About 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.
Created by: University of California, Irvine
Taught by: Don Patterson, Associate Professor
Informatics and Computer Science
Taught by: Sam Kaufman, Partner at Gradient
| Basic Info | Course 3 of 6 in the iOS Development for Creative Entrepreneurs Specialization |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
| User Ratings |
Syllabus
WEEK 1
Getting to know iOS Design Concepts
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.
9 videos, 3 readings
- Reading: Pre-Course Survey
- Reading: Course Overview
- Video: Welcome!
- Video: Intro to iOS Design
- Video: iOS Design Concepts
- Video: iOS UI Composition
- Video: Device Adaptivity
- Video: Device Adaptivity Demo
- Video: Launch Screen Demo
- Video: Case Study: Constraint Layouts Part 1
- Video: Case Study: Constraint Layouts Part 2
- Reading: Week 1 Peer Review Directions
Graded: Layout with Dynamic Constraints
WEEK 2
The Design Solutions that come with iOS
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.
8 videos
- Video: Starting and Stopping
- Video: Navigation Styles
- Video: Gestures and Touch
- Video: Leveraging iOS
- Video: Some HCI Principles
- Video: Bars
- Video: Controls
- Video: Temporary Views
Graded: Week 2 Quiz
WEEK 3
View Controllers and Map Interfaces
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!
7 videos, 1 reading
- Video: UIScrollView
- Video: Navigation View Controller
- Video: Working with the Keyboard
- Video: Intro to MapView
- Video: MapView Case Study: Part 1
- Video: MapView Case Study: Part 2
- Video: MapView Case Study: Part 3
- Reading: Week 3 Peer Review Directions
Graded: Basic Map Interface
WEEK 4
Table Views, Core Data and User Interface Integration
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.
16 videos, 1 reading
- Video: UITableView: Part 1
- Video: UITableView: Part 2
- Video: UITableView: Part 3
- Video: UITableView: Part 4
- Video: UITableView: Part 5
- Video: UITableView with CoreData: Part 1
- Video: UITableView with CoreData: Part 2
- Video: UITableView with CoreData: Part 3
- Video: UITableView with CoreData: Part 4
- Video: Case Study: To Do List Part 1
- Video: Case Study: To Do List Part 2
- Video: Case Study: To Do List Part 3
- Video: Case Study: To Do List Part 4
- Video: Case Study: To Do List Part 5
- Video: Case Study: To Do List Part 6
- Video: Case Study: To Do List Part 7
- Reading: Week 4 Peer Review Directions
Graded: To Do List Manager
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Ratings and Reviews
Nice set of utilities taught....
Very Good content, clear and challenging. But the most important part is that the material is very applicable to real app development
This course teaches you the fundamentals of designing user interfaces for iOS, gestures, views, controls, and maps. Don Patterson is an excellent instructor and clearly presents the topics, giving insight into why Apple does some of the things that it does.
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KM
Great things to learn about iOS app structure and code. I think the videos could be updated with current Xcode 8 or above language and structure. Sometimes I had to find the changes from the video. However, if anything was major, Professor Patterson posted comments on the class page that were very helpful to work around.