Seed data is always a good idea. A “tap here to make a new item” approach would also work in some cases.
Best, Eve On Sep 19, 2012, at 11:30 AM, "Richard Altenburg (Brainchild)" <cocoa-...@brainchild.nl> wrote: > I am creating a master-detail app for both iPad and iPhone families of > devices. For the iPad I use a split view controller and for the iPhone I use > the standard drill-down interface (a table view when selected pushes the > detail view onto the screen). > > Now it feels kind of awkward when a user first uses the app, because there is > no data in the table view yet. In landscape orientation you can press the + > button to add an item and select it to go into detail, but on the iPad in > portrait orientation you fall into an empty detail view by default. > > Is it considered good practice to create an initial item on start-up (only > when there is no user created item already) and programmatically select that > item in the table view and go into its detail view immediately? That way the > user can immediately see what an example item looks like in detail and can > start tinkering it. > > I'd like to hear ideas, and also invite you to send me to another list if > this question is not in the proper list here. Thanks! > > > [[[Brainchild alloc] initWithName:@"Richard Altenburg"] saysBestRegards]; > > _______________________________________________ > > 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: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/ev%40monoceroi.com > > This email sent to e...@monoceroi.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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
