tvOS Apprentice: Beginning tvOS development with Swift 4 [3 ed.] 1942878443, 9781942878445

Table of contents :
Table of Contents : Extended
Introduction
About this book
Introducing the third edition
History of Apple TV
What you need
Who this book is for
How to use this book
Whatʼs ahead: an overview
Book source code and forums
Book updates
License
Acknowledgements
About the cover
Section I: Architecture
Chapter 1: Architecture
Choosing your tvOS approach
TVML apps
Traditional apps
Which should you choose?
Designing for Apple TV
Platform limitations
Where to go from here?
Section II: TVML Apps
Chapter 2: Hello, TVML
Getting started
Debugging TVJS
Client-Server apps in TVML
Your first TVML document
Styling TVML
App logic in JavaScript
Where to go from here?
Chapter 3: Beginning TVML
Getting started
Loading scripts
TVML templates
The product template
Data injection
Filling out the TVML template
Adding shelves
Handling text overflow
Viewer ratings
Where to go from here?
Chapter 4: Intermediate TVML
Getting started
Building the home screen
TVML styling
Adding a menu bar
Creating a search page
Adding a photo album
Where to go from here?
Chapter 5: TVJS
Managing input elements
Manipulating DOM
Playing videos
Adding video overlays
Obtaining playback position
Persisting data to local storage
Where to go from here?
Chapter 6: Exploiting Native Functionality from within TVML
Getting started
JavaScriptCore
Calling native functions from TVML JavaScript
Using iCloud with a TVML-based app
Using a native class within JavaScript
Demonstrating iCloud
Where to go from here?
Section III: Traditional Apps
Chapter 7: Hello, Traditional App
Getting started
Creating the user interface
Understanding view controllers
The source editor
The app lifecycle
Interface styling
Where to go from here?
Chapter 8: Basic Controls
Getting started
Auto Layout
UITextField
UISegmentedControl
UILabel
UIButton
UIImageView
Bringing the app to life
Where to go from here?
Chapter 9: Stack Views
Getting started
UIStackView properties
Adding a stack view
Embedding existing UI elements
Wrapping up the UI
Bringing the app to life
Where to go from here?
Chapter 10: Collection Views
Getting started
Adding a collection view
Displaying data
Creating custom cells
Adding supplementary views
Adding user interaction
Where to go from here?
Chapter 11: Navigation
Getting started
Adding a navigation controller
Adding a split-view controller
Adding a tab bar controller
Where to go from here?
Chapter 12: Focus
Getting started
Focusable UI elements
Focus guides
Collection and table view focus
Custom focus behavior
Debugging focus events
Where to go from here?
Chapter 13: Animation
Getting started
Your first animation
Spring and damping
Animatable properties
Animating movement
Animation options
Chaining animations
Animating constraints
Where to go from here?
Section IV: Advanced Frameworks
Chapter 14: User Input and the Remote
Getting started
Exploring the remote
Touch and press handling
Where to go from here?
Chapter 15: Beginning Video Playback
Getting started
Touring AVKit
Exploring the starter project
Playing videos
Playing full-screen videos
Showing video information
AVKit best practices
Where to go from here?
Chapter 16: Advanced Video Playback
Getting started
Exploring the starter project
Creating the player view controller
Creating the player view
Using the queue player
Handling play/pause button presses
Responding to select button presses
Where to go from here?
Chapter 17: On-Demand Resources
Getting started
NSBundleResourceRequest and tags
Adding tags
Purging content
Progress reporting
Anticipating user action
Different types of tags
Where to go from here?
Chapter 18: Beginning CloudKit
Getting started
Connecting to CloudKit
Using CloudKit
Public and private data
Finding records
Using references
Assets
Where to go from here?
Chapter 19: Advanced CloudKit
Getting started
Rating movies
Searching on text
Managing accounts
Error handling
Optimizing with partial records
Where to go from here?
Chapter 20: In-App Purchases
Getting started
Exploring the app
Adding non-consumable purchases
Add purchasing to the code
Restoring purchases
Adding consumable purchases
Where to go from here?
Chapter 21: Photos Framework
Getting started
Fetching Photos library objects
Fetching asset content
Modifying content
Observing changes
Creating a slideshow
Where to go from here?
Chapter 22: Multipeer Connectivity
Getting started
Peer-to-peer connectivity
Discovery phase
Session phase
Sending photos
Where to go from here?
Chapter 23: Native UI in TVML Apps
Getting started
Adding custom resources
Creating new TVML elements
Adding new TVML style attributes
Feeling your way
Where to go from here?
Section V: Design
Chapter 24: tvOS Design
Getting started
Getting ready
User interface design
Visual design
Where to go from here?
Chapter 25: Creating Layered Images
Getting started
Understanding the layers
Exporting to Xcode
Where to go from here?
Chapter 26: The Top Shelf
Getting started
An interactive top shelf
Setting up the interactive top shelf
TVTopShelfProvider
Adding user interaction
Where to go from here?
Section VI: Bonus Chapters
Chapter 27: JavaScript Crash Course
Getting started
Whirlwind tour of JavaScript basics
Functions
Classes
Events
Asynchronous code and promises
Where to go from here?
Conclusion