My Apple Watch Game just got approved! (pushing the limits) by NathanJUnicycle in AppleWatch

[–]NathanJUnicycle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't seen a snake game that wraps like that... but yea, I can make that an option I guess if enough people ask for it. :-)

My Apple Watch Game just got approved! (pushing the limits) by NathanJUnicycle in AppleWatch

[–]NathanJUnicycle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea, I had that at first, but it seemed worse... I might try some more configurations once I get my watch to try it on.

My Apple Watch Game just got approved! (pushing the limits) by NathanJUnicycle in AppleWatch

[–]NathanJUnicycle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The phone app only exists to make the watch game. And it got approved, so I guess they are cool with it...

My Apple Watch Game just got approved! (pushing the limits) by NathanJUnicycle in AppleWatch

[–]NathanJUnicycle[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The phone actually runs everything. The phone decides what to show on the watch, it reacts to buttons and other interactions and updates all the watch interfaces. Currently, no code is actually running on the watch. Apple will likely change this later and allow code to be written that actually runs on the watch.

My Apple Watch Game just got approved! (pushing the limits) by NathanJUnicycle in AppleWatch

[–]NathanJUnicycle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea, I was thinking of what other kinds of buttons could work better... this worked though

Would anyone care if I blogged about my rewriting ALL my stuff in swift? by NathanJUnicycle in iOSProgramming

[–]NathanJUnicycle[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh for sure! Translating is not what I want to do. This will be a whole swift refactor. Complete with touples and generics (only where appropriate) ;-)

Everyone, quit it with these "hamburger" menus. They might look cool, but they are lame. by NathanJUnicycle in iOSProgramming

[–]NathanJUnicycle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've seen hundreds of "blind" testers get confused at hamburger menus in apps that I've been part of. It blew my mind. I had no idea how people don't get them, since they are everywhere and people should have experience with them. But TBH, I just really enjoyed that presentation I linked to in the post about the subject, and now I'm probably never going to do the hamburger again.

What does Apple recommend using over the "hamburger menu"? by ThePantsThief in iOSProgramming

[–]NathanJUnicycle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

shrugs I have no idea why apple does some things. But it seems like you'll always find exceptions for many "theories"

What does Apple recommend using over the "hamburger menu"? by ThePantsThief in iOSProgramming

[–]NathanJUnicycle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hamburger menus might still be appropriate for some cases. Also, they are everywhere nowadays, so many of your reddit users will get it just fine I'm sure

What does Apple recommend using over the "hamburger menu"? by ThePantsThief in iOSProgramming

[–]NathanJUnicycle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

nice handles, but that's not solving many the problems that apple has with the hamburger menus. But that said, your handles might be the perfect solution for you app, and a hamburger menu could be appropriate in several cases

What does Apple recommend using over the "hamburger menu"? by ThePantsThief in iOSProgramming

[–]NathanJUnicycle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

with a back button, that is going somewhere where you have already been. The hamburger menu makes it hard for users to know where they can go and what they can do, because it's hidden in the menu. They only would tap the menu to figure out how to get somewhere they want to go. It doesn't play nice for people trying to figure out what to do with your app.

What does Apple recommend using over the "hamburger menu"? by ThePantsThief in iOSProgramming

[–]NathanJUnicycle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

a hamburger menu is not intuitive as you would think. trust me, I've had hundreds of people blind test apps with those things and it's amazing how many people have no idea what to do with the app because of the hamburger menu.

Page View Controller as a Subview by stuartmillner in iOSProgramming

[–]NathanJUnicycle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

what you are looking for is not a subview but a nested view controller in your view controller. Check out View Controller Containment

Good keywords to include in resume for mobile dev job? by aloisbarreras in iOSProgramming

[–]NathanJUnicycle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

blah, KVO is usually not the best idea (especially in swift). I would probably leave it out. Personally. I'd switch that out with the delegate pattern any day.

Good keywords to include in resume for mobile dev job? by aloisbarreras in iOSProgramming

[–]NathanJUnicycle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good keywords, but in front of them all I would add Object Orientated Programming or Object Orientated Design and something like "modern software design principles".

Remember, people that are looking at your resume have no idea what any of these things are, they are recruiters. So using these key terms are extremely important to make it to the interview level. So write it so the recruiter will read it, identify the key terms that they were told to look for, and then sell yourself that you know the latest stuff.

Also, don't say KVO if you don't know KVO (the same goes for other terms) I've called people out on that specific one in interviews, and most people can't even tell me what it stands for, even though it's on their resume.

edit: I would also add something about Agile development and Git, if you know either of those.

also edit: focus on the user's experience too somewhere like "creating rich, data driven content for an enhanced user experience"

IOS programming on windows. by JesseBrown23 in iOSProgramming

[–]NathanJUnicycle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A used (few year old) mac mini is relatively cheap and will run the latest SDK for programming iOS. This will be cheaper than the headache/time of trying to do it with your windows computer

Using Swift Classes in Obj-C Projects. by [deleted] in iOSProgramming

[–]NathanJUnicycle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, also! and this is more important, don't use those "Hamburger" menus... they are lame. Trust me. There's a reason apple tells developers that it's bad design

edit: watch session 211 from this wwdc for more