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Andres Lopez
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WatchOS (Swift): Horoscope Application

In this tutorial an application for WatchOS will be made, based on consulting a REST API of horoscopes.

Requirements

  • Xcode 10.2 or higher
  • Mac OS Mojave or higher
  • IPhone simulator
  • Apple Watch Simulator

Creation of the project

Open XCode and create a new WatchOS project.

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The Include Notification Scene option is unchecked and the location where the project is saved is selected.

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First screen

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Drag a table element.

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Two labels are added inside the table:

  • First label with the following alignment properties.

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  • Second label with the following alignment properties.

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The Row element of the table is assigned the identifier with the same name Row.

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A Row class is created that inherits from NSObject and we link the corresponding outlets.


import WatchKit

class Row: NSObject {
    @IBOutlet weak var lblIcon: WKInterfaceLabel!

    @IBOutlet weak var lblZodiac: WKInterfaceLabel!
}

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The code of the Interface Controller is as follows:


import WatchKit
import Foundation


class InterfaceController: WKInterfaceController {

    @IBOutlet weak var table: WKInterfaceTable!


    let zodiac = [
        ("♈", "Aries"),
        ("♉", "Taurus"),
        ("♊", "Gemini"),
        ("♋", "Cancer"),
        ("♌", "Leo"),
        ("♍", "Virgo"),
        ("♎", "Libra"),
        ("♏", "Scorpio"),
        ("♐", "Sagittarius"),
        ("♑", "Capricorn"),
        ("♒", "Aquarius"),
        ("♓", "Pisces")
    ]

    override func awake(withContext context: Any?) {
        super.awake(withContext: context)

        // Configure interface objects here.


        table.setNumberOfRows(zodiac.count, withRowType: "Row")

        for (index, sign) in zodiac.enumerated() {
            guard let row = table.rowController(at: index) as? Row else { return }
            row.lblIcon.setText(sign.0)
            row.lblZodiac.setText(sign.1)
        }
    }

    override func table(_ table: WKInterfaceTable, didSelectRowAt rowIndex: Int) {
        print(zodiac[rowIndex].1)

        let context = ["sing": zodiac[rowIndex].1]

        presentController(withName: "Results", context: context)
    }

    override func willActivate() {
        // This method is called when watch view controller is about to be visible to user
        super.willActivate()
    }

    override func didDeactivate() {
        // This method is called when watch view controller is no longer visible
        super.didDeactivate()
    }

}

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Model

The following structure is used for the response model:


import Foundation

struct Horoscope: Codable {
    var currentDate: String
    var description: String

    enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
        case currentDate = "current_date", description
    }
}

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Second Screen

It is responsible for consuming the API, its interface is very simple and is built only with tags, which work very similar to iOS.

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The Results Controller code is the following:


import WatchKit
import Foundation


class ResultsController: WKInterfaceController {

    @IBOutlet weak var lblSing: WKInterfaceLabel!
    var sing: String?

    @IBOutlet weak var lblDate: WKInterfaceLabel!

    @IBOutlet weak var lblDescription: WKInterfaceLabel!

    override func awake(withContext context: Any?) {
        super.awake(withContext: context)

        // Configure interface objects here.

        guard let context = context as? [String: String] else { return }
        guard let sing = context["sing"] else { return }

        lblSing.setText(sing)

        DispatchQueue.global(qos: .userInteractive).async {
            self.fetchData(sing: sing.lowercased())
        }
    }

    func fetchData(sing: String) {
        guard let url = URL(string: "https://aztro.sameerkumar.website/?sign=\(sing)&day=today") else { return }

        print("https://aztro.sameerkumar.website/?sign=\(sing)&day=today")
        var urlRequest = URLRequest(url: url)
        urlRequest.httpMethod = "POST"


        URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: urlRequest) { (data, response, error) in
            if let data = data {
                self.parse(data)
            } else {
                print("vacio")
            }
        }.resume()
    }

    func parse(_ contens: Data) {
        let decoder = JSONDecoder()

        guard let result = try? decoder.decode(Horoscope.self, from: contens) else { return }

        DispatchQueue.main.async {
            self.lblDate.setText(result.currentDate)
            self.lblDescription.setText(result.description)
        }
    }

    override func willActivate() {
        // This method is called when watch view controller is about to be visible to user
        super.willActivate()
    }

    override func didDeactivate() {
        // This method is called when watch view controller is no longer visible
        super.didDeactivate()
    }
}

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The application running

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Conclusions

Consuming a REST API in WatchOS is relatively easy and very similar to how it is done in iOS. You can find the project code in the following github repository.

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Daskwer

I love reading about my zodiac sign in the morning, and thanks to apps like this, it only gets easier zodiacsigns-horoscope.com/angel-nu... . It's fascinating to learn about something like this, especially when you study and work in IT. So I should try to do this. I went to work here only thanks to the horoscope because I believe in the magic of numbers and stars. And if I constantly interact with numbers, it will be very cool. And it's true because I earn a lot of money now.

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Andres Lopez

Thanks!!!!

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Andres Lopez

Thanks!!!!

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Nice tutorial!! :O