The Xcode integrated development environment, which is offered free to developers of Apple iOS applications, suggests seven default application templates when you start a new project. Depending on your current project, picking the right template could decrease your development time considerably.
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The seven
Here are summaries of the seven templates:
- Empty: Provides a starting point for any application, but you’ll have to enter the controls yourself.
- Master-Detail Application: Provides a user interface with a navigation controller to displays lists.
- OpenGL Game: Provides the starting point for an OpenGL ES-based game.
- Page-Base Application: Provides a page view controller.
- Tabbed Application: Provides a user interface configured with a tab bar controller and view controllers for the tab bar items.
- Utility Application: Provides the starting point for apps that require a main view and an alternative view.
See screenshots of each template’s Xcode description in this TechRepublic Photo Gallery.
I wonder which template gets used most often. If we go by the number of each application type in the App Store, it would probably be the OpenGL Game template.
