I shipped SPEEM, my latest iOS app, from Doom Emacs. Not from Xcode. I don’t mean I just edited a few files in Emacs and switched back when it was time to build. I mean the whole loop: write Swift, build, boot a simulator, install the app, launch it, stream logs, restart LSP, scaffold new projects. All from inside Emacs, all driven by SPC i keybindings I wrote myself. This post is about how, and why it’s even possible. ...
So I’m starting a new mobile app project: SPEEM, an app that helps middle and high school students build their study discipline by empowering their study habits. Uses simple UI workflows to craft custom study plans for urgent situations like exams. There’s nothing fancy about this app, even if I find it very useful especially for my daughters in their first high school year; what really sets it apart, at least in regards to my mobile app developer experience, is that I’ll build it using Emacs, Doom Emacs to be precise. ...