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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

Implementing application functionality using a Navigation Bar


With the development of iOS, it became necessary for Apple to design a clean and functional way for device users to quickly navigate between huge piles of data.

It's difficult, if not impossible, to offer the same amount of choices and data detail given a 3.5 inch screen. Design concessions from the size constraint have made standard interface elements from a desktop computing environment almost impossible to implement.

The Navigation Bar was an outstanding interface convention to include in the native SDK, allowing developers to easily offer multiple pages of tabled data in an easy to access format. Anchored to the top of the application screen, the bar allows the user to tap onto an on screen item and then quickly move backwards to the previous screen.

In this recipe, we'll take a look at several ways by which we can go about implementing application functionality using a Navigation Bar.

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