Hacker News with Generative AI: Mobile Development

PuppyGit: Git Client for Android (github.com/catpuppyapp)
PuppyGit is A Git Client for Android, Open Source and No Ads and Free to use
Xogot – Godot for iPad (xogot.com)
Introducing Xogot
WebGPU to Officially Ship on iOS in December (twitter.com)
FlutterFlash - Ship your next Flutter app, at lightning speed (flutterfla.sh)
The Flutter boilerplate with all you need to build your next App. From idea to production in 5 minutes.
WebGPU enabled by default in iOS 18.2 beta (twitter.com)
Show HN: A minimal iPhone widget for people who love saving links (eyeball.wtf)
is a delightful iphone widget for people who love sharing links.
Using the Strangler Fig with Mobile Apps (martinfowler.com)
Incremental replacement of a legacy mobile application is a challenging concept to articulate and execute. However, we believe by making the investment in the pre-requisites of legacy modernization, it is posible to yield benefits in the long term. This article explores the Strangler Fig pattern and how it can be applied to mobile applications. We chart the journey of an enterprise who refused to accept the high cost and risk associated with a full rewrite of their mobile application.
Running Julia Code on Android with Flutter and Rust and SyslabCC (Julia AOT) (github.com/thautwarm)
Running Julia Code on Android with Flutter (UI) & Rust (Build System) & SyslabCC (Julia AOT Compiler)
An incremental approach to modernizing legacy mobile application: Strangler Fig (martinfowler.com)
Incremental replacement of a legacy mobile application is a challenging concept to articulate and execute. However, we believe by making the investment in the pre-requisites of legacy modernization, it is posible to yield benefits in the long term. This article explores the Strangler Fig pattern and how it can be applied to mobile applications. We chart the journey of an enterprise who refused to accept the high cost and risk associated with a full rewrite of their mobile application.
We're forking Flutter (flutterfoundation.dev)
Over the years, Flutter has attracted millions of developers who built user interfaces across every platform.
New Architecture is here (reactnative.dev)
React Native 0.76 with the New Architecture by default is now available on npm!
Godot for App Development (bearblog.dev)
Godot has some serious untapped potential when it comes to creating GUI applications for desktop and mobile. I've been saying this ever since Godot 4 came out, but now after releasing GodotOS, I feel like I finally know enough about Godot to talk about it. So let's talk about it!
Launch HN: GPT Driver (YC S21) – End-to-end app testing in natural language (ycombinator.com)
Hey HN, we are Chris and Chris from MobileBoost (https://mobileboost.io/). We’re building GPT Driver, an AI-native approach to create and execute end-to-end (E2E) tests on mobile applications.
Developers Now Required to Share Phone Number and Address on EU App Store (macrumors.com)
Apple today reminded developers that the EU trader requirement in the European Union is now being enforced.
Ask HN: Is it possible to ditch Google Play as a solo mobile app dev? (ycombinator.com)
A Checklist of Issues for Progressive Web Apps and How to Fix Them (heltweg.org)
This post is a collection of pitfalls I ran into developing progressive web apps or PWAs (such as WeightBook) without testing on actual devices, especially iPhones. Looking at your app in the browser dev tools or an Android test device can only take you so far. If you are interested in hosting your PWA using nginx and kubernetes / docker, also have a look at Build a progressive web app in docker with nginx to deploy to kubernetes or docker swarm.
Writing an animated 3-star popup with .NET MAUI and Lottie (2022) (medium.com)
On different gamified apps and games we can see the typical 3-star system that indicates how well a user did an action, pass a level, etc, in this case I wanted to do something like that on .Net MAUI.
Ask HN: What's your experience with building mobile apps using PWA? (ycombinator.com)
At my service company, for one of the clients - who wants a small mobile app in a very short time, we've decided to go with PWA(Progressive Web App) for bunch of different reasons like: ease of development, ease of distribution, etc.
Show HN: CodeAir – Control VS Code from Your Phone (codeair.app)
Seamlessly transfer code, images, and files between your devices and VS Code. Control VS Code instances running on your desktop, right from your phone using both text and voice. With AI support, transcribe images to code, have QnA sessions against transferred files and more!
Show HN: One – A new React framework unifying web, native and local-first (onestack.dev)
This month in Servo: Android nightlies, right-to-left, WebGPU, and more (servo.org)
This month in Servo: Android nightlies, right-to-left, WebGPU, and more!
One, a new React framework for web and native (onestack.dev)
Doom in the iPhone photos app (barely) (eieio.games)
I made a game with Adnan Aga. It’s DOOM, but it runs inside the iOS photos app. Kind of.
Hotwire Native (hotwired.dev)
Building fully native mobile apps can be a real pain. It often looks like this: The development process is very slow Large teams of specialized developers are required Each feature must be re-implemented across every platform Every update needs to wind its way through the app store review process
Our Android app is frozen in carbonite (ia.net)
After seven years of trying, the most recent struggle with Google proved that we need to change course on our adventure in the Android galaxy.
Announcing Hotwire Native (37signals.com)
As Rails World 2024 is about to begin, we have an exciting Hotwire announcement! We’re launching a brand new, yet familiar, framework for building hybrid mobile apps.
Hotwire Native (37signals.com)
As Rails World 2024 is about to begin, we have an exciting Hotwire announcement! We’re launching a brand new, yet familiar, framework for building hybrid mobile apps.
Preventing app removal on iOS (pika.page)
These days, I am developing an alarm app called ‘SuperAlarm’.
Ask HN: Using LLMs for coding, Is there a preferred language/framework? (ycombinator.com)
When build a web app or a mobile app, is there such a thing as best suited language or framework that the LLMs like Claude or gpt4o excel at, significantly better than the next best language/framework?
Shizuku: App that lets you use system APIs with higher privileges without root (rikka.app)
Let your app use system APIs directly