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I’m not sure if this is related enough or not, but here goes: On Mac and now iPadOS (https://useyourloaf.com/blog/ipad-customizable-toolbars/ https://useyourlo
by n8cpdx 3y ago
I’m not sure if this is related enough or not, but here goes:
On Mac and now iPadOS (https://useyourloaf.com/blog/ipad-customizable-toolbars/ https://useyourloaf.com/blog/ipad-customizable-toolbars/), the built-in toolbar control supports a high degree of customization. You can try this in Finder, among many other native apps.
Powerful built-in widgets are an underappreciated aspect of the Mac desktop, and something I worry about with SwiftUI taking over. They’re also a huge win for iOS, but less so because it is so common for apps to want to put their own spin on the design.
Anyway, am I crazy, or did iOS apps used to support customizing tab bars out of the box? While clearly different from toolbars, supporting editing the order (and which are actually displayed) of tabs felt like the spiritual equivalent of built-in toolbar customization. And I haven’t seen it in years.
According to doc it is still there, but does anyone know of apps still using this pattern? https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uitabbarcontroller#1653016 https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uitabbarcont...
Anyway, tab bars are cool also because that is what is used by Apple TV in most apps I’ve used, and the consistent experience is wonderful.
- spike021 3y agoYep back in the early days it was very common to be able to mix around tabs and take out out in the ones you wanted. Back when FB was still decent in the... iOS7? says it let you do this with chat, feed, notifications, groups, etc. as an example.
- saagarjha 3y agoiTunes Store?
- jwells89 3y agoOn Mac I wish more apps used the standard toolbar. The customizability is nice and rarely found in bespoke implementations.
- crooked-v 3y agoVarious Apple apps like Apple Store and Music use a tab bar at the bottom, but they're not customizable. Everything I can think of outside of Apple switched over to completely undiscoverable hamburger menus a long time ago.
- macintosh-hd 3y agoI still miss the ability to rearrange the toolbar in iOS apps like the music app. I never use 2 of the tabs in Apple Music literally ever. I wish I could make it go directly to playlists and albums.
- jurip 3y agoUITabBar has always been painfully limited in its customizability by the programmer and the customizability by the user aspect is something that few projects care about. By locking down its appearance so tightly, Apple pretty much ensured that everyone always replaces it with something else.
- superb_dev 3y agoThe customizable tool bars are still around in SwiftUI and very nice to work with!
- ben_w 3y agoThere's a few apps where I'd like to remove tab buttons as a user; but as a developer, nobody has ever asked me to implement the feature; and based on my parents regularly accidentally removing things from the MacOS dock instead of opening them and needing my help to get it back, I suspect the ability causes a lot of customer support issues.