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How to Design an Interface Mockup for iPhone Application

The Apple iPhone user interface has become something of a standard for smartphones, and mobile devices in general. A well-designed user interface (UI) is very important for user-friendly navigation and the best correlation with operating system logic. Development of successful iPhone App UI requires a planning and prototyping stage. An iPhone UI diagram can be employed to give a general view of the device's screen, upon which elements can be placed and re-arranged as necessary. Using ConceptDraw DIAGRAM you can mock-up an iPhone UI system so that you can figure out how best to represent user interface (UI) elements for the development of a new iPhone App.

UI Patterns

The most convenient, useful and right way for software engineers, UI designers, UI developers is to use UI patterns in the process of developing any application for computer devices. The User Interface (UI) patterns are standardized solutions for common design problems.

graphical user interface, UI patterns, GUI interface iPhone User Interface

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iPhone User Interface solution extends ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software with templates, samples and libraries with large quantity of vector stencils of graphical user interface elements, Apps icons, UI patterns for designing and prototyping of the iOS applic
The vector stencils library "Apps icons" contains 24 icons of iOS 8 / iPhone 6 applications: Messages, Calendar, Photos, Camera, Weather, Clock, Maps, Videos, Notes, Reminders, Stocks, Game Center, Newsstand, iTunes Store, App Store, iBooks, Health, Passbook, Settings, Phone, Mail, Music, Safari.
Use it to design iOS 8 apps GUI prototypes and iPhone 6 applications user interface sketches and mockups.
"iOS 8 is the eighth major release of the iOS mobile operating system designed by Apple Inc. as the successor to iOS 7. It was announced at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2014 on June 2, 2014 and will be released on September 17, 2014.
A new app named Health and a corresponding framework named HealthKit will be available. Siri will support hands-free activation and music identification using Shazam. Voice and video messages will be automatically deleted unless the user saves them for future reference. Interactive notifications will let the user respond to texts without leaving the app they are currently using." [iOS 8. Wikipedia]
The example "Design elements - Apps icons" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the iPhone User Interface solution from the Software Development area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
iOS 8 apps icons
iOS 8 apps icons, iTunes Store icon, iBooks icon, Weather icon, Videos icon, Stocks icon, Settings icon, Safari icon, Reminders icon, Photos icon, Phone icon, Passbook icon, Notes icon, Newsstand icon, Music icon, Messages icon, Maps icon, Mail icon, Health icon, Game Center icon, Clock icon, Camera icon, Calendar icon, App Store icon,
"The iPhone ... is a line of smartphones designed and marketed by Apple Inc. It runs Apple's iOS mobile operating system. ...
The interface is based around the home screen, a graphical list of available applications. iPhone applications normally run one at a time. Starting with the iPhone 4, a primitive version of multitasking came into play. Users could double click the home button to select recently opened. However, the apps never ran in the background. Starting with iOS 7, though, apps can truly multitask, and each open application runs in the background when not in use, although most functionality is still available when making a call or listening to music. The home screen can be accessed at any time by a hardware button below the screen, closing the open application in the process.
By default, the Home screen contains the following icons: Messages (SMS and MMS messaging), Calendar, Photos, Camera, YouTube, Stocks, Maps (Google Maps), Weather, Voice Memos, Notes, Clock, Calculator, Settings, iTunes (store), App Store, (on the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4) Compass, FaceTime and GameCenter were added in iOS 4.0 and 4.1 respectively. In iOS 5, Reminders and Newsstand were added, as well as the iPod application split into separate Music and Videos applications. iOS 6 added Passbook as well as an updated version of Maps that relies on data provided by TomTom as well as other sources. iOS 6 also added a Clock application onto the iPad's homescreen. However, it also no longer support YouTube. Docked at the base of the screen, four icons for Phone, Mail, Safari (Internet), and Music delineate the iPhone's main purposes." [iPhone. Wikipedia]
The example "iPhone OS (iOS) graphic user interface (GUI) - SMS application" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Graphic User Interface solution from the Software Development area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
iPhone GUI
iPhone GUI, status bar, screen, navigation bar, controls, modal view, message box, keyboard control, iPhone,

iPhone Programming

Information technologies rapidly develope in the modern world. The popularity of electronic and mobile devices is growing every day and entails the need for the new applications. Now the quantity of applications is incredibly large and every day increases, and thus the programming for mobile devices, and particularly the iPhone programming, is increasingly demanded. iPhones are ones of the most worldwide popular smartphones developed by Apple Inc.

GUI Interface

What is the ideal GUI interface? The interface of mobile device it's all that users see on it and can interact - screen, bars, icons of applications. So the interface is the first that draws the user's attention. The main goal of software engineers, GUI interface designers, and GUI developers is to make the interface first of all easy for perception and understanding, convenient and attractive for the users. The iPhone's GUI interface meets all these requirements.
This example shows iPhone 6 Contact Card screen.
This example was drawn on the base of image from website developer.apple.com.
[developer.apple.com/ library/ ios/ documentation/ UserExperience/ Conceptual/ MobileHIG/ Art/ contact_ card_ 2x.png]
"If you need to quickly send contact information from your iPhone, iPad, or Mac, it's and easy task with iMessage or even good, old-fashioned SMS. As long as you have the information listed in your Contacts app, you're only a few taps away from sharing a vCard file (vcf) containing phone numbers, email, street addresses, and much more. ...
How to share a contact card via iMessage using the iOS Contacts app.
1. Launch the Contacts app on your iPhone or iPad and find the contact you'd like to share. On the iPhone you can alternately use the Phone app if you'd prefer.
2. Now tap on Share Contact towards the bottom.
3. Tap on Message.
4. Type the name of the person you'd like to share it with and select them.
5. Now tap Send." [imore.com/ how-send-contact-card-imessage-or-sms#share-ios]
The sample "Contact Card" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the iPhone User Interface solution from the Software Development area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
iPhone screen - Contact Card
iPhone screen - Contact Card, text view, table view, navigation bar, menu bar, iPhone 6, chevron, disclosure indicator, >, button text label, back button,
This example shows iPhone 6 screen Settings - Included Apps.
"Settings lets you configure iPhone, set app options, add accounts, and set other preferences. See other chapters for information about settings for the built-in apps." [iphone6manual.com/ wp-content/ uploads/ 2012/ 12/ iPhone-6-Manual-and-User-Guide.pdf]
The sample "Settings - Included Apps" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the iPhone User Interface solution from the Software Development area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
iPhone screen - Settings - Included Apps
iPhone screen - Settings - Included Apps, wifi icon, toolbar, table view cell, table view, status bar, navigation bar, menu bar, iPhone 6, checkmark, check, bluetooth icon, back button, Reminders icon, Photos icon, Phone icon, Passbook icon, Messages icon, Game Center icon, Calendar icon, App Store icon,
The vector stencils library "App icons" contains 24 icons of iOS 8 / iPhone 6 software applications.
Use it to design iOS 8 apps GUI prototypes and iPhone 6 software applications user interface sketches and mockups.
The icons example "App icons - Vector stencils library" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the iPhone User Interface solution from the Software Development area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
Messages
Messages, Messages icon,
Calendar
Calendar, Calendar icon,
Photos
Photos, Photos icon,
Camera
Camera, Camera icon,
Weather
Weather, Weather icon,
Clock
Clock, Clock icon,
Maps
Maps, Maps icon,
Videos
Videos, Videos icon,
Notes
Notes, Notes icon,
Reminders
Reminders, Reminders icon,
Stocks
Stocks, Stocks icon,
Game Center
Game Center, Game Center icon,
Newsstand
Newsstand, Newsstand icon,
iTunes Store
iTunes Store, iTunes Store icon,
App Store
App Store, App Store icon,
iBooks
iBooks, iBooks icon,
Health
Health, Health icon,
Passbook
Passbook, Passbook icon,
Passbook (iOS 7)
Passbook (iOS 7), Passbook icon,
Settings
Settings, Settings icon,
Phone
Phone, Phone icon,
Mail
Mail, Mail icon,
Music
Music, Music icon,
Safari
Safari, Safari icon,