Developing for Apple TV using tvOS and Swift

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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.

Author(s): Gary Bennett, Brad Lees, Stefan Kaczmarek
Publisher: Apress
Year: 2015

Language: English
Pages: 134
Tags: Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Getting Started with the New Apple TV....Pages 1-8
The tvOS Weather App....Pages 9-22
Stack Views and the Focus Engine....Pages 23-31
Creating a Photo Gallery App....Pages 33-55
Adding an Album Browser to the Photo Gallery App....Pages 57-74
Adding a Dynamic Top Shelf to the Photo Gallery App....Pages 75-91
Storing and Sharing Data....Pages 93-103
CloudKit....Pages 105-122
Back Matter....Pages 123-125