Here’s a 👇 thread about some of the persnickety details that make ’sodes the casual, cozy podcast player I’ve always wanted. BTW you can pre-order ’sodes here: itunes.apple.com/us/app/sode…

Going to drop my in-app theming in iOS 13 in favor of the new system stuff. I tried going totally black throughout the background, but it just doesn’t work as well as having a subtle gradient. I don’t want to use light borders on black artwork, e.g.

This is cool. 😎

tfw u add CloudKit syncing to a CoreData shoebox app with an existing user base

Nobody found this Easter egg yet. It’s been there since version 1.0. 😃

These cuts are short.

Supporting CarPlay is both easier and harder than I expected, dep. on how you slice it.

Castro 3 is out, and it’s really great. If you’re seriously into podcasts, this might be the one app you need. xitter.cf/supertopsquid/status/9…

Version 1.1 is out. It fixes a number of issues that were causing playback to fail, and adds a number of small bug fixes and UI improvements.

Instituting a new policy: if you can’t be polite not only will I not help you with your support request but I’ll probably block you, too. You can get a refund from Apple. Frankly, your three bucks is not worth the angst.

[Blog Post] “Keep Screen Unlocked”, for folks without CarPlay. blog.jaredsinclair.com/post/…

The link was supposed to be slash sodes slash wallpaper dash iphone but for Twitter’s horrid copy tweet behavior ALTHOUGH “wallpape” is nauseatingly on-brand. xitter.cf/sodes_app/status/96022…

I thought the background for the recent promo art might make a nice iPhone wallpaper. Full rez here: jaredsinclair.com/sodes/wall…… .

Launches February 15. Available for pre-order now. itunes.apple.com/us/app/sode…

So that’s ten little persnickety details about ’sodes that I’m really happy with and I hope you’ll enjoy, too. Launches in February, but you can pre-order the app now: itunes.apple.com/us/app/sode…

(10) I tried to turn this oft-unused spot into something small but useful. When the player is collapsed into a toolbar, this lil’ doodad toggles between displaying the elapsed or the remaining time.

(9) And, yeah, a dark theme is in there, too, not just campfire and the default theme.

(8) The Campfire theme gives the whole app a super-warm tint which is really comfortable on the eyes in pitch dark situations.