Martijn -
I don't necessarily know that I'd agree with that though it could be because I'm more accustomed to IB than programmatic layout. In general, anything you'd represent in code as a UIView subclass is something you'd create in a xib file in Interface Builder. That xib file would be "owned" then by a subclass of a UIViewController (yes, you should be using view controllers heavily on iPhone). Each instance of a control in IB can then be accessed programmatically from your view controller by IBOutlet and IBAction declaration which enable you to add custom behavior. It's a different way of thinking than programmatic layout and while the constant going back and forth between IB and Xcode can seem daunting, it's generally worthwhile as your codebase's size will be cut by a large amount (in one project I worked on, by 60%).
There are, of course, times when I would fully suggest doing views yourself in code (fast drawing in a flattened view hierarchy for UITableViewCells for example) but really, there hasn't been a reason to avoid IB since ~beta 4 of the SDK. While it's true that a lot (most) of the sample code provided use programmatic layout examples, to a great extent it is as simple as imagining that the 20 lines of code used to set up a UIToolBar are just a drag and drop operation in your xib. I'd strongly advise taking a look at doing your view work primarily in IB if only for the fact that it makes that type of code much more maintainable.
-rob. On Jan 7, 2009, at 4:00 AM, Jonathan Hess wrote:
Hey Martijn -If you could file bugs at http://bugreport.apple.com/ about the concepts that you find confusing it would help us improve the usability of the tools.Thanks - Jon Hess On Jan 6, 2009, at 11:47 PM, Martijn van Exel wrote:Thanks - I looked into the TableSearch sample project and it seems to give me enough pointers to implement what I want.I'm also learning a lot from the UICatalog sample. I tend to stay away from Interface Builder, as is providesmore confusion than solutions, IMO. MartijnOn Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 06:44, Robert Marini <r...@pinchmedia.com> wrote:UISearchBar is a standard cocoa touch control. -rob. On Jan 6, 2009, at 7:35 AM, Martijn van Exel wrote: Hi all,I'm looking to implement a user selection from a large number of items contained in a deep hierarchy (a taxonomy of species) for the iPhone. The hierarchy is too deep for a drill-down of TableViews, so I thought a control like the App Store iPhone application's Search tab would be a goodidea.Is this a standard control in the iPhone SDK or is this something to implement from scratch? Any other suggestions on how to approach this UIchallenge? Thanks, -- martijn van exel -+- mve...@gmail.com -+- http://www.schaaltreinen.nl/ _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com)Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list.Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/rob%40pinchmedia.com This email sent to r...@pinchmedia.com_______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/mvexel%40gmail.com This email sent to mve...@gmail.com--martijn van exel -+- mve...@gmail.com -+- http:// www.schaaltreinen.nl/_______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/jhess%40apple.com This email sent to jh...@apple.com
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