Summary: <p>Frank is ready to start his next app and he is completely skipping cross-platform development... or is he?!?! We investigate what to do with File->New and how to start the architecture for your next app. Why target the platform specific APIs instead of cross-platform APIs? What is Frank doing and how is he going to handle the situation where he wants to go to a new platform?!</p> <p><strong>SUPPORT US ON PATREON</strong>: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/mergeconflictfm" target="_blank">patreon.com/mergeconflictfm</a></p> <h3>Follow Us</h3> <ul> <li>Frank: <a href="http://twitter.com/praeclarum" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://praeclarum.org" target="_blank">Blog</a>, <a href="http://github.com/praeclarum" target="_blank">GitHub</a> </li> <li>James: <a href="http://twitter.com/jamesmontemagno" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://montemagno.com" target="_blank">Blog</a>, <a href="http://github.com/jamesmontemagno" target="_blank">GitHub</a> </li> <li>Merge Conflict: <a href="http://twitter.com/mergeconflictfm" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mergeconflictfm" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://mergeconflict.fm" target="_blank">Website</a> </li> <li>Music : Amethyst Seer - Citrine by <a href="https://soundcloud.com/adventureface" target="_blank">Adventureface</a> </li> <li>Proudly recorded on <a href="https://zencastr.com/" target="_blank">Zencastr</a> </li> </ul><p>Links:</p><ul> <li><a title="About Core Animation" rel="nofollow" href="https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/CoreAnimation_guide/Introduction/Introduction.html">About Core Animation</a></li> <li><a title="An Introduction to SkiaSharp - Xamarin" rel="nofollow" href="https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/cross-platform/skiasharp/introduction/">An Introduction to SkiaSharp - Xamarin</a></li> <li><a title="Overcast" rel="nofollow" href="https://overcast.fm/">Overcast</a></li> <li><a title="Under the Radar - Relay FM" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.relay.fm/radar">Under the Radar - Relay FM</a></li> <li><a title="Functional reactive programming - Wikipedia" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_reactive_programming">Functional reactive programming - Wikipedia</a></li> <li><a title="reactjs/redux: Predictable state container for JavaScript apps" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/reactjs/redux">reactjs/redux: Predictable state container for JavaScript apps</a></li> <li><a title="Apple could let you run iPad apps on your Mac | TechCrunch" rel="nofollow" href="https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/31/apple-could-let-you-run-ipad-apps-on-your-mac/">Apple could let you run iPad apps on your Mac | TechCrunch</a></li> <li><a title='James Montemagno
