Chapter 6. Building Your App’s User Interface

There is a lot to remember when planning and designing the user interface of any app, and if it’s done right then it can be the work that turns a mediocre app into a good one—or a good app into one that is truly great! But the planning is still only part of what needs to be done. Even the best ideas are meaningless until they’re put into practice. In this chapter, we will take a tour of the tools and techniques that are available to get an interface up and running and ready to interact with.

Laying Out the User Interface

When it comes time to actually create the user interface of your app, you will do so in Xcode’s storyboard editor. This is familiar territory for many iOS developers, but the controls ...

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