Build Features, Not Apps
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The document emphasizes the importance of building features rather than standalone apps, highlighting that most smartphone users download very few apps and many apps lose a significant percentage of users quickly. It discusses various features like notifications, speech recognition, and extensions, showcasing their potential to enhance user engagement. The future focus includes architecting for features utilizing frameworks and user activities for better app integration.
![// AppDelegate
func application(_ application: UIApplication,
continue userActivity: NSUserActivity,
restorationHandler: @escaping ([Any]?) -> Void) -> Bool
{
if userActivity.activityType == NSUserActivityTypeBrowsingWeb,
let webpageURL = userActivity.webpageURL
{
// separate webpageURL using NSURLComponents
// present the correct View Controller if valid
// otherwise, open link in Safari
}
return false
}](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/featuresnotappstokyo-170219001350/85/Build-Features-Not-Apps-51-320.jpg)
Build Features, Not Apps
- 2. SWIFT ROBOT ▸ NatashaTheRobot.com ▸ This Week in Swift ▸ Swift Jobs ▸ try! Swift - TRYTOKYOIOS
- 4. Most smartphone users download 0 apps per month
- 5. An average app loses up to 95% of users within the first month
- 6. !!!
- 9. !"
- 14. Can your app work via Notifications only?
- 18. "As speech recognition accuracy goes from say 95% to 99%, all of us in the room will from barely using it today to using it all the time. Most people underestimate the difference between 95% and 99% accuracy - 99% is a game changer" - Andrew NG, Chief Scientist at Baidu
- 19. SIRI INTENTS ▸ Audio or video calling ▸ Messaging ▸ Payments ▸ Searching photos ▸ Workouts ▸ Ride booking
- 20. Can your app work with Siri only?
- 26. "It took Line Messenger almost four months to find its first two million users ...
- 27. … but after stickers were launched, it took only two days to find the next million...
- 28. The company now makes over $270M a year just from selling stickers."
- 29. Can your app be used as an extension?
- 30. THE FUTURE?
- 32. ! -> "
- 34. ▸ Frameworks all the things! ▸ Vectorize Images ▸ NSUserActivity FTW
- 37. ! ⌚ #
- 38. !
- 39. 'I HAVE A FRAMEWORK IDEA' - REPEAT LESS, SHARE MORE. by Fabio Milano at #Pragma Conference 2016
- 41. VECTORIZE IMAGES
- 42. .PDF
- 49. VECTORIZE IMAGES ▸ Single Scale PDFs ▸ Template Image for Icons
- 51. // AppDelegate func application(_ application: UIApplication, continue userActivity: NSUserActivity, restorationHandler: @escaping ([Any]?) -> Void) -> Bool { if userActivity.activityType == NSUserActivityTypeBrowsingWeb, let webpageURL = userActivity.webpageURL { // separate webpageURL using NSURLComponents // present the correct View Controller if valid // otherwise, open link in Safari } return false }
- 57. NSUSERACTIVITY ▸ Handoff ▸ Universal Links ▸ Search ▸ Location ▸ Contextual Reminders ▸ Contact Interactions
- 59. ▸ Frameworks all the things! ▸ Vectorize Images ▸ NSUserActivity FTW