UI Framework Prototyping with Playgrounds for iOS Apps
- 3. UI Prototyping With PlaygroundsEllen Shapiro | Mobile Dev + Test, San Diego | April 2017 @designatednerd | spothero.com | justhum.com
- 6. via Kara Brugman at https://www.instagram.com/p/pvqUXsmBS5/
- 7. app.psd
- 14. Allow Designers To Express Their Intent In A Way Which Shows Up In Code Naming Things Consistently
- 15. Thing iOS Thing Android Thing Color UIColor R.color Non-editable Text UILabel TextView Short Text Input UITextField EditText Long Text Input UITextView EditText Button UIButton Button Top Navigation UINavigationBar Toolbar Thing iOS Thing Android Thing Color UIColor R.color Non-editable Text UILabel TextView Short Text Input UITextField EditText Long Text Input UITextView EditText Button UIButton Button Top Navigation UINavigationBar Toolbar
- 16. Thing iOS Thing Android Thing Color UIColor R.color Non-editable Text UILabel TextView Short Text Input UITextField EditText Long Text Input UITextView EditText Button UIButton Button Top Navigation UINavigationBar Toolbar Name From Designer Corvette Tangerine Canary Palm Tree Ocean Violet
- 17. Name From Designer iOS Var Name Android Name Corvette exm_darkRed R.color.red Tangerine exm_orange R.color.orange Canary exm_mutedYellow R.color.pee Palm Tree exm_green R.color.lt_green Ocean exm_navyBlue R.color.ocean Violet exm_purpleDrank R.color.go_u_nu Name From Designer iOS Var Name Android Name Corvette exm_corvette R.color.corvette Tangerine exm_tangerine R.color.tangerine Canary exm_canary R.color.canary Palm Tree exm_palmTree R.color.palm_tree Ocean exm_ocean R.color.ocean Violet exm_violet R.color.violet
- 18. Name From Designer iOS Class Name Android Style Name Headline Text EXMHeadlineLabel HeadlineTextStyle Sub-Head Text EXMSubHeadLabel SubHeadTextStyle Body Text EXMBodyLabel BodyTextStyle Caption Text EXMCaptionLabel CaptionTextStyle Warning Text EXMWarningText WarningTextStyle Fine Print Text EXMFinePrintText FinePrintTextStyle Name From Designer iOS Class Name Android Style Name Primary Call To Action Button EXMPrimaryCTAButton PrimaryCTAButtonStyle Secondary Call To Action Button EXMSecondaryCTAButton SecondaryCTAButtonStyle Transactional Button EXMTransactionalButton TransactionalButtonStyle DestructiveButton EXMDestructiveButton DestructiveButtonStyle Edit Button EXMEditButton EditButtonStyle Checkbox Button EXMCheckboxButton CheckboxButtonStyle Radio Button EXMRadioButton RadioButtonStyle Giant Button EXMGiantButton GiantButtonStyle Super-Giant Button EXMSuperGiantButton SuperGiantButtonStyle
- 20. Automatically Generate Code Based on the Designer's Intentions Get designers to use a specified format
- 21. Get designers to use a specified format* * This is a lot easier said than done
- 31. Selling Your Designers on this cockamamie brilliant idea
- 35. Distributing playgrounds • Git • Email • AirDrop • Dropbox • Continuous Integration uploading to S3 or an internal site
- 37. Working collaboratively vs. Working asynchronously Building a Framework
- 41. Snapshot Testing Limitations of UI Frameworks
- 42. @IBDesignable?
- 46. Playgrounds With Designers: Easy Mode • Hand off via email, AirDrop, or synced folder • Use a single, ginormous playground file** • Create basic elements but don't include anything complicated • Copy and paste files into the sources folder ** May be REAL slow Playgrounds With Designers: Advanced Mode • Automatically generate every time there's a build of the application • Copy source files of framework into Sources folder in playground using a script • Use a multi-page playground to separate things • Let designers download from a consistent place
- 47. Playgrounds With Designers: Expert Mode • #SquadGoals • Automatically generate only when changes have taken place in the UI framework • Create a Playground Book that allows designers to muck about with stuff on their iPad • Automatically upload so the designers can get it on their iPad (iCloud? Dropbox?) A Few Parting Recommendations • Start small.
- 48. A Few Parting Recommendations • Start small. • Colors, fonts, UILabel subclasses A Few Parting Recommendations • Start small. • Colors, fonts, UILabel subclasses • Margins, font sizes, padding
- 49. A Few Parting Recommendations • Start small. • Colors, fonts, UILabel subclasses • Margins, font sizes, padding, • UIButtons, UITextFields, and other state-driven UI A Few Parting Recommendations • Start small. • Colors, fonts, UILabel subclasses • Margins, font sizes, padding, • UIButtons, UITextFields, and other state-driven UI • Custom Views And Animations
- 50. Build the Building Blocks via https://www.flickr.com/photos/designmilk/8552219138 Links! • TrueColors app and the CyndiLauper parser: https:// github.com/vokal/TrueColors-macOS • Sourcery: https://github.com/krzysztofzablocki/Sourcery • Embedding frameworks in an .xcworkspace: https:// useyourloaf.com/blog/adding-playgrounds-to-xcode-projects/