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Re:i built an app to stop me doomscrolling by literally touc... by aeve890 on Monday February 24, 2025 @01:42PM (#43163183)
Wdym is hard? Hard like is harder to make apps for Android than iOS? Genuinely curious
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Re:i built an app to stop me doomscrolling by literally touc... by feznyng on Monday February 24, 2025 @02:54PM (#43164145)
iOS has a system level API for this sort of thing. Android does not.
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Re:i built an app to stop me doomscrolling by literally touc... by risquer on Monday February 24, 2025 @04:21PM (#43165066)
Yeah you basically need to write your own screen time api for android and use the draw over permission - it's going to be an interesting build for sure!
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Re:i built an app to stop me doomscrolling by literally touc... by tcoff91 on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @07:16AM (#43170926)
In general yes iOS dev is easier than android and especially for screen time apps
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Re:i built an app to stop me doomscrolling by literally touc... by waonderer on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @07:36AM (#43171085)
Why don't devs use React Native like tech stack that allows development across platforms at the same time, especially for simple apps like this when they probably don't have to use all native capabilities different platforms provide.
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Re:i built an app to stop me doomscrolling by literally touc... by int_19h on Thursday February 27, 2025 @05:07PM (#43199055)
Because in this case a native capability is exactly what made the app so easy?
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