Build simple app
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To build a simple app, you can follow several approaches presented in different sessions at WWDC. Here are some steps and resources that might help you get started:
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Using App Intents:
- You can add features like shortcuts actions, home screen widgets, control center controls, and app shortcuts for Spotlight and Siri using the App Intents framework. This allows you to share a lot of code between these features.
- For a detailed guide, you can refer to the session Bring your app’s core features to users with App Intents.
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Swift and SwiftUI:
- If you are interested in using Swift, you can start by building a simple REST API or a basic Swift application. The session What’s new in Swift covers building a Swift package and deploying it.
- For SwiftUI, you can refer to the session Evolve your document launch experience which provides a guide on getting started with SwiftUI.
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Embedded Swift:
- If you are interested in embedded systems, you can start with a basic Swift application running on an embedded device. The session Go small with Embedded Swift provides a step-by-step guide on how to get started.
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Adding Personality to Your App:
- To make your app more engaging, consider defining its voice and personality. The session Add personality to your app through UX writing offers exercises to help you define your app's voice and write a welcome screen.
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Integrating with Siri:
- You can also integrate your app with Siri to perform actions. The session Bring your app to Siri shows how to integrate an app with Siri and provides sample code.
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Using Generative Tools:
- For prototyping and quickly visualizing ideas, you can use Swiftassist. The session Platforms State of the Union demonstrates how Swiftassist can help in creating structs, adding images, and even playing sounds.
Here is a list of relevant sessions mentioned:
- Bring your app’s core features to users with App Intents
- Add personality to your app through UX writing
- What’s new in Swift
- Go small with Embedded Swift
- Evolve your document launch experience
- Bring your app to Siri
- Platforms State of the Union
These resources should provide a comprehensive guide to building a simple app using various tools and frameworks presented at WWDC.
Bring your app’s core features to users with App Intents
Learn the principles of the App Intents framework, like intents, entities, and queries, and how you can harness them to expose your app’s most important functionality right where people need it most. Find out how to build deep integration between your app and the many system features built on top of App Intents, including Siri, controls and widgets, Apple Pencil, Shortcuts, the Action button, and more. Get tips on how to build your App Intents integrations efficiently to create the best experiences in every surface while still sharing code and core functionality.
Evolve your document launch experience
Make your document-based app stand out, and bring its unique identity into focus with the new document launch experience. Learn how to leverage the new API to customize the first screen people see when they launch your app. Utilize the new system-provided design, and amend it with custom actions, delightful decorative views, and impressive animations.
Bring your app to Siri
Learn how to use App Intents to expose your app’s functionality to Siri. Understand which intents are already available for your use, and how to create custom intents to integrate actions from your app into the system. We’ll also cover what metadata to provide, making your entities searchable via Spotlight, annotating onscreen references, and much more.
Add personality to your app through UX writing
Every app has a personality that comes across in what you say — and how you say it. Learn how to define your app’s voice and modulate your tone for every situation, from celebratory notifications to error messages. We’ll help you get specific about your app’s purpose and audience and practice writing in different tones.
What’s new in Swift
Join us for an update on Swift. We’ll briefly go through a history of Swift over the past decade, and show you how the community has grown through workgroups, expanded the package ecosystem, and increased platform support. We’ll introduce you to a new language mode that achieves data-race safety by default, and a language subset that lets you run Swift on highly constrained systems. We’ll also explore some language updates including noncopyable types, typed throws, and improved C++ interoperability.
Platforms State of the Union
Discover the newest advancements on Apple platforms.
Go small with Embedded Swift
Embedded Swift brings the safety and expressivity of Swift to constrained environments. Explore how Embedded Swift runs on a variety of microcontrollers through a demonstration using an off-the-shelf Matter device. Learn how the Embedded Swift subset packs the benefits of Swift into a tiny footprint with no runtime, and discover plenty of resources to start your own Embedded Swift adventure.