Chapter     12

There and Back Again

Unless your app fits entirely on one screen, your users will need ways of getting around, not unlike the way people navigate cities and towns. We get around via roads, sidewalks, paths, and tracks. You’ll need to lay down the “roads” between the screens of your app, so your users can easily get around too. This chapter will explore the tools and techniques for adding navigation to your app. In it, you will learn to:

  • Use container view controllers
  • Present and dismiss modal view controllers
  • Set up a tab view controller
  • Create navigation and table view controllers using storyboards
  • Use a page view controller
  • Learn about split view controllers

Urban planners have a proven set of solutions (expressways, one-way ...

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