What’s the one thing iOS lacks? No it’s not real multitasking, inter-app communication, or reliable data syncing. It’s never had an animated assistant based on office stationary.
Well you’re in luck:
How to get Clippy in your app
Download or clone the NSClippy repository on GitHub. Include all the files in /NSClippy (excluding the Example directory) in your project, or use CocoaPods:
pod 'NSClippy'
Adding Clippy to your view:
NSClippy *clippy = [[NSClippy alloc] initWithAgent:@"clippy"];
[self.view addSubview:clippy];
[clippy show];
And to show an animation:
[clippy showAnimation:@"GetArtsy"];
For now you’ll have to move him and make his speech bubble yourself. If you do give him the power of speech, please be kind and submit a pull request.
Credits
NSClippy is an Objective-C port of smore’s excellent ClippyJS. I’ve used all the assets from their project, including the sprites, animations, and sound.
About the maker
Any questions? Ask me on Twitter: @weiran
I also make an open source Hacker News reader app for iPhone called Hackers.
Hi, I'm Weiran Zhang. I work as a Senior Engineering Manager at Capital One. I have a passion for technology and building thriving software teams. This blog is where I write about things I find interesting. You can follow me on Mastodon.