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iPhone User Interface
Cookbook
A concise dissection of Apple's iOS user interface design
principles

Cameron Banga

BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI


iPhone User Interface Cookbook
Copyright © 2011 Packt Publishing

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First published: November 2011

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Credits
Author
Cameron Banga
Reviewers
Daria Bernabei

Project Coordinator
Vishal Bodwani
Proofreader
Aaron Nash

Robb Lewis
Chris Zaplatosch
Acquisition Editor
Steven Wilding
Development Editor
Maitreya Bhakal
Technical Editor
Aaron Rosario

Indexer

Monica Ajmera Mehta
Graphics
Valentina D'silva
Production Coordinator
Alwin Roy
Cover Work
Alwin Roy


About the Author
Cameron Banga is an iOS application interface designer and entrepreneur, having played

a role in the development of over 35 applications for the iPhone and iPad since beginning
work on the platform in May 2009. Cameron can be found on Twitter at @cameronbanga, or
at her personal website, . He can be e-mailed at Cameron@
CameronBanga.com.

Currently Cameron is lead designer at 9magnets LLC, which is an iPhone and iPad application
design, development, and marketing studio he co-founded in May of 2010.
The team has seen strong success in the App Store and has had their work featured and
reviewed positively by the New York Times, Chicago Sun-Times, Fox Business News, Macworld,
PC Magazine, and more.
I'd like to thank Nathan, Mom, and Dad, thanks for putting up with my hectic
schedule while remaining to be the best family a guy could ever ask for, as I
can't even begin to describe my appreciation.
Kathryn, thanks for the patience and believing in me throughout this entire
process, I owe you an omelet.
Adam, Aviral, Bud, Harry, Hayson, Mike, and Tom, I apologize for being
the non-existent friend over the past year. To Lank 5 South, this one is for
Cardboard Mike Lucien.

I'd like to give a special thanks to Maitreya, Vishal, Aaron, Steven, and the
rest of the Packt Pub team, for helping direct and lead the production of
this book. Thanks as well to Chris, Daria, and Robb for their unbelievably
valuable feedback during the technical review stage.


iPhone Applications Tune-Up
ISBN: 978-1-84969-034-8

Paperback: 256 pages

High performance tuning guide for real-world iOS
projects
1. Tune up every aspect of your iOS application for
greater levels of stability and performance
2. Improve the users' experience by boosting the
performance of your app
3. Learn to use Xcode's powerful native features to
increase productivity
4. Profile and measure every operation of your
application for performance

iPhone JavaScript Cookbook
ISBN: 978-1-84969-108-6

Paperback: 328 pages

Clear and practical recipes for building web applications
using JavaScript and AJAX without having to learn
Objective-C or Cocoa

1. Build web applications for iPhone with a native
look feel using only JavaScript, CSS, and XHTML
2. Develop applications faster using frameworks
3. Integrate videos, sound, and images into your
iPhone applications
4. Write code to integrate your own applications with
famous websites such as Facebook, Twitter, and
Flickr

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Xcode 4 iOS Development
Beginner's Guide
ISBN: 978-1-84969-130-7

Paperback: 432 pages

Use the powerful Xcode 4 suite of tools to build
applications for the iPhone and iPad from scratch
1. Learn how to use Xcode 4 to build simple, yet
powerful applications with ease
2. Each chapter builds on what you have learned
already
3. Learn to add audio and video playback to your
applications
4. Plentiful step-by-step examples, images, and
diagrams to get you up to speed in no time with
helpful hints along the way

iAd Production Beginner’s
Guide: RAW
ISBN: 978-1-84969-132-1

Paperback: 435 pages

Create motion-rich, beautiful iAd adverts for iOS devices
and incorporate techniques to help boost revenue and
brand awareness
1. Create interactive iAd mobile adverts that appear
in applications downloaded from the App Store
2. Learn to use the drag and drop visual tool, iAd
Producer, to create ads without any experience
with the underlying technologies
3. Reach an audience that downloads over 200 apps
per second and leave a lasting, memorable image
of your brand with rich immersive ads

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