Hour 12. Adding Navigation and Tab Bar Controllers

Because the iPhone screen is small, many iPhone applications present information on multiple screens, each of which displays a different set of data. The simplest form of multiple-screen application uses animations to switch between two views.

Tab bars provide the next level of complexity: Tapping an item on the tab bar selects its view.

Navigation bars go further than tab bars, working with table view controllers to provide a hierarchical navigation structure.

Using Modal View Controllers

The simplest example of a multiscreen application consists of manually ...

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