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Diary of a Diary – Building My First iOS App

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Post by andyv88 » Mon, May 11, 2015, 11:43 PM UTC

Diary of a Diary – Building My First iOS App
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Post by zarify » Tue, May 12, 2015, 7:06 AM UTC

Loved this. Some really interesting design ideas there - I quite liked the icon-driven one with the week's worth of timelines. Since I don't lead a very busy life (at least with regards to events) I think something like that would work quite well for me, but I get how it would turn into a nightmare quickly for people with busy schedules.

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Post by andyv88 » Tue, May 12, 2015, 7:14 AM UTC

zarify wrote: post #2

Loved this. Some really interesting design ideas there - I quite liked the icon-driven one with the week's worth of timelines. Since I don't lead a very busy life (at least with regards to events) I think something like that would work quite well for me, but I get how it would turn into a nightmare quickly for people with busy schedules.

Thanks! Looking at implementing something similar as a week view for the app.

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Post by atmosx » Tue, May 12, 2015, 7:25 AM UTC

The problem with all these apps is that you have to feed the data, which is not optimal in a mobile phone using the keyboard. So most of the times it's an overkill (loosing 5 minutes everytime you need to set up a reminder)...

I use these tools either as a small addition to my notebook, but everytime I tried to use them exclusively, I got burned.

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Post by andy_ppp » Tue, May 12, 2015, 8:53 AM UTC

This is very good! I have a similar but tangential idea that I need to get built - good to see such a successful concept and execution.

The running icon looks really weird though!

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Post by andyv88 » Tue, May 12, 2015, 9:14 AM UTC

andy_ppp wrote: post #5

This is very good! I have a similar but tangential idea that I need to get built - good to see such a successful concept and execution. The running icon looks really weird though!

It does look a bit weird doesn't it!

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Post by kadder » Tue, May 12, 2015, 9:47 AM UTC

nice app, did you use any UI libraries that you found useful while building the app , esp for the flat UI and calendar ?

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Post by andyv88 » Tue, May 12, 2015, 10:14 AM UTC

kadder wrote: post #7

nice app, did you use any UI libraries that you found useful while building the app , esp for the flat UI and calendar ?

Hi kadder,

No I didn't, except for the Twitter-designed emoji and a few icons from an icon pack I purchased. I looked at many libraries for the month view but I ended up just making it myself so I could control exactly how it looked and felt.

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Post by danchristian » Tue, May 12, 2015, 11:19 AM UTC

This was an interesting read, thank you. Did you do much research around the pricing and if so what prompted the final choice?

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Post by andyv88 » Tue, May 12, 2015, 12:15 PM UTC

danchristian wrote: post #9

This was an interesting read, thank you. Did you do much research around the pricing and if so what prompted the final choice?

Hi Dan,

I didn't do too much research to be honest. As a beginner, in-app purchasing looked a bit daunting, so I decided to start simple with an up-front cost. I chose the Tier 2 price so I can run promos to the Tier 1 ($0.99) price from time to time.

Down the track I might look at making it free with in-app purchase or something though.