Apple Updates iPhone SDK with Interface Builder

MacRumors · Mar 27, 2008, 03:11 PM

Apple released a new version of the free iPhone SDK which now includes Interface Builder.

Interface Builder is a tool for developers to visually create their user interface:

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Interface Builder is Apple's graphical editor for designing user interface components for both Carbon and Cocoa applications. Interface Builder makes creating an application's user interface easier by allowing developers to use its graphical editing environment to manage virtually every aspect of creating a well designed user interface that adheres to the Aqua user interface guidelines.

Apple released the first version of the iPhone SDK on March 6th.

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bbplayer5 · Mar 27, 2008, 03:13 PM

This is going to be insane

miketcool · Mar 27, 2008, 03:15 PM

More guidelines? Theyre sooooo controlling!

kkat69 · 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by miketcool

More guidelines? Theyre sooooo controlling!

How is this controlling? They offer an "Easy to use" thing that you CAN use if you want and it's controlling?

More like they're offering an easier way to code an interface to allow more developers novice and pro alike to rapidly and easily create tools for iPhone. I fail to see how this is controlling.

The OSX HID guidelines were in place way before this tool was released.

Edit: Besides, guidelines (when referring to them) are just that GUIDELINES, not actual rules. It's like the Pirate Code

(ba-dum pishhhh)

jakealdred · Mar 27, 2008, 03:27 PM

woop awesome im downloading it now c:

-jake

HiRez · Mar 27, 2008, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by kkat69

Edit: Besides, guidelines (when referring to them) are just that GUIDELINES, not actual rules. It's like the Pirate Code

(ba-dum pishhhh)

Apple rarely conforms to its own HI guidelines these days, why should anyone else?

Sbrocket · Mar 27, 2008, 03:39 PM

Ooh, awesome. Time to download.

cameronjpu · Mar 27, 2008, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by kkat69

How is this controlling? They offer an "Easy to use" thing that you CAN use if you want and it's controlling?

More like they're offering an easier way to code an interface to allow more developers novice and pro alike to rapidly and easily create tools for iPhone. I fail to see how this is controlling.

The OSX HID guidelines were in place way before this tool was released.

Edit: Besides, guidelines (when referring to them) are just that GUIDELINES, not actual rules. It's like the Pirate Code

(ba-dum pishhhh)

Aw, I saw you did an edit and I was so hopeful that you'd say "oops sorry, I see your obvious sarcasm now" but I guess not...

jessica. · Mar 28, 2008, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by miketcool

More guidelines? Theyre sooooo controlling!

What? are you insane? This is the least controlling thing they've done!

miketcool · Apr 10, 2008, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by jessica.

What? are you insane? This is the least controlling thing they've done!

Sarcasm, sarcasm soooooo sarcasm!

deathshrub · Mar 27, 2008, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by MacRumors

Interface Builder is a tool for developers to visually create their user interface

Dude. No way!

aatawm · Mar 27, 2008, 03:32 PM

i'm looking at the old SDK and i've already got interface builder... and i hadn't previously installed the dev tools

elppa · Mar 27, 2008, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by aatawm

i'm looking at the old SDK and i've already got interface builder... and i hadn't previously installed the dev tools

You didn't have the Cocoa Touch widgets though.

ke712345 · Mar 27, 2008, 09:09 PM

Anyone has the same problem out there. After installing the beta 2 SDK, i noticed 2 problems with Documentation.

1) Iphone OS Library documentation failed to update from the RSS feed.

2) Research assistant showing blank for all the APIs i clicked on in the code.

I am not sure what's wrong right now. Any help will be greatly appreciated. I really like the research assistant.

-Kelvin

kainjow · Mar 27, 2008, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by tacoman667

Where is the Info.plist I need to edit to get nib files to be auto created? does this create auto when I make a new iPhone touch app or after? I am so lost!!!!

It's under the Resources group in your Xcode project.

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Originally Posted by HiRez

Are Cocoa Bindings (Touch Bindings?) supported for iPhone development? I've gotten so used to using them that it'd be hard to take a step backwards to not having them available. I imagine in any case they will be available at some point, although I wonder if there are power/memory/performance concerns from the runtime activity involved.

Nope. You should read the iPhone OS for Cocoa Developers article. Discusses bindings and a lot of other issues.

HiRez · Mar 27, 2008, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by kainjow

Nope. You should read the iPhone OS for Cocoa Developers article. Discusses bindings and a lot of other issues.

Blah. Major bummer. Back to typing heaps of glue code, I guess. Thanks.

Lepton · Mar 27, 2008, 10:48 PM

Anyone seeing this? 1) Simulator crashes springboard, some kind of trouble involving sqlite. 2) IB hangs trying to show phone interface elements in the library.

palter · Mar 28, 2008, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ke712345

Anyone has the same problem out there. After installing the beta 2 SDK, i noticed 2 problems with Documentation.

1) Iphone OS Library documentation failed to update from the RSS feed.

2) Research assistant showing blank for all the APIs i clicked on in the code.

I am not sure what's wrong right now. Any help will be greatly appreciated. I really like the research assistant.

-Kelvin

I can verify that item #1 is happening to me as well. Not only that, but while it did download an update for the Xcode 3.1 docset, the content is old. (I.e., the 3.1 release notes on the web site are newer than what was downloaded.)

And, I uninstalled and reinstalled the SDK just to be safe.

twoodcc · Mar 28, 2008, 01:51 AM

i got an email about this earlier from Apple. i'll have to download it soon

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ke712345 macrumors newbie Join Date: Mar 2008	My Xcode research assistant stops working after reinstalling iphone_sdk_9a2151 Anyone has the same problem out there. After installing the beta 2 SDK, i noticed 2 problems with Documentation. 1) Iphone OS Library documentation failed to update from the RSS feed. 2) Research assistant showing blank for all the APIs i clicked on in the code. I am not sure what's wrong right now. Any help will be greatly appreciated. I really like the research assistant. -Kelvin

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