I’ve been busy since I fully rewrote SpeakerClock in SwiftUI. That was model 1.2.0.
The App Retailer supplies an idea referred to as Common Buy, which is the place buying an app on one machine additionally unlocks it on all different supported platforms. Within the earlier model I added a Mac model. This replace now provides the AppleTV model. Nonetheless a minor replace, as a result of the performance is equivalent, but all three variations profit from enhancements.
As on the opposite platforms I needed to maintain the UI equivalent, whereas optimising for the display dimensions at hand. The principle problem was that opposite to the direct manipulation on the opposite platforms (with finger or mouse pointer) you’re controlling concentrate on Apple TV with the distant.
So my spherical LED buttons have an extra white circle if they’re in focus. That didn’t look good for the LED digits nonetheless. So there I used the LED digits shadow to provide it a white glow. Whereas the timer is thus focussed you’ll be able to alter it by swiping horizontally in your Apple TV distant.
I needed to keep away from having the white glow being lively whereas the timer is working, it could quickly be annoying to the consumer. So if you happen to begin the timer through tapping on the distant, I place focus again on the at the moment lively preset.
The second large change for the Apple TV involved the consumer information which is proven through the button with the query mark. Since there is no such thing as a direct manipulation of a scroll view I experimented with having the person paragraphs be focusable. However that didn’t work out nicely.
In the long run I discarded the ScrollView and as an alternative put the person consumer information sections on separate tabs. Since there was a variety of empty house across the textual content, I added some eye sweet. A few of which is definitely interactive.
Lastly, the hidden bonus function which presumably solely builders would care about issues the a number of layers of the app icon. The icons are all generated with unique reside consumer interface parts from the app. The non-TV icons have been fairly easy to do like that. On TV nonetheless an app icon has a number of layers that are proven three-dimensionally floating in an superior parallax impact.
To attain this for SpeakerClock I divided the a number of layers such that you’ve got the inactive LED bars on the again, the lively LED parts within the center and the visitors mild within the entrance.
Subsequent up I’ll be wanting right into a Watch app. Though there it would make sense to attend for the iOS 15 function the place you’ll be able to proceed to replace the display each second. Additionally it’s best to be capable to use the watch as distant management for SpeakerClock working on some other platforms.
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