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0 pointscwbrandsma9y ago0 comments

I'll chime in, having done IOS apps for many years now...I have fully given up on Interface Builder and Storyboards. I build all my UI in code and find it works MUCH better and I spend much less time fighting with the UI. I used to spend half my time fighting with interface builder to get the layout right. Move one element that something else is constrained too...f' your everything. Oh, and setting up constraints in InterfaceBuilder...don't even. Such an amateur implementation I can't even believe they shipped it. (The code implementation isn't that bad tho)

Then wire up my events, if you refactor anything...boom -- but only at runtime. Because the compiler is wired into the process, so if a method/property doesn't exist in the ViewController that InterfaceBuilder is expecting, the compiler doesn't break, your app does.

Also add in how often Interface Builder crashes XCode.

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dep_b9y ago

Your inability to set up constraints in IB is just that: your inability. I get very complex things done including animations in IB.

The time gained by not having to restart the app every time you tweak the UI is immense.

I generally use storyboards to set up navigation, but depending on the project I'll do the majority in code (lots of similar screens) or do every screen by hand with some common controls in code that render in IB when every screen is really different.

I am no too dogmatic about it, I will touch the subject when interviewing people but I am more interested in a balanced view than rabid hatred for either method.

illuminati19119y ago

This.

When I was beginning iOS development I tried to learn it as well as I could because I though that everybody uses them because it's the "Apple way of doing things."

However just like you...when I had to start implementing constraints with it, it was the last time I ever touched that horror.

epx9y ago

I was rejected in a job interview quite some time ago, probably because I defended encoding UI in code, instead of using Storyboard. Sometimes destiny saves you from trouble.

jarjoura9y ago

Most big companies (Google, Facebook, Adobe, etc.) have internal UI frameworks that you share amongst 100s of developers and dozens of projects. Your interviewer should not ding you using code to build your UI. If anything, that's a plus as it should help you have a deeper understanding of how UIKit pieces things together.

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