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Reputation: 41

Developing iOS user interfaces programmatically

I've been developing iOS apps for the past 3 years and learned to do so without the use of nibs and storyboards. With the release of iOS 8 and the new iPhones there are ALOT of factors to take into account when developing for iPhone and even iPad devices (Resolution, Screen size, etc.).

The first problem I ran into with Xcode 6 is you can't create a empty project anymore. The closest option is a single view application. I found the following answer here.

Now it seems that apple is really pushing auto-layout, the use of the size classes and the use of storyboards and Interface builder. Is there any way to support the native resolutions of the iPhone 5, 6 and 6 plus and do this programmatically? The only option I can see is defining the frame of each UI element for each device which will lead to a ton of code.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 873

Answers (2)

Bill3
Bill3

Reputation: 61

It's referred to as VFL or Visual Format Language.

VFL Tutorial

Upvotes: 0

Acey
Acey

Reputation: 8116

Auto layout IS programmatic. Apple has given the necessary API's to handle size classes entirely in code if you don't want to use interface builder or storyboards and there has always been ways of adding constraints in code too.

You might think IB is a silly tool for noob developers or is only for basic apps and you need more power or whatever your reason, but maybe trying to do every thing yourself in code is a bet you have now lost. Give tools a try.

Upvotes: 2

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