Building Apple Watch Projects
by Stuart Grimshaw /
2013 / English / PDF
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With Apple's eagerly anticipated entry into the wearable arena, the field is wide open for a new era of app development. The Apple Watch is one of the most important technologies of our time.
Key Features
Explore the opportunities opened up to developers by Apple's latest device: the Apple Watch
Be a crackerjack at developing software across a broad range of watch app categories
From an eminent author, master all stages of development, from the first stage through to a completed project
Book Description
This easy-to-understand book takes beginners on a delightful journey of discovering the features available to the developer, right up to the completion of medium-level projects ready for App Store submission. It provides the fastest way to develop real-world apps for the Apple Watch by teaching you the concepts of Watch UI, visual haptic and audio, message and data exchange between watch and phone, Web communication, and finally Visual, haptic as well as audio feedback for users.
By the end of this book, you will have developed at least four fully functioning apps for deployment on watchOS 2.
What you will learn
Understand the concept of the Apple Watch as an autonomous device as well as it being paired with the iPhone
Get your app up and running
Design exciting, inspiring, and attractive layouts for your apps
Make your user interface more engaging using images and animation
Enable your Watch and iPhone apps to transport and share data
Leverage the feature-rich set of WatchKit technologies provided by Apple
Connect your apps to the Internet
Submit your app to the App Store
About the Author
Stuart Grimshaw has programmed for Apple computers since the days before OS X and has been involved with developing for Apple Watch since its release. Born in the UK and having lived in Germany and the Netherlands, he is currently an iOS developer in Auckland, New Zealand, where he works on some of AustraliaNew Zealand's largest video and TV delivery apps and heads the research and development of both watchOS and tvOS applications. He is passionate about the potential of the Apple Watch and Apple TV as well as Apple's Swift programming language and is a keen proponent of beach coding.
Table of Contents
Exploring the New Platform
Hello Watch
C-Quence A Memory Game
Expanding on C-Quence
On Q A Productivity App
Watching the Weather
Plot Buddy All about Location
Images, Animation, and Sound
Wear It, Test It, Tweak It, Ship It
This Is Only the Beginning
