was ridiculously excited when the S0 came out to get to work on ideas, and was unable to do anything of them within the framework provided, so shrugged and moved on. Iā€™d still love to revisit them someday, I think at least SwiftUI support would likely improve it some. But Iā€™ve heard nothing but pain from people trying to get things done in that environment, so who has the time
Show threadGreg TitusMay 24, 2023
@savaran @stevestreza It's apparently hugely better with SwiftUI and more recent watches! Not doing it myself, but people on my team. The latest watches have crazy amounts of RAM and speed compared to early series and the Xcode integration is much less flaky than it used to be.
Show threadRich SiegelMay 29, 2023
@stevestreza the math seems to check out