A Beginners Guide to Developing Apple TV Apps With TVML Kit

Name: A Beginners Guide to Developing Apple TV Apps With TVML Kit
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Learn rapid Apple TV (tvOS) development with no coding experience by developing 2 full Apple TV apps for streaming media

Created byTinashe Munyaka

Last updated 3/2017

English

What you'll learn

Have knowledge on how to design and develop Apple TV apps.
Have knowledge of rapid (fast) Apple TV development.
Have knowledge on how to develop your own TV and music streaming apps.
Freelance as an Apple TV developer.

Course content

6 sections • 53 lectures • 5h 20m total length

Course Introduction1:32
We kick off this course learning about with this course is all about!
What is tvOS?2:06
Here we get a better understanding of what tvOS is...
What is TVMLKit?2:38
Here we look into what TVMLKit is...
Why We Would Use TVMLKit?3:53
In this part of the course we take a slight dive into understanding why we would want to use TVMLKit to develop tvOS apps.
Pros and Cons of Developing With TVMLKit8:08
We are discussing the advantages and disadvantages of using TVMLKit
Required Tools for Development3:54
Here we look at all the tools we are going to require to enable us to develop Apple TV apps
Quick Recap0:50
We take a quick refresher before moving on to the next topic.

Sourcing TVMLKit Templates4:30
Here we learn about where we go to to find TVMLKit templates to use within our projects
How TVMLKit Templates Work2:04
We take a moment here to understand how TVMLKit works, looking at how it ends up running on our TV at the end
Resource on TVMLKit0:03
Opening a TVMLKit Template for The Very 1st Time3:43
This will be the 1st time that we'll run our TVMLKit template in Xcode!
Getting Familiar With The Xcode Interface4:00
Here we take a closer look into Xcode and the main interfaces we need to concern ourselves with.
Running a TVMLKit Template in Xcode and The TV Simulator12:32
In this course, we run our TVMLKit for the 1st time in the Apple TV simulator in Xcode, pretty exciting stuff!
Getting Familiar With The Apple TV Simulator2:13
We take a closer look at the Apple TV simulator and how it functions
Understanding the Anatomy of TVMLKit Templates11:39
Here we break down our TVMLKit template and understand its structure and how it is configured
Recap3:40
We take a quick breather and do a quick recap of what we've covered in this section.

Introduction to Layered Parallax Images8:36
Here we learn all about Parallax images and how we would be using them in our apps
Tools to create Parallax Images Pt. 17:56
We take a closer look into the tools we'll require to enable us to create Parallax images
Tools to create Parallax Images Pt. 217:26
We take a closer look into the tools we'll require to enable us to create Parallax images
Designing App Icons for Apple TV6:14
Here we'll learn all about designing application icons for the Apple TV
Designing the Top Shelf Image7:03
In this course, we'll get to understand what a Top Shelf image is, and how we go about designing one
Understanding The Launch Image0:29
We take a quick dive into understanding what the launch / splash screen image is, its purpose and how we go about designing one.
tvOS Human Interface Guidelines0:07
Recap1:02
In this course we'll take a quick break and go over everything we've covered in this section of the course.

What We're Going To Build0:50
After having learnt all the fundamentals we need, here we start looking at building our 1st Apple TV app
Our Concept1:52
In this part of the course, we are going to quickly conceptualize the app we'd like to build
Defining Our Template8:14
In this course we go over our TVMLKit file and start defining our application
Deep Dive Into The Template Structure18:15
In this part of the course we take a deep dive to understand the structure of our TVMLKit file
Creating Our Image Assets17:55
We start putting all the things we learnt earlier and start designing our Apple TV app
Summary of Our Image Assets8:48
We go over all the image assets required within our project
Referencing Video (Streaming) Files8:54
In this lecture I will share with you a link that will provide you with hundreds of global tv channels that you can use within your own apps (including this one)
Putting Everything Together19:35
We are now finally ready to start putting everything together and in this lecture we start the process
Adding Video Playback Functionality7:40
We learn a key function that will allow video playback within our app
Linking Template Pages18:42
In this course we'll learn how to link template pages together
Final Edits17:59
We do final edits to our Global TV app
Cleaning Up Our Template10:04
We clean up all the unnecessary clutter we don't need
Finalizing Our Final Files10:22
In this part of the lecture we look into finalizing our app
Renaming The Xcode Project File Name6:31
Here you will learn how to rename your Xcode project file
Running and Testing Our Final App3:05
In this course we'll do a final run and test and see our 1st Apple TV app in action!
Recap0:57
In this course we'll take a quick break and go over everything we've covered in this section of the course.

What We're Going To Build0:47
In this part of the course we'll discuss what we'd like to build
Conceptualization0:41
In this course we'll take a moment to conceptualize our music app
Getting Our Music Template2:18
After conceptualizing our app, we heard over and look for the right TVMLKit file that can help us achieve our goals
Configuring Our Project File5:23
In this course we'll start off by configuring our TVMLKit template
Understanding The Template Structure5:18
Here we take a deeper look into understanding the structure of our TVMLKit template that we'll be using to develop our app
Compiling Our Template6:10
In this part of the course we then start off with compiling our music app
Referencing Audio Stream URL's5:30
In this course, we'll learn all about the different audio formats Apple TV can play, as well as go over to some great online resources that can provide us with audio streams that we can use within our app
Running and Testing Our App1:46
In this course, we go ahead and run and test our app
Recap1:38
We take a quick recap and go over everything we've learned in this section.

Recap2:37
In this lecture, we take a quick moment to go over everything we've learnt thus far
Running Your Apps on Your Apple TV8:16
Here we learn how to move our local files over to the internet, as well as how to run our apps on our own Apple TV's
Apple Developer2:27
In this part of the course we take a quick dive into the Apple developer program
CONCLUSION1:25
We conclude our course by going over everything we've covered in the lectures.

Requirements

Little or No Programming Knowledge is Required.
Have Access to a Mac Computer OR a Windows PC running OS X.
Have a Bit Of Creativity.

Description

Hey guys! Welcome to the most comprehensive course on the internet that actually teaches you how to develop a fully functional app that streams media content.

This course is focused on learning how to develop Apple TV applications using the TVMLKit Framework. The TVMLKit Framework allows for rapid (quick) development of Apple TV apps. This course is developed to show you how TVMLKit allows for a consistent way of developing tvOS apps based on a template system, whilst still maintaining the intuitive native familiar experince.

My name is Tinashe Munyaka, a developer and designer, and a lover of anything creative! and I'll be walking on this journey with you while we explore the world of Apple TV apps.

What should you expect to learn?

Developing Apple TV apps without any programming or coding knowledge.
Understanding tvOS and TVMLKit
How to go about developing your own apps using TVMLKit
Understand how to design your own Apple TV apps
Learn how to run your Apple TV apps locally in the simulator
Where to get image resources to use in your Apple TV app
Where to find video streaming URL's to use within your app
Where to find audio streaming URL's to use within your app
How to pull in content locally as well as dynamically in your Apple TV app
How to run your own app on your own Apple TV
And loads more...

So why this course on TVML? Well...

If you're looking to develop Apple TV apps with much less effort then this course is for you. This course will show you how you can reduce the development time and effort in creating Apple TV apps, as well as shorten the time for you to take your Apple TV app to market.

So, if you want to develop rich media apps where people browse and consume media, with no performance tuning or optimization of the user interface then this course is for you!

Join me as I show you how to create awesome Apple TV apps that offer a great user experience. Cool, can't wait to meet you inside!

Who this course is for:

Anyone wanting to explore the world of Apple TV.
Anyone wanting to know how to develop Apple TV Apps.
If you're a new developer or have no coding experience at all and want to learn how to develop Apple TV apps the easy way.
Anyone wanting to learn rapid Apple TV (tvOS) development.

A Beginners Guide to Developing Apple TV Apps With TVML Kit

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Course content

Getting Started7 lectures • 23min

Working With TVMLKit Templates9 lectures • 44min

Designing for Apple TV (tvOS)8 lectures • 49min

Building Your 1st App (Video Streaming App)16 lectures • 2hr 40min

Build Your 2nd App (Music App)9 lectures • 30min

Course Round Up4 lectures • 15min

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