Neat! Any idea if it'd be possible to make this work with macOS as well? I don't think Macs have NFC, but they do sync things like Do Not Disturb states between iOS and macOS.
Show HN: I made a app that uses NFC as a physical switch to block distractions
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#12I was intrigued by brick, now this, and can't use either. is there seriously no android app like these? :(
Yeah I think the reason is the family activity on iOS is so easy to build around. I'm really sorry I don't own an android phone or have time to port it :(
...on the other hand, it's open source so everybody can port this themselves!
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#13Neat! Any idea if it'd be possible to make this work with macOS as well? I don't think Macs have NFC, but they do sync things like Do Not Disturb states between iOS and macOS.
I can look into it, I tried to find a way to trigger Focus modes on iOS a profile being active and it seems they only allow you to read the state and no write or update it
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#14Neat implementation! Big fan of integrating more NFC into apps. There's something satisfying and reassuring about the physicality of it all.
I'll add a vote to whoever has the time to port it over to android =)
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#15I'm finding that scanning NFC tags is pretty slow with iPhone. There's this automatic flow that's pretty cumbersome and slows me down. Then when it fails there's some annoying animation. This is with the Yubikey authenticator app.
Are you finding anything similar? Is it not annoying to be scanning these all the time?
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#16Neat! Any idea if it'd be possible to make this work with macOS as well? I don't think Macs have NFC, but they do sync things like Do Not Disturb states between iOS and macOS.
I can look into it, I tried to find a way to trigger Focus modes on iOS a profile being active and it seems they only allow you to read the state and no write or update it
I might be misreading what you are asking, but I just went into Shortcuts app and tried creating a new one, and there are both “Get Current Focus” and “Set Focus” actions.
Is this what you were looking for? “Set Focus” allows setting any focus mode (including custom ones, you can see one in my screenshot) on/off. And if you choose “on”, there is an additional conditional afterwards (until manually turned off/until time/until leaving location/until a calendar event ends).
Here is a screenshot of how it looks (https://ibb.co/R6gdRq4).
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#17It would be nice to see a demo of the app working in the real world with an nfc tag, not just an app recording.
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#18By the way, you can trigger iOS shortcuts with NFC tags, so in principle you can trigger any functionality exposed as a Shortcut action. However, NFC recognition doesn’t always work as smoothly as one would hope.
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#19It would be nice to see a demo of the app working in the real world with an nfc tag, not just an app recording.
Yeah, I have no idea how these tags are actually being used, let alone why they could be useful.
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#20Why isn't the app available in the Netherlands?