Best Practices for iOS User Interface Design

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Best Practices for iOS User Interface Design

This course is part of iOS Development for Creative Entrepreneurs Specialization

Instructors: Don Patterson

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

189 reviews

2 weeks to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

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There are 4 modules in this course

You will learn to develop sophisticated user interfaces for iOS, with a focus on user interface design best practices, UI animations, and responsive design. You will learn about the key UI widgets, mapping interfaces and view restoration.

Welcome to Best Practices for iOS User Interface Design! This week, we will take a deep dive into getting to know iOS design concepts. We will cover iOS, HCI, and HIG plus complete a peer review assignment called Layout with Dynamic Constraints that, as the name suggests, uses the auto-layout engine to make dynamic user interfaces.

What's included

9 videos3 readings1 peer review

9 videosTotal 147 minutes

Welcome!4 minutes
Intro to iOS Design10 minutes
iOS Design Concepts21 minutes
iOS UI Composition15 minutes
Device Adaptivity23 minutes
Device Adaptivity Demo32 minutes
Launch Screen Demo7 minutes
Case Study: Constraint Layouts Part 122 minutes
Case Study: Constraint Layouts Part 213 minutes

3 readingsTotal 30 minutes

Pre-Course Survey10 minutes
Course Overview10 minutes
Week 1 Peer Review Directions10 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 60 minutes

Layout with Dynamic Constraints60 minutes

In week 2, we will discuss the design solutions that come with iOS. We will cover HIG and HCI principles plus learn how to achieve the design. We will wrap up this week with a quiz to test your knowledge on what you have learned this week.

What's included

8 videos1 assignment

This week, we will look at view controllers and map interfaces. We will cover user interface construction plus complete a peer review assignment called The Basic Map View. Who doesn't want to be able to put locations on a map!

What's included

7 videos1 reading1 peer review

7 videosTotal 134 minutes

UIScrollView32 minutes
Navigation View Controller25 minutes
Working with the Keyboard23 minutes
Intro to MapView16 minutes
MapView Case Study: Part 116 minutes
MapView Case Study: Part 216 minutes
MapView Case Study: Part 36 minutes

1 readingTotal 10 minutes

Week 3 Peer Review Directions10 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 60 minutes

Basic Map Interface60 minutes

In week 4, we will look at table views, core data, and user interface integration. We will cover table views, table views plus core data, and you will finally learn how to put it all together. We will end the course with a peer review assignment called To Do Manager.

What's included

16 videos1 reading1 peer review

16 videosTotal 263 minutes

UITableView: Part 18 minutes
UITableView: Part 214 minutes
UITableView: Part 311 minutes
UITableView: Part 49 minutes
UITableView: Part 518 minutes
UITableView with CoreData: Part 111 minutes
UITableView with CoreData: Part 211 minutes
UITableView with CoreData: Part 323 minutes
UITableView with CoreData: Part 410 minutes
Case Study: To Do List Part 121 minutes
Case Study: To Do List Part 226 minutes
Case Study: To Do List Part 324 minutes
Case Study: To Do List Part 420 minutes
Case Study: To Do List Part 530 minutes
Case Study: To Do List Part 615 minutes
Case Study: To Do List Part 713 minutes

1 readingTotal 10 minutes

Week 4 Peer Review Directions10 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 60 minutes

To Do List Manager60 minutes

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Don Patterson

University of California, Irvine

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Reviewed on Aug 12, 2017

Very Good content, clear and challenging. But the most important part is that the material is very applicable to real app development

Reviewed on Mar 29, 2016

Excellent course. Very detailed round tour of User Interface concepts and recommandations for the best user experience.

Reviewed on Apr 18, 2016

Practical, fun projects - excellent course for learning iOS development!

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