Pro iOS Table Views and Collection Views: For iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch

Pro iOS Table Views and Collection Views, updated for iOS 7, takes a task-oriented focus to assist you when implementing customized table views or collection views. It’s a great reference and customization cookbook at the same time, useful for beginners as well as intermediate developers.  

If you’re an iOS app developer, chances are you’ll be using table views and now collection views in your development projects. Table views are the bread and butter of iOS apps. With them, you can create everything from the simplest of lists to fully tricked-out user interfaces.

Table views and collection views are some of the most complex components found in UIKit. While using them for boring standard user interfaces is quite simple, customizing them can become really challenging.

• Covers the entire Table View and Collection View APIs in depth
• Covers customization and performance topics in depth
• Task-oriented reference with multiple levels of detail

What you’ll learn

• The anatomy of tables and cells
• The design patterns that powers table views and collection views
• How to create and configure table views and collection views
• How to customize every last little detail of the view 
• Advanced tips and tricks for performance and killer user interfaces
• The latest updates in iOS 7 and how to exploit them

Who this book is for

The book is for iOS developers who need to customize table views and collection views. The information is divided into several layers of detail. While the book covers complex customization topics and user interaction techniques, it provides the fundamental basics needed for customization. Both beginners and intermediate developers will find great value in this book as a helpful reference, at hand to quickly refresh their knowledge at any given time.