Pro iOS Table Views for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

Chapter 11

Table Views on iPad

Table views on the iPad work in exactly the same way as they do on the iPhone. That said, there are a few things to bear in mind when building interfaces for iPad apps.

• The larger screen means that you probably won't want the table to fill the full window; that means controlling the size when you lay out the view in Interface Builder, or setting the size programmatically.
• The greater screen real estate means that you can make cells a lot bigger (and their visual appearance correspondingly richer). Cells sized for the iPhone can seem very small and cramped on the bigger device.
• Having more space to play with makes it feasible to add a wider range of gestures to cells; the size of the iPad screen lends itself much ...