Professional Documents
Culture Documents
The Basics
The comfortable minimum size of tappable
UI elements is 44 x 44 points
The quality of app artwork is very apparent The users focus is on the content
Screen Resolutions
Device
iPhone 3GS
Portait
320 x 480 pixels
Landscape
480 x 320 pixels
iPhone 4
iPad
Retina Display
Platform Characteristics
Multitasking UI
Launched with a double-tap on the Home
button
Application Icon
iPad
72 x 72 pixels
Original Icon
Additional Icons
Launch Images
For iPad
768 x 1024 pixels (portrait) 1024 x 748 pixels (landscape)
UI Elements
Status Bar
Navigation Bar
Enables navigation through an information
hierarchy and, optionally, management of screen contents
Toolbar
Tab Bar
Popover
Is transient Can be revealed when people tap a control
or an onscreen area
Split View
Table View
Grouping Elements
Text View
Web View
Alerts
Action Sheet
Modal View
Picker
Progress View
Search Bar
Scope Bar
Allows users to dene the scope of a
search
Segmented Control
Linear list of segments Each functions as a button Each button can display a different view
Slider
Makes adjustments to a value Has a specic range of values
Switch
Text Field
iOS Simulator