I just saw the announcement of the iWatch today, not sure if they’re allowing developers to make apps for it, but are there any plans to support the iWatch if apps are allowed?
My limited understanding so far is that it runs a variant of IOS and does have a SDK which has been seeded to a select group of high-end developers so that on launch day the device has some apps people can download for it. I am guessing Apple will make it a separate dev license and avail the SDK after the release of IOS 8 for all the rest of us. Hopefully it will be a simple matter for Corona SDK to support building for iWatch sooner than later.
Thanks @ksan
It looks like there could be some interesting things to be made out of the iWatch, can’t wait to see what’s being brewed.
Actually, what I heard is that none of the iWatch apps showed on the presentation exist.
They were just some mockups of companies that already agreed with Apple to develop an app for a Apple wearable device (i.e, they even didn’t know it would be necessarily a watch). And if you noticed, the watch should still take 3+ months to arrive.
On the same line as Kerem said, I think the iWatch development will be done using the same iOS SDK, so Corona may kind of unofficially support since it has the same structure as iOS app. (The same way that you can use Corona today to develop a Google Glass app. It works, but you don’t have all the features).
I am not bullish on the iWatch. I will not buy it (at least for the features that they showed today). On my vision the biggest advantage for having a smartWatch would be for health purposes and I didn’t not see that this watch really explores that. All other features are not big deal for me, specially when you have to use your phone together with the watch to get GPS functionality.
I thought that the health related sensors are in there. The rest is for app devs to utilize these sensors and tie it back to the Helathkit running on the iPhone / iPad. I’m sure we will find out more in the next months ahead.
Here’s something direct I came across while reading about the Apple Watch :
Rather than simply down-porting smartphone apps to its watch, Apple has developed a new WatchKit development system and set of interface guidelines that has created a pipeline of a new type of mobile apps. In particular, functions are often expressed in what Apple is calling “Glances,” which quickly present information with a simple swipe gesture. Similar to desk accessory widgets, Glances make data and controls relevant to a wearable device, rather than attempting to replicate entire iOS apps on a small screen.
It’s going to be interesting what consumers will feel like when they soon realize they bought a $350 watch that delivers ad content. I’m not sure if that’s in their pipeline but there has to be a monetization method for developers or they won’t create apps.
It’s going to be interesting what consumers will feel like when they soon realize they bought a $350 watch that delivers ad content. I’m not sure if that’s in their pipeline but there has to be a monetization method for developers or they won’t create apps.
Personally I hope they ban any form of monetization on the Apple Watch platform. Only paid apps should be allowed (or free without ads).
Apps that are absent because of lack of monetization most likely don’t belong on the Apple Watch anyway…
I would tend to agree that they shouldn’t allow any ads on the device, similar to how the Nano was used to just play music and other basic features it was designed to do.
Having ads on the watch or Google Glass would totally turn off the consumer from buying these connected devices to be further bombarded by ads.
I was thinking they could do GPS proximity type features, like go by a restaurant and it’ll ping you if there are coupons, I get those news flyers like 4 out of 7 days a week with coupons to Carls Jr and why not let the watch act as a coupon where you can show the cashier and they’ll accept it, paperless system, would be cool.
Ads however, not cool.
I was thinking they could do GPS proximity type features, like go by a restaurant and it’ll ping you if there are coupons, I get those news flyers like 4 out of 7 days a week with coupons to Carls Jr and why not let the watch act as a coupon where you can show the cashier and they’ll accept it, paperless system, would be cool.
…that on the other hand does sound like a legit use of technology. As long as the wearer can decide to be pinged or not.
It’s pretty cool…
Apple, for all their televisual fairy stories, cannot defy the basic laws of Physics. There are basic problems with things like batteries and processing power. Android have it right (the Watch just acts as a remote device which talks to a phone/tablet).
Also, there are problems with Apps. There is obvious opportunity for displaying tweets/facebook/sms etc, then things like news tickers - and basic RSS stuff. Beyond that, not a huge amount.
Corona (I presume) has a run time and a lua interpreter running on top of it. Converting it for an iWatch would produce something horribly limited - large numbers of the things either don’t exist or don’t apply, would have speed and battery problems, and would be unportable to Android.
My limited understanding so far is that it runs a variant of IOS and does have a SDK which has been seeded to a select group of high-end developers so that on launch day the device has some apps people can download for it. I am guessing Apple will make it a separate dev license and avail the SDK after the release of IOS 8 for all the rest of us. Hopefully it will be a simple matter for Corona SDK to support building for iWatch sooner than later.
Thanks @ksan
It looks like there could be some interesting things to be made out of the iWatch, can’t wait to see what’s being brewed.
Actually, what I heard is that none of the iWatch apps showed on the presentation exist.
They were just some mockups of companies that already agreed with Apple to develop an app for a Apple wearable device (i.e, they even didn’t know it would be necessarily a watch). And if you noticed, the watch should still take 3+ months to arrive.
On the same line as Kerem said, I think the iWatch development will be done using the same iOS SDK, so Corona may kind of unofficially support since it has the same structure as iOS app. (The same way that you can use Corona today to develop a Google Glass app. It works, but you don’t have all the features).
I am not bullish on the iWatch. I will not buy it (at least for the features that they showed today). On my vision the biggest advantage for having a smartWatch would be for health purposes and I didn’t not see that this watch really explores that. All other features are not big deal for me, specially when you have to use your phone together with the watch to get GPS functionality.
I thought that the health related sensors are in there. The rest is for app devs to utilize these sensors and tie it back to the Helathkit running on the iPhone / iPad. I’m sure we will find out more in the next months ahead.
Here’s something direct I came across while reading about the Apple Watch :
Rather than simply down-porting smartphone apps to its watch, Apple has developed a new WatchKit development system and set of interface guidelines that has created a pipeline of a new type of mobile apps. In particular, functions are often expressed in what Apple is calling “Glances,” which quickly present information with a simple swipe gesture. Similar to desk accessory widgets, Glances make data and controls relevant to a wearable device, rather than attempting to replicate entire iOS apps on a small screen.
It’s going to be interesting what consumers will feel like when they soon realize they bought a $350 watch that delivers ad content. I’m not sure if that’s in their pipeline but there has to be a monetization method for developers or they won’t create apps.
It’s going to be interesting what consumers will feel like when they soon realize they bought a $350 watch that delivers ad content. I’m not sure if that’s in their pipeline but there has to be a monetization method for developers or they won’t create apps.
Personally I hope they ban any form of monetization on the Apple Watch platform. Only paid apps should be allowed (or free without ads).
Apps that are absent because of lack of monetization most likely don’t belong on the Apple Watch anyway…
I would tend to agree that they shouldn’t allow any ads on the device, similar to how the Nano was used to just play music and other basic features it was designed to do.
Having ads on the watch or Google Glass would totally turn off the consumer from buying these connected devices to be further bombarded by ads.
I was thinking they could do GPS proximity type features, like go by a restaurant and it’ll ping you if there are coupons, I get those news flyers like 4 out of 7 days a week with coupons to Carls Jr and why not let the watch act as a coupon where you can show the cashier and they’ll accept it, paperless system, would be cool.
Ads however, not cool.
I was thinking they could do GPS proximity type features, like go by a restaurant and it’ll ping you if there are coupons, I get those news flyers like 4 out of 7 days a week with coupons to Carls Jr and why not let the watch act as a coupon where you can show the cashier and they’ll accept it, paperless system, would be cool.
…that on the other hand does sound like a legit use of technology. As long as the wearer can decide to be pinged or not.
It’s pretty cool…