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Building Apple Watch Projects

You're reading from  Building Apple Watch Projects

Product type Book
Published in Feb 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785887369
Pages 298 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Stuart Grimshaw Stuart Grimshaw
Profile icon Stuart Grimshaw

Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Building Apple Watch Projects
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Exploring the New Platform Hello Watch C-Quence – A Memory Game Expanding on C-Quence On Q – A Productivity App Watching the Weather Plot Buddy – All about Location Images, Animation, and Sound Wear It, Test It, Tweak It, Ship It This Is Only the Beginning Index

Testing in the field


Once you have your app running on your device, you begin to gain an insight into exactly how your app will feel and behave for your users, an insight much deeper than that which is possible using the Watch Simulator app on a desktop computer or laptop.

Wear it all day

Spend a significant amount of time getting familiar with both your own app(s) and those of other developers, big and small. You need to develop an intuitive feel for users' expectations while using the Apple Watch (although it is entirely up to you whether you choose to fulfil those expectations or delight the user with something new). You may well find that firmly held opinions about what should happen and how can change significantly after a period of hours, or weeks, wearing the watch and using it to engage with your app.

Are your app's implementations of common use cases different from other apps? If they are different, are they better? Are they really better?

Note

Don't get too hung up on following the...

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