Re: WatchKit Baby Apps
Re: WatchKit Baby Apps
- Subject: Re: WatchKit Baby Apps
- From: "J. Scott Tury" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2018 21:50:34 -0500
Creating a WatchKit app with Timers should be fairly easy. There’s a nice
interface object called WKInterfaceTimer which should do the trick - at least
for the UI interface. Here’s a link to the documentation:
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/watchkit/wkinterfacetimer
<https://developer.apple.com/documentation/watchkit/wkinterfacetimer>
You might also be interested in reading the WatchKit Programming Guide. It
explains that WatchKit apps, are quite different from iOS applications. The
Interface is running in a separate process from your actual code - which is
running in a watch extension.
https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/General/Conceptual/WatchKitProgrammingGuide/index.html
<https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/General/Conceptual/WatchKitProgrammingGuide/index.html>
Your extension does not run for very long. Apple is extremely aggressive about
how much time a watch extension will run. Running for a long period of time is
useful if you are collecting biometric data (heart rate, etc).
A simple Timer application should be doable. One of the challenges will be how
to tell your user that the timer has finished. The simplest thing I can think
of is to schedule a Local Notification. That should be able to get your user’s
attention!
Hopefully this helps you move in the right direction.
Scott
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