Code App 4+

Please include a “Save” button or shortcut!

This is almost the perfect app for coding on iOS, but you can only save a file by ‘closing’ the keyboard - which is neither foolproof, 1st-time user friendly nor an intuitive method of saving a file. It also does not give the user the control they expect of such a simple and essential task.

I can’t think of any time in the past where I’ve ever saved my files by closing the keyboard. Even if you keep the current autosave feature as a fallback (many other programs do this by having simple timer, eg save every 5 mins), why not also include a regular ‘save’ button as well? Does giving the user the ability to be in control take away from your current design methodology? It really baffles me.

My critique here comes from now having had multiple bad experiences just trying to get my simple js file to actually ‘save’ so that it is updated on my icloud drive.
This issue of mine would of course immediately be solved by having a button or shortcut that allows me to save the file at will.

Please consider this a feature request and not a negative review because you really have made a wonderful app otherwise.

Cheers,

This code app is great to use on iPad. It would be much better to open and upload files and folders via GitHub.

I used this successfully for a week, then for no apparent reason lost access to my workspaces through the app, despite trying repeatedly "Close Workspace" and then attempting to reopen them again by selecting the folders, hard resetting the phone, removing the app from memory, etc. This is a tiny bit of a dealbreaker, since I can't actually use my projects!

Prior to that, my main complaint was a frustrating tendency of the cursor in Runestone to act like a magnet being repelled by the specific place in the text I wanted it to go, and instead flying off to the sides. Very odd behaviour.