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Old 07-08-2010, 09:24 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Hi a total noob question. But i am noob in iphone apps, I was creating an splash screen, like "Welcome to my app stuff", it has some buttons at the bottom, and an image in the middle.
I am still trying to understand some events and how to handle them. I want to be able to move to another view when I touch the screen, not with buttons, just taping on any part of the screen (except the already mentioned buttons, because they redirect you to other part).
So my question is should I add an invisible button all over the screen. Or the default uiViewcontroller class can handle events??? What is the more appropriate way of doing this.
The other question I have is about using viewcontroller or tableviewcontroller.If I want to have many items inside a table is it better to use viewcontroller and add a table inside, or is it better to use directly a tableviewcontroller instead of viewcontroller?
i hope didnt someone can understand what I say.
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Old 07-08-2010, 10:03 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Hi a total noob question. But i am noob in iphone apps, I was creating an splash screen, like "Welcome to my app stuff", it has some buttons at the bottom, and an image in the middle.
I am still trying to understand some events and how to handle them. I want to be able to move to another view when I touch the screen, not with buttons, just taping on any part of the screen (except the already mentioned buttons, because they redirect you to other part).
So my question is should I add an invisible button all over the screen. Or the default uiViewcontroller class can handle events??? What is the more appropriate way of doing this.
The other question I have is about using viewcontroller or tableviewcontroller.If I want to have many items inside a table is it better to use viewcontroller and add a table inside, or is it better to use directly a tableviewcontroller instead of viewcontroller?
i hope didnt someone can understand what I say.
What you're describing isn't a splash screen. In most cases, the splash screen is simple a .png file that displays as soon as the app launches and is visible for only a few seconds.

Watch this:
YouTube - XCode iPhone SDK Tutorial - Add a Loading/ Splash screen to your Project

As for your tableview question, not sure what you mean by "many items"... don't you mean a list of items? In my opinion, it is easier to use the tableviewcontroller as a lot of the coding is added for you... however, if you insist on using a viewcontroller, you'll have to add the tableview as a subview.

If the only thing you plan on showing it a table (with no buttons, images, etc), I'd probably go with the tableview controller; however, if you're adding other stuff to the view as the table, you'll have to use the standard viewcontroller and add items as needed.

Hope that helps.
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Thanks man, well I know it is not really a splash screen, and I really wanted to know how do a proper one, but my first question stands the same. Lets say I have uiviewcontroller and I want the user to tap the screen and move to another view, should I create a button (alpha = 0) that covers the screen or uviewcontroller has events that can handle this, do they work as button to? Or should I use a touch event.
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Thanks man, well I know it is not really a splash screen, and I really wanted to know how do a proper one, but my first question stands the same. Lets say I have uiviewcontroller and I want the user to tap the screen and move to another view, should I create a button (alpha = 0) that covers the screen or uviewcontroller has events that can handle this, do they work as button to? Or should I use a touch event.
I don't see why the alpha=0 button wouldn't work.
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