10s 2.0
It’s been awhile since I created something new. However, I continue to support my iOS/tvOS apps, even if they are not so popular as Irvue.
On this week I worked on tvOS version of 10s. Its navigation was remade from scratch, so now you are able to watch coubs from new timelines: Trending, Coub picks, Featured. Authorization process is a bit more evident in current version. In general, the whole app left its “hello world” state and now looks a bit more adult.
I’m not waiting for much installs on iOS devices, nevertheless, I hope tvOS version gets more attention. Especially as there is no official Coub app on tvOS.
Download 10s here: Link
Tracking Time for macOS
In Warefly we usually work on multiple projects simultaneously. To track home many time we spent for each product we started using trackingtime.co. They offer web application and Chrome extension. But prefer Safari instead of Chrome. And also I don’t like when an app lives in a separate tab. For other services like Trello I solved this issue by using nativefier. This solution didn’t suit for Tracking Time because I needed something, which would be always visible on my screen (so you don’t forget to stop timer).
I spent one day and built this: Tracking Time for macOS. Now it lives in menu bar and I need only a couple of clicks to manage tracking.
Irvue Screensaver
Google recently released screensaver for macOS with featured photos from Google+. I thought why not to make something similar with unsplash photos? So I made Irvue Screensaver on the last weekend.
You can get it on GitHub: https://github.com/leonspok/Irvue-Screensaver
Scaled Export for iOS
Simple Sketch plugin to add export options to selected layers by using shortcuts.
How to use
Select layers you want to make exportable and use one of these shortcuts:
^ ⌥ 1- makes selected layers exportable with options:- scale: [x1] suffix: [ ]
- scale: [x2] suffix: [@2x]
- scale: [x3] suffix: [@3x]
^ ⌥ 2- makes selected layers exportable with options:- scale: [x0.5] suffix: [ ]
- scale: [x1] suffix: [@2x]
- scale: [x1.5] suffix: [@3x]
^ ⌥ 3- makes selected layers exportable with options:- scale: [x0.33] suffix: [ ]
- scale: [x0.67] suffix: [@2x]
- scale: [x1] suffix: [@3x]
^ ⌥ 4- tries to calculate scale from artboard size and make layer exportable with corresponding options
Irvue 2.0
Get it here: irvue.tumblr.com
Now the first major update of Irvue is released. What’s new?
First of all - channels. In previous version you were able to choose one of two default channels: Featured and All Channels. Now you can add custom channels. It might be user’s profile on Unsplash, his likes, some collection or search query.
If you have Unsplash account, you can log in and the you will be able to like photos, create collections and add photos to them. Also you can import channels from your profile.
To make adding channels easier I created browser extensions for Safari, Chrome and Firefox. It’s just one button. Open user’s profile or collection on Unsplash, then just click on this button and channels will be added to Irvue.
For advanced users I added AppleScript support. I got this idea from Chris Messina (@chrismessina). He wanted to use Irvue from Alfred. More information about AppleScript support in Irvue you can get here: irvue.tumblr.com/apple-script-support.
In this version I desided to add to Irvue in-app purchases. Apple Developer Programm costs some money and I don’t want to pay it from my pocket just to make Irvue available for people. But still I wanted to offer more functionality for users then in previous versions. That’s why I left only 3 empty slots for custom channels. I think for most people it’s enough. Actually I didn’t activate unlimited channel slots even for myself.
I hope you will enjoy this update. And if you didn’t try it yet, you can download Irvue here: irvue.tumblr.com.
10s for tvOS now available on App Store
Finally, I found out how to implement authorization on tvOS version of 10s and now it’s available on App Store.
10s - is unofficial Coub client, which I created initially for iPad in December 2015. For that time official Coub app supported only iPhone and on iPads it looked ugly. I thought that it would be good practice for me to make an app for video service. After two days I had first version of 10s.
The idea to create tvOS version came to my mind when my friend Timur bought Apple TV and started complaining about how little apps available on App Store. During development I ran into the problem that there is no web component in tvOS, so I wasn’t able to implement OAuth authorization. I tried to release version only with Hot, Search and Explore sections, but it was rejected because of App Store restriction for video content. After this I stopped working on tvOS version.
On the last weekend I opened this project again. At this time I found the way to make authorization possible and also added filtering system for content. So now you can use 10s for watching coubs on your Apple TV.
Authorization on tvOS app requires iOS version of the same app, that’s why I released an update for 10s which makes it universal (both for iPhone and iPad).