Steve StrezaMay 24, 2023
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
Show threadsavaran
@stevestreza admittedly I’m still excited to make things for all of this, especially my watch, as soon as they ship the dev environment for it ;) (😭 no really, when is Xcode going to be improved for watch development!)
May 24, 2023 at 5:07pmWeb
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. I’d still love to revisit them someday, I think at least SwiftUI support would likely improve it some. But I’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.