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Swift 2 Blueprints

By : Cecil Costa
Book Image

Swift 2 Blueprints

By: Cecil Costa

Overview of this book

In this book, you will work through seven different projects to get you hands-on with developing amazing applications for iOS devices. We start off with a project that teaches you how to build a utility app using Swift. Moving on, we cover the concepts behind developing an entertainment or social networking related application, for example, a small application that helps you to share images, audio, and video files from one device to another. You’ll also be guided through create a city information app with customized table views, a reminder app for the Apple Watch, and a game app using SpriteKit. By the end of this book, you will have the required skillset to develop various types of iOS applications with Swift that can run on different iOS devices. You will also be well versed with complex techniques that can be used to enhance the performance of your applications.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Swift 2 Blueprints
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Chapter 4. Simulating Home Automation with HomeKit

For years, you might have been hearing about something called Internet of Things (IoT), which is sometimes called Internet of Everything (IoE). What is it all about? This new term applies to physical electronic devices that can be controlled by a computer or a mobile phone.

This concept isn't new. If you read about the origin of Java programming language, you will realize that it was done for home appliances. Things have changed and the market is now ready for this home evolution. Many companies have started investing in new products, therefore we will soon have doors, lights, TV, and refrigerators controlled by our mobile phones at our homes.

Apple has now released a new framework that allows developers to create apps that can control these devices.

In this chapter, we will cover:

  • Installing the HomeKit Accessory Simulator

  • Using the HomeKit framework