![]() ![]() That way, when I tap the icon, instead of just getting a brief white background, I get a cool all black Trail Blazer screen before being sent to the NBA app. I created a basic HTML file that redirects to the NBA url scheme, created the icon I wanted for it, turned the background black, and then added a startup image that displays the logo on a black background. Usually a Web Clip will launch Safari and hit a web site, which is slow, however, if it’s a local HTML file it doesn’t need to do anything at all. ![]() Looking a little closer I saw they created these Web Clips in a pretty clever way that kept everything local on the device. So I took a look at how Shortcuts was creating these launchers and realized they’re basically just Web Clips that when opened redirect to a Shortcuts URL scheme. However, I realized that if there was only one slight pause and a redirect to the NBA app, without first going through Shortcuts, that would probably work just fine for what I wanted this to do. Sure, it worked, but it took longer than I wanted to even for an app I only open a few times a day. Because of this, I thought about just using a Siri Shortcut to act as an app launcher and being done with it, but I didn’t love how the shortcut would launch, then switch to the Shortcut app, and then launch the NBA app. I check it maybe a couple times a day, at most, to see what games are on, check scores, and watch one via League Pass if it’s coming down to the wire. I have no desire to jailbreak my phone and this really isn’t an app I open up all that often anyway. So when it came time to move from having the MLB app on my home screen, to the NBA, I started looking into all the different ways I could maybe change-up the icon. For example, it’s a no brainer that the NBA should copy baseball and let you put a team logo as the app icon … but, they don’t. However, not every app has taken advantage of this new feature. It’s a nice way to add a little bit of customization to your device. Overcast has a cool dark icon for subscribers, Carrot Weather has a huge selection to choose from, and the MLB At Bat app lets you pick your favorite team’s logo as the icon. A few of my favorite apps have taken advantage of this. Some of the app’s features require a subscription, the details of which you can learn about on the App Store.In iOS 10 Apple introduced the ability for app makers to offer alternative app icons for their apps. Along with the redesign of the iPad app, version 5.8 is another excellent update from CARROT that I encourage everyone to check out.ĬARROT Weather 5.8 is available for download now on the App Store. I’ve been spending a lot of time pairing Lock Screens with Focus modes, and CARROT’s weather widgets have been a staple when I head out for a long walk or bike ride. All weather data providers seem to be strong in some parts of the world and weaker in others, including WeatherKit, but it’s good to have another choice, especially since Dark Sky will no longer offer forecasts beginning next year. Whatever is most important to you, there’s bound to be a widget for it in CARROT Weather.įinally, CARROT Weather has added another weather data provider: Apple’s own WeatherKit service. The remainder of the widgets are circular ones that offer a long list of data points like the current conditions, the current temperature along with the forecast high and low, the change of precipitation, wind speed, UV Index, Air Quality, and more. ![]() Four of those widgets, Snark, Custom Conditions, Hourly Forecast, and Daily Forecast, are the larger rectangular variety. In addition to the new iPad design and new sections available in the iPhone and iPad versions of the app, CARROT Weather now comes with a whopping 20 Lock Screen widgets for the iPhone. A few of CARROT Weather’s circular Lock Screen widgets. ![]()
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