Tommy Baggett

Today in part 8 of my “Making Apple TV Apps” series, we learn how we can diagnose and fix focus problems when they occur. I’m also ramping up the posts in this series to two posts per day in anticipation of its live presentation Thursday, April 21st, at my local CocoaHeads meeting. I hope to see you there! [Read more…] about Making Apple TV Apps, Part 8: Debugging Focus Issues

Welcome back! In part 7 of my “Making Apple TV Apps” series, its time to explore all things focus-related with the Apple TV. If you need to know how the focus engine works and how to control it, this is the article for you. [Read more…] about Making Apple TV Apps, Part 7: How the Focus Engine Works

Welcome to part 6 of my “Making Apple TV Apps” series. Today, we’ll be discussing the Apple TV’s “top shelf” area and how to populate it with dynamic content. [Read more…] about Making Apple TV Apps, Part 6: Populating the Top Shelf With Dynamic Content

In part 5 of my “Making Apple TV Apps” series, we begin looking at things that are new to tvOS. The first item we’re focusing attention on is the slick looking 3D images we see when an app icon or other visual asset receives focus. See what I did there? [Read more…] about Making Apple TV Apps, Part 5: Parallax Images

In part 4 of my “Making Apple TV Apps” series, we dive into the restrictions Apple has placed on tvOS app size and local data storage. [Read more…] about Making Apple TV Apps, Part 4: Dealing With tvOS Storage Restrictions

In this episode of “Celebrity OS Deathmatch”, we… oh sorry, wrong channel! In part 3 of my “Making Apple TV Apps” series, we’re looking at the framework differences between iOS and tvOS in detail. [Read more…] about Making Apple TV Apps, Part 3: tvOS vs iOS Frameworks

In part 2 of my “Making Apple TV Apps” series, we’re going to look at the operating system that powers the new Apple TV, including its iOS-based origins, the differences between iOS and tvOS, and the differences between the Apple TV and iOS-based devices. [Read more…] about Making Apple TV Apps, Part 2: tvOS – Some Old, Some New

Welcome to part 1 of my “Making Apple TV Apps” series! I think its a good idea to understand what the device is capable of from a performance standpoint, so we’re going to start the series with a look at the new Apple TV’s capabilities on the hardware side. [Read more…] about Making Apple TV Apps, Part 1: What’s New With the New Apple TV