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iPhone User Interface Cookbook

By : Cameron Banga
Book Image

iPhone User Interface Cookbook

By: Cameron Banga

Overview of this book

The incredible growth rates for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad have pushed consumers to a new “App” economy, with developers racing to the platform. Mobile touch-centric interfaces vary greatly from traditional computing platforms, and programmers as well as designers must learn to adapt to the new form-factor.The iPhone User Interface Cookbook offers a complete breakdown of standard interface design on the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. You will learn the tools behind the trade, how to properly utilize standard interface elements, and custom UI tricks that will help your work stand out on the App Store.The book is designed to be a complete overview of interface design on all iOS platforms, offering insight and an inside look into app design. A variety of topics are covered, starting with an overview of tools for the app interface designer, touching upon popular interface components such as the Tab Bar, and offering suggestions for complex game interfaces. Whether you’re new to the platform or a seasoned developer with numerous applications in the App Store, this book strives to teach everyone simple and easy to implement tips for iOS interface design. Regardless of skill level, the iPhone User Interface Cookbook offers a detailed breakdown of all things interface design.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
iPhone User Interface Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
PacktLib.PacktPub.com
Preface
The Importance of Direct Manipulation
If you need a stylus, you blew it

Improving our application through Table Views


Table Views are an essential component of iOS and an extraordinarily simple way to separate data on screen and give the user an easy way to sort through piles of information.

There are a couple of ways that we can present Table Views on screen, with each offering benefits in specific scenarios. In this recipe, we'll discuss several ways in which we can improve our application through Table Views.

Note

A Table View is a single column of information presented on an iOS device as a list of a set of two or more rows.

Getting ready

Table Views are one of the most common ways to go about designing an application on iOS, with prominent applications such as Music and Contacts being built on the view type. For this recipe, it will be useful to have an iOS device to hand along with some scratch paper to quickly sketch out table flow charts as well.

How to do it...

In their iOS Human Interface Guidelines, Apple offers suggestions on which types of Table Views...