Additional iOS Widgets

Tapku Library

The open source library I mentioned in class that provides the calendar widget is the Tapku Library. They also add several other widgets…

• HUD
• Line graph
• Enhanced table cells
• Coverflow
• and more…

Two other open source libraries worth mentioning…

MBProgressHUD

The MBProgressHUD project provides several HUD configurations.

Three20

The popular Three20 project also provides many widgets including…

• In-app photo chooser
• Simplified tables with in-line controls
• Various indicators
• Simulated app launcher
• Tabs
• Custom buttons
• etc…

Gradient Buttons

If you’re looking for a programmatic way to create buttons with background colors and don’t feel like messing with creating and/or stretching images, I’d recommend taking a look at Jeff LaMarche’s post on Programmatic Gradient Buttons.

Basically he’s created a UIButton subclass called GradientButton. You can a full project (including an example) on the iphonegradientbuttons Google code page, or just grab the GradientButton.[mh] classes below:

• GradientButton.h
• GradientButton.m

Gradient Buttons

Xcode Cheatsheet

Given that many of your are just starting to learn Xcode, I thought I’d take a moment to share Mike Clark’s great free Xcode shortcuts cheatsheet. This cheatsheet covers many “essentials” that I use regularly and may be worthwhile to bookmark or print out while you’re getting up to speed with Xcode.

Xcode Shortcuts

Mike also sells a couple of Xcode screencasts through The Pragmatic Bookshelf if interested.