Introducing WidgetKit for iOS: Adding a Simple Widget to Your iOS App

Video description

Create new apps and update legacy apps that support older iOS versions to allow users to take advantage of widgets. Apple introduced a new way to allow users to update and modernize their iPhone home screens.  They can use widgets on their home screen to keep their favorite information at their fingertips. Keep your apps new and relevant by adding widget capabilities. We will be creating a demo app to incorporate a static widget that will update the widget on the home screen whenever information in the app changes. 

What You Will Learn
  • Add and configure a static widget
  • Update legacy apps to use widgets
  • Design widgets with user friendly UI functions

Who This Video Is For

iOS developers with experience using the Swift programming language.  Some experience with SwiftUI would be beneficial, but not essential.

Product information

  • Title: Introducing WidgetKit for iOS: Adding a Simple Widget to Your iOS App
  • Author(s): Stewart Lynch
  • Release date: November 2020
  • Publisher(s): Apress
  • ISBN: 9781484267004