Try Galaxy: A web app to demo Samsung’s OS on an iPhone

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Post by ouked » Wed, May 10, 2023, 11:42 AM UTC

Try Galaxy: A web app to demo Samsung’s OS on an iPhone
trygalaxy.com

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Post by 32gbsd » Wed, May 10, 2023, 12:08 PM UTC

Get rid of the "you are already on Android" message.

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Post by Takennickname » Wed, May 10, 2023, 12:10 PM UTC

Can't try this on Android. Wtf.

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Post by netbioserror » Wed, May 10, 2023, 12:14 PM UTC

Yeah, I'm just chomping at the bit to "experience" a bloated and proprietary half-Android franken-OS, and do it in a browser SPA. Sign me up!

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Post by TazeTSchnitzel » Wed, May 10, 2023, 12:20 PM UTC

This is surprisingly detailed! I didn't expect there to be such nice animations and for there to be an emoji panel in the messaging app.

It's interesting that they're using Safari's “add to Home Screen” feature so they can use fullscreen. I think that might be why that's the only browser which is supported.

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Post by djvu97 » Wed, May 10, 2023, 12:21 PM UTC

How did they make it soooo crisp and native looking???

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Post by AndroTux » Wed, May 10, 2023, 12:22 PM UTC

Wow, they even managed to simulate the choppy animations!

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Post by thatloststudent » Wed, May 10, 2023, 12:23 PM UTC

It would be good to let android users and desktop users (even if only through changing user-agents) to browse the website.

Even if I emulate the user-agent of an iPhone, it needs me to run it from the homescreen.

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Post by vbitz » Wed, May 10, 2023, 12:23 PM UTC

TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #5

This is surprisingly detailed! I didn't expect there to be such nice animations and for there to be an emoji panel in the messaging app. It's interesting that they're using Safari's “add to Home Screen” feature so they can use fullscreen. I think that might be why that's the only browser which is supported.

It works on desktop Chrome if you emulate a iPhone display and user agent.

They're just detecting "add to Home Screen" by looking for window.navigator.standalone which you can manually set using a breakpoint.

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Post by jsheard » Wed, May 10, 2023, 12:31 PM UTC

AndroTux wrote: post #7

Wow, they even managed to simulate the choppy animations!

IME Android phones tend to feel smoother nowadays thanks to 120hz displays becoming widespread even in the midrange. Apple has 120hz on their Pro models but if you drop just one notch down from that $1000+ flagship then you're immediately back at 60hz.