iOS Human Interface Guidelines

by Apple Inc.

Create superlative user experience that's founded on Apple's design principles and guidelines.

Genres: Programming

228 pages, ebook

First published March 10, 2014

Reviews

[Jordan Bancino · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book explains the guidelines an iOS app should follow. It includes examples from native iOS apps and contains code examples to create an effective iOS app. It talks about interactions, and different external actions you can implement in an iOS app. I don't really have a favorite part, it's all non fiction information. I would recommend this book to people who plan on developing an iOS app and have a basic understanding of the Swift programming language

[Francesco · Rating 2 out of 5]

I only read the iOS section of this guide. I did not read the macOS, watchOS nor the tvOS sections.

I found this to be pretty uninformative and very basic high level stuff. There were not a lot of specifics regarding layout or measurements. I also felt that Apple often disregards their own guides.

Having had read the Google Material Guides before I felt these were pretty inferior.

[Chibimagic · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good overview for starting iOS development, especially since it's been updated for iOS 8. Also includes lots of references to further, more detailed documentation. However, the organization could use some work. Some parts are overly detailed (Alerts) and others are barely a sentence with a reference to the definitive documentation. Other bits are also repeated throughout (sentence vs title capitalization).

[Marshall Upshur · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good reference for Apple centric iOS UI information and terminology.

[Fernando Fernandes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mandatory for any iOS developer/designer out there.