How can I build my first app
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To build your first app, you can follow a structured approach using the tools and frameworks provided by Apple. Here are some key steps and resources from WWDC sessions that can help you get started:
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Understand the Basics of Xcode:
- Session: Xcode essentials
- Chapters:
- Introduction
- Find the right content
- Filter navigators
- The Find navigator
- Move between files
- The tab bar
- The jump bar
- Tricks for creating new files
- Warnings and error annotations
- Using bookmarks
- Using Mark comments
- Leverage shortcuts
- Open Quickly
- Useful commands and shortcuts
- Code completion
- VIM mode
- Common emacs commands
- Get the most out of git
- Show the last change for a line
- Changes navigator
- Debugging
- Setting breakpoints
- Using the console
- Testing
- Test Navigator
- Running tests
- Using Test plans
- Code coverage
- Explore the Test report
- Distributing your app
- TestFlight
- Archiving
- Explore the Organizer
- Wrap up
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Use Swift and SwiftUI:
- Session: Platforms State of the Union
- Chapters:
- Swift Assist
- Swift
- Swift Testing
- SwiftUI
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Add Core Features with App Intents:
- Session: Bring your app’s core features to users with App Intents
- Chapters:
- Introduction
- Friction versus flow
- Understanding the framework
- Building the code
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Enhance User Experience with UX Writing:
- Session: Add personality to your app through UX writing
- Chapters:
- Introduction
- Personality, voice and tone
- Voice exercises
- Tone exercise
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Explore HealthKit Integration:
- Session: Get started with HealthKit in visionOS
- Chapters:
- Introduction
- HealthKit in visionOS
- Spatial health experiences
- Guest User support
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Document Launch Experience:
- Session: Evolve your document launch experience
- Chapters:
- Introduction
- Design overview
- Getting started with SwiftUI
- Getting started with UIKit
- Customization
- Adding template support to your app
By following these sessions and chapters, you can gain a comprehensive understanding of the tools and techniques needed to build your first app.
Xcode essentials
Edit, debug, commit, repeat. Explore the suite of tools in Xcode that help you iterate quickly when developing apps. Discover tips and tricks to help optimize and boost your development workflow.
Platforms State of the Union
Discover the newest advancements on Apple platforms.
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.
Get started with HealthKit in visionOS
Discover how to use HealthKit to create experiences that take full advantage of the spatial canvas. Learn the capabilities of HealthKit on the platform, find out how to bring an existing iPadOS app to visionOS, and explore the special considerations governing HealthKit during a Guest User session. You’ll also learn ways to use SwiftUI, Swift Charts, and Swift concurrency to craft innovative experiences with HealthKit.
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.