All for watchOS
We paid attention to the active work on applications for watchOS graduates of our Accelerator , we decided to keep up and contribute to the active use of the new platform.
Below is a list of frameworks, libraries and sample applications for watchOS.
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Beginning of work
- The official Apple Watch programming guide for Apple Watch.
Libraries and frameworks
Integration
- MMWormhole is a powerful developer package for synthesizing, processing and analyzing sounds.
User interface
- IGInterfaceDataTable is part of the WKInterfaceTable that simplifies the layout of tables with multidimensional data;
- JBWatchActivityIndicator is a simple activity indicator generator for Apple Watch.
Charts
- YOChartImageKit - a framework for creating graphs for watchOS;
- NKWatchChart is a graphing library for Apple Watch, based on PNChart and ios-charts.
Development
Development Guides
- " Development for Apple Watch " - the official recording of Apple's speech at WWDC 2015 (Apple Worldwide Developers Conference);
- Official Apple Watch Interface Design Guide ;
- 11 tips for developing applications for Apple Watch - a few simple tips to help you create better applications;
- Icons for Apple Watch - a guide that will help you create your own icon for Apple Watch.
Development Resources
- Resources for development for Apple Watch - the official set of resources provided by Apple, which includes visualization tools, manuals, templates, fonts.
- The table of elements of the display (complications) and layouts is a useful table containing all possible combinations of elements displayed on the screen.
Instruments
Prototyping
- thinkapps is a website that allows you to create a free Apple Watch app prototype in just 10 minutes.
Image generators
- RadialChartImageGenerator is a pie chart generator;
- KFWatchKitAnimations is an image generator that creates amazing animations (60 frames per second) for the Apple Watch, capturing them from the iOS Simulator.
Application examples
- Lister is the official test application that demonstrates the integration capabilities of the Apple Watch;
- WatchKit Catalog is an official test application showing how to use the user interface elements available in the WatchKit framework;
- Cherry is a small pomodoro-timer designed for the Apple Watch;
- Bitcoin Tracker is an application that shows the course of Bitcoin ;
- WWDC is an application (open source project) showing the meeting places for WWDC participants;
- SwiftHN - an application for reading Hacker News, written in Swift;
- BaiduFM-Swift - application for BaiduFM;
- done-swift is a test application that demonstrates the ability to transfer data using Realm between the WatchKit application and its main application;
- HighstreetWatchApp - WatchKit application built on the highstreetapp.com platform ;
- WatchNotes is an Apple Watch application that displays your notes;
- WatchPics - Instagram for Apple Watch;
- WatchKit-Apps - educational applications for WatchKit;
- watchOS-2-Sampler - code examples for watchOS 2 new functions;
- soon - counter application.
Books
- WatchOS2 by the tutorials;
- Apple Watch for Developers: Advice & Techniques from Five Top Professionals (“Apple Watch for Developers: Tips and Tricks from the Five Professionals”).
Manuals
Introduction to WatchKit
- Guide to WatchKit with Swift. Part 1 : Getting Started;
- Guide to WatchKit with Swift. Part 2 : Tables and network queries;
- Guide to WatchKit with Swift. Part 3 : More Tables, Glances and Handoff.
New WatchOS 2 features
- Hardware with WatchKit 2 : Use Digital Crown;
- Hardware with WatchKit 2 : Taptic Engine;
- Hardware with WatchKit 2 : Accelerometer;
- The power of animation - the manual shows how to animate the user interface by changing the properties of the layout;
- Creating WatchKit display elements (omplications) in watchOS 2 - a guide to adding your own display elements;
- How to get two devices to interact with each other using Watch Connectivity - a guide to using the Watch Connectivity framework.
Other great listings
- Detailed list of useful sources;
- List of open source iOS applications;
- @matteocrippa - general list of resources by Swift;
- @Wolg - a list of excellent Swift frameworks, as well as libraries and software;
- Excellent applications WatchKit - a list of WatchKit applications and manuals;
- IOS Learning Resources — a large collection of high-quality and frequently updated websites with iOS tutorials;
- awesome-ios-animation - an expandable list of striking iOS animations, as well as Objective-C and Swift libraries;
- awesome-ios-chart - an expandable list of striking iOS graphics, as well as Objective-C and Swift libraries;
- awesome-gists - a list of useful solutions (iOS section);
- awesome-ios-ui - a list of amazing iOS UI / UX libraries;
- Developing iOS applications on Medium - stories and technical tips on creating apps for iOS, Apple Watch and iPad / iPhone.
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