Make the remote feel native with a Magic Keyboard / trackpad, and give iPad a pairing path that survives a blocked camera. Keyboard shortcuts (mirroring the Mac's .commands): - Cmd+Return sends in the session follow-up composer and the start-chat composer (plain Return stays a newline in the multiline fields). - On the approval card, Return allows and Esc denies -- the approval bar replaces the composer, so Return is unclaimed there. Allow stays gated on the biometric. Pointer: - .hoverEffect on the diff file-list rows (native List rows already hover). Camera-free pairing (ManualPairingView): - "Enter code manually" in both the pairing intro and Settings opens a sheet to paste the Mac's nucleic://pair?d=... code, parsed with the same PairingPayload(qrString:) the scanner uses (+ a Paste-from-clipboard button). The iPad scanner can't run while mirrored to an external display or in some Stage Manager states; this always works. Note: the Mac's RemoteAccessView currently shows only the QR, so a follow-up host change is needed to surface a copyable pairing link for this to be end-to-end. Builds clean. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <[email protected]>
NucleicRemote (iPhone client)
The thin iOS remote client for Nucleic (PLAN milestone M4). It's a pure projection of the
Mac host over LAN: monitor sessions, read transcripts/diffs, answer approvals, and send
follow-up input — scope approve. No local git or CLI; the Mac is the single authority
(see docs/UX_IOS.md and docs/SYNC_PROTOCOL.md).
Architecture
All wire/crypto logic is shared with the Mac via the NucleicProtocol SwiftPM library
(this Xcode project links it as a local package at ../..):
- Transport —
NWFrameChannel(NWConnection) +LANDiscovery(Bonjour_nucleic._tcp). - Engine —
NucleicProtocol.SyncClientruns the Noise handshake (XXpsk0 to pair, IK to reconnect), exchanges hello/welcome, and turnsHostMsgs into aSyncClient.Eventstream. - State —
RemoteStore(ObservableObject) is the single on-device UI state, a pure projection of the host. Identity + pinned host live inIdentityStore(Keychain + UserDefaults). - UI — SwiftUI:
SessionsView(attention-first list),SessionDetailView(transcript/diff + status-driven action area),ApprovalCardView(Face ID gate on high-risk),PairingScannerView(QR),SettingsView.
Build & run
# Resolves the local NucleicProtocol package automatically.
xcodebuild -project ios/NucleicRemote/NucleicRemote.xcodeproj \
-scheme NucleicRemote \
-destination 'platform=iOS Simulator,name=iPhone 17 Pro' build
Or open NucleicRemote.xcodeproj in Xcode and run. To pair, start the sync server on the Mac
(Nucleic ▸ Settings ▸ Add iPhone shows the QR), then scan it. On a real device, both must be
on the same Wi‑Fi.
Status
The full pair → list → subscribe → approve → reconnect path is implemented and the protocol/
server side is covered by tests in Tests/NucleicProtocolTests and Tests/NucleicCoreTests.
Push notifications / Live Activity (UX_IOS §5.1/§5.3) are the M5 follow-up (needs the relay).