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Mobile App Developer

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Making Apple TV Apps

Are you interested in developing (or converting existing iOS apps to) apps for the Apple TV using Xcode and Swift? I’ve created a free series that explains the differences between creating tvOS and iOS apps using these tools. Its available in both video and written formats, either as a 55 minute video or a 14-part written series.

Video Format

Written Format

Here are direct links to the 14 articles that make up the series:

Making Apple TV Apps, Part 1: What’s New With the New Apple TV
Making Apple TV Apps, Part 2: tvOS – Some Old, Some New
Making Apple TV Apps, Part 3: tvOS vs iOS Frameworks
Making Apple TV Apps, Part 4: Dealing With tvOS Storage Restrictions
Making Apple TV Apps, Part 5: Parallax Images
Making Apple TV Apps, Part 6: Populating the Top Shelf With Dynamic Content
Making Apple TV Apps, Part 7: How the Focus Engine Works
Making Apple TV Apps, Part 8: Debugging Focus Issues
Making Apple TV Apps, Part 9: Approaches to Building a tvOS App
Making Apple TV Apps, Part 10: Creating Our First TVML-Based tvOS App
Making Apple TV Apps, Part 11: Debugging a TVML-Based tvOS App
Making Apple TV Apps, Part 12: Extending TVML With Custom Tags
Making Apple TV Apps, Part 13: Bridging TVJS and Native Code
Making Apple TV Apps, Part 14: Additional Resources

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