CODEWITHSUNDEEP
iosxcodeuser-interface
artooras
artooras

Reputation: 6795

Where do I create custom UI elements?

A quick question from a wanna-be iOS developer. I want to create a UI for an iPhone app without Interface Builder, only programmatically. However, I want to stick to MVC recommendations and separate V and C and have a clean readable code, therefore:

Is this a correct approach to begin with?

Second part of the question, independent of Y/N answer to the first. Where do I define these custom UI elements? - Inside the view's initWithFrame: method? - In separate (property getter? property setter?) methods? I.e. do I have to declare each UI element as a property first in the .h file?

If these questions sound a bit ignorant, it must be because they are :) I found lots of sample code on StackOverflow, but little to indicate where you actually put it. I would be really grateful for any help, especially if you could paste/reference some relevant code.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2086

Answers (2)

rmaddy
rmaddy

Reputation: 318774

Your list is correct. This is how I do all of my apps. No Interface Builder, just code.

Each custom view typically creates its own subviews in an appropriate initXXX method. This could be initWithFrame: but you could define others as needed. Subview layout can be done through constraints, autoresizing masks, or by implementing layoutSubview.

Each view controller would instantiate its needed views in the viewDidLoad. View layout can be done with constraints, autoresizing masks, or by implementing viewWillLayoutSubviews.

The use of properties is completely optional. Create public properties for anything to be set/get from an outside class. Optionally create private properties for values internal to the implementation.

Upvotes: 2

GoZoner
GoZoner

Reputation: 70135

Go to the Apple website for Sample Code; download everything that you can for applications that are similar to your goal.

Upvotes: 0

Related Questions