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@iOhYesPodcast finally, an honest discussion and overview of dev'ing and product. Thanks @jazzychad — Nolan O'Brien (@NolanOBrien) December 8, 2014
The Discussion
WatchKit / Pebble
WatchKit design decisions: code runs in the phone, not on the watch. API is synchronous, but with no getters.
The big success of WatchKit is making the API transport-agnostic: no mention of Bluetooth.
It may even use Ad-Hoc Wifi to send larger amounts of data.
General confusion around the limitations of WatchKit:
It’s NOT the API to make watch apps, but a way to extend iOS apps by “projecting” data to the watch.
Native apps coming later.
A win of making watch apps extensions is that, at least for now, the user doesn’t need to manage which apps you install on the watch, eliminating one of the frictions of the Pebble.
Another consequence is it eliminates the need to log into apps separately for the watch, like you have to do with Pebble apps.
Apple needs to get App Store discovery right.
beta 2 released today (Dec. 10); API changes in 8.2b2
[WKInterfaceController +openParentApplication:reply:]
[UIApplicationDelegate -application:handleWatchKitExtensionRequest:reply:]
From the docs: “A dictionary containing data to return to the WatchKit app. The contents of the dictionary must be serializable to a property list file. The contents of this dictionary are at your discretion and you may specify nil.” (emphasis our own)
Default row appearance in WKInterfaceTable, which can be overridden by specifying bg color, margin, corner radius and height in IB
Blog post by _DavidSmith
Lister example app updated today w/ Watch extension (app and glance)
Open-Source Project of the Week
Fox, A property based testing library for Objective-C and Swift, by Jeff Hui (@jeffhui)
Docs / examples / more info at http://fox-testing.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
Picks
Jason Follow @jak
Bobler, a micro-podcasts app (Instagram for audio?) follow Jason (@jak_)
Darryl Follow @dh_thomas
Build Phase, a weekly technical podcast discussing iOS development and design. Hosted by Thoughtbot developers Mark Adams and Gordon Fontenot. Lots of discussions related to TDD, architectural design and an exploration of functional programming with Swift.
Javier Soto Follow @javi
MMWormhole, a clever cross-process message passing implementation
John Sextro Follow @johnsextro
Day One, Journaling App
Serial, Podcast
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