{"id":1635,"date":"2015-07-05T23:58:03","date_gmt":"2015-07-05T18:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/judepereira.com\/blog\/?p=1635"},"modified":"2015-07-06T00:02:23","modified_gmt":"2015-07-05T18:32:23","slug":"discover-my-second-ios-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/judepereira.com\/blog\/discover-my-second-ios-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover – my second iOS app"},"content":{"rendered":"

iTunes Genius is a great feature. However, it lacks music discovery outside your own music library. Sure, you can always do a Google search for similar tunes, but let’s face it – who has time to do this anymore?<\/p>\n

There weren’t any great music discovery apps on the App Store either. All of them either looked ugly, or had to be opened by the user. The content wasn’t available readily.<\/p>\n

Then I thought of Discover<\/strong>. I wrote this app keeping in mind that the app would never have to be opened by the user, to see any content. Instead, why not present it in the Today screen itself? This way, the widget\u00a0can refresh it’s content quickly and present it, in a beautiful manner.<\/p>\n

Unobtrusive. Simply genius, isn’t it?<\/p>\n

How can this be made any better? Provide buttons which directly search the iTunes Store or YouTube for the song recommended. This way, it’s easy for the user to try out new songs, with zero effort<\/strong>. Eureka! The effort of typing on the device is now gone!<\/p>\n

I’ve submitted the app on the App Store for review, and I hope it will be accepted and published soon. Here’s a sneak peak of it:<\/p>\n

\"Highlights<\/a>
Highlights of Discover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Discover took a total of one month to complete. Although it was a simple app, I couldn’t give it much time day to day.<\/p>\n

I love what it’s turned into. There’s so much that I’ve learned about iOS – auto layout, GCD, and the language itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

iTunes Genius is a great feature. However, it lacks music discovery outside your own music library. Sure, you can always do a Google search for similar tunes, but let’s face it – who has time to do this anymore? There weren’t any great music discovery apps on the App Store either. 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