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What are good resources to learn about iOS app design?
My background is in web design. I'm very comfortable with the limitations and techniques needed to design websites.
Where do I start learning how to design apps? How does the UI work? Why do some apps look like Path, while others look like the default UI.
Anyone know a good starting point?
- yottabyte47 15y agoiOS Human Interface Guidelines https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/MobileHIG/Introduction/Introduction.html https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/UserE... Apple recommends reading it all the way through first as opposed to using it as a quick reference on a specific topic.
- _pius 15y agohttp://designthencode.com http://designthencode.com was good for helping me get it. Also worthwhile to review the WWDC videos available at http://developer.apple.com http://developer.apple.com and the Stanford iOS course at http://www.stanford.edu/class/cs193p/cgi-bin/drupal/ http://www.stanford.edu/class/cs193p/cgi-bin/drupal/
- ScottWhigham 15y agoI think that "From Idea to App" is a good intro to all of the tech behind the UI. It has some code but the main point is to teach the "What you need to know in order to design" http://www.amazon.com/Idea-App-Creating-animations-gestures/dp/0321765559/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1328960591&sr=8-7 http://www.amazon.com/Idea-App-Creating-animations-gestures/... I'm working through it now and I really am enjoying it.
- maxstoller 15y agohttp://mobile-patterns.com/ http://mobile-patterns.com/
- andrewtbham 15y agostanford iphone classes http://www.stanford.edu/class/cs193p/cgi-bin/drupal/ http://www.stanford.edu/class/cs193p/cgi-bin/drupal/
- Dramatize 15y agoHere are a few resources I found: Good first intro http://mobile.tutsplus.com/tutorials/mobile-design-tutorials/iphone-design-templates/ http://mobile.tutsplus.com/tutorials/mobile-design-tutorials... _plus's suggestion for designthencode.com was great This was good to play around with layouts http://www.teehanlax.com/blog/iphone-gui-psd-v4/ http://www.teehanlax.com/blog/iphone-gui-psd-v4/ This could be good http://www.tapptics.com/series/code-custom-graphics-xcode/ http://www.tapptics.com/series/code-custom-graphics-xcode/