{"id":25142,"date":"2019-05-01T15:16:31","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T19:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=25142"},"modified":"2021-09-06T15:03:50","modified_gmt":"2021-09-06T19:03:50","slug":"plans-for-third-party-marzipan-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/01\/plans-for-third-party-marzipan-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Plans for Third-Party Marzipan Apps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steve Troughton-Smith<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Are any iOS developers ready to commit to bringing their apps to the Mac via UIKit publicly? Any Mac\/iOS developers preparing to sunset their existing Mac app for its iOS variant? I aim to go all-in on Marzipan with at least four apps on day one, one replacing a Mac version<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Marco Arment<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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It’s hard to say with 100% certainty since we don’t have concrete info and released tools yet, but I plan to ship Overcast as a Marzipan app on day one if I can.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Kyle Howells<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\nI intend to port several of my personal utilities and 2 as yet unreleased in progress iOS apps to the Mac if marzipan is good enough.<\/p>\n

Only one of those was ever likely to see an AppKit version.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Erik Schwiebert<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The really interesting thing will be what the LargeCo’s do with their apps. I don’t yet know what we (MSFT) will do with Office; there’s a lot of code shared between Mac and iOS but much is very different. Multiple windows, file management, app\/suite integration, sandboxing, etc.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Peter Steinberger<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Pretty likely that we bring @pdfviewerapp over to the Mac. After all the prototype last year already worked great and there’s definitely a market.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Greg Pierce<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Regardless of what technical aspects you have uncovered that make you bullish on Marzipan, it would be reckless for anyone who does this for a living to commit to shipping on it until we hear how the business end of this transition is going to work.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Mike Piontek<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I’ve spent 2 years working on updates that include big changes to my Mac app, so I’m not in a rush to throw that out… but If I have to for features like Siri Shortcuts I’ll consider it. I was previously assuming I’d want to wait a couple years, since this will require 10.15+.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Pádraig Kennedy<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I’d love to bring Castro to Mac some time, but I’m pessimistic about Marzipan so if I was doing it this year, I think I could make something more Mac-like using AppKit 😬<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Wooji Juice<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Not going to commit to something sight-unseen, but strongly interested in creating a Mac version of Ferrite (and maybe 1-2 other apps) using Marzipan. Will have to see what gets released, how stable it is, & what issues there are making quality non-shovelware Mac apps with it<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Halide<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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We’re excited to bring proper manual controls to MacBook and iMac webcams and intend to ship early April next year<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Christian Selig<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I’d love to bring Apollo to the Mac, if only to scratch my own itch.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Markus Müller-Simhofer<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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It really depends on what Apple is doing. If Apple uses Marzipan for it‘s productivity apps (Mail, iWork) we will also switch. I always disliked how Carbon apps felt. I don‘t want to be one of the apps that „feels“ different than all the other apps.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n