Developing for Apple TV using tvOS and Swift

Gary Bennett, Brad Lees, and Stefan Kaczmarek, the team behind Swift 2 for Absolute Beginners, brings you a hands-on “Swift” introduction to the new tvOS SDK with a collection of app projects to try out.

You’ll learn how to create a BookStore app for the TV, including using Stack Views for book details, how to create a photo gallery app, and how to use collection view and split view controllers with a music collection app. Finally, you’ll also learn how to store Apple TV app data in iCloud.

The new Apple TV is here, and it’s open for your native apps ― Developing for the Apple TV with tvOS and Swift will get you started developing right away.

What you will learn:

• How to use stack views in tvOS
• How to use collection views and split view controllers
• How to store Apple TV app data in iCloud
• How to create native apps for books, photos, and music on the Apple TV

Who this book is for:
Intermediate iOS developers who want to create native Apple TV apps using the new tvOS SDK.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Getting Started with the New Apple TV
Chapter 2: The tvOS Weather App
Chapter 3: Stack Views and the Focus Engine
Chapter 4: Creating a Photo Gallery App
Chapter 5: Adding an Album Browser to the Photo Gallery App
Chapter 6: Adding a Dynamic Top Shelf to the Photo Gallery App
Chapter 7: Storing and Sharing Data
Chapter 8: CloudKit