Developing for Apple TV using tvOS and Swift

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Title
3. Copyright
4. Dedication
5. Contents at a Glance
6. Contents
7. About the Authors
8. Acknowledgments
9. Introduction
10. Chapter 1 : Getting Started with the New Apple TV
    1. Lots of Good News
       1. Capabilities
       2. The Siri Remote
       3. Apple TV’s Limitations
       4. Advantages with tvOS Development
       5. Some Notes About Developing in Swift with tvOS
    2. The tvOS Focus Engine
       1. What Does Focusable Mean?
    3. Summary
    4. Exercises
11. Chapter 2 : The tvOS Weather App
    1. Designing the View
       1. Adding the Code for the View
    2. Summary
    3. Exercises
12. Chapter 3 : Stack Views and the Focus Engine
    1. Auto Layout and Stack Views
       1. Implementing Stacks
    2. The Focus Engine
       1. A Focus Engine Example
    3. Summary
    4. Exercises
13. Chapter 4 : Creating a Photo Gallery App
    1. Page View Controllers
    2. Creating the Photo Gallery App
    3. A Little Project Cleanup
    4. Adding the Page View Controller
    5. Adding Scenes to the Interface Builder Canvas
    6. Adding the Photo and Album Data Model Structures
    7. Adding the Photo Image Files to the Asset Catalog
    8. Completing the Photo Gallery App
    9. Summary
    10. Exercises
14. Chapter 5 : Adding an Album Browser to the Photo Gallery App
    1. Table View Controllers
    2. Adding a Table View Controller to the Photo Gallery App
    3. Adding the Gallery Data Model Structure
    4. Adding the Cities and Landscapes Image Files to the Asset Catalog
    5. Completing the Photo Gallery App
    6. One More Thing: Adding a Custom Static Top Shelf Image
    7. Summary
    8. Exercises
15. Chapter 6 : Adding a Dynamic Top Shelf to the Photo Gallery App
    1. Application Extensions
    2. Adding Classes and Images to the Photo Gallery Extension
    3. Implementing the TVTopShelfProvider Protocol
    4. Launching the Photo Gallery App from a Top Shelf Thumbnail Image
    5. Handling URLs
    6. Completing the Photo Gallery App
    7. Summary
    8. Exercises
16. Chapter 7 : Storing and Sharing Data
    1. Preferences
       1. Writing Preferences
       2. Reading Preferences
       3. iCloud
       4. Summary
       5. Exercises
17. Chapter 8 : CloudKit
    1. Considerations for Using CloudKit
    2. CloudKit Containers
       1. Databases
    3. CloudKit Databases
       1. Database Records
    4. Example CloudKit App
    5. Summary
    6. Exercises
18. Index