Category: ios8

• August 26, 2015

  Swift WatchKit: Selecting With Multiple Rows in Apple Watch

  In the last lesson we created a multi-row table. However, we can only view the table, not select from the table. Multi-row tables provide some challenges with selection. Along the way, we’ll make a new interface to display selected information, using a technique we have not yet covered in this series: A dictionary as a […]
• August 20, 2015

  Swift Watchkit: Headers Footers and More — Multiple Row Types in Apple Watch Tables

  Some tables are boring. In our  multi-part look at the table view in Apple Watch, We’ve looked at tables with only one kind of row type. However, tables can be lot more than just one row. We might have a header row, or a footer row, we may have sub rows to do some grouping […]
• August 14, 2015

  Swift WatchKit: Selecting, Deleting and Adding Rows in an Apple Watch Table

  In our first part of this series, we made a simple dynamic table for the Apple Watch. Based on some pace data when I ran the Hot Chocolate 15K, we displayed the pace I ran at the mile splits. In a real running app, I would not want to add or delete any of my […]
• August 7, 2015

  A Swift Tutorial for Working with Classes Part 3: Abstract classes.

  In the first tutorial in this series we introduced classes. In  the second we did some more advanced manipulations of classes. In both, we discussed the idea of inheritance, which has one final possibility: a class whose only purpose is to define other classes. This is known as  an abstract class. Abstract classes are mere […]
• August 3, 2015

  Swift Watchkit: How to Add Simple Dynamic Tables to Apple Watch

  In the last post, we looked at scroll views and static tables. There are many instances where tables filled with data at runtime are necessary. If you are familiar with UITableViewController, you may be delighted to know that WKInterfaceTable is a lot simpler to put together: there are no delegate or data sources involved. It’s […]
• June 18, 2015

  Swift WatchKit: Adding Text, Dictation, and Emoji Input to Apple Watch 

  Sometimes Apple gives away stuff you can get very happy about — like a chance to use voice dictation. If you have had a chance to play with an Apple Watch, the watch has a simple but great way to deal with text messages. If you get a text message, you can hit reply and […]
• June 15, 2015

  Swift Watchkit: Working With Modal Views Part 3: Modal Page Views

  Apple’s  documentation for WatchKit  is quite clear, even when it is lying. The documentation states you can have  hierarchical navigation or page navigation but not both. Here’s is where it lies:  you can have a page-based navigation as part of a hierarchical navigation scheme. There is a special modal view version of page views, which […]
• June 10, 2015

  Swift WatchKit: Working with Modal Views Part 2: Presenting Programmatically

  In the first part in this series we implemented a modal interface in WatchKit with a segue. In this part we’ll present the modal programmatically and once again set up a delegate and context for moving data between controllers. Open the project from the last lesson.  Press Command-N and add a new Cocoa Touch class  […]
• June 3, 2015

  Swift Watchkit: Working with Modal Views Part 1: Segue with a Delegate

  Modal views on iPhones and ipads are used for input of information that requires attention. One of the on the Apple Watch is a modal view. You cannot mix a page-based interface with a hierarchical (i.e. navigation) interface as we learned in previous lessons. You can use modal interfaces with either.  In this series of […]
• May 29, 2015

  Swift WatchKit: Introducing Navigation to the Apple Watch(Part 4: Dismissals and Segues)

  In our lessons setting up navigation controllers on the Apple Watch, we’ve learned how to set up the storyboard,  how to use push controllers programmatically and introduced sending data to another controller and back using contexts and delegates.  In this lesson, we’ll pass data when you have a segue and learn how to dismiss controllers. […]