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iOS Design Handbook
1
Intro to iOS 14 Design
4:13
2
iOS Colors
5:28
3
Typography and Dynamic Type
5:33
4
Background Blur and Gradients
4:19
5
Adaptive Layout
4:19
6
Do's and Don'ts
6:52
7
Design for Touch
7:46
8
iOS Native UI Elements
8:10
9
iOS Icons
3:44
10
Design for iPad
8:11
11
Design the Sidebar
7:16
12
Design Widgets
6:31
13
Animations
5:23
14
App Clips
7:05
15
Design for Apple Watch
6:16
16
Modals
6:17
17
Onboarding
6:51
18
Launch Screen
5:35
19
Design for Accessibility
4:12
20
Design for macOS Big Sur
6:31
Bars
Bars are UI elements that typically contain your app's controls and navigational items. This ensures that they are in place all the time for users to access quickly. There are many types of Bars. Pick what fits the best for your app's use case.
Status Bar
It is recommended to include the status bar in as many places as you can. Users rely on it for important information such as signal, time and battery. The text and icons can be white or black, but the background can be customized into any color and merge with the Navigation Bar.
Navigation Bar
The Navigation Bar is used for quick information about the screen. The left portion can be used for placing Back, Profile, Menu buttons. In contrast, the right portion is generally used for action buttons like Add, Edit, Done.
Search Bar
When you have a lot of content, it is always wise to make it searchable.
Toolbar
When you need more real estate to place your action buttons and screen status, you’ll want to use the Toolbar.
Tab Bar
The Tab Bar is the main navigation between multiple screens. Avoid the Hamburger menu if you have few items. Menus that are always visible will increase usage since obvious always win. Additionally, it is encouraged to add text next to your icons as most people won’t instantly recognize symbols, especially when they’re not universally known.
Sidebar
Sidebar used in iPadOS provides app-level navigation for a list of collections based on the content of your app. Having a sidebar makes navigating within the app more convenient for the users. This also offers more customization to the users, meaning they can pick the necessary shortcuts.
Views
Views help in properly displaying your content based on the context with relevant controls and actions. There are several types of views Apple provides for different use cases. It's important to use the right view so that you can provide users with the best experience.
Table View
The Table View is a very common user interface for listing content. Most apps use a form of Table View. That’s because it can be very basic, or highly customizable down to the smallest elements.
Collection View
When you have both rows and columns in a grid style, you’ll need the Collection View. Although a little more advanced, it can pretty much create any layout you can dream of.
Collection View layouts may look like these, or a combination of them. The possibilities are endless.
Activity View
The Activity view allows you to share content (text, images, links) to iOS features like Airdrop, Favorites, Bookmarks and apps like Mail, Facebook, Twitter. While the look can’t be customized, the options are.
Alerts
The Alert dialog is used for conveying critical information and prompting quick actions. Alerts should be kept minimal and exiting must be obvious.
Controls
Segmented Control
While the Tab Bar navigates to the main sections, the Segmented Control is used for sub-sections.
Sliders
Sliders are interactive controls that are less precise, but extremely useful for quick settings like Sound, Brightness and Video Progress.
Progress Bars
The Progress bar is an indicator showing how far an activity has gone. For example, you can use this to show the loading progress of a Web View. Note that the height can be customized.
Switch
Use this to quickly toggle between on and off. Do not use this for anything else than on / off.
Pickers
When you have multiple options to choose from, you can use the Picker control. It’s particularly useful for dates, which controls 3 fields in one action.
Context Menus
Context Menus are used to present users with an additional set of otherwise hidden actions to reduce clutter. It's important to keep these actions relevant to the content.
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1
Intro to iOS 14 Design
A complete guide to designing for iOS 14 with videos, examples and design files
4:13
2
iOS Colors
Learn how to work with colors in iOS 14
5:28
3
Typography and Dynamic Type
Learn to make the content clear and readable
5:33
4
Background Blur and Gradients
Creating contrast between contents using blurs and apply gradients from analogous colors
4:19
5
Adaptive Layout
Learn to make your designs adaptive to different device screen sizes and orientation
4:19
6
Do's and Don'ts
Things to keep in mind while designing for iOS
6:52
7
Design for Touch
Keeping your content reachable using different touch techniques
7:46
8
iOS Native UI Elements
Learn and benefit from using Apple's UI resources
8:10
9
iOS Icons
Learn how to find great icons and customize them
3:44
10
Design for iPad
How bigger screens affect your design
8:11
11
Design the Sidebar
How to design a sidebar for iPad
7:16
12
Design Widgets
Displaying important and useful information using widgets for quick glances
6:31
13
Animations
Good animations enhance, bad animations distract
5:23
14
App Clips
Make use of a specific feature in your app through app clips
7:05
15
Design for Apple Watch
Designing for people on the go
6:16
16
Modals
Provide more focused experience by presenting your content in a temporary modal view
6:17
17
Onboarding
Learn to design meaningful experiences with clear onboarding flows and patterns
6:51
18
Launch Screen
Hint users about loading content through launch screens
5:35
19
Design for Accessibility
Basic rules and system to improve app accessibility
4:12
20
Design for macOS Big Sur
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6:31
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Meng To
I design, code and write
Meng To is the author of Design+Code. Meng started off his career as a self-taught designer from Montreal and eventually traveled around the world for 2 years as his US VISA was denied. During his travels, he wrote a book which now has 35,000 readers.
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