Like Trello, but on a watch
Apr 25, 2015Dan Frehulfer

Summary
This post introduces custom Objective-C categories for WKInterfaceController to expose RACSignals for activation and deactivation states, enabling reactive UI updates based on controller lifecycle events. It also details the use of RACCommand for managing task completion and auto-dismissal of child interface controllers. The post discusses context object patterns for navigation and the use of nested WKInterfaceGroups for complex UI layouts. Performance optimizations include compressing images to JPEG with quality 0 and using `distinctUntilChanged` with ReactiveCocoa to reduce unnecessary UI updates.