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Thank you for the recommendation, but I don’t want to pay a subscription for something I use sporadically, especially (according to the App Store page) an AI-ge

by latexr 1y ago

Thank you for the recommendation, but I don’t want to pay a subscription for something I use sporadically, especially (according to the App Store page) an AI-generated app which tracks you. I want to do what the author mentioned: take a static image and add it to Wallet. I don’t mind some legwork.

ceejayoz 1y ago
I don’t pay for it, but anyone with an Apple dev account can do the same with Passkit. This just makes it easy to test it out.
- latexr 1y ago
  > anyone with an Apple dev account can do the same with Passkit. Yes, that’s what the article is about, I read it all. But the author also mentioned the screenshot approach before using Passkit and called it the naive approach, so it’s likely they did something considerably simpler. Feels like I’m on the worst parts of Stack Overflow and Reddit. I know other options exist, I’m asking about one specific approach. It is OK to not reply or say “I don’t know how to do it like that”. That’s fine, I don’t know either and I’m not embarrassed by that, that’s why I’m asking. I want to learn a new trick.
  - ceejayoz 1y ago
    > But the author also mentioned the screenshot approach before using Passkit and called it the naive approach, so it’s likely they did something considerably simpler. I guess I didn't realize it was that simple a question. The "how" there is "take a screenshot of the first-party app". In many cases (especially with physical barcodes like a loyalty card you can just photograph), that's all you need; just keep it in your photo roll. It didn't work in this case because the QR codes contain some sort of signature or expiration date that prevents a screenshot from last week from working this week. If it has to be in wallet, https://developer.apple.com/documentation/passkit/pkpasstype/barcode https://developer.apple.com/documentation/passkit/pkpasstype....
fsflyer 1y ago
Pass4Wallet does the same thing and does not have a subscription. It claims to not collect data on the App Store page. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pass4wallet-store-cards/id1423106610 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pass4wallet-store-cards/id1423...

by latexr 1y ago

ceejayoz 1y ago

I don’t pay for it, but anyone with an Apple dev account can do the same with Passkit. This just makes it easy to test it out.

latexr 1y ago
> anyone with an Apple dev account can do the same with Passkit. Yes, that’s what the article is about, I read it all. But the author also mentioned the screenshot approach before using Passkit and called it the naive approach, so it’s likely they did something considerably simpler. Feels like I’m on the worst parts of Stack Overflow and Reddit. I know other options exist, I’m asking about one specific approach. It is OK to not reply or say “I don’t know how to do it like that”. That’s fine, I don’t know either and I’m not embarrassed by that, that’s why I’m asking. I want to learn a new trick.
- ceejayoz 1y ago
  > But the author also mentioned the screenshot approach before using Passkit and called it the naive approach, so it’s likely they did something considerably simpler. I guess I didn't realize it was that simple a question. The "how" there is "take a screenshot of the first-party app". In many cases (especially with physical barcodes like a loyalty card you can just photograph), that's all you need; just keep it in your photo roll. It didn't work in this case because the QR codes contain some sort of signature or expiration date that prevents a screenshot from last week from working this week. If it has to be in wallet, https://developer.apple.com/documentation/passkit/pkpasstype/barcode https://developer.apple.com/documentation/passkit/pkpasstype....

fsflyer 1y ago

Pass4Wallet does the same thing and does not have a subscription. It claims to not collect data on the App Store page. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pass4wallet-store-cards/id1423106610 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pass4wallet-store-cards/id1423...