Auto Layout Book

A beginner's guide to Auto Layout using Xcode 10 and Storyboards

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Publish Date

February 12th, 2019

Who's the Book for?

• Beginners to Auto Layout
• Beginners to App UI Design
• Experienced programmers struggling with Auto Layout

About the Author

Paul Solt is a former Apple employee who has been building iPhone apps since 2010. He's an Adjunct Professor at Rochester Institute of Technology and has a Master's degree in Computer Science. His 7 apps have over 640,606 downloads, and he currently teaches iOS app development for beginners at SuperEasyApps.com. Paul loves to run, read books, cook, eat plants, and play ultimate frisbee.

Details

• Estimated Length
  • 20 Chapters
• Target Velocity
• Writing Start Date
  • September 17th
• Writing Finish Date
  • Novemeber 27th
• Currently Editing

High Level Outline

Section 1: Auto Layout Fundamentals

1. Auto Layout 101
2. Auto Layout Concepts
3. Auto Layout Best Practices
4. Thinking with Auto Layout
5. 30-Day Auto Layout Challenge

Section 2: Design

1. Responsive design
2. Accessibility
3. Translating designs into prototypes
4. Copy real world apps (3 examples)
5. Fake it till you make it

Section 3: Troubleshooting Auto Layout

1. 10 Beginner Mistakes
2. Debugging Auto Layout
3. Best practices for conflicts
4. Resolving Conflicts
5. It's not you, it's Xcode

Section 4: Auto Layout Quick Reference

1. UI Elements
2. UI Containers
3. Text + Images
4. Common Layouts
5. Complex UI (Stacking constraints) for iPhone SE or %-based