This is the repo for the dev.to iOS app. It is still a work in progress, but getting there!
We will grow to include more native code over time, but for now we are taking the approach of native shell/web views. This approach lost favor early in iOS days, but I believe it is a very valid approach these days. It is inspired by how Basecamp does things. Our tech stack is a bit different, but the ideas are the same.
https://m.signalvnoise.com/basecamp-3-for-ios-hybrid-architecture-afc071589c25
https://signalvnoise.com/posts/3743-hybrid-sweet-spot-native-navigation-web-content
https://signalvnoise.com/posts/3766-hybrid-how-we-took-basecamp-multi-platform-with-a-tiny-team
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWEts0rlezA
By leveraging wkwebviews as much as possible, I think we can make this all pretty awesome and sync up with our web dev work pretty smoothly. And where it makes sense, we can re-implement certain things fully native, or build entirely native features. Life's a journey, not a destination.
- Fork and clone the project.
- Install Carthage. If you use Homebrew then you can install Carthage by running
brew install carthage. - Now run
carthage updatein the project's root directory. - Build and run the project in XCode.
Feedback and Pull Requests are welcome! As this is a new and constantly evolving project, please be sure to include unit test with changes.