Chapter    7

Storyboards

Chapter 6 for the most part took a break from writing code to look in detail at Auto Layout, Xcode’s system for arranging layouts and specifying how they react to changes in form factor or orientation. It also explained how to craft a tailor-made user experience by customizing keyboards and text fields.

You’re now in the second part of this book, “Diving Deeper,” and you’ll see that demonstrated from the outset as you get into the nitty-gritty of building a complex multiview application using storyboards. First I present the background of storyboards and the concepts behind them, and then you see the key feature of Xcode storyboards—the segue—and how to make the most of segues when rapidly creating applications.

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