Breaking into tvOS design and development
summary
Built a native tvOS app for a Norwegian streaming service with a nine‑person Scrum team, using Xcode, UIKit and TVUIKit components (TVPosterView, TVDigitEntryView, TVMonogramView), Sketch/Zeplin/Marvel for prototypes, Jira/TestFlight for delivery and a public GitHub repo (tvShowRoom). Design rules: 1920×1080, supply 1x/2x assets, avoid 60px top/bottom and 90px sides, average viewing distance ~3m so use large graphics and spacing. Interaction specifics include the focus engine, preferredFocusEnvironments, UIFocusGuide and setNeedsFocusUpdate/updateFocus.
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chapters (22)
- 0:00Start
- 1:02Introduction
- 3:04Apple Human Interface Guidelines
- 10:10Tab Bar
- 10:30Themes
- 11:33Examples
- 13:21Alert
- 14:15Tv Ui Kit Framework
- 15:31Posture View
- 16:57Tv Monogram View
- 17:38Common Elements
- 18:56Search
- 19:40Minimize Text Entries
- 20:10Interactions
- 21:49Gestures
- 22:34The Focus Engine
- 25:09Collection Views
- 27:22Ui Focus Guide
- 27:55Eye Focus Guide
- 29:18Tips and Tricks
- 32:26Working Tools
- 35:13References
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