Beginning WatchKit Development

Start building watchOS apps TODAY

Turn to Beginning WatchKit Development and quickly build your skills, developing polished watchOS apps. With this book, you’ll learn how to add cool features to your apps like local networking between watchOS and iOS with the WatchConnectivity Framework, multimedia functionality to play audio and video content, and with Beginning WatchKit Development, you’ll learn how to:

• Build your first watchOS app from start to finish
• Add multimedia components like audio and video playback
• Record high quality audio from the built-in microphones
• Access health data, including live heart rate data
• Implement Handoff so users can continue tasks started on watchOS
• Gather user input for use in apps
• Add ClockKit complications to the watch face

Each chapter will guide you through building a sample app piece by piece. By following along with the sample code throughout the book from start to finish, you’ll gain firsthand knowledge on the process of creating a fully functional watchOS app. Authors Cory Bohon and Kyle Richter will help you avoid the common pitfalls encountered when building your first watchOS apps.

Whether new to iOS development, or a current professional developer, Beginning WatchKit Development shows you how to level up your app.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction To The Apple Watch
Chapter 2: Testing On Devices And The Simulator
Chapter 3: Designing For Apple Watch
Chapter 4: Advanced Watchkit Controls
Chapter 5: Watchkit Multimedia
Chapter 6: The Watch Connectivityframework
Chapter 7: Building Complications With Clockkit
Chapter 8: Accessing The Sensors
Chapter 9: Animation Techniques
Chapter 10: Alerts
Chapter 11: User Input And Internationalization
Chapter 12: Handoff
Chapter 13: Building Dock-Compatible Watchos Apps
Chapter 14: Distributing Watchkit Apps