il manifesto per iPhone
“il manifesto per iPhone” is Freescapes Labs‘ first app for iPhone. It is a specialised reader for an Italian newspaper offering a native user experience for subscribers. Unfortunately, at the present time, full access to il manifesto is only allowed for subscribers, so the app has to stick to this.
The app is presented in more depth here, where you can also have a look at its nice UI. Here I would like to focus on an architectural aspect that makes it especially interesting, in my opinion.
I like to think of “il manifesto per iPhone” as a “concept-app”, since it investigates the possibility of building a fully native app based on content provided by a non-mobile-ready website. In other words, “il manifesto per iPhone” is a web scraping app able to convert a “traditional” and unadapted website into a native user experience on the iPhone. If you take the time to give a look at the screenshots at the address I linked above, you will see that there is very little resemblance between the app UI and a newspaper webpage.
il manifesto per iPhone
“il manifesto per iPhone” is currently under review at the App Store, where it will eventually be available for free. I have been thinking about whether including ads in it, just to collect some small revenues, but in the end I decided that that was contrary to my philosophy about this app, and possibly also contrary to il manifesto’s own philosophy. So, it is just a plain, simple, and free reader. I hope you will enjoy it when it will become available.
il manifesto per iPhone: Features and Roadmap
Today, il manifesto per iPhone has been approved on the App Store. This is a big moment, since the wait has been longer than expected and it is definitely a pleasure to be able to install the app I developed on my iPhone for an unlimited time!
The future of App Stores
As a iOS developer, I have been asking myself what kind of change the App Store is bringing about.
About the wonders of Stack Overflow
I am in love with Stack Overflow. Like many other programmers the world around, I guess. Indeed, whatever your doubts or troubles about some programming topic, it is highly likely that someone on Stack Overflow has already answered a question similar to yours, or, even more impressive, that someone will quickly give you some hints, or even a full solution with code, if you ever decide to ask your question there.
Moving to github
I am following the trend.