Design
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WWDC 2020 -
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Design for intelligence: Apps, evolved
Intelligence is a core part of building a great modern app. App extensions, Siri suggestions, voice, widgets, App Clips — we've designed all of these features to help make everyday tasks easier for people who use our platforms. Learn about the origins of the intelligent system experience, and...
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21:43
Design great App Clips
App Clips offer fast, convenient ways for people to perform everyday tasks without needing to download or navigate your full app. We'll show you how to identify key elements from your iOS app that make up a great App Clip, design a smooth flow, work with notifications, and provide messaging...
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5:53
Design for intelligence: Meet people where they are
Understand what motivates people to use your app — and how you can use system intelligence to help them and achieve your own goals as a developer. We'll take a look at a typical person's journey to better understand how an app can become a key part of their routine — and why some apps just don't...
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5:11
Design for intelligence: Discover new opportunities
Learn how extensibility is key to surfacing the most important features of your app into new entry points of the operating system. And discover how — by breaking out of the constraints of a monolithic container — your app can see increased engagement through suggestions on the lock screen, in...
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14:54
Design with iOS pickers, menus and actions
Create iPhone and iPad apps that look great and help people move quickly and directly to the information they need. Discover how you can integrate menus into your app for quick access to actions and settings, and learn where and when you should use them in your app. We'll also walk you through...
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29:06
Designed for iPad
Discover the building blocks for designing a great iPad app: Learn how to minimize use of modal interfaces and leverage the new sidebar to increase efficiency by streamlining navigation and facilitating powerful drag and drop interactions. See how to take advantage of iPad's versatile interaction...
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7:30
Design for location privacy
When someone uses iPhone or iPad, they have control over how their location is shared with the apps they use — including sharing an approximate location rather than precise coordinates. This creates a more private experience across their device, and it impacts all apps that rely on location data...
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18:07
Design for Game Center
Get your game's interface ready for Game Center. We'll show you how to deliver personalized touches to the GameKit interface that provide a rich experience for players, with features like achievements, leaderboards, and multiplayer gaming. Learn how to customize your game's access point, design...
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10:07
Evaluate and optimize voice interaction for your app
Optimize your app for Siri and give people a more natural way to interact with the features of your app. We'll compare the different Siri technologies and help you identify the right one for you and your needs, show you how to get started with building for conversational interactions, and explore...
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14:43
App accessibility for Switch Control
Switch Control is a powerful accessibility technology for anyone with very limited mobility. The feature is available natively on iOS, and you can create an even better Switch Control experience in your app with tips, tricks, and a few APIs. We'll walk you through how people use Switch Control,...
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41:34
Design for the iPadOS pointer
Bring the power of the pointer to your iPad app: We'll show you how Apple's design team approached designing the iPadOS pointer to complement touch input, and how you can customize and refine pointer interactions in your app to make workflows more efficient and gratifying. Discover how the...
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30:33
The details of UI typography
Learn how to achieve exceptional typography in your app's user interface that enhances legibility, accessibility, and consistency across Apple platforms. Get up to speed on the latest advancements to the San Francisco font family including the move to variable fonts for accommodating optical...
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16:04
Design great widgets
Widgets elevate timely information from your app to primary locations on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Discover the keys to designing glanceable widgets, developing a strong widget idea, and clearly communicating with content, color, sizing, layout, and typography. If you'd like to learn more about...
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18:54
SF Symbols 2
SF Symbols make it easy to adopt high-quality, Apple-designed symbols created to look great with San Francisco, the system font for all Apple platforms. Discover how you can use SF Symbols in AppKit, UIKit, and SwiftUI. Learn how to work with SF Symbols in common design tools and how to use them...
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16:38
What's new in watchOS design
Great watchOS apps are simple and direct. Actions should be discoverable, predictable and relevant. This session covers effective strategies for displaying actions in your watchOS app, whether they are primary buttons that begin core tasks, or contextual actions that might be less commonly used...
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19:36
Design for intelligence: Make friends with "The System"
The building blocks of the intelligent system are simple: Define, learn, execute. Discover how you can use intents to define your app's key features, create donations to help the system learn and make predictions about the future, and implement extensibility to ensure your app is ready to execute...
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28:43
Adopt the new look of macOS
Make over your Mac apps: Discover how you can embrace the new design of macOS Big Sur and adopt its visual hierarchy, design patterns, and behaviors. We'll explore the latest updates to AppKit around structural items and common controls, and show you how you can adapt more customized interfaces...
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22:50
Build for the iPadOS pointer
Help people who use iPad with a Magic Keyboard, mouse, trackpad or other input device get the most out of your app. We'll show you how to add customizations to the pointer on iPad using pointer interaction APIs, create pointer effects for your buttons and custom views, and change the pointer...
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16:04
Make your app visually accessible
When you design with accessibility in mind, you empower everyone to use your app. Discover how to create an adaptive interface for your app that takes a thoughtful approach to color, provides readable text, and accommodates other visual settings to maintain a great experience throughout. We've...
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1:20
2020 Apple Design Awards
The Apple Design Awards recognize excellence in design and innovation for apps and games across all of Apple's platforms. Meet the 2020 winners.
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Tech Talks -
5:15
Get to know Reality Composer
Ready to start exploring augmented reality? The Reality Composer app can help you quickly create delightful AR experiences for your app. Learn how to select the perfect virtual prop, build an interactive AR journey, and transfer it to your Xcode project or share it independently with friends and...
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