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Linear Mobile – Available for iOS and Android

55 points by thatxliner 2y ago

timenova 2y ago
I've been using the Linear Mobile beta from TestFlight for a few months, and I have to say, it's a really well-designed app, and the animations are just beautiful.
spectaclepiece 2y ago
I’d be really curious to read a write-up on the technical details of integrating their sync engine with the two different mobile platforms. For someone following the local first landscape Linear is the poster child of a great app that leverages its benefits so understanding how it fits together when going native on mobile would be a compelling read.
- mikek 2y ago
  Superhuman has a similar sync engine which is detailed here: https://blog.superhuman.com/architecting-a-web-app-to-just-work-offline-part-1/ https://blog.superhuman.com/architecting-a-web-app-to-just-w...
benreesman 2y ago
Linear is so great: with the exception of the internal tasks tool at a former employer (which was also great) it’s the first task tool I actively enjoy using. You need an issue tracker either way, even if it’s not awesome, but it’s a much better time to have it be one of the tools you actively appreciate. Keep doing what you’re doing folks.
achristmascarl 2y ago
this may sound strange, but i've decided to try and use Linear as a personal writing tool. i used to use Notion, but the lack of offline mode, even after all these years, made me decide to look for alternatives. i thought about obsidian, but there are wasn't a simple, free way to sync between desktop, ios, and android all at once; Google Docs also seemed like a possibility, but it doesn't seem to have markdown support on mobile (it does in the web) so, since Linear has a comparable free tier to Notion, great offline, and apps on all platforms.... here goes nothing
- codybontecou 2y ago
  Have you tried Obsidian Git? It's a free plugin that enables free and automatic syncing using git.
  - achristmascarl 2y ago
    i've seen it but it seems like getting it to work on iOS is a pain (but i could be wrong)
- theshrike79 2y ago
  ...Linear is an issue management tool, how would you use it as a writing tool?
  - achristmascarl 2y ago
    the editor for issues has markdown and in-line images support, so i'm treating each issue as a page/note/doc/whatever
aaronbrethorst 2y ago
I don’t know what Linear is and I really don’t care that the mobile versions were written in Swift and Kotlin. I’m sure this is exciting news for existing users, but it isn’t doing anything to win me—someone who is unfamiliar with this product—over.
- russelg 2y ago
  The first heading is "The portable companion to the Linear system" so clearly this page is not intended to be an introduction to Linear itself. Perhaps try the homepage instead.
  - aaronbrethorst 2y ago
    I’m trying to give the folks who work on these products constructive feedback. I have no idea if you’re affiliated or not. If you are, consider that my advice is worth as much as I have and will spend on your product: $0.
    - tommoor 2y ago
      Generally every subpage of your website doesn't completely reintroduce the product…
eumon 2y ago
> Fully native. Linear Mobile is built with native Swift and Kotlin code to guarantee a fast and fluid user experience. how do they cope with the diverged code base? implement everything twice? and it seemed to me they use electron for desktop, then it means to implement the UI triple times?
- tommoor 2y ago
  Push as much to the API as possible, and then it's only implemented once. Where that's not possible there is some code written three times, but there may be opportunities for cross platform code sharing as the team grows

55 points by thatxliner 2y ago

I've been using the Linear Mobile beta from TestFlight for a few months, and I have to say, it's a really well-designed app, and the animations are just beautiful.

spectaclepiece 2y ago

I’d be really curious to read a write-up on the technical details of integrating their sync engine with the two different mobile platforms. For someone following the local first landscape Linear is the poster child of a great app that leverages its benefits so understanding how it fits together when going native on mobile would be a compelling read.

mikek 2y ago
Superhuman has a similar sync engine which is detailed here: https://blog.superhuman.com/architecting-a-web-app-to-just-work-offline-part-1/ https://blog.superhuman.com/architecting-a-web-app-to-just-w...

benreesman 2y ago

Linear is so great: with the exception of the internal tasks tool at a former employer (which was also great) it’s the first task tool I actively enjoy using. You need an issue tracker either way, even if it’s not awesome, but it’s a much better time to have it be one of the tools you actively appreciate. Keep doing what you’re doing folks.

achristmascarl 2y ago

this may sound strange, but i've decided to try and use Linear as a personal writing tool. i used to use Notion, but the lack of offline mode, even after all these years, made me decide to look for alternatives. i thought about obsidian, but there are wasn't a simple, free way to sync between desktop, ios, and android all at once; Google Docs also seemed like a possibility, but it doesn't seem to have markdown support on mobile (it does in the web) so, since Linear has a comparable free tier to Notion, great offline, and apps on all platforms.... here goes nothing

codybontecou 2y ago
Have you tried Obsidian Git? It's a free plugin that enables free and automatic syncing using git.
- achristmascarl 2y ago
  i've seen it but it seems like getting it to work on iOS is a pain (but i could be wrong)
theshrike79 2y ago
...Linear is an issue management tool, how would you use it as a writing tool?
- achristmascarl 2y ago
  the editor for issues has markdown and in-line images support, so i'm treating each issue as a page/note/doc/whatever

aaronbrethorst 2y ago

I don’t know what Linear is and I really don’t care that the mobile versions were written in Swift and Kotlin. I’m sure this is exciting news for existing users, but it isn’t doing anything to win me—someone who is unfamiliar with this product—over.

russelg 2y ago
The first heading is "The portable companion to the Linear system" so clearly this page is not intended to be an introduction to Linear itself. Perhaps try the homepage instead.
- aaronbrethorst 2y ago
  I’m trying to give the folks who work on these products constructive feedback. I have no idea if you’re affiliated or not. If you are, consider that my advice is worth as much as I have and will spend on your product: $0.
  - tommoor 2y ago
    Generally every subpage of your website doesn't completely reintroduce the product…

eumon 2y ago

> Fully native. Linear Mobile is built with native Swift and Kotlin code to guarantee a fast and fluid user experience. how do they cope with the diverged code base? implement everything twice? and it seemed to me they use electron for desktop, then it means to implement the UI triple times?

tommoor 2y ago
Push as much to the API as possible, and then it's only implemented once. Where that's not possible there is some code written three times, but there may be opportunities for cross platform code sharing as the team grows