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Shai Almog1d ago • 4 min read
JavaScript Find in Page: DOM Text Above the Codename One Canvas
The Codename One JavaScript port now renders visible text into a targeted DOM layer, making it searc...
#java#mobile#android#ios
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Deland17h ago • 5 min read
iOS Safari can't decode your .mov, and the reason is 2 bytes deep in the container
Our tool transcribes audio in the browser — Whisper running locally via transformers.js, no upload.....
#javascript#webdev#ios#webperf
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tiezhu4d ago • 4 min read
Grounded iOS-to-Web Harness: Evidence-Driven App Migration with Behavioral and Visual Verification
Turning an iOS app into a React web app is no longer the hard part. Modern coding agents can generat...
#opensource#ios#testing
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Siddhant Panhalkar6d ago • 3 min read
I inspected my KMP iOS export header 61% of it was dead weight. Here’s what I found and built
If you are building an iOS app with Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) or Compose Multiplatform, you might.....
#kmp#kotlin#ios#mobile
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Dominique Siacci4d ago • 3 min read
Every rejection becomes a check
Every app we ship gets reviewed by someone else's QA. Two someones, actually — Apple and Google —...
#mobile#ios#android#architecture
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Shrey Mittal3d ago • 4 min read
What is an AI Agent Phone?
An AI agent phone is a real, or cloud-hosted, smartphone that an LLM-powered agent can operate on it...
#ai#mobile#android#ios
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Alexandre Vazquez5d ago • 3 min read
Why I Built an Investment Tracker That Doesn't Connect to Your Broker
Every investment tracking app I tried wanted the same thing: my brokerage credentials. Plaid...
#showdev#ios#swift#privacy
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Shai Almog3d ago • 11 min read
SQLite Across Every Port: One Contract, One Encrypted File Format
Codename One now runs the same tested SQLite contract across Android, iOS, JavaScript, Windows, Linu...
#java#mobile#android#ios
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Rana Ahmed5d ago • 1 min read
I built a routing CLI so AI agents don't skip Room migrations, coroutine ownership, and lifecycle boundaries
Coding agents handle "add a field, show it on screen" fine. They consistently miss the Android...
#productivity#android#ios#ai
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Naveen Kumar6d ago • 5 min read
What I Learned After Reading Apple's App Store Review Guidelines
Publishing an app isn't just about writing code—it's about building an experience that is secure,...
#ios#learning#mobile#softwaredevelopment
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Amol Srivastava5d ago • 3 min read
Building Home Screen Widgets Without a Backend: A WidgetKit Field Guide
WidgetKit is one of the more deceptively simple frameworks Apple ships. The sample code makes it loo...
#swift#ios#widgetkit#programmingcomma
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Marcus KimAug 24, 2026 • 7 min read
I Built NameSnap With Codex: Five Lessons About AI-Generated App Design
I built an app as an experiment with Codex's design capabilities. The app is called NameSnap Picker...
#ai#ios#ux#programming
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Shai Almog2d ago • 4 min read
Watch Apps: One Codebase, Two Real Applications
Codename One now builds Apple Watch companions and standalone Wear OS products from one watch entry ...
#java#mobile#android#ios
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Tal Kravarusic4d ago • 3 min read
I Built a Way for AI Agents to Reach Your iPhone Home Screen
Most AI assistants still live inside chat windows. They can research, summarize, monitor systems,.....
#ai#ios#mcp#buildinpublic
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Othmane El MarikyAug 24, 2026 • 2 min read
Designing a spacetime overlap index
A memory in our system is a small record: latitude, longitude, a timestamp, a radius, and a time...
#architecture#ios#privacy#startup
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Ion Samoil16h ago • 8 min read
How Hybrid Frameworks Handle Background Location: From Flutter/Ionic to Native iOS and Android
Background Location in Hybrid Apps: Going Native on iOS Hybrid frameworks such as Ionic, Flutter,.....
#android#architecture#ios#mobile
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saimskywalker4d ago • 6 min read
Flutter: Making a vendor's closed-source binary SDK optional at build time
You have an app to ship, and it depends on a vendor's SDK. The vendor sends you a .xcframework for.....
#flutter#ios#android#dart
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Christopher Duran2d ago • 3 min read
React Native: Notch Detection Solution 2026
React Native doesn't have a direct way to reliably know whether a device has a notch, dynamic island...
#reactnative#ios#android#frontend
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Amol Srivastava4d ago • 2 min read
StoreKit 2 for Solo Developers: Subscription Patterns That Don't Need a Backend
Apple's StoreKit 2 examples tend to be written for teams that have a backend to validate receipts...
#swift#ios#storekit#indiedev
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Conrad Kac3d ago • 3 min read
I Built the Newborn Guide I Needed at 3 A.M.: Product Lessons From a New-Dad iOS App
I became a father with no baby-care experience and the usual problem: there was plenty of trustworth...
#ios#productivity#mobile#uxdesign
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Amol Srivastava3d ago • 2 min read
iCloud Key-Value Store vs CloudKit: A Decision Guide for Solo iOS Developers
Every local-first iOS app eventually hits the same question: the user has the app on their phone and...
#swift#ios#cloudkit
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Behzod Halil3d ago • 7 min read
Shipping OneSignal push in a Kotlin Multiplatform app
Originally published on getstockplus.app. Most of a push-notification implementation has nothing to...
#kotlin#kotlinmultiplatform#android#ios
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Jackson2d ago • 4 min read
The most common reasons Apple rejects your app
Getting a rejection email from App Review feels personal. It usually isn't. Apple runs the same...
#ios#appstore#mobiledev#githubactions
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Jackson4d ago • 1 min read
I hosted the no-Mac iOS pipeline, $99 once
A bit ago I wrote about the GitHub Actions setup I built to ship Citolex to the App Store without...
#ios#githubactions#mobile
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