Opener 1.8 is made for iOS 13! First and foremost, that means full support for dark mode throughout the app. iOS 13 also introduces a nice new visual table view style that Opener’s adopted on the iPad, and it looks great

Today I’m launching Opener 1.7, the latest and greatest update to the handy link opening utility for iOS. This update includes one oft-requested feature and some solid refinements. Quick browser switching Since the introduction of browser support in Opener 1.1 I’ve received repeated feedback that browser switching isn’t discoverable, and that for people…

UIActivityViewController, the standard iOS share menu or “share sheet,” was introduced way back in iOS 6. In iOS 8 it was made significantly more valuable to iOS developers with the addition of share extensions and action extensions. …

Today is Opener’s third birthday! 🎂 Inspired by a recent post from the developers of Halide and as a follow up to last year’s post, I thought I’d write up a little year in review. Launches Opener’s steadily grown and developed over the past year. …

Today I’m launching a little app named Burst on the App Store. Burst lets you quickly and easily turn photo bursts taken with the iPhone’s Camera app into looping videos and GIFs. When you launch the app, you’ll see a carousel of the bursts you’ve taken. …

iOS 11 is here, and along with it we’ve got a sweet update for Opener ready! Opener 1.4 is available today, here’s what’s new. A little facelift Let’s get the obvious out of the way first. I’m no designer, and some people have complained about the design for Opener’s icon over the years…

Two years ago today I launched Opener for iOS, and since then I’ve been steadily advancing and improving it. I’m incredibly proud of this app, and it’s been fun to watch it grow. There’s a small update to Opener out today that enhances its 3D Touch support, allowing you to…

A few weeks ago Snapchat started selling Spectacles, a pair of sunglasses that record short bursts of video. Spectacles record video in a new circular format, and when played inside of Snapchat users can pan their device around to reveal different parts of the video.

I launched Opener last Summer with a simple purpose: to allow people to open links in native apps instead of the browser. Shortly after its launch one of its top request features was adding browser support for links that couldn’t be opened in apps, which I added in Opener 1.1…