Week 2: watchOS
Nov 18, 2020
This week I want to take another look at watchOS, the operating system of the Apple Watch, developer by Apple. With watchOS7 we’ll be able to develop more powerful and personal apps for Apple Watch, this update also introduces new APIs, tools, SwiftUI, Xcode previews.
Things I want to take a look at / try this week
- iOS to watchOS
- SwiftUI with watchOS
- SpriteKit
- SceneKit
- Standalone Apple Watch apps
- Apple Watch apps connected to iOS apps
WatchOS 7 also brings SwiftUI to all aspects of watchOS development. Everything can now fully be customised using SwiftUI for custom elements, changes, … Because this is was announced in 2019 it feels like it’s still in the early days, this meaning that there are not many tutorials or documentation concerning this topic. Most of the “developers” still use storyboards, a concept I’m less familiar to.
