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Apple Watch App Development

You're reading from Apple Watch App Development Build real-world applications for the Apple Watch platform using the WatchKit framework and Swift 2.0

Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2016

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781785886362

Length 358 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Swift

Tools

WatchKit

Concepts

Wearable Tech

Author (1):

Steven F. Daniel

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Table of Contents (13) Chapters

Preface

1. Introducing the Swift Programming Language

2. Understanding Apple Watch FREE CHAPTER

3. Exploring WatchKit Controls

4. Using the Core Location and Watch Connectivity Frameworks

5. Navigating Around in WatchKit

6. Implementing Tables within Your App

7. Adding Menus to Your App

8. Incorporating the Glance Interface in Your App

9. Incorporating Notifications within Your App

10. Image Compression and Animation

11. Packaging and Deploying Your App

Index

Summary

In this chapter, we explored how to go about downloading and installing Xcode development tools and then moved on to discussing and using playgrounds to write Swift code to get to grips with some of the Swift programming language features. Next, we looked at some of the newest features that come as part of the Swift 2.0 language.

In the next chapter, you will learn about the WatchKit platform and its architecture as well as the application's life cycle. You will get accustomed to the WatchKit classes and learn about some of the limitations with the WatchKit platform architecture; then you will learn about Apple Watch Human Interface Guidelines and take a look at what's new in watchOS 2.

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Authors (1)

Steven F. Daniel

Steven F. Daniel

Steven F. Daniel is the CEO and founder of GENIESOFT STUDIOS, a software development company based in Melbourne, Victoria, that focuses primarily on developing games and business applications for the iOS, Android, and Mac OS X platforms. He is an experienced software engineer with more than 17 years' experience and is extremely passionate about making people employable by helping them use their existing skills in iOS, Android, and Xamarin to get the job done. He is a member of the SQL Server Special Interest Group (SQLSIG), CocoaHeads, and the Java Community. He was the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at SoftMpire Pty Ltd., a company focused primarily on developing business applications for the iOS and Android platforms.

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