Category Archives: Interface Builder

Determine the size of a View by inspecting its NIB

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Josh Smith

I was exploring the UICollectionView API tonight and stumbled upon an old problem. Both UITableView and UICollectionView ask their delegate for size information about the cells they display. When creating cells in separate XIB files, which I normally do, this … Continue reading →

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Creating a custom UITableViewCell in iOS 4

Posted on July 16, 2011 by Josh Smith

This post explains how to create a custom table view cell that you can design  in Interface Builder and Xcode 4. Not only are the cells designable in IB, but they also have a code file in which you can … Continue reading →

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Using UINavigationController in MonoTouch

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Josh Smith

This blog post is a walkthrough for setting up an iPhone application that uses UINavigationController to move between two screens. It shows how to use MonoDevelop and Interface Builder to create the application. MonoTouch is Novell’s implementation of the .NET … Continue reading →

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