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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

Periodical downloads and Newsstand in iOS 5


Apple finally included a highly desired feature in iOS 5, allowing for magazines and newspaper applications to download new issues while running in the background. This simple feature allows for users to have fresh content waiting upon launch of our app.

If we're designing a magazine, newspaper, or any other type of periodical, this will be a desirable feature and we'll need to make some small interface changes to accommodate. In this recipe, we'll take a look at what we'll need to do to help our application handle this new type of multitasking in iOS 5.

Getting ready

For this application, an iPad or iPhone device running our application will be desirable to help test the multitasking features of our app.

How to do it...

Designing an application to support background issue downloading and the interface change requirements associated with the new Newsstand feature are quite simple. In a few easy steps, our interface will be ready for Newsstand:

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