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Steven F. Daniel
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Steven F. Daniel

Steven F. Daniel is the CEO and founder of GENIESOFT STUDIOS, a software development company based in Melbourne, Victoria, that focuses primarily on developing games and business applications for the iOS, Android, and Mac OS X platforms. He is an experienced software engineer with more than 17 years' experience and is extremely passionate about making people employable by helping them use their existing skills in iOS, Android, and Xamarin to get the job done. He is a member of the SQL Server Special Interest Group (SQLSIG), CocoaHeads, and the Java Community. He was the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at SoftMpire Pty Ltd., a company focused primarily on developing business applications for the iOS and Android platforms.
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Design considerations for WatchKit context menu icons


When designing your WatchKit context menu icons, they must contain actions that users can perform, and each action must contain a label and icon. Text labels associated with the menu can contain up to two lines of text, and menu icons are template images, which use the image's alpha value to define their shape.

The following table explains the different menu icon sizes for each of the associated asset image types:

Asset image types

Apple Watch (38 mm)

Apple Watch (42 mm)

The notification center icon

48 pixels

55 pixels

The long-look notification icon

80 pixels

88 pixels

The home screen icon

80 pixels

80 pixels

The short look icon

172 pixels

196 pixels

The following screenshot highlights the required design considerations that you must adhere to when creating your customized menu icons. You need to consider using line weights that are appropriate for your device size, and the complexity of the icon by setting the line thickness...

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Steven F. Daniel

Steven F. Daniel is the CEO and founder of GENIESOFT STUDIOS, a software development company based in Melbourne, Victoria, that focuses primarily on developing games and business applications for the iOS, Android, and Mac OS X platforms. He is an experienced software engineer with more than 17 years' experience and is extremely passionate about making people employable by helping them use their existing skills in iOS, Android, and Xamarin to get the job done. He is a member of the SQL Server Special Interest Group (SQLSIG), CocoaHeads, and the Java Community. He was the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at SoftMpire Pty Ltd., a company focused primarily on developing business applications for the iOS and Android platforms.
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