iPad and iPhone User Interface Design

The Foundation framework provides the “nuts and bolts” classes for both iPhone OS and Mac OS programming, and an understanding of the Foundation framework is essential for building great software on the Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Learn about the wide-ranging capabilities of the Foundation framework and discover how to best use features like collections, strings, archiving, notifications, preferences, bundles, and more.

Even the best apps crash sometimes. Diagnosing and fixing your app’s crashes can make the difference between improving it or losing your customers. Learn the skills you need to identify and fix your crashes and avoid common pitfalls.

Apple leads the computing industry in accessibility. Snow Leopard provides many features to help you create Mac OS X applications that everyone can use. Learn about the universal-design principles you should use when building a user interface, and learn techniques for making existing interfaces accessible to a wider audience.

Scrolling easily through large amounts of content is integral to the ease of use of an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. UIScrollView and CATiledLayer provide ways for iPhone OS applications to display and manipulate content that that won’t fit on the screen. Learn some of the techniques used in Apple’s own applications. We’ll explain centering zoomable content, zooming in on one piece of content while leaving another fixed in place, and other advanced uses of UIScrollView.