Mobile Lab: Week 1 Labs

For this week we had two labs to get us familiar with Xcode and Swift.

Xcode lab

learned about different sections of Main.storyboard view
- scene graph
  - shows hierarchy of components in your views
- canvas
  - specific views that make up the app
- utility area
  - multiple tabs that show information about the state of the user interface and a set of tools to modify it.
  - UI widgets to drag and drop into the canvas / can size and position by value
Object library (cmd+shift+L) or click + sign in top menu
- Labels
  - blue dashed lines appear when text is centered
  - playing with custom font, size, and alignment fields
Safe Areas / Auto Layout Constraints
- a new concept introduced in iOS11
- allows for responsive interaction
- safe area is basically the guaranteed area of the screen where content will not be blocked by other elements
  - ex: designing for the iphone notch
Running an app simulator
Running an app on hardware