Learning WatchKit Programming: A Hands-On Guide to Creating watchOS 2 Applications, 2nd Edition

Create Breakthrough Apple Watch Apps with the New watchOS 2 and the Updated WatchKit Framework!

Apple Watch is improving quickly: Using Apple’s new watchOS 2 operating system and the updated WatchKit framework, you can create tomorrow’s hottest wearable apps. Learning WatchKit Programming, Second Edition, will help you master these technologies and gain the same “early mover” advantage that early iPhone developers enjoyed.

Leading iOS development trainer and author Wei-Meng Lee guides you step by step through architecting, designing, and building cutting-edge Apple Watch apps. You’ll learn how to make the most of the newest platform improvements, including direct programmatic access to key hardware features; support for new Watch Connectivity Framework APIs; and new ways to use location, consume web services, and persist data.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Getting Started With Watchkit Programming
Chapter 2 Apple Watch Interface Navigation
Chapter 3 Responding To User Actions
Chapter 4 Displaying And Gathering Information
Chapter 5 Accessing The Apple Watch Hardware
Chapter 6 Programming Complications
Chapter 7 Interfacing With Ios Apps
Chapter 8 Displaying Notifications
Chapter 9 Displaying Glances