LinkedIn open sources its exposé code for iOS

Re:LinkedIn open sources its exposé code for iOS by sgarg on Tuesday April 24, 2012 @06:41PM (#3886706)

I think this is really great. I started iOS development a few months ago and I find one of the hardest parts about making applications is differentiating the design. While I like the standard iOS design elements, to make a professional looking application you have to spend a lot of time tweaking the design. For me specifically it has been UITableView and the corresponding cells. I am glad that this gives me another option to explore and obviously I would have to customize this as well. But its a step in the right direction and hopefully other companies follow suit.

Maybe its just me but what would really make my day is some sort of equivalent of Bootstrap for iOS applications. A set of Objective-C classes that standardize and make it easy to quickly reach a certain level of quality design.

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Re:LinkedIn open sources its exposé code for iOS by avree on Tuesday April 24, 2012 @06:59PM (#3886761)

What you describe is contradictory. The default iOS design elements are there precisely to serve as a sort of "Bootstrap" for iOS applications.

Everything 'looks the same' because so many people use the (good) defaults, just like how most Bootstrap pages look similar (or the same), depending on how much work has been put into making them unique.

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Re:LinkedIn open sources its exposé code for iOS by sgarg on Tuesday April 24, 2012 @08:02PM (#3886988)

You are right. I realize I contradicted myself. I guess what I mean is that Bootstrap lowers the barrier for good web design substantially and shares some of Twitter's best known methods. Similarly I wish a big app development company would share some of their experiences and maybe provide some insight on the best way to customize and modify the existing Apple UI elements. For example, I can modify the existing design by using several subviews or imageviews or drawing layers but I don't know which is the best way in terms of performance or if other companies do this.

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Re:LinkedIn open sources its exposé code for iOS by aaronbrethorst on Tuesday April 24, 2012 @08:51PM (#3887149)

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Re:LinkedIn open sources its exposé code for iOS by hobonumber1 on Tuesday April 24, 2012 @11:43PM (#3887599)

Been a regular visitor for months - one of the best sites regarding iOS development. You, sir, deserve an upvote.

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Re:LinkedIn open sources its exposé code for iOS by k-mcgrady on Tuesday April 24, 2012 @10:22PM (#3887372)

You should take a look at three20 and Tapku. They might be what you are looking for. three20 was built by the original Facebook iOS developer and is used to do things like photo galleries in many apps (I haven't used it in a while so I'm not sure how well maintained it is).

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