Marzipan: Porting iOS Apps to the Mac

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Post by vchernobyl » Fri, Sep 21, 2018, 8:33 AM UTC

Marzipan: Porting iOS Apps to the Mac
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Re: Marzipan: Porting iOS Apps to the Mac

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Post by rwc » Mon, Sep 24, 2018, 3:02 PM UTC

This direction gives me huge hope we'll soon see mouse support for iPad. It's the greatest handicap to doing productive work, particularly text editing.

Re: Marzipan: Porting iOS Apps to the Mac

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Post by aogl » Mon, Sep 24, 2018, 3:05 PM UTC

Does this mean that all Apple devices will soon be able to utilise the same input devices? Such as Mice, Keyboards, etc?

Re: Marzipan: Porting iOS Apps to the Mac

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Post by haolez » Mon, Sep 24, 2018, 3:05 PM UTC

rwc wrote: post #2

This direction gives me huge hope we'll soon see mouse support for iPad. It's the greatest handicap to doing productive work, particularly text editing.

If this happens, I might try using only an iPad as my development machine. All I need are some cloud machines with Docker, SSH and maybe Cloud9/Che in some cases (and a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, of course).

Re: Marzipan: Porting iOS Apps to the Mac

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Post by jclardy » Mon, Sep 24, 2018, 3:11 PM UTC

rwc wrote: post #2

This direction gives me huge hope we'll soon see mouse support for iPad. It's the greatest handicap to doing productive work, particularly text editing.

This plus the rumor of USB-C replacing lightning on the iPad - there is supposedly much more external display support in the next iOS beta.

External screens as an extension don't really work without some kind of cursor - iOS already supports mirroring the display so this is likely something new.

Re: Marzipan: Porting iOS Apps to the Mac

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Post by jmisavage » Mon, Sep 24, 2018, 3:12 PM UTC

rwc wrote: post #2

This direction gives me huge hope we'll soon see mouse support for iPad. It's the greatest handicap to doing productive work, particularly text editing.

I think we're very close. You can already tap and hold on the spacebar in iOS 12 and it turns into a trackpad like control for moving the cursor in textfields.

Re: Marzipan: Porting iOS Apps to the Mac

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Post by rwc » Mon, Sep 24, 2018, 3:18 PM UTC

jmisavage wrote: post #6

rwc wrote: post #2

This direction gives me huge hope we'll soon see mouse support for iPad. It's the greatest handicap to doing productive work, particularly text editing.

I think we're very close. You can already tap and hold on the spacebar in iOS 12 and it turns into a trackpad like control for moving the cursor in textfields.

This has been present since iOS 10, and on iPhones with force touch you can force touch the keyboard anywhere and it'll turn into a trackpad.

Re: Marzipan: Porting iOS Apps to the Mac

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Post by alfredmuffin » Mon, Sep 24, 2018, 3:18 PM UTC

jmisavage wrote: post #6

rwc wrote: post #2

This direction gives me huge hope we'll soon see mouse support for iPad. It's the greatest handicap to doing productive work, particularly text editing.

I think we're very close. You can already tap and hold on the spacebar in iOS 12 and it turns into a trackpad like control for moving the cursor in textfields.

You can do this on iPads with 2-fingers.

Re: Marzipan: Porting iOS Apps to the Mac

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Post by twsted » Mon, Sep 24, 2018, 3:20 PM UTC

aogl wrote: post #3

Does this mean that all Apple devices will soon be able to utilise the same input devices? Such as Mice, Keyboards, etc?

No, it does not mean that.

Re: Marzipan: Porting iOS Apps to the Mac

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Post by bunderbunder » Mon, Sep 24, 2018, 3:33 PM UTC

rwc wrote: post #2

This direction gives me huge hope we'll soon see mouse support for iPad. It's the greatest handicap to doing productive work, particularly text editing.

Is full-on mouse support required, or do you really just need an easier way to reposition the cursor and making selections?

If it's the latter, I wouldn't be at all surprised to see Apple come up with something that only solves the latter.