Introduction

We are now able to write apps for the new Apple TV. This is great for iOS developers because everything is very familiar. Xcode, Swift, UIKit Interface Builder and the tvOS Simulator are very similar to iOS development.

This book assumes you are very familiar with iOS development using Swift. If you are not, please read our Swift 2 for Absolute Beginners from Apress (www.apress.com/9781484214893).

Swift 2 for Absolute Beginners takes you through all the development to get you up to speed to become a tvOS developer and how to do it.

Free Live Webinars, Q&A, and YouTube Videos

Every other Monday night at 6:00 p.m. Pacific time, we have live webinars and discuss a topic from the book or a timely item of interest. These webinars are free, and you can register for them at www.xcelme.com/latest-videos/.

At the end of the webinars, we have a Q&A. You can ask a question on the topic discussed or on any topic in the book.

Additionally, all these webinars are recorded and available on YouTube. Make sure you subscribe to the YouTube channel so you are notified when new recordings are uploaded.

Free Book Forum

We have provided an online forum for this book at http://forum.xcelme.com, where you can ask questions while you are learning Swift and get answers from the authors. Also, Apple makes frequent changes to the programming language and SDK. We try our best to make sure any changes affecting the book are updated on the forum along with any significant text or code changes.

You can download the source code from the chapters on this forum too.