Opis: Learning Watchkit Programming - Wei-Meng Lee

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.Preface xiii Acknowledgments xvii About the Author xix Chapter 1: Getting Started with WatchKit Programming 1 Specifications of the Apple Watch 1 Getting the Tools for Development 2 Understanding the WatchKit App Architecture 3 Types of Apple Watch Applications 6 Hello, World! 6 Summary 16 Chapter 2: Apple Watch Interface Navigation 17 Interface Controllers and Storyboard 17 Navigating between Interface Controllers 22 Summary 43 Chapter 3: Apple Watch User Interface 45 Responding to User Interactions 45 Displaying Information 65 Gathering Information 82 Laying Out the Controls 86 Force Touch 91 Summary 98 Chapter 4: Interfacing with iOS Apps 99 Localization 99 Communicating between the WatchKit App and the Extension 113 Summary 148 Chapter 5: Displaying Notifications 149 What Is a Notification? 149 Types of Notifications on the Apple Watch 152 Summary 178 Chapter 6: Displaying Glances 179 What Is a Glance? 179 Making the App Useful 186 Updating the Glance 192 Summary 194 Index 195

Szczegóły: Learning Watchkit Programming - Wei-Meng Lee

Tytuł: Learning Watchkit Programming
Autor: Wei-Meng Lee
Producent: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780134195445
Rok produkcji: 2015
Ilość stron: 224
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 0.36 kg

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