Join Simon Allardice for an in-depth discussion in this video Adding iOS 8 app icons, part of iOS 8 App Development with Swift 1 Essential Training.
- As you've no doubt seen when we test our applications,…they add themselves to the home screen of the simulator…with this generic, white icon with rounded corners.…You'll need to provide your own icon…before you can publish an app to the App Store,…and probably you'll want one before that,…just to have your own icon.…So let's see how to do this.…An iOS 8 application for the iPhone…needs at least two icon files,…though usually you will end up adding more.…Those icon files used to require special names.…Now they don't, although they are required…to be of a particular size.…
Now in an Xcode iOS application,…there is a suggested place for them.…It will give you the asset catalog here,…that comes standard with one entry for the app icon.…And this can help us actually remember…what size is required for these.…So I created a single-view application,…just for the iPhone,…so it's recommending me here,…that I need to provide application icons…for an iPhone at 2x and 3x.…Those are both based on this point size here.…2x would be doubling it,…
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Simon Allardice
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11/11/2014Author Simon Allardice also covers the dos and don'ts of iOS 8 interface development, techniques for connecting UI elements to code, and tips for making flexible layouts that display correctly on different screen sizes. The last chapter shows you how to add app icons and launch screens and prep your app for submission to the App Store.
- Installing Xcode and the iOS SDK
- Joining the iOS Developer Program
- Using MVC in iOS
- Creating basic interaction
- Using first responders
- Exploring delegation
- Connecting UI elements to code
- Working with foreground and background events
- Creating and customizing table views
- Exploring storyboards
- Understanding the differences in iPad development
- Altering views and constraints, with size classes
- Adding application icons and launch images
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 2s
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What you should know1m 36s
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1. Getting Started
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Creating a simple iOS app8m 50s
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2. Core Skills
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Introduction to Xcode 610m 3s
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Creating basic interaction9m 39s
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Using first responders7m 42s
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Exploring delegation5m 33s
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3. Basic iOS UI
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Using a date picker control11m 28s
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Loading data into controls13m 6s
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Responding to selection6m 38s
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Exploring the object library11m 22s
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4. iOS Application Architecture
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Introducing the debugger7m 45s
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5. Using Table Views
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Introduction to table views3m 13s
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Reusing table view cells5m 40s
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Customizing table views4m 35s
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Customizing table view cells7m 17s
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6. Multiple-View Applications
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Using navigation controllers3m 53s
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7. Using Storyboards
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Exploring storyboards4m 51s
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Step four: Loading the data3m 36s
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8. iPad Development
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9. Using Size Classes
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Introducing size classes11m 30s
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10. Finishing Touches
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Adding iOS 8 app icons5m 3s
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Conclusion1m 29s
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