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People will literally build their own music apps instead of switching to Android. Is it just for the blue bubbles, or because of how everything "just works" (un

People will literally build their own music apps instead of switching to Android. Is it just for the blue bubbles, or because of how everything "just works" (unless you want to play offline music)?

mynegation 1y ago
I’m on iOS and I use navidrome/substreamer app combo - it work great and I can keep selected music on device too.
rollcat 1y ago
You really would move to a different country just because they have better bread? What's the problem with baking your own?
- noman-land 1y ago
  It's more akin to moving to a different country because this one mandates which bread you will eat and how you will eat it. A mighty fine reason to emigrate.
  - coolcase 1y ago
    More like the country bans the sales of cannnabis but you are allowed to grow your own, so you buy some lamps etc.
  - rollcat 1y ago
    How are any of the players mentioned in the comments banned on iOS?
somanyphotons 1y ago
People will literally write code to avoid Android
koito17 1y ago
I made a prototype of a music player for iOS, since the VLC app cannot reliably parse metadata of FLACs stored on my file server. I cannot store my whole music collection on my device, due to storage limitations. My app is a prototype in the sense that I want more features, but the app has just enough functionality that I lack motivation to implement more features. Currently has audio playback, remote file access, and FLAC metadata parsing. Similar to the author, I originally wanted to use React Native because I have experience with it and already maintain a few React Native applications. However, I am not interested in targetting (or debugging) other platforms. So I decided to try using SwiftUI and used a special tool[1] to get something resembling hot reloading. (It's kind of a gross hack that requires supplying custom linker flags in Xcode, but it works just enough for me to not miss the DX of TypeScript and React Native). [1] https://github.com/johnno1962/InjectionIII https://github.com/johnno1962/InjectionIII
bee_rider 1y ago
Foobar2000 has been on the App Store for ages… Actually, I think it is a bit odd that the author didn’t find a free music app they liked. But I also think you don’t really need an excuse to go make something anyway, so… I dunno, it think maybe that was just a framing narrative to get the story started.

People will literally build their own music apps instead of switching to Android. Is it just for the blue bubbles, or because of how everything "just works" (unless you want to play offline music)?

mynegation 1y ago

I’m on iOS and I use navidrome/substreamer app combo - it work great and I can keep selected music on device too.

rollcat 1y ago

You really would move to a different country just because they have better bread? What's the problem with baking your own?

noman-land 1y ago
It's more akin to moving to a different country because this one mandates which bread you will eat and how you will eat it. A mighty fine reason to emigrate.
- coolcase 1y ago
  More like the country bans the sales of cannnabis but you are allowed to grow your own, so you buy some lamps etc.
- rollcat 1y ago
  How are any of the players mentioned in the comments banned on iOS?

somanyphotons 1y ago

People will literally write code to avoid Android

koito17 1y ago

I made a prototype of a music player for iOS, since the VLC app cannot reliably parse metadata of FLACs stored on my file server. I cannot store my whole music collection on my device, due to storage limitations. My app is a prototype in the sense that I want more features, but the app has just enough functionality that I lack motivation to implement more features. Currently has audio playback, remote file access, and FLAC metadata parsing. Similar to the author, I originally wanted to use React Native because I have experience with it and already maintain a few React Native applications. However, I am not interested in targetting (or debugging) other platforms. So I decided to try using SwiftUI and used a special tool[1] to get something resembling hot reloading. (It's kind of a gross hack that requires supplying custom linker flags in Xcode, but it works just enough for me to not miss the DX of TypeScript and React Native). [1] https://github.com/johnno1962/InjectionIII https://github.com/johnno1962/InjectionIII

bee_rider 1y ago

Foobar2000 has been on the App Store for ages… Actually, I think it is a bit odd that the author didn’t find a free music app they liked. But I also think you don’t really need an excuse to go make something anyway, so… I dunno, it think maybe that was just a framing narrative to get the story started.