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APIs Frame Based Layouts

Posted by Haasini Beeravolu
Haasini Beeravolu
616 Points

Unable to find icon.

I named the same thing as Pasan and everything, although I still can't find the icon that says main.storyboard. I have evrything else but that. Does it only work for some people or something?

Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
47,912 Points
Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
47,912 Points

I need a bit more context here. Did you just create a brand new project, or just a new storyboard in an existing project? Lots has changed in the iOS world since this workshop is recorded, so I wouldn't be surprised at all if you're seeing different things

Haasini Beeravolu
Haasini Beeravolu
616 Points

So basically I created a new project and i didn't see a storyboard option. Then i renamed it to whatver storyboard they had called it and then it gave me an error popping up that said "Not able to proccess. Might be an error with the SDK. After that it wouldn't let me do anything on that so then I just left and kept trying but nothing worked.

1 Answer

Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
47,912 Points
Michael Hulet
Michael Hulet
47,912 Points

This workshop was recorded what feels like an eternity ago, and so much has changed in Xcode since then, especially around setting up a new project. First of all, on the first screen you're presented with, you no longer select "Single View App", but rather just "App" under the "iOS" section

The first screen of Xcode's "New Project" interface, with the "App" option selected under the "iOS" section

Since then, Apple also came out with a whole new UI framework called SwiftUI, which is now the default in Xcode. However, you can still choose to have Xcode generate the usual UIKit & Storyboard interfaces instead of the new SwiftUI setups, but you have to specify it manually by changing the "Interface" option to "Storyboard" and the "Life Cycle" option to "UIKit App Delegate"

The app configuration screen of Xcode's "New Project" interface, with the "Interface" option set to "Storyboard" and the "Life Cycle" option set to "UIKit App Delegate"

Note that 2 storyboard files will be generated: a Main.storyboard and a LaunchScreen.storyboard. The Main.storyboard is your app's main interface that will be presented to the user when your app is running, and the LaunchScreen.storyboard is the screen that's briefly presented to the user while your app is launching, before it's ready for user interaction. The Main.storyboard will contain all of your app's interface, and the LaunchScreen.storyboard will only show for a split second when the user first opens your app. If you select "SwiftUI" to be your app's interface, Xcode will still generate a LaunchScreen.storyboard that is presented only while your app is starting up, which you should not change the name of, and will never be presented in any other context