Conforming to Apple's iOS Human Interface Guidelines with Corona

Getting Started Newbie Questions
#1

I am midway developing a ‘business app’ and would like to conform strongly with Apple’s i OS Human Interface Guidelines in many ways, but here I am considering access to their i_ cons and toolbar images _ discuss in there.

Ref one of Corona  case studies 'UK Postage Calculator’

This APP shows it has used/or copied many of the standard Icons

http://www.coronalabs.com/case-study/uk-postage-calculator-delivers-a-handy-utility-app-with-corona-sdk/

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/uk-postage-calculator/id468659179?mt=8

As an example is the small blue circled arrow in the Lists, the heading and button colour schemes used are what I would term as standard Apple. schemes.

So
How are these schemes created via Corona?

My limited use of Corona seems to imply I have to carry out a lot of design work with image editors to create the exact copy of any ‘standard’ discussed in iOS Human Interface Guidelines ,

https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/MobileHIG/UIElementGuidelines/UIElementGuidelines.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40006556-CH13-SW1.

This is not only a concern in the work and detail, but actual copying would controvene copyrights!

Have I missed how to use Corona Widgets options to ’ _ easily _ ’ create the same standards schemes to meet the guidelines?

As a related Interest there is a slide show on this subject for iPhone SDK developers

http://www.slideshare.net/bess.ho/best-practicei-phone-svcc2009key

Do we have a similar one for Corona?

Thanks…

Alec

#2

I have either created my own assets using Photoshop or found some on line searching for them on Google.  Many icons sets you may have to pay for. 

#3

Thanks Rob,

I guess then the answer is that Corona does not give us access to the UIKit framework (at the moment ;}).

Would it be a subject that Corona might address in the future? It would save time in Photoshopping and googling and also future maintenance of an Apps interface knowing that once programmed to the Apple UI future changes and improvements come ‘automatically’.

From the IOS Guidelines…"In iOS, the UIKit framework provides a wide range of UI elements that you can use in your app. As you design the user interface of your app, always remember that users expect the standard views and controls to behave as they do in the built-in apps. This is to your advantage, as long as you use these elements appropriately in your app.

Another advantage of using standard UI elements is that they automatically receive updates if iOS introduces a redesigned appearance ( completely custom elements do not receive updates ). If you create custom UI elements to replicate standard UI elements in all but appearance, you should instead consider using the appearance customization programming interfaces available in iOS 5 and later. When you use these APIs, you can customize the appearance of most UI elements and still receive
automatic appearance updates."

#4

To add further weight for support of Apple UIkit … as a newby here (after over 50 years in IT…;{}  ) the Corona Assets  for a business app interface are taking me more time to search, build, test, change ( and I guess maintain as you guys send out widget changes) than the design and code of the main app. Using a  leading SDK product I would be even more happy (great product already!)  because once learnt (the UIKit) it is something we could use quickly and cleanly, over and over, with reduced logterm effort allowing concentration on bigger and better apps and that would further increase your market image very favourably.

If not the UIkit, is there a way to combine Corona with a ‘say’ Xcode UI ‘front end’?

Is this heresy to non-Business App programmers and experienced Coroner developers?

Heads down here now into assets design…

#5

I have either created my own assets using Photoshop or found some on line searching for them on Google.  Many icons sets you may have to pay for. 

#6

Thanks Rob,

I guess then the answer is that Corona does not give us access to the UIKit framework (at the moment ;}).

Would it be a subject that Corona might address in the future? It would save time in Photoshopping and googling and also future maintenance of an Apps interface knowing that once programmed to the Apple UI future changes and improvements come ‘automatically’.

From the IOS Guidelines…"In iOS, the UIKit framework provides a wide range of UI elements that you can use in your app. As you design the user interface of your app, always remember that users expect the standard views and controls to behave as they do in the built-in apps. This is to your advantage, as long as you use these elements appropriately in your app.

Another advantage of using standard UI elements is that they automatically receive updates if iOS introduces a redesigned appearance ( completely custom elements do not receive updates ). If you create custom UI elements to replicate standard UI elements in all but appearance, you should instead consider using the appearance customization programming interfaces available in iOS 5 and later. When you use these APIs, you can customize the appearance of most UI elements and still receive
automatic appearance updates."

#7

To add further weight for support of Apple UIkit … as a newby here (after over 50 years in IT…;{}  ) the Corona Assets  for a business app interface are taking me more time to search, build, test, change ( and I guess maintain as you guys send out widget changes) than the design and code of the main app. Using a  leading SDK product I would be even more happy (great product already!)  because once learnt (the UIKit) it is something we could use quickly and cleanly, over and over, with reduced logterm effort allowing concentration on bigger and better apps and that would further increase your market image very favourably.

If not the UIkit, is there a way to combine Corona with a ‘say’ Xcode UI ‘front end’?

Is this heresy to non-Business App programmers and experienced Coroner developers?

Heads down here now into assets design…