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Deprecated! This list will no longer be updated due to my focus shift.

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A curated list of awesome watchOS frameworks, libraries, sample apps.

Contents

• Getting Started
• Library and Frameworks
• Design
  • Design Guidelines
  • Design Resources
• Tools
• Sample Apps
• Books
• Tutorials
• Twitters
• Other Awesome Lists
• Contributing

Getting Started

• Apple Watch Programming Guide - Official apple watch programming guide by Apple.

Libraries And Frameworks

Connectivity

• MMWormhole - A powerful toolkit for synthesizing, processing, and analyzing sounds.

<img src="https://github.com/mutualmobile/MMWormhole/blob/master/MMWormhole.gif" width="500") alt="Example App"/>

UI

• IGInterfaceDataTable - A category on WKInterfaceTable that makes configuring tables with multi-dimensional data easier.

<img src="https://github.com/Instagram/IGInterfaceDataTable/blob/master/images/example.jpg" width="500") alt="Example App"/>

• JBWatchActivityIndicator - An easy way to generate activity indicator images for Apple Watch.

<img src="https://camo.githubusercontent.com/3bc9d761836a40e088f45285ac52dd5fef89df1b/687474703a2f2f7777772e6d696b657377616e736f6e2e636f6d2f66696c65732f4a4257617463684163746976697479496e64696361746f722f4a4257617463684163746976697479496e64696361746f722e676966" width="300") alt="Example App"/>

Charts

• YOChartImageKit - A chart image framework for watchOS.

<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/yasuoza/YOChartImageKit/assets/images/watchos/all.png") alt="Example App" width="760"/>

• NKWatchChart - A chart library for Apple Watch based on PNChart and ios-charts.

<img src="https://db.tt/UAWEZ1AF") alt="Example App" width="250"/>

Design

Design Guidelines

• Designing for Apple Watch - Official WWDC 2015 session by Apple about how to design for apple watch.
•  Watch Human Interface Guidelines - Official human interface guidelines by Apple.
• 11 Tips For Designing Apps for Apple Watch - Some quick tips that will help you to build better watch apps.
• Icons for Apple Watch – The Definitive Guide - A guide to help you create your own watch app icon.

Design Resources

•  Watch Design Resources - Official design resources provided by Apple, including Apple Watch Bezels, Guides, Templates, Typeface.
• Chart of Apple Watch Complication Types and Layouts - An useful chart of all the possible combinations of Complications.

Tools

Prototyping

• thinkapps for watch - A website help you create your free Apple Watch App prototype in just 10 minutes.

Images Generator

• RadialChartImageGenerator - A radial bar chart generator for apple watch.
• KFWatchKitAnimations - An image generator that creates beautiful 60 FPS animations for  Watch by recording animations from the iOS Simulator.

Sample Apps

• Lister - An official sample app demonstrates Apple Watch integration.

  <img src="https://github.com/yenchenlin1994/awesome-watchos/blob/master/resources/lister.png") alt="Example App" width="260"/>

• WatchKit Catalog - An official sample app demonstrates how to use UI elements available in the WatchKit framework.

• Cherry - A mini pomodoro timer app designed for the  Watch.

  <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kenshin03/Cherry/master/cherry-screencaps.gif") alt="Example App" width="250"/>

• Bitcoin Tracker - A bitcoin price tracking app.

  <img src="http://cdn5.raywenderlich.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/watch-final.png") alt="Example App" width="250"/>

• WWDC - An open sourcing WWDC hit parties app.

  <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sugarso/WWDC/master/Assets/watch1.png") alt="Example App" width="230"/>

• SwiftHN - A Hacker News reader written in Swift.

• BaiduFM-Swift - A apple watch app for BaiduFM.

  <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/belm/BaiduFM-Swift/master/ScreenShot/BaiduFM-Swift_AppleWatch_00.png") alt="Example App" width="250"/>

• done-swift - A sample app to demonstrate data sharing between a WatchKit app and its main app using Realm.

  <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FancyPixel/done-swift/master/assets/screenshot.gif") alt="Example App" width="400"/>

• HighstreetWatchApp - The watchKit app built on the http://highstreetapp.com platform.

  <img src="https://github.com/GetHighstreet/HighstreetWatchApp/blob/master/Documentation/Assets/walkthrough.gif") alt="Example App" width="350"/>

• OnTime - An apple watch app to access the SBB timetable.

  <img src="https://camo.githubusercontent.com/3d2f8f30ae9ce705cc5467d3736baac2253c6dc2/687474703a2f2f34362e3130352e32362e312f75706c6f6164732f7362626170706c65322e6a7067") alt="Example App" width="500"/>

• WatchNotes - An apple watch app to display notes on your wrist.

  <img src="https://camo.githubusercontent.com/689a09260a6427ede9580b298c141320132796df/68747470733a2f2f646c2e64726f70626f7875736572636f6e74656e742e636f6d2f752f32303131363433342f57617463684e6f7465732e676966") alt="Example App" width="500"/>

• WatchPics - Instagram for the Apple Watch.

  <img src="https://camo.githubusercontent.com/544c66f439b1328155ca4463c2fa73e514f80800/687474703a2f2f34362e3130352e32362e312f75706c6f6164732f7761746368706963732e6a7067") alt="Example App" width="500"/>

• WatchKit-Apps - Tutorials app for WatchKit.

• watchOS-2-Sampler - Code examples for new features of watchOS 2.

• soon - A countdown app.

  <img src="https://github.com/sandofsky/soon/blob/master/screenshot.png") alt="Example App" width="230"/>

Books

• watchOS 2 by Tutorials

  <img src="http://cdn5.raywenderlich.com/wp-content/themes/raywenderlich/images/store-2015/w2t_PDF_640.png") alt="Example App" width="320"/>

• Apple Watch for Developers: Advice & Techniques from Five Top Professionals

  <img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Opqcd7F1L._SX331_BO1_204_203_200_.jpg") alt="Example App" width="280"/>

Tutorials

WatchKit Introduction

• WatchKit Tutorial with Swift Part 1: Getting Started
• WatchKit Tutorial with Swift Part 2: Tables and Network Requests
• WatchKit Tutorial with Swift Part 3: More Tables, Glances and Handoff

WatchOS 2 New Features

Hardware

• WatchKit 2 Hardware Bits: Using the Digital Crown
• WatchKit 2 Hardware Bits: The Taptic Engine
• WatchKit 2 Hardware Bits: The Accelerometer

Animations

• The Power of Animations - A tutorial demonstrates how to animate the user interface by changing layout properties.

ClockKit

• Writing a WatchKit Complication in watchOS 2 - A tutorial about how to add custom Complications to your watch app.

Connectivity

• How to communicate between devices using Watch Connectivity - A tutorial about how to use Watch Connectivity framework to communicate between devices.

Twitters

• WatchKit Resources

Other Awesome Lists

Other amazingly awesome lists can be found in the

• awesome-awesomeness list.
• Open Source apps list of open source ios apps
• Awesome-swift
  • @matteocrippa - A collaborative list of awesome swift resources.
  • @Wolg - A curated list of awesome Swift frameworks, libraries and software.
• awesome watchkit apps curated list of sample watchkit apps and tutorials.
• iOS Learning Resources Comprenehensive collection of high quality, frequently updated and well maintained iOS tutorial sites.
• awesome-ios-animation - A curated list of awesome iOS animation, including Objective-C and Swift libraries.
• awesome-ios-chart - A curated list of awesome iOS chart libraries, including Objective-C and Swift.
• awesome-gists - A list of amazing gists (iOS section).
• awesome-ios-ui - A curated list of awesome iOS UI/UX libraries.
• iOS App Development on Medium - Stories and technical tips about building apps for iOS, Apple Watch, and iPad/iPhone

Contributing

Contributions welcome! Read the contribution guidelines first.

Feel free to contribute & Thank you very much!

License

To the extent possible under law, YenChen Lin has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work.