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5 years agoCatalyst: why not?
Just a curiosity, why not to develop a Catalyst app for macOS users using code from iOS app? I’m not a developer so I might be wrong, but UI and UX would be a lot more like a native macOS app and res...
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5 years agoI might be mistaken, but doesn't Catalyst provide APIs for keyboard shortcuts and NSMenuItems? And you can totally do launchd/helper apps/processes with Catalyst apps as well, in much the same way that presumably you are having to with the current Electron solution. Of course, Catalyst would not be a slam-dunk one-click port, but Electron isn't a one-click-cross-platform solution, either, as you have surely discovered- and at least with Catalyst you'd be able to benefit on MacOS from all of the spit and polish that you'll presumably be putting into the iOS app (as opposed to having to try and play "Platform UI Edge Case Whack-a-Mole" in Electron).
And hey, I also wanted to say thank you for listening to all of our feedback and engaging so seriously with the community. Nobody likes to hear their work get critiqued (putting it mildly), and that's doubly true when it's still a work-in-progress. Putting it out here for us all to look at and respond to was really brave.