iPad Application Development For Dummies, 3rd Edition

Adding the User Interface Objects

At this point, I could continue building out my storyboard by adding more elements such as views and segues, just like I did in the previous section. But by now I’m itching to really do something, which would require me getting some actual objects into the storyboard. When an itch comes, I scratch, so get ready to start editing and adding some objects.

To edit an object in the TestDrive view in the storyboard, select MainStory board_iPad.storyboard in the Project editor to open Interface Builder. Expand the View Controller – TestDrive in the View Controller – TestDrive Scene in the Document Outline. Select the View, and then select the Attributes inspector in the Inspector selector.

The Attributes inspector enables you to set various object properties. For example, to change the color of the view’s background, you’d choose the background color from the Background pop-up menu. As you can see on the left side of Figure 5-18, Default is currently selected (a white background), but you can select anything else in the list.

If you select Other from the pop-up menu or just click in the current color displayed in the Background field, you see the Colors palette (shown on the right side in Figure 5-18).

The toolbar at the top of the Colors palette gives you a number of options for selecting a color. These are the standard options available for choosing ...