Is there a split button list in the Apple tool kit like there is for jquery mobile and if there isn't what is the best way to treat that?

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Is there a split button list in the Apple tool kit like there is for jquery mobile and if there isn't what is the best way to treat that?

We are trying to do a list view for an application we are creating that is going to functin a little bit like a tree view (with parents and children) but we do not want a tree view persay. The only other option we are thinking is doing a split button list like Jquery mobil has but our developers don't want to use jquery they want to use something out of the apple tool kit and they don't want to code this from scratch either. Is there something in the Apple tool kit that is similar to what we are trying accomplish?

iOS 5, split button list

Posted on Oct 19, 2012 3:25 PM

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Llessur999

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Oct 21, 2012 10:42 AM in response to chlevesque

If this is for iPad, you can use a Split View (UISplitViewController). Appearance and usage guidelines for Split View and other iOS UI elements are in the iOS Human Interface Guidelines.

http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/userexperience/conceptual/ mobilehig/UIElementGuidelines/UIElementGuidelines.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP400 06556-CH13-SW51

If you are seeking a sliding split view for iPhone similar to the AP Mobile app or the new Facebook app, this post links to several 3rd-party libraries including JTRevealSidebar.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7775195/splitview-but-on-iphone

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K T

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Oct 21, 2012 10:51 AM in response to chlevesque

Split view or split button?

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Oct 22, 2012 5:56 AM in response to K T

Split Button. Like what jquery does. The list could be mocked up like this:

Cats

Dogs

>Puppy

>Adult

-Labador

-Doberman

-Yorki

>Senior

Birds

Horses

They want to be able to select either Dogs at a high level or Yorki at a lower level, but we saw that you wont be able to select Dogs if it has a lower level to it. jquery does the split button list so they can select the high level or the low level. If that makes sense.

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Llessur999

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Oct 22, 2012 6:14 AM in response to chlevesque

I have used some iOS apps that allow both selection and disclosure by replacing the regular Disclosure indicator with a Detail Disclosure button. A list item would only show the detail disclosure button when it has children. Touching the row will select it; touching the Detail Disclosure button will drill into the children.

Disclosure indicator.

Detail Disclosure button.

You probably cannot just configure the storyboard to work like this. But programmatically controlling button appearance and segue to child view controller is straightforward.

This might not exactly follow Apple's UI guidelines since the Detail Disclosure button is intended to show details about an item rather than the item's children.

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