Re:Mac apps are harder than iOS apps
by objclxt on Tuesday September 24, 2013 @12:32PM
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Apple are pushing both iOS and Mac developers to use autolayout (especially on the iOS side), which is meant to solve some of these problems.
I say 'meant to' because autolayout is far from perfect, but there's a pretty clear shift on the iOS side from a "code to a fixed 320x480 window" to a "write a UI that can adapt to different sizes gracefully". For example, apps should in iOS 7 really now be able to handle varying text sizes (and thus layout) according to user preference.
I say 'meant to' because autolayout is far from perfect, but there's a pretty clear shift on the iOS side from a "code to a fixed 320x480 window" to a "write a UI that can adapt to different sizes gracefully". For example, apps should in iOS 7 really now be able to handle varying text sizes (and thus layout) according to user preference.