First time using Skip... existing iOS app

[igator210]

Hi.

I have a small iOS app that I want to try to see if Skip can make an Android version, or at least most of it. But I'm a little lost.

I guess right now, I have two main question. If someone knows a good place to get the answers, let me know.

First, when I set up the project in the Terminal, what are the better settings to use for an existing project?

Second, once I get the project set up, I know I cant just drag an drop, but if I have a full XCode Swift project, what do I need to starting putting those piece into Skip?

[TS200010]

I would not try and copy big chunks at first. If you have a platform independent model try copying that first... you can drag and drop whole files (see later though). Locate the sample app files in the new project and plug into that... don't try and replace the supplied plumbing.

I have managed to successfully port a small app into Skip and found the UX to be the trickiest part.

Don't be discouraged because once you have the framework of a working app things go more quickly.

I also used ChatGPT to help me along the way. Beware though it's not been trained on the latest and does get confused. You will get wierd errors from Xcode you are not familiar with and ChatGPT helps a lot getting to the bottom of them.

Also my second attempt without Kotlin (Skip Fuse) was much cleaner and easier.

Try and spend a bit of time understanding the structure of the Skip app and its packages it will help you understand what's going on.

Get familiar with clearing derived data as I frequently ended up in dead ends that needed this to escape from.

Use a GIT repo extensively. I

You can drag and drop entire files but it's fragile with the directory structure (particularly (maybe entirely) with GIT). Creating a new file in your new app and copying the entire contents over is more reliable. There is a little workflow but I have forgotten it for the minute.

Good luck it's a fantastic system I have found so far.