Chapter 5. Custom Controls

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • An introduction to custom controls
  • The basics
  • Interactive properties
  • Frameworks
  • Debugging

An introduction to custom controls

In the previous chapter, we saw that we could quickly build our UIs in Interface Builder. We added components or elements from the library onto the views. However, Apple cannot provide developers with every conceivable control as developers keep coming up with new and innovative ideas to add beautiful features to an app, other than just simple basic TextBoxes, Labels, TableViews, and so on. Creating a custom control is not exactly new. However, the new features that Apple has added in Xcode 6 are quite exciting and these will unfold in this chapter.

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