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Thanks so much for the feedback. This is why I love HN <3 To reply to your thoughts: 1) Good point. I'll consider removing it for the next release, but from my

Thanks so much for the feedback. This is why I love HN <3 To reply to your thoughts: 1) Good point. I'll consider removing it for the next release, but from my beta testing, some users felt that an onboarding flow would be nicer. I figured making it short and sweet wouldn't hurt. 2) The images are fetched from the server, because the entire app is very API-driven. You're right though - I could architect it so that the images for the initial page are stored locally and I could use some special category-key to fetch the right image. 3) Yeah, I realized that pretty late when Apple had already approved the app. Fix coming in v1.0.1! Thanks so much for giving it a try. I do plan on monetizing it later. I replied below on how I plan to do that, but the most important thing for me is to make a quality product that people like using. That's what I'm tracking right now.

rgbrgb 12y ago
I recommend this project for image caching: https://github.com/rs/SDWebImage https://github.com/rs/SDWebImage It creates a cache keyed on the URL and deals with processing the image off of the main thread.
cloudwalking 12y ago
Re #2: Subclass UIImageView, add a -setImageURL: method, hash the URL and use it to lookup/store images in the documents directory. https://gist.github.com/cloudwalking/74a364e168b641e44482 https://gist.github.com/cloudwalking/74a364e168b641e44482 https://gist.github.com/cloudwalking/66990a244b249c57f443 https://gist.github.com/cloudwalking/66990a244b249c57f443
- hobonumber1 12y ago
  I'm using AFNetworking + UIImageView. I believe it does something similar, doesn't it? https://github.com/AFNetworking/AFNetworking/blob/master/UIKit%2BAFNetworking/UIImageView%2BAFNetworking.h https://github.com/AFNetworking/AFNetworking/blob/master/UIK...
osxrand 12y ago
Some more feedback, in the Australia section you've put New Zealand as well. Maybe you should name it Australasia to be a little more accurate?
- hobonumber1 12y ago
  Good point! Done. :) That's the benefit of being API-Driven.

rgbrgb 12y ago

I recommend this project for image caching: https://github.com/rs/SDWebImage https://github.com/rs/SDWebImage It creates a cache keyed on the URL and deals with processing the image off of the main thread.

cloudwalking 12y ago

Re #2: Subclass UIImageView, add a -setImageURL: method, hash the URL and use it to lookup/store images in the documents directory. https://gist.github.com/cloudwalking/74a364e168b641e44482 https://gist.github.com/cloudwalking/74a364e168b641e44482 https://gist.github.com/cloudwalking/66990a244b249c57f443 https://gist.github.com/cloudwalking/66990a244b249c57f443

hobonumber1 12y ago
I'm using AFNetworking + UIImageView. I believe it does something similar, doesn't it? https://github.com/AFNetworking/AFNetworking/blob/master/UIKit%2BAFNetworking/UIImageView%2BAFNetworking.h https://github.com/AFNetworking/AFNetworking/blob/master/UIK...

osxrand 12y ago

Some more feedback, in the Australia section you've put New Zealand as well. Maybe you should name it Australasia to be a little more accurate?

hobonumber1 12y ago
Good point! Done. :) That's the benefit of being API-Driven.