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.
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Best Practices for iOS User Interface Design
This course is part of iOS Development for Creative Entrepreneurs Specialization
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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.
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9 videos3 readings1 peer review
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.
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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!
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7 videos1 reading1 peer review
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.
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16 videos1 reading1 peer review
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Reviewed on May 18, 2016
Gave me a very good perception of the best practises in iOS UI Design
Reviewed on Nov 5, 2017
I like this course very much! It contains a lot of practical material that allows to develop some simple but helpful apps at the course completion.Thanks to teachers and to Coursera.
Reviewed on Feb 15, 2016
Be ready that the week 4 has much longer assignment than the previous weeks.
Recommended if you're interested in Computer Science
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