Learn Apple HomeKit on iOS : a home automation guide for developers, designers, and homeowners /: a home automation guide for developers, designers, and homeowners. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jesse Feiler.
• Authors: Feiler, Jesse
• Contents: At aGlance; Contents; About the Author; About the Technical Reviewer; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Bringing Home Automation Home; Welcome Home; 2015: Apple Unveils New Technologies; CarPlay Revs Up; Turning On Apple TV; Watching the Time; Putting It Together; Moving Beyond Talking Refrigerators; How It Works-The View from the Mountaintop; Introducing Accessories; HomeKit Hubs; The Basic HomeKit Home; Extending HomeKit; Summary; Chapter 2: Exploring the HomeKit World; Configuring Your HomeKit Environment; Starting from an Apple ID; Quick Start with iPad. Managing Home SettingsMoving into Your Home; Add and Configure a Home; Edit or Add a Room; Add and Configure an Accessory; Chapter 3: Adding Scenes-The Practical Part of HomeKit; What Is a Scene?; Creating Basic Scenes; Scenes Can Involve Several Rooms; Scenes Can Be Automated and Respond to Siri; Scenes Are Instantaneous; Working with Scenes; Creating a Scene; Adding Accessories; Adjusting Accessories; Finishing Up; Editing Your Scene; Chapter 4: Exploring Your Development Environment; Getting Developer Access; Reviewing the Tools; Languages: Swift and Objective-C; Frameworks; Simulators. Simulating HomeKit AccessoriesGetting Set Up; What's Next; Chapter 5: Working with HomeKit Accessories; Set Up a HomeKit Test Lab; Set Up HomeKit; Setting Up a Room; Using Automation; Automating Location Changes; Automating Time of Day; Letting Accessories Control Automations; Bringing It Together; Chapter 6: Exploring the HomeKit World as a Developer, Designer, or Device Manufacturer; HomeKit Overview; Swift's Object-Oriented Features for HomeKit; Protocols and Delegates: Architecture; Protocols and Delegates: Key Players; Creating New Instances; Basic HomeKit Objects; Working with Rooms. Managing RoomsEditing a Room; Working with Accessories; Finding Accessories; Managing Accessories; Editing Accessories; Chapter 7: Dive into Accessories; Building Accessories; Working with Accessories; What Is an Accessory?; Basic Accessory Data; Categories; Characteristics; Type; Format; Units; What Does the Accessory Do? (Services); Finding Accessory State; Setting Preferences for the HomeKit Accessory Simulator; Chapter 8: Imaginative Opportunities: Events, Triggers, and Actions; Working with Events; Geofencing with Location Events; Monitoring Characteristic Events; Working with Triggers. Using a Basic TriggerAdding Conditions to Triggers with Predicates; Working with Actions; Chapter 9: Working with iCloud and Users with HomeKit; Setting Up Hubs; Apple TV; iPad; Setting Up Users; Inviting Other Users; Responding to an Invitation; Responding on an iPad; Responding on an iPhone; Set Permissions for Users; Allowing Lock Screen Access; Index.
• Publisher Details: United States : Apress
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 643/.6; 004; Computer science; Home automation -- Computer programs; HOUSE & HOME -- General; Computer Science; Apple and iOS; Computer Science, general; Computers -- Computer Science; Computer science; Apple computer; Computers -- Programming -- Apple Programming; Macintosh programming; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781484215272; 1484215273; 1484215281; 9781484215289
• Related ISBNs: 9781484215289
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 6, 2017).
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