Apple Watch App Development by Daniel, Steven F. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Apple Watch App Development

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Preface

What this book covers What you need for this book Who this book is for Conventions Reader feedback Customer support

Downloading the example code Errata Piracy Questions

1. Introducing the Swift Programming Language

Registering as an Apple developer Getting and installing Xcode development tools Introduction to Xcode playgrounds Introduction to the Swift language

Variables, constants, strings, and semicolons

Variables Constants Strings Semicolons

Numeric types and conversion Booleans, tuples, and string interpolation

Booleans Tuples String interpolation

Controlling the flow

The for…in loops

What's new in Swift 2.0

Error handling Binding Protocol extensions

Summary

2. Understanding Apple Watch

Introduction to the WatchKit platform

Introducing the WatchKit application architecture Introducing the WatchKit application life cycle Introducing the WatchKit classes Limitations of the WatchKit platform

Apple Watch Human Interface Guidelines What's new in watchOS 2

Watch faces

Photos Time-Lapse

Time travel Nightstand mode Activation Lock FaceTime audio Social features

Summary

3. Exploring WatchKit Controls

Building the Guessing Game application

Using Interface Builder to create the watch user interface

Adding our user interface controls – text and labels Creating Outlets to our Interface Builder objects Creating Actions that respond to user actions

Building and running the Guessing Game application

Summary

4. Using the Core Location and Watch Connectivity Frameworks

Creating the navigation tracking application

Building the Watch Tracker application – iPhone

Adding and removing annotation placeholders Handling requests for background location updates Building and running the Watch Tracker application

Building the Watch Tracker application – WatchKit

Limitations of using Core Location within watchOS 2

Using Interface Builder to create the Watch Tracker UI

Creating the Outlets for our Interface Builder objects Creating an Action event to handle our map zooming

Using Core Location with the WatchKit extension Communicating between the iPhone app and the WatchTracker WatchKit extension

Integrating the Watch Connectivity framework – iPhone app Integrating the Watch Connectivity framework – WatchKit extension Building and running the Watch Tracker application

Summary

5. Navigating Around in WatchKit

Building the Health Monitor application

Understanding page-based interfaces and navigation Understanding modal interfaces and navigation Understanding hierarchical interfaces and navigation Integrating the HealthKit framework to handle updates Integrating the HealthKit framework – iPhone app Building the Health Monitor application – WatchKit

Creating the profile details interface controller's WatchKit class Creating the Outlets for our Interface Builder objects

Creating an Action event to handle our Start Monitoring button Using HealthKit to obtain heart rate and pedometer information Using HealthKit to obtain biological personal information

Building and running the Health Monitor application Summary

6. Implementing Tables within Your App

Building the Shopping List application

Setting up and provisioning your app for Apple Pay Configuring our Shopping List app to work with Apple Pay Understanding the WatchKit table object Building the Shopping List application – WatchKit

Creating the table row interface controller's WatchKit class Configuring our product table row controller class Creating the product class structure to hold product items Creating the ProductsList property list Populating our WatchKit table controller with row information Responding when a row has been selected within our table

Running the Shopping List application – WatchKit Handling payment requests with the PassKit framework

Building and running the Shopping List application Summary

7. Adding Menus to Your App

Introduction to gestures and the menu interface

Understanding WatchKit context menu gestures Understanding the WatchKit context menu interface

Design considerations for WatchKit context menu icons

Understanding the default WatchKit context menu actions

Adding a menu to our Shopping List application – WatchKit Establishing the WatchKit context menu connections Design considerations when using Taptic Engine

Learning how to integrate Apple Watch haptics within an app Running the Shopping List application – WatchKit

Summary

8. Incorporating the Glance Interface in Your App

Introduction to working with WatchKit glances

Understanding the glance controller life cycle

Adding a glance to our Shopping List application – WatchKit

Creating a glance build scheme for our Shopping List app Creating the glance interface controller WatchKit class

Configuring our glance controller using templates Establishing glance interface controller connections Storing information to show within your glance controller Displaying information within your glance controller Understanding the glance interface guidelines Running the Shopping List application – WatchKit Summary

9. Incorporating Notifications within Your App

Working with WatchKit notifications

Understanding the notification controller life cycle

Configuring the notification scheme for our Shopping List app Adding Action buttons to your dynamic notifications

Responding to actions within your custom notifications The difference between static and dynamic interface controllers Configuring our Shopping List app's dynamic notification controller

Establishing our notification controller connections Configuring a category for our static interface controller Scheduling notifications with your notification controller Displaying messages within the notification interface Understanding the notification interface guidelines Running the Shopping List application – WatchKit Summary

10. Image Compression and Animation

Building the animation application – WatchKit

Setting up and adding images to the assets catalog Configuring our app to use App Transport Security Using Interface Builder to create the watch user interface

Establishing connections to our interface controller Establishing our Action events that respond to user actions Animating your images within the WatchKit interface Loading and compressing images within the WatchKit interface Building and running the Animation Example application

Summary

11. Packaging and Deploying Your App

Creating and setting up your iOS development team Creating the iOS development certificate Obtaining the development certificate from Apple Creating App IDs for your WatchKit applications Creating development provisioning profiles Profiling your application using Xcode Instruments Preparing your app for submission using iTunes Connect Submitting an app to iTunes Connect using Xcode Summary

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