Developing Wearable Software

When Steve Jobs told us years ago that the iPhone runs OS X, few would have guessed that statement would one day also apply to a wristwatch. The Apple Watch development platform is quite powerful, but it also demands a simplistic approach to create wearable software that people want to use. This talk will examine the current state of developing wearable software with WatchKit and walk through an example of building an app for the Apple Watch.

http://cocoaconf.com/austin-2016/sessions/Developing-Wearable-Software

Transcript

1. Developing Wearable So0ware Conrad Stoll - @conradstoll - @mutualmobile
2. Apple Watch is Awesome
3. Apps Do One Thing and Do It Well
4. If you could have any bu0on on your wrist, what would it be?
7. Working with WatchKit
8. There's not much code!
9. Access to iPhone App Data and sensors from the iPhone Exis%ng iPhone code
10. Communica)on Message Passing and File Transfer
11. MMWormhole h"p:/ /github.com/mutualmobile/mmwormhole
13. Storyboards Watch app UI is en.rely defined using Storyboards
15. Digital Crown WKInterfacePicker
17. Demo
18. Groups Organiza(onal and structural building blocks Rela%ve Layout based on dynamic content size, rela%ve margins and percentages
19. View Interface Controllers Every screen is backed by a light weight interface controller
20. Run$me
21. Image Sequences and Anima(ons!
23. UA Record
25. Demo
26. Complica)ons Great Watch Apps are Great Complica2ons
27. My Watch Face
28. Demo
29. No#fica#ons Very customizable Richly detailed Ac#onable
31. Demo
32. Glances Quick bits of informa0on
35. Labels A"ributed text, dynamic type, mul4line text layout
37. Demo
38. Sample Code github.com/cnstoll/BeerBu2on speakerdeck.com/cnstoll/developing-wearable-so6ware
39. Thanks! Conrad Stoll - @conradstoll - @mutualmobile
40. Q&A