Developing for Apple TV using tvOS and Swift

Nonfiction, Computers, Macintosh, General Computing, Programming

• Author: Gary Bennett, Brad Lees, Stefan Kaczmarek
• ISBN: 9781484217153
• Publisher: Apress
• Publication: December 18, 2015
• Imprint: Apress
• Language: English

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.