Interface Builder is a graphical user interface (GUI) for developers to create an app’s user interface (UI). With Interface Builder, developers can drag and drop UI objects onto a design canvas, and then use Auto Layout to create adaptive user interfaces for different screen sizes.
With Interface Builder, you can build most of your app’s UI without writing a single line of code. In the end, you’ll end up with an Interface Builder file, saved as either a storyboard or a .nib/.xib file.
In this chapter, you’ll learn:
To use a storyboard to layout your app’s UI.
The benefits and drawbacks of using storyboards.
To use .nib/.xib to layout your app’s UI.
The benefits and drawbacks of using .nib/.xib files.
Setting up the launch screen layout using a storyboard
Open MessagingApp.xcodeproj in the starter folder. Under the Storyboards group, open LaunchScreen.storyboard. You’ll see the following:
You want the background image view to fill the edges of the view controller’s view. The current storyboard preview device is the iPhone 8. On this device, the UI looks fine. But it’s time to scrutinize how the launch screen looks on other devices and screen sizes.
Previewing layouts on multiple screen sizes
Interface Builder’s Preview mode lets you see your screen layout on various devices without running the project on a simulator or device. Preview is useful, but you still have to keep in mind its limitations.
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Adding constraints
The first thing you’ll learn is how to add constraints to a view in Interface Builder.
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Editing constraints
The Safe Area layout guide helps prevent obscured content. However, with this background image view, you want to have it fill the screen edges on every device.
The background image view uses equality constraints. In addition to equality constraints, you can also create inequality constraints using Auto Layout.
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Implementation
Are you ready to spice up the launch screen? Fantastic!
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Apple has taken something complex and turned it into something comparatively elegant. However, as with any solution, there are benefits and drawbacks.
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Mivu oqa foda tend es edinn hxismhuubf:
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Using Xibs
Have you ever heard about .xib files? Even if you say no, I bet you’ve probably used them. Those screens that are part of a scene in your storyboard are .xib files. The only difference is that, thanks to the storyboard, you have some benefits, like segues and a nice look at the workflow of your app. Before carrying on and to avoid ambiguity, it’s important to understand the differences between .xib and .nib files.
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How to achieve modularity with .xib
If you’re working on a team, it can be pretty rough to deal with merge conflicts when everybody is using a single storyboard. That’s why you need a way to work on screens in a more decoupled way.
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The .xib object life cycle
It’s important to understand how .nibs files are loaded, so you can create better interfaces that behave as expected and have good performance. The following diagram shows the chain of steps executed to display a view using a nib:
Open MessagingApp.xcodeproj in the starter folder. Build and run. You can see a contact list; it’s a simple table view that shows the name of the contact and has an accessory info button on the right. But if you press the info button, nothing happens. Well, it’s time to do something about that!
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Be su BadnampFyehaidQeat.tsudh, ayz iczitiicosj ujfub nhi zuwsh ifel scawo, otv dyo paltinazg siqe:
@IBOutlet var photoImageView: UIImageView!
@IBOutlet var nameLabel: UILabel!
@IBOutlet var contentView: UIView!
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Ebbok eyvumfhufz gye drasfuyse, hoi sas aqo tku dezin hxiyafc riwa fa cexfapo geib ahlbijizcadaub.
Key points
The preview feature helps you see your UI on different screen sizes without running the project on a simulator or device.
You can use the Add New Constraints button to apply Auto Layout constraints in Interface Builder.
You can use the Attributes inspector to set the object’s properties.
Remember to account for the Safe Area layout guide to ensure devices with a notch display as intended at runtime.
You can set equality and inequality constraint relations between items.
The Issue navigator can show you the conflicting constraints in a storyboard.
Using .xib files is a great way to achieve modularity.
There are benefits and drawbacks to every tool. Building Auto Layout constraints in storyboards or .xib files with Interface builder is no exception. Consider the pros and cons of each to conclude an optimized solution for what you need.
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