I am trying to reach the following result
here
I know how to configure the segmented control but I was wondering how to get the same icons ... I tried to do it with photoshop but I just can't manage to achieve the same quality !
I heard there is a possibility to use the "Apple symbols font" available on Mac (which contains these icons), could you show me how to get these symbols ?
Or if you have a link to these precise icons (for free) It would be nice too.
Thank you,
ChaCha
The NavBar sample code in the apple developers page contains these two images and shows you how to implement them.
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I am trying to make an update for my trivia app and want it so that when the user types in the answer he/she only has the option to click A,B,C, or D. Is this possible? and if so, would apple allow this and how do I do it?
You could also just create a custom view with four buttons that appears when necessary. It would be easier than customizing the keyboard, and depending on how you design and implement it, it'll probably look better than an action sheet. UIView provides a rich set of methods to animate views with ease.
Yes, you can customise the keyboard, all the documentation is in the developer library. But it sounds to me you'd be better off using a UIActionSheet if all you are doing is picking from four options.
Edit: For reference, have a look at Custom Views for Data Input in Apple's Text Programming Guide for iOS.
I have developed some app and want to add some manual for it. I mean, that there is button "Info" in the main menu of the app, so pushing this button, will appear that manual with text and images. I just need advice for the optimal solution, thanks.
I recommend using a UIWebView for this. It allows the simplest way to customize the view fully in terms of fonts, images, layout, etc. Just write an html file, add it to the project, and set it as the page for the UIWebView.
What can be used instead of tooltip in iphone app?
Best alternative of tooltip in touch screen systems?
Tooltips are generally reserved for operating systems that have a cursor. In touchscreen applications, tooltips should not be needed at all. When your application is in use, the user should always know where the menus are, what all of the buttons do, etc, simply because they have been labeled clearly with a text explanation or an image.
If you need the use of tooltips in your application, you need to rethink your design.
Be Succinct.
I believe tooltips are still viable in form of short timed message. For instance, you may show dialog when button can be single-clicked or long-pressed. How else would you describe to user that functionality. None of the solutions above seem to work in this case. I guess timed message, some kind of dialog and help file are only options. Or am I missing something?
You don't. Instead apply a stronger preference for text buttons over buttons with an icon. Sometimes a footer message describes the current status in more detail.
(this is just me, interpreting Apple app design as good practice)
Tooltips can be useful especially for icons or image that are not or cannot be labeled and also for multilingual apps where different text lengths must be taken into account. It's not always a question of rethinking your whole design, for me it depends on the context of your app. An design doesn't fail just because tooltips have to be added.
Safari on iPhone and iPad uses the method touch and hold on a link. This very near the actual hover and hold for desktop apps. This is also the direction we are looking at in my company.
Ref.:
http://developer.apple.com/library/safari/#documentation/AppleApplications/Reference/SafariWebContent/HandlingEvents/HandlingEvents.html
Regards,
I discovered somewhat by accident that if you make a UIButton in Interface Builder and type in Plus in the image field, a + image appears for the button. A similar result comes from typing Minus.
I am wondering if this is a bug, or if there is some way the poor programmers can access the built-in general GUI images from other apple apps, such as the green +, the red -, the detail disclosure chevron, the big red "Delete Contact" or similarly styled button, etc.
Has anyone else encountered this, or know where to access these things in Xcode?
It makes sense to me that they should be usable, cause the Apple HIG seems to be all about making things recognizable and intuitive, and using them the way other apps use them.
You can get the UITabBarItems and once there search for UIBarButtonItem. Scroll towards the bottom of the screens and you can see all the system images for Tab Bars and Navigation Bars.
I found an up-to-date (iOS7) list of icons for UIBarButtonSystemItem on the official iOS Developer Library, which could be helpful.
UIBarButtonSystemItemDone
UIBarButtonSystemItemCancel
UIBarButtonSystemItemEdit
UIBarButtonSystemItemSave
UIBarButtonSystemItemAdd
UIBarButtonSystemItemFlexibleSpace
UIBarButtonSystemItemFixedSpace
UIBarButtonSystemItemCompose
UIBarButtonSystemItemReply
UIBarButtonSystemItemAction
UIBarButtonSystemItemOrganize
UIBarButtonSystemItemBookmarks
UIBarButtonSystemItemSearch
UIBarButtonSystemItemRefresh
UIBarButtonSystemItemStop
UIBarButtonSystemItemCamera
UIBarButtonSystemItemTrash
UIBarButtonSystemItemPlay
UIBarButtonSystemItemPause
UIBarButtonSystemItemRewind
UIBarButtonSystemItemFastForward
UIBarButtonSystemItemUndo
UIBarButtonSystemItemRedo
UIBarButtonSystemItemPageCurl
I would like to use the "Featured" tabbar item image with a custom title. I have gone through the various questions on SO regarding this and looked everywhere in the SDK frameworks but could not find the PNG for this item. I am using IB to initialize the tabbar and it is a tab-based application.
Can someone please help me out, where can I get that image or if using IB, how can I use that image with a custom title.
Thanks
You can't use the featured icon (or any other supplied icon) with a custom title. Apple intends those icons to only ever be used with the title it's paired with...
Apple have been quite touchy with this topic in the past, even going as far to reject one application because it's icon for "time" was too similar to Apple's icon for "Recents/History".
See here: http://tapbots.com/blog/app-store/a-well-timed-letter-of-rejection
If you start using Apple's icons, eg, the featured icon with a custom title that isn't "featured" then you're going to have trouble with the review process.