Swift Development for the Apple Watch: An Intro to the WatchKit Framework, Glances, and Notifications 1st Edition

by Jon Manning (Author), Paris Buttfield-Addison (Author)

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Apple Watch is the sort of science-fiction gadget that people used to dream about as kids. What kinds of apps do you envision for this new device? If you’re comfortable using OS X, Xcode, and iOS—and familiar with Swift—this concise book shows you the basics of building your own apps for this wrist-mounted computer with Apple’s WatchKit framework.

You’ll learn what an Apple Watch is, what it isn’t, and how and why people might interact with apps you build for it. This practical guide also examines the type of apps most suitable for this device, and shows you how to be a good citizen in the iOS/Watch ecosystem.

Learn the Watch app lifecycle, and understand how these apps interact with the user’s iPhone
Build a Watch app and its iOS counterpart by adding controls, working with multiple screens, and sharing data
Design a simple glance, the non-interactive Watch component that provides quick-look information
Add functionality to the notification system, including actionable items, and display them on the Watch face
Design and build complications, Watch-face gadgets that can display quick snapshots of information, including future events with Time Travel

About the Author

Jon Manning is a world renown iOS development trainer and writer, game designer and mobile software engineering wizard.

He has co-authored two books on mobile development and enjoys re-implementing such things as OpenGL and the Objective-C runtime (in his spare time).Jon is also a researcher in Human-Computer Interaction working towards a PhD.

Paris Buttfield-Addison is a mobile app engineer, game designer and researcher with a passion for making technology simpler and as engaging as possible.

He has written two books on game development and currently spends his time designing mobile products for millions upon millions of users while drinking too much coffee.

Paris has coded for everything from Qt to 6502 assembly to iOS and thinks digital watches are a pretty neat idea. He claims he will soon have a PhD.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ O'Reilly Media; 1st edition (June 28, 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 88 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1491925205
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1491925201
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.9 x 0.2 x 8.9 inches

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Dr Paris Buttfield-Addison is co-founder of Secret Lab, a game development studio based in beautiful Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.Secret Lab builds games and game development tools, including the award-winning ABC Play School iPad games, BAFTA- and IGF-winning Night in the Woods, and the Qantas Joey Playbox, and the popular open source YarnSpinner narrative game framework.

Paris formerly worked as a software engineer, and product manager for Meebo, which was acquired by Google in 2012.

He has a degree in medieval history, a PhD in Computing, and writes technical books on machine learning, programming, and game development for O’Reilly Media.

He can be found on Twitter @parisba and online at http://paris.id.au

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MPE

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Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2017

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This book is -way out of date!- I hasn't been updated to swift 4, but is instead still in swift 2. The examples (downloaded from the the book's web site) do not work. Period. Apple only supports Swift 4 now, swift 2 is obsolete and not supported.

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Bart

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Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2018

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Poorly written and only 70 pages. This book should never have been published, it is an embarrassment... The examples are vague and not constructed well. What waste of money.

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