Core Controls in Mac OS X: Part 2/2

In this final part of the tutorial, you’ll finish off your application, and learn how to use the following controls: sliders, date pickers, push buttons, radio buttons, check boxes, and image views. By Ernesto García.

Leave a rating/review
Save for later
Share
You are currently viewing page 5 of 5 of this article. Click here to view the first page.

Where To Go From Here?

Here is a example project containing all the code from this tutorial.

In order to gain a deeper understanding of the controls provided by OS X, I recommend you have a read through the different programming guides available from Apple listed below, which contain a wealth of information about how to use the available controls.

In particular, I highly recommend you read the OS X Human Interface Guidelines. This guide explains the concepts and theories of user interfaces on OS X, and Apple’s expectations of how developers should use the controls and design their UI’s to provide a consistent and pleasurable experience. It’s essential reading for anyone intending to develop for the Mac platform, especially if they plan to distribute their applications via the Mac App Store.

Here are some useful links to reinforce or further explore the concepts you’ve learned in this tutorial:

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial, and as always if you have any questions or comments please join the forum discussion below!

Ernesto García

Contributors

Ernesto García

Author

Over 300 content creators. Join our team.