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iOS Build a Simple iPhone App (iOS7) Designing your App Customizing a Button

Posted by Keith Shadle
Keith Shadle
1,290 Points

Objective C views in Xcode

Hello,

What is the benefit of adding Views, Buttons etc via programming (.h, .m) VS adding them in using the Main.storyboard? Just curious. More customization? Thanks, k

1 Answer

Dennis Walsh
Dennis Walsh
5,793 Points
Dennis Walsh
Dennis Walsh
5,793 Points

Keith,

There are advantages and disadvantages to both, using the storyboard you can see all the views that have been added, organize the layout and easily organize them in terms of hierarchy for rendering. Adding them in code will not make them visible in the storyboard, and requires you to manually organize them hierarchically. Creating in code is supposed to provide you more control over the views, and as I understand it most seasoned developers (I am not yet one) choose code. Also, in a large group project doing it in code is usually required as storyboards are generally not used since only one person can access the storyboard at a time. Understanding what is being done for you by the storyboard is important as you may need to do it manually at some point.

Keith Shadle
Keith Shadle
1,290 Points

Thanks Dennis!!