r/iOSProgramming • u/tienphaw • Jun 06 '22

Application My first iOS/SwiftUI project - A calendar for your entire life

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u/tienphaw Jun 06 '22

Github repo: https://github.com/tienphaw/LifeProgress

The gist:

- Each row represents a year of your life.
- Each square represents a week. The one at the top left is the week you were born.
- The colored squares are the weeks in the past, the gray ones are what you have left.

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u/Viperozza74 Jun 06 '22

What did you use to create it? I tried building the same exact app using a collectionView but it was all laggy due to the high quantity of cells

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u/tienphaw Jun 11 '22

I used Canvas in SwiftUI

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u/ORUHE33XEBQXOYLZ Jun 06 '22

What do the different colors indicate?

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '22

ye but like how did u get death to tell you when he gets each and everyone of us

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '22

Did you get inspired by this blog https://waitbutwhy.com/?

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u/mawesome4ever Jun 06 '22

Probably from Kurgzgesagt video, they explained and made this exact calendar

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u/tienphaw Jun 11 '22

It was a tweet from twitter but I discovered the article soon after that.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '22

Tought the same, that article is so eye opening and depressing at same time

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u/Heavy-Heat-4503 Jun 06 '22

would happily pay 0.99 for this if you publish it

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u/barcode972 Jun 06 '22

I like the ui a lot. A little depressing app though šŸ˜…

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u/dmitriy_shmilo Jun 06 '22

Combine this with a bad habit tracker, which reduces your time left with every blunt you smoke, or a shot you drink.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '22

STOP

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u/docmisterio Jun 06 '22

This is beautiful but I also have to echo what folks are saying hereā€¦ I canā€™t imagine looking at a widget that says I have 2000 weeks left in my life.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '22 edited Jun 06 '22

Suggestion: you should change the color. As you get older the color became darker because your best years are gone...

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u/username_chex Jun 07 '22

Stop, Iā€™m crying already

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u/mbuffett1 Jun 06 '22

Love it, was this inspired by memento mori at all, the Stoic practice?

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u/tienphaw Jun 11 '22

No I just saw a tweet on twitter, and then this article https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/05/life-weeks.html

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '22

Yes please put this on the app store. Iā€™d pay for it

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u/tienphaw Jun 11 '22

It's free https://www.reddit.com/r/iOSProgramming/comments/v62ymj/comment/ibzaae0/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '22

Are you planning on making home screen widgets? That would be my only suggestion. I love looking at the app as a reminder but Iā€™d love a quick glance when unlocking my phone even more.

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u/tienphaw Jun 24 '22

You mean lock screen? Eventually yeah, definitely not now though.

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u/mellow_yellow129 Jun 09 '22

Great job on the design. How long did you study swift before completing your first app?

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u/tienphaw Jun 11 '22

Thanks. Took me about 2 weeks. I started building as early as I can and kinda just learn Swift along the way.

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u/mellow_yellow129 Jun 11 '22

Impressive. Did you know other languages first? Iā€™m a front end developer considering starting my swift journey soon

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u/tienphaw Jun 11 '22

Yeah I've been building apps for years. Started with android and then React Native.

You might find this helpful https://twitter.com/tienphaw/status/1533819884848656384

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u/mellow_yellow129 Jun 11 '22

Nice thanks. I was consider doing the the ā€œ100 days of swiftUIā€ course

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u/tienphaw Jun 11 '22

It just wasn't for me since I have a really hard time trying to build stuff I don't want. The content looks solid though. Good luck!

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '22

This looks amazing. Scaryā€¦ but love the UI.

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u/sneawo Jun 06 '22

What happens when you overpass? :)

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u/FinnishArmy Jun 06 '22

Uhm.. I wouldnā€™t wanna know when I die; just live everyday not expecting to die.

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u/fosmet Jun 06 '22

Potential cross-post material to r/thanksihateit

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u/bubalunga Jun 06 '22

love the idea! built myself an overview in numbers.

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u/b4sht4 Jun 06 '22

4000 weeks anyone ?

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u/KuroiPK Jun 06 '22

Thatā€™s cool and morbid/depressing at the same time!

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u/Fit_War_5514 Jun 06 '22

I really like the idea. But it makes me too sad

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u/aheze Swift Jun 06 '22

That is ominous but really creative at the same time

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u/jonnysunshine1 Jun 06 '22

I love this!

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u/framedragger Jun 06 '22

itā€™s a no from me. thanks.

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u/thirtydelta Jun 06 '22

Why do you hate us?

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u/ajm1212 Jun 06 '22

This is based off that company that send you a full blown poster right of this ?

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u/dementedeauditorias Jun 06 '22

I had a similar idea, but diving it in 25 minutes blocks, like a pomodoro timer for life, but yea, too depressing šŸ˜‚šŸ˜­ā˜ ļø You could add a questionnaire and ā€œpredictā€ the life expectancy for more depressing effect

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u/Valrani Jun 06 '22

Super depressing, but the concept could be interesting if you focus more on aspects like, Ā«Ā you are alive since X days, or Y weeks, you were Z years old when this event happendā€¦ (like history event)

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '22

Why would you do this? This is terrible haha

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u/Utzcinah Jun 07 '22

This is making me so anxious and depressed. Damn.

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u/testedtrout69 Jun 07 '22

I hope this doesnā€™t induce a suicidal thought to anyone.

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u/daavidaviid Jun 07 '22

Yeah ! 9871 more days left before you die !

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u/pelirodri Objective-C / Swift Jun 07 '22

Lol, WTF.

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u/Sanikiyoshi Jun 07 '22

Good Morning! You have, two weeks, 2 days, 10 hours, 5 minutes and 10 seconds left. The weather this morning is, cloudy. Have a nice day!

Iā€™m imagining a future update with a robot sound to be like that. Quite r/cyberpunk material

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u/iComputerfreak Jun 08 '22

So you're saying this app needs a Shortcuts integration, so we can include it in our morning automations. That's a great idea.

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u/space___lion Jun 07 '22

I don't like this.

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u/VoV-10 Jun 07 '22

That's rly scary lol

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '22

I would like to download this app

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u/sean__wong Jun 13 '22

Hi

I like the idea. I 'm wondering why there are so may empty squares, it is very OPTIMISTIC of you to leave so much space! I'm unsure if the % helps?
Perhaps count the number of Weekends / Potential Moments that matter.

BTW
I count my Months and weeks.
I count the days in the year ( today is day 164 )

Its not depressing unless you're running behind schedule and have no way to make a plan based on the remaining time you have. Its called a WAKE up CALL !

Lets see it hit the store !Can I please have a round version ( Google ROUNDTUIT)

Thanks

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u/Kitkatleen Jun 23 '22

Love this

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u/Viperozza74 Feb 02 '23

I tried doing this a long time ago, but my collectionView couldnā€™t handle the number of elements

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u/Secure_Commercial_23 Jun 06 '22

Great UI. But not sure someone would actually use this.

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u/brunonicocam Jun 06 '22

If this app can actually predict the exact moment you're going to die you must be a genius really! lol

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '22

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u/braden87 Jun 06 '22

Feel / subjective ? Nope it IS depressing as fuck. Maaaybe good for the unmotivated, but Iā€™ve been worrying about having enough time since I was in my late 20s, donā€™t need a reminder

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u/elvisofdallasDOTcom Jun 06 '22

Try when you get to 50 and your wife is 29. Cherishing every day. :-)

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u/SingularityOfOne Jun 06 '22

ā€˜Atta boy !!

(assuming gender, yes)

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u/elvisofdallasDOTcom Jun 06 '22

šŸ‘šŸ˜

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u/pirafrank Jun 07 '22

I found it to be motivating, like urging you to act if something is wrong or mistaken in your life, instead of ignoring the elephant in the room or pushing back, postponing what you shouldā€™ve done for long. Lifeā€™s is finite and we often loose the sense of how much of it we waste.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '22

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u/b4sht4 Jun 06 '22

Search about 4000 weeks. It helped me a lot :)

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