Developing for Apple TV using tvOS and Swift

CHAPTER 2

The tvOS Weather App

This chapter will show you the capabilities of the tvOS by walking you through the steps on how to create a basic tvOS weather app. The app will demonstrate how UIKit controls look differently on tvOS than they do on iOS and how the development process is nearly identical. You will use this weather app for both this chapter and Chapter 3. In Chapter 3 you will use Stack Views to lay out part of this weather app.

Building this weather app will also enable you to explore how the focus engine works and how you can use it in your apps. The goal of the weather app will be to look up the current weather in different cities ...