Developing Wearable Software - 360iDev

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 building an app to order a beer on the Apple Watch.

Transcript

1. Developing Wearable So0ware Conrad Stoll - @conradstoll - @mutualmobile - MMWormhole
2. Apple Watch is Awesome
3. Apps Should Do One Thing and Do It Well
4. like Order Beer!
5. Ordering a Beer 1. Raise your wrist 2. Open watch app 3. Pick which beer 4. Order beer 5. Beer is delivered
6. Complica)ons are the BEST way to launch apps!
10. Demo
11. Building our Watch App
12. Goal: Quick Interac1on Two seconds or less
13. WatchKit Not much code!
14. Storyboards Watch app UI is en.rely defined using Storyboards
15. Groups Layout and Organiza/on
17. Digital Crown WKInterfacePicker – WKCrownSequencer
19. Access to iPhone App via WatchConnec1vity
21. Demo
22. Apps Should Be Glance-able and display relevant content
23. Stay up-to-date with WKRefreshBackgroundTask
25. Great Watch Apps are Great Complica2ons
27. Demo
28. Confidence to Drop Your Wrist
29. Anima&on and Confirma&on
31. No#fica#ons
34. Demo
35. Sample Code github.com/cnstoll/BeerBu2on speakerdeck.com/cnstoll/developing-wearable-so6ware
36. Thanks! Conrad Stoll - @conradstoll - @mutualmobile
37. Q&A