The Autolayout Guide
Welcome to the website for the upcoming book, The Autolayout Guide.
What is The Autolayout Guide?
It is a book that will cover Apple's Autolayout technology on Mac OS X and iOS.
What will it cover.
The current list of chapters is:
- What is Autolayout? - Covers the concepts behind Autolayout
- How Autolayout Works - Details the maths behind Autolayout
- The Autolayout API - How to use Autolayout in code
- Working With Xcode - How to build constraint-based UIs visually in Xcode
- Debugging Layouts - An explanation of the debugging tools available for Autolayout
- Autolayout By Example - A series of step-by-step guides for building different types of layout
Who is writing it?
It is being written by me, Martin Pilkington.
What formats will it be in?
Initially it will only be available as an iBook from the iBook store. It may later be available as DRM-free ePub or PDF.
Why an iBook?
This is partly an experiment. I am very excited by Apple's iBook tools and want to see how they can be utilised to make a book aimed at developers.
Will there be a print version.
No.
What version of Mac OS/iOS/Xcode will it cover? Updated
The book assumes you are developing for at least Mac OS X 10.8 and iOS 6 and are using Xcode 5.1 or later.
When will it be released? Updated
Spring 2014
Copyright © 2013 Martin Pilkington