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Show HN: Nissan's Leaf app doesn't have a home screen widget so I made my own

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122 points kcon | 3 comments | 14 Apr 25 02:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.624s | source

Nissan's official mobile app for their LEAF electric car doesn't have a widget for quickly checking the car's battery charge status on your phone's home screen, so for a fun side project I decided to make my own using free tools like GitHub Actions, Appium, Tailscale, and Apple Shortcuts.
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wizerno ◴[14 Apr 25 05:01 UTC] No.43678208[source]▶
Does anyone else miss the functionality of the Android WhatsApp widget [1] on iOS? Being able to read messages without sending read receipts via the widget is a great feature. The iOS notification 'peek' is a clumsy substitute.

Is this a fundamental limitation of iOS widgets/APIs, or just something WhatsApp hasn't implemented? Curious if others have found better ways to handle this on iPhone.

[1] https://www.tomsguide.com/how-to/how-to-use-the-WhatsApp-wid...

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1. createaccount99 ◴[14 Apr 25 08:45 UTC] No.43679314[source]▶
> Being able to read messages without sending read receipts via the widget is a great feature.

More like an unfair anti-feature

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2. mort96 ◴[14 Apr 25 10:28 UTC] No.43679815[source]▶
Hm? Should I as the user not be able to decide what I send or don't send?
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3. createaccount99 ◴[16 Apr 25 15:42 UTC] No.43706847[source]▶
You can disable read receipts in the settings, but then you won't see their read receipts. This is fair.