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Published inFeb 2016
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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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If you wish to hone your software skills by extending the core functionality of the Plot Buddy app, here are a couple of ideas to get you started:

  • The app uses only two of the CLLocation's properties, but it may be useful to the user to store more of the data returned, such as the time stamp, or the height above sea level. Use the print() command to inspect the data in the console and see if you can add more of it to the app.

  • At the moment, the app stores only one set of locations at a time and the user must send this data to the phone before recording a new set of locations, or lose it, as it is replaced by a fresh list of locations. With a few tweaks, it is possible to store an array of such location sets and send them all together to the paired iPhone.

  • The iPhone does no more than log to the console the arrival of ApplicationContext data. Depending on your level of confidence with iOS development, you may wish to display that data on the iPhone screen or package...

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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