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runjakeyesterday at 3:06 PM1 replyview on HN

File a Feedback request to make the “external monitor support” available on iPhone and iOS. This is essentially the equivalent of Dex for iOS.

The more people that file, the more likely it is to happen.


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navanchauhanyesterday at 7:24 PM

Are the primitives not already there?[0]

I don't see why we cannot build an app that when connected to an external monitor switches to a "Desktop Environment". Maybe, even a hacked version of UTM[1] that exposes a fully functional OS on the monitor.

[0] https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/presenting-c...

[1] https://github.com/utmapp/UTM