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by ChrisMarshallNY 1734 days ago
I’ve released over 20 apps on the App Store, since 2012, but none have taken off. TBPH, I haven’t really tried. My free Bluetooth sniffer apps seem to be fairly popular, but I am not really in a hurry to start making a ton of money. I don’t really need it, and I mostly release stuff to stay in practice. I think I’m down to only three or four apps, now: https://littlegreenviper.com/AppDocs/

I also have a bunch of OSS SPM modules: https://riftvalleysoftware.com/work/open-source-projects/

This one is fun: https://riftvalleysoftware.com/work/open-source-projects/#RV...
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neo_cs193p 1734 days ago
The spinning picker view is a very cool idea indeed. It looks like the kind of thing Apple could end up "sherlocking" :)
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ChrisMarshallNY 1734 days ago
You would think so, but I keep not using it in my projects.

It's a very "in your face" UI element. It's the star of the show, and I have a personal philosophy that UI should remain in the background, as much as possible.

This is why waitstaff at restaurants often wear black uniforms.

The checkbox widget[0] has actually been far more useful to me. I use that all over the place (In its SFSymbols form, so it looks like a Mac checkbox). I'm not a fan of Apple's UISwitch widget.

I will, eventually, do SwiftUI versions of these widgets, but I'm not in a hurry.

[0] https://github.com/RiftValleySoftware/RVS_Checkbox

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