Chapter 5

Creating the RoadTrip User Interface Using the Storyboard

In This Chapter

arrow Understanding how storyboards work

arrow Working in the Utility area

arrow Understanding and adding navigation controllers

arrow Using Interface Builder to add objects to your storyboard

If you’ve read the preceding chapters, you have the foundation for understanding the tools you need to build an app, with particular focus on the example app developed in this book. Now you’re ready to find out how to add a user interface to your app via the storyboard.

In this chapter, I show you how to add items to the RTViewController’s view using Interface Builder and the user interface objects available to you in the Library pane in the Utility area . I also show you how to embed the RTViewController in a navigation controller so that the user can navigate back and forth in your application.

Creating Your User Interface in the Storyboard

In the Project navigator, select the MainStoryboard,storyboard file to see the view controller in the Dock. Each view controller in a storyboard file manages a single scene. Select the disclosure ...

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