How to create an app with great design and get recognition in the AppStore

Introduction

In the first video below, you'll find out the reason why you need to create an excellent design for your application and how to succeed in the App Store.

Using the instructions below, you can bring your application to the top 10 and give it a better chance of earning money for you :)

In the first video below, you will find out the reason why you need great design to make your app succeed in the App Store. Using the tips in this course, you will position your app in the top 10% of apps and give it a better chance on being a Top-seller.

01: Creating a list

In this video, you can see the highlights of how I create the basic list views from scratch.

This is the same list that we will combine later with the design.

In this video, you can follow along. This is the same list that we will spruce up later with the design.

02: Creating a detailed view

In this video you will learn how to create iPhone screen applications, which will display detailed information about each recipe. This first version is a boring version that we ate with a great design later.

In this video, you will learn how to create an iPhone App screen that will show the details of each recipe. This first version is the boring version that we will spruce up with a great design later.

03: How to create a terrific list of recipes

That's where the magic begins. We ended up with our original boring application. Now let's eat it with an excellent design. In this video, you will learn how to leather the list of recipes with an individual design.

You can use this technique for the skin of any list, it's not just limited to recipes. The list will have images with a frame around it, then a custom background image and a small box to show how many times the recipe was shared on Twitter.

Here is where the magic begins. We have finished with our initial boring app. Now let's spruce it up with a cool design. In this video, you will learn how to skin a list of recipes with a custom design. You can use this technique to skin any kind of a list, this is not just limited to recipes. The list will have an image with a frame around it, then a custom background image and a small box to show how many times the recipe has been shared on twitter.

04: Creating a Whole New Navigation Bar

The advent of the SDK, which was originally released in IOS 5 made our life easier. In previous versions of iOS, you had to jump through the hoop to create a custom navigation bar in your application.

In this video, you'll learn how to make your own navigation bar, which looks great with only 2 lines of code.

IOS 5 has made my lives easier. In previous versions of iOS, you had to jump through the hoops to create a custom navigation bar in your app. In this video, you will learn how to make a custom navigation bar that looks great with just 2 lines of code.

05: Creating navigation bar buttons

Our Navigation Bar now looks good, but the buttons that appear on it are still the default blue by Apple.

It does not look good, does it ?. Here's how to completely style the navigation bar with buttons that look good on them

Our Navigation Bar now looks good. That doesnt look good, does it ?. Here is how to look good on them

06: How to create / Design Detailed view

We're almost done with our new trim app. The ugly duckling still has a detailed view.

In this video you will learn how to add a frame around the image of the dish and add a new background to the list of ingredients.

Remember that this technique can be used for any application, not just for recipe applications. The idea is to learn how to develop applications this way, you can go to make your own beautiful applications.

We are almost done with our new spruced up app. The ugly duckling is still the detail view. In this video, you will learn how to add a new background for the ingredients list. Remember, this technique can be used for any kind of app and not just for recipe apps. The idea to learn how to design your apps.

07: How to create / Design Detailed view: Part 2

In this video, we finish our detailed view to allow the user to scroll up and down. You will also learn how to add a cool skin background in a detailed presentation.

With this video, you will have everything you need to go and build your own applications.

I want to see the applications that you created, leave a comment with a link to the demo application, and I will add new videos showing your new application to this leacture.

In this video, we will finish up our detail view to allow the user to scroll up and down. You will also learn how to add a cool leather background to the detail view. With this video, you will have all of you need to go and build your own apps. I want to see the apps you have built in, leave a comment with a link to a demo of the app and I will add a new video showing your new app to this leacture.

08: How to upload data from a web service using the API

In this video, you will learn how to add useful data from a web application. There are many free APIs and web services out there. You can use to populate the application with data, so you do not need to reinvent the wheel.

This video will show you how to use the PunchFork API to download recipe data from the Internet. This method can be used for almost any kind of API.

In this video, you will find out how to add useful data from the Web to your app. There are many free API's and web-services out there. You can use to populate your app with data, so you do not need to re-invent the wheel. This video will show you how to use the PunchFork API to download the recipe data from the Web. This technique can be used for almost any kind of API.

09: How to add web service data for your application

At the moment, we downloaded data from the Internet. Now we will show the information in the application. Images are downloaded from the API and displayed in our list of recipes.

The name of the recipe and how many times the recipe was divided into Twitter is also used in our application.

Using these methods, you can make collages from several web services in your application and create a killer useful application for users. From the movie-ads to work data, you are limited only by your creativity.

A good site for finding the API is http://programmableweb.com/

At this point, we have loaded the data from the Web. Now we will show the information in the App. The images are loaded from the API and is displayed in our list of recipes. The title of the recipe and the number of times the recipe was also used in our App. Using these techniques, you can do a few mashups of several Web services in your app. From movie-listings to jobs, you are only limited by your creativity. A good site to look for API's is http://programmableweb.com/

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