On-Demand Resources for tvOS
So now that you’ve seen iOS, macOS, and watchOS, what do you make of tvOS? tvOS apps are kind of weird because Apple TV as a computing platform is weird. It’s a box that’s always plugged in—and thus has no energy consumption or battery use concerns—yet has the CPU and storage characteristics of a mid-tier iPhone. Moreover, unlike a Mac or an iPhone, which still has some functionality without a network connection, the Apple TV is assumed to always be connected to a network, and is nearly useless otherwise.
Being always connected means a tvOS app is in some ways akin to a browser app. In fact, tvOS apps were originally limited to 200 MB in size (though this restriction was eliminated in 2017), with the assumption that ...
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