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Apple Updates iPhone SDK with Interface Builder
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I agree, wholeheartedly. Unless the new IB has some serious advantages, I might just stick to hand-coded UI design.
Ah, thanks much for that link. I was poking around on the site and couldn't seem to find a changelog at all. How did you make your way to it?
Go into the iPhone Dev Centre webpage, select 'Development Environments' under the 'Tools' heading in the 'iPhone Reference Library' column - then sort it by date and you will see the release notes.
BTW if you or anyone figure out how to get started with IB for this iPhone SDK, please let me know - i'm totally lost
Grrr, just when I get my UI pretty much finished by hand-coding it. But as mentioned above, it was probably good experience to do it by hand. I can always use IB on another project.
So by looking at the API delta mentioned above, it looks like toolbars have been gutted and replaced by "tab bars"? Am I reading that right?
So by looking at the API delta mentioned above, it looks like toolbars have been gutted and replaced by "tab bars"? Am I reading that right?
Go into the iPhone Dev Centre webpage, select 'Development Environments' under the 'Tools' heading in the 'iPhone Reference Library' column - then sort it by date and you will see the release notes.
BTW if you or anyone figure out how to get started with IB for this iPhone SDK, please let me know - i'm totally lost
Just spotlight Interface Builder. From there create a new interface, choosing to use Cocoa Touch Template. From there I guess drag and drop your stuff. Although I am not sure how to get it to create the code in my project or get it to do anything else.
Interface Builder FAQ
Everyone should take a look at this FAQ:
http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/releasenotes/DeveloperTools/RN-InterfaceBuilder/index.html
Everyone should take a look at this FAQ:
http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/releasenotes/DeveloperTools/RN-InterfaceBuilder/index.html
I was wondering the same thing, but toolbars do seem to still exist, as per the link posted just above me:
Under "Known Issues,"
"UITabBar and UIToolbar objects may not draw at the proper height."
Where is the Info.plist??
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!!!!
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!!!!
Bindings?
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.
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.
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
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
It's under the Resources group in your Xcode project.
Nope. You should read the iPhone OS for Cocoa Developers article. Discusses bindings and a lot of other issues.
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.
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the guide line are what makes an Apple like application looks like an Aplle apps. On windows there is nothing like this and you are switching from one uggly design to another.
miketcool said:
the guide line are what makes an Apple like application looks like an Aplle apps. On windows there is nothing like this and you are switching from one uggly design to another.
yes, me too - there's a problem I guess being too used to having the cocoa application templates set up for you, I never really had to figure out what a skeleton app using a NIB and interface builder looked like.
Help!
Ok am I right in saying there's no template for the iPhone which sets you up with a project containing a NIB and just lets you get on with it? What are the steps required to create such a project?
Ok sign me up as part of the group that is stuck on how to use Interface Builder.
I created a new project from IB itself, saved it as a .xib file and imported it into my project. I then modified my plist according to the release notes but I'm lost at that point. What do I do now?
I created a new project from IB itself, saved it as a .xib file and imported it into my project. I then modified my plist according to the release notes but I'm lost at that point. What do I do now?
Apple has had the SDK available to themselves in some form since long before we have been able to access it. SDKs are usually developed simultaneously with the product itself, in this case iPhone OS.