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iPhone User Interface Cookbook

By : Cameron Banga
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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

Determining which view is better for our app


Between Web Views and Table Views, it can often be difficult to determine which route is best for our application design. While some applications types lend themselves to an obvious view choice, other apps can often work out well with multiple view types.

In this recipe, we'll discuss several Apple developed applications, their view types, and why this choice was best for the application.

Getting ready

For this recipe, we should have an iOS device in order to follow each example application and take note of the view used.

How to do it...

In looking for inspiration as to how to apply the most appropriate view to our work, it's often beneficial to pull from applications developed by Apple. Apple designs are created around proper management of specific view types, and offer exemplary insight into what different views were designed to accomplish.

In the Settings application, we're given a strong example of Grouped Table Views. Settings offers a variety...