Learning WatchKit Programming: A Hands-On Guide to Creating Apple Watch Applications
Description
Create Breakthrough Apple Watch Apps with
the WatchKit Framework With its Apple Watch and WatchKit framework,
Apple is challenging developers to build exciting and innovative
apps for Apple Watch. iOS developers who master Apple Watch
programming now will have the same huge “early mover”
advantage that early iPhone developers enjoyed. Learning
WatchKit Programming is a complete, hands-on tutorial
for all iOS developers who are ready to design and build
tomorrow’s hottest new wearable apps. Leading iOS development trainer and author
Wei-Meng Lee covers all of the fundamentals of Apple Watch
development and the WatchKit API, from application architecture and
design to navigation, notification, and glances. Using practical
Swift code examples designed for clarity and simplicity, Lee guides
you through building apps from the ground up and shows you how to
integrate those apps with the iPhone for expanded capabilities. The perfect companion to other mobile
development books in the Learning Series, this guide helps you
extend your iOS skills to a whole new environment, build apps that
solve a new set of problems, and reach millions of people in the
new Apple Watch marketplace Coverage includes
Getting started quickly with WatchKit and
Apple Watch development
Storyboarding apps and testing them on the
Apple Watch Simulator
Mastering Apple Watch’s
multiple-screen navigation
Building highly efficient interfaces with
Apple Watch UI controls
Customizing each screen’s look and
feel, and passing data between them
Responding to user interactions via
buttons, switches, sliders, or Force Touch
Displaying information via labels, images,
or tables
Communicating between an Apple Watch app
and its containing iOS app
Calling web services from Apple
Watch
Displaying short- and long-look
notifications
Customizing notifications to display your
message’s essence more quickly
Implementing glances to give users a
faster way to gather information
Localizing your Apple Watch apps
All of this book’s sample Swift
code is available for download at informit.com/title/9780134195445.
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224 pages Learning WatchKit Programming: A Hands-On Guide to Creating Apple Watch Applications
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Create Breakthrough Apple Watch Apps with the WatchKit Framework
With its Apple Watch and WatchKit framework, Apple is challenging developers to build exciting and innovative apps for Apple Watch. iOS developers who master Apple Watch programming now will have the same huge “early mover” advantage that early iPhone developers enjoyed. Learning WatchKit Programming is a complete, hands-on tutorial for all iOS developers who are ready to design and build tomorrow’s hottest new wearable apps.
Leading iOS development trainer and author Wei-Meng Lee covers all of the fundamentals of Apple Watch development and the WatchKit API, from application architecture and design to navigation, notification, and glances. Using practical Swift code examples designed for clarity and simplicity, Lee guides you through building apps from the ground up and shows you how to integrate those apps with the iPhone for expanded capabilities.
The perfect companion to other mobile development books in the Learning Series, this guide helps you extend your iOS skills to a whole new environment, build apps that solve a new set of problems, and reach millions of people in the new Apple Watch marketplace
Coverage includes
Getting started quickly with WatchKit and Apple Watch development
Storyboarding apps and testing them on the Apple Watch Simulator
Mastering Apple Watch’s multiple-screen navigation
Building highly efficient interfaces with Apple Watch UI controls
Customizing each screen’s look and feel, and passing data between them
Responding to user interactions via buttons, switches, sliders, or Force Touch
Displaying information via labels, images, or tables
Communicating between an Apple Watch app and its containing iOS app
Calling web services from Apple Watch
Displaying short- and long-look notifications
Customizing notifications to display your message’s essence more quickly
Implementing glances to give users a faster way to gather information
Localizing your Apple Watch apps
All of this book’s sample Swift code is available for download at informit.com/title/9780134195445.
