Earlier quoted context omitted.
iOS is iPhone only. iPads are running iPadOS
Hmmm, never even knew that. Thought iOS covered both iphone and ipad.
It used to be like that until 2019 when iPadOS was introduced.
Show HN: I made an iOS HN app to navigate large threads without getting lost
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Re: Show HN: I made an iOS HN app to navigate large threads without getting lost
#22Neat! A few things I feel you should be able to tap a comment to expand, rather than just swipe. Also it’d be neat if you just kept the new scroll position when expanding rather than scrolling back The orange flashes when navigating back are distracting. Just use the default system behaviour here (grey) If you tap the active tab (both in the heading and tab bar), it should scroll to the top
> I feel you should be able to tap a comment to expand, rather than just swipe
One frustration that I had with existing apps is collapsing a subtree by accident when tapping the upvote button. I feel like it would be even more frustrating with how my app works, it'd just expand/collapse if you miss the hitbox.
> Also it’d be neat if you just kept the new scroll position when expanding rather than scrolling back
The issue with that is that if you expand a subtree, scroll way way down and then collapse, your scroll position will be so far away from the initial node that you'd get lost.
> The orange flashes when navigating back are distracting. Just use the default system behaviour here (grey)
I'll add an ability yo choose the color in the Settings.
> If you tap the active tab (both in the heading and tab bar), it should scroll to the top
Nice idea, I'll add that.
Re: Show HN: I made an iOS HN app to navigate large threads without getting lost
#23Overall, nice. But it immediately hits a pet peeve of mine: requiring an in-app purchase to enable native features built into my device’s OS. In this case, $6 US for dark mode.
apple has a rule against charging for platform-default available features
Re: Show HN: I made an iOS HN app to navigate large threads without getting lost
#24Overall, nice. But it immediately hits a pet peeve of mine: requiring an in-app purchase to enable native features built into my device’s OS. In this case, $6 US for dark mode.
I'll think about a better approach of monetizing the app. I always struggle when trying to choose what should be behind an in-app purchase. In this case I just picked the least restrictive option of what the popular competitor apps do (you can still use the dark mode, but it gets switched back when the session ends). Judging from the feedback on these apps I assumed that people are fine with it.
I think you made a good call. The counter-suggestion is “make a donate option” which generally is ignored by most and I doubt will pay you for your time. At $6 for dark mode, this is essentially a donate option anyway. People like free stuff.
Re: Show HN: I made an iOS HN app to navigate large threads without getting lost
#25Why can’t a user reply in any of these HN apps?
You can in this one you just need the full paid version.
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#27Very nice, this is definitely the best UX for reading comments. Just one question. Is there no way to implement account log-in that integrates well with keychain? Thanks for the nice app!
There isn’t - they’d need access to the news.yc domain to implement that. Otherwise any app could suggest you auto fill your bank login if domain linking weren’t implemented!
Re: Show HN: I made an iOS HN app to navigate large threads without getting lost
#28The fact that this isn't grubby subscription pricing immediately puts this app on my radar as something worth buying. I was steeling myself to write it off as soon as I saw the "in-app purchases" section.
I'll agree that charging $6 for dark mode does come off as nickel-and-diming. Honestly, I'd have avoided a free version and just made the basic price at least $6, one-time, with options for larger donations to the dev if you really like it.
Re: Show HN: I made an iOS HN app to navigate large threads without getting lost
#29This is such a wonderful way to browse comment threads, I absolutely despise the “standard” way of just collapsing things and that’s it…this makes so much more sense and is a game changer for browsing this site. Well done! One of the easiest $8 to support a fellow solo dev I’ve ever spent.
Re: Show HN: I made an iOS HN app to navigate large threads without getting lost
#30Very nice, this is definitely the best UX for reading comments. Just one question. Is there no way to implement account log-in that integrates well with keychain? Thanks for the nice app!
Thanks! Under the "Sign In" button you can tap "Alternative method", it opens a webview and you can auto-fill you credentials from the keychain. It's a few more taps, because you have to choose from the list of saved credentials, but otherwise that would be a security risk, Apple wouldn't allow that.