WatchKit overview

A comprehensive overview of WatchKit for our monthly usergroup in Stuttgart http://mobilemaultaschen.de/

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2. WatchKit
3. iOS App
5. App Groups
6. NSUserDefaults
7. NSUserDefaults let defaults = NSUserDefaults(suiteName: "group.com.keslcod.watch")
8. NSFileManager
9. NSFileManager let url = manager. containerURLForSecurityApplicatio nGroupIdentifier(“group.com.keslc od.watch")
10. WatchKit Apps
11. WatchKit Apps. Your app on Apple Watch contains a full user interface. Users can launch, control, and interact with your app in ways unique to Apple Watch.
12. Glances. You can provide users with timely read-only information that they care about with a Glance — a quick and lightweight view of your app.
13. Actionable Notifications. Actionable notifications built and designed with WatchKit let users take action right from their wrists.
14. Styles
15. Hierarchical similar to UINavigation- ViewController
17. Page-based Total number of pages is fixed and must be set on compile time
19. User Interface
20. User Interface • Button • Label • Date/Time/Timer label • Separator • Switch • MapView • Image • Menu
21. User Interface • defined at compile time • NSObject subclasses, *no* views • one way communication —> you can’t read properties of views on Apple Watch
22. WKInterfaceControllerer • init • awakeWithContext() • willActivate() • didDeactivate()
23. WKInterfaceGroup • horizontal/vertical flow layout • margins/spacing • can be nested • background color/image
24. WKInterfaceTable • single column • multiple row types (header, content, footer) • every row backed by controller, subclass of NSObject
25. WKInterfaceMap • non-interactive snapshop • up to 5 annotations • tap opens the Maps app on iPhone
26. Animations • no dynamic animations • Flipbook —> https://github.com/frosty/Flipbook
27. Dev. Setup
28. Dev. Setup • Xcode • 8.2 GM • 8.3 β2 (—> Swift 1.2) • iOS simulator • Hardware - External Displays - Apple Watch
30. Bezel http://infinitapps.com/ bezel/
32. Xscope http://xscopeapp.com