iOS 5 Programming Cookbook

4.4. Adding a Storyboard to an Existing Project

Problem

You have already coded your app without storyboards and now you would like to start using storyboards instead handling the flow of your app manually.

Solution

Follow these steps to allow your non-storyboard apps to take advantage of storyboards:

1. From the File menu, choose New→New File...

2. In the New File dialog, make sure you have selected the Resource subcategory of the iOS category on the left. Then choose the Storyboard item on the right and press Next (see Figure 4-24).

   

   Figure 4-24. Adding a storyboard to an existing application

3. In this screen, pick the Device Family for which you want to create your storyboard. If your app is an iPhone- or iPad-only app, pick the appropriate device family. If your app is universal, you will need to select one device family now, create the storyboard file, and then come back and create another one for your other device family. Once you are done, press the Next button.

4. Now select where to save your storyboard. I had a universal app based on the Single View Application template, so I have now created two storyboard files under the names StoryboardiPhone.storyboard and StoryboardiPad.storyboard.

1. In your project structure, find the Info.plist file. Note that this .plist file might have been stored under a different name. For instance, I have named my project Adding a Storyboard to an Existing Project