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Published inFeb 2016
Reading LevelIntermediate
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ISBN-139781785887369
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Stuart Grimshaw
Stuart Grimshaw
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Stuart Grimshaw

Stuart Grimshaw has programmed for Apple computers since the days before OS X and has been involved with developing for the Apple Watch since its release. Born in the UK and having lived in Germany and the Netherlands, he is currently a Senior iOS developer in London, England, United Kingdom. He has around 10 years of end-to-end development of projects experience in, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS (Apple Watch), tvOS (AppleTV), and macOS. He is passionate about the potential of the Apple Watch and Apple TV, as well as Apple's Swift programming language, and is a keen proponent of beach coding.
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Adding some content on screen


So let's get some content onto the screen. We have covered a lot of ground already; negotiated a couple of tricky hurdles and gained a good overview of the project. It really is time to create something more interesting to look at in the Watch Simulator than the less-than-inspiring black screen that shows the time in one corner.

Preparing the interface

Follow the given instructions to prepare the interface:

  1. Open a new tab in Xcode (Command-T). In the project Navigator, select the Interface.storyboard file from the HelloWatch WatchKit App group (make sure you don't select the Main.storyboard from the HelloWatch group).

  2. From the Editor menu, select Show Document Outline if it is not selected already.

  3. Open the Interface Controller Scene in the Document Outline as shown, which will help you navigate around the interface as you add UI elements to it (selecting some of the smaller elements directly can get a little tricky and the outline will help you here).

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Building Apple Watch Projects
Published in: Feb 2016Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781785887369

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Stuart Grimshaw

Stuart Grimshaw has programmed for Apple computers since the days before OS X and has been involved with developing for the Apple Watch since its release. Born in the UK and having lived in Germany and the Netherlands, he is currently a Senior iOS developer in London, England, United Kingdom. He has around 10 years of end-to-end development of projects experience in, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS (Apple Watch), tvOS (AppleTV), and macOS. He is passionate about the potential of the Apple Watch and Apple TV, as well as Apple's Swift programming language, and is a keen proponent of beach coding.
Read more about Stuart Grimshaw