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Mike Stern

@themikestern

2 years

ICYMI, we recently added product bezels to the Apple Design Resources page! All are properly sized to match native device resolution. Also included a Keynote file with bezels preconfigured for the new live video video feature!🔥🔥🔥

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Well, it's finally, finally happened. We've just shipped an Apple Design Resources design kit for Figma. iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 with more coming soon on @figma :

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Mike Stern

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3 years

👋SF Symbols 3 is out now! 600+ new symbols, new color rendering modes, workflow optimizations, custom symbol improvements, and more localization options! Watch #WWDC21 in the Developer app for more info. 🎨🎆

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Mike Stern

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2 years

Big Apple design news: We redesigned the Apple Human Interface Guidelines. It's now a single unified HIG, tons of content updates, completely reorganized, improved search, related video links, and more. Way more coming later this summer and year! #WWDC22

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Mike Stern

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3 years

(1/5) Big updates to the Apple Design Resources! We’ve updated the iOS and iPad OS Sketch and XD resources to iOS 15. Colors, updated Home Screen, widgets, notifications, keyboards, table views, wheel of time pickers, buttons, and more.

Apple Design Resources

Design apps quickly by using Sketch and Photoshop templates, plug-ins, and preconfigured UI elements.

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Mike Stern

@themikestern

3 years

This UI design was so close to being right. So close.

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3 years

Mouse cursor above an iOS prompt 🤨

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3 years

SF Symbols 3 is no longer beta. Also updated San Francisco and New York fonts available.

SF Symbols - Apple Developer

With over 5,000 symbols, SF Symbols is a library of iconography designed to integrate seamlessly with San Francisco, the system font for Apple platforms.

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🙌 We've added a 9 new design templates for Figma: Apple Pay, App Clips, Live Activities, iMessage apps and sticker packs, Sign in with Apple, App Shortcuts, Tap to Pay, Tip Kit, and Wallet! For all Apple Design Resources, go here!

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1 year

MASSIVE new update for the Apple Human Interface Guidelines. We've added lots of new content for visionOS. It's mostly spread around various pages existing pages but there are some new ones, too. The best place to get started is right here.

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2 years

👋 We've updated the macOS Apple Design Resources for macOS 12! Big change for Adobe XD (which was still 10.15). Tons of additions and tweaks including new and revised colors, control size and layout refinements, moved to the latest SF Pro, and more.

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3 years

Oh hey! We've published our #macOS Big Sur design kit! @Sketch only for now. Includes control, bars, menus, lists, view and system elements. Plus system colors palette, materials, and text styles. And a desktop design template to boot!

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1 year

macOS Sonoma design kits now available for @sketch and @figma ! Sketch: Figma:

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5 years

SF Symbols beta 2 is out! New symbols, better ordering, fewer restrictions. Be sure to download the latest versions of SF Pro and SF Compact, too.

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4 years

SF Symbols 2 has arrived! Now with 2,400 symbols, multiple colors, customizable collections, and more. Be sure to check out the #WWDC20 video "SF Symbols 2" this Friday. #SFSymbols #UI #Design

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Mike Stern

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2 years

We've now added PNGs for most of the product bezels. Thanks for all the requests for versions for the most common design tools. We'll try adding more as time permits!

Mike Stern

@themikestern

2 years

ICYMI, we recently added product bezels to the Apple Design Resources page! All are properly sized to match native device resolution. Also included a Keynote file with bezels preconfigured for the new live video video feature!🔥🔥🔥

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5 years

📣SF Symbols 1.1 is out. Introduces symbol categories and brings back custom symbol validation!🤩

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3 years

SF Symbols 3.1 is out. Mostly bug fixes plus a baker's dozen new symbols.

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5 years

SF Mono is now available! Also, SF Pro and SF Compact have been updated to reflect some additions and changes to SF Symbols.

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3 years

We now have a release notes page for SF Symbols so you can see what symbols are new, renamed, and which one now support right-to-left languages.

SF Symbols - Release Notes - Apple Developer

With over 2,400 configurable symbols, SF Symbols is designed to integrate seamlessly with San Francisco, the system font for Apple platforms.

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Mike Stern

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2 years

👋🚨We’ve added new product bezels to the Apple Design Resources! iPhone 14, Apple Watch Series 8 and Apple Watch Ultra.⌚️📱

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Mike Stern

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5 years

New #accessibility #design guidance for Apple platforms in the HIG! #Inclusive apps best practices; enhancing the VoiceOver UX; making appearance and motion effects more accessible; guidance for gestures, haptics, controls, text, color, content and more!

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3 years

New Apple Human Interface Guidelines page about inclusive design for apps and games. We will also have two great sessions about Inclusive design tomorrow at #WWDC21 . Watch in the Developer app!

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2 years

Welcome to the newest member of the Apple Design Resources family... Live Activities design templates. 👇👇👇

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2 years

We've added a Sketch Library with all* of the Apple Product Bezels on the Apple Design Resources page. 👇👇👇 ☝️☝️☝️ *Left out a couple laptop bezels that require screenshots with a perspective transform effect applied.

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3 years

If your app requests permission to access user data, have a look at this new HIG page:

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2 years

SF Symbols 4 700 new symbols, variable color, automatic rendering, and new unified layer annotation.

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Mike Stern

@themikestern

7 years

Great overview from @maxrudberg about iPhone X design. The "Don't Do" examples are 🙄. Please don't do those things.

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Mike Stern

@themikestern

7 years

The fully redesigned and rewritten macOS Human Interface Guidelines is here! #WWDC17 .

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Mike Stern

@themikestern

2 years

Here's an icon I made of the Developer app for the #WWDC22 Pixel perfect design Design Challenge. More info about the challenge here: …

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Mike Stern

@themikestern

6 years

Get the updated Apple Design Resources for Apple Watch Series 4. Available for @sketchapp and @photoshop .

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Mike Stern

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1 year

🚨 @Sketch visionOS library and template file just dropped! Have fun this weekend. :-)

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Mike Stern

@themikestern

2 years

SF Symbols 4 700 new symbols, variable color, automatic rendering, and new unified layer annotation.

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Mike Stern

@themikestern

4 years

SF Symbols 2, now with multicolor symbols. Read more in the Human Interface Guidelines. #WWDC20

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Mike Stern

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2 years

👋iOS 16 Design kit for @Sketch and @AdobeXD just dropped. Updates for iPhone 14, Lock Screen widgets, new keyboards, menus, popup table row, iPad nav bar, new Activity View headers, and dozens of other additions, updates, and enhancements.

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Mike Stern

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4 years

Big update Apple Design Resources updates for iOS 14. @Sketch and @Photoshop for now, XD coming later this summer. #wwdc20 #design #ui #iOS

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3 years

First full tvOS design kit for the Apple Design Resources now available. Includes all system components, materials, text styles, templates... the whole kit and caboodle! ( @sketch only for now.)

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Mike Stern

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6 years

Introducing a new iOS design kit for Keynote! Download it at . #AppleDesignResources

Apple Design Resources

Design apps quickly by using Sketch and Photoshop templates, plug-ins, and preconfigured UI elements.

developer.apple.com

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Mike Stern

@themikestern

6 years

Super excited about this... We now have Apple Design Resources for #macOS in Aqua💙 and Dark Aqua🖤. Available for @sketchapp and @Photoshop . Read more here:

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Mike Stern

@themikestern

5 years

Looking for Apple hardware shells to put your design comps into for presentations or marketing? Look no further. New product images just added to

Marketing Resources and Identity Guidelines - App Store - Apple Developer

Get information on using the App Store badge and Apple product images, as well as best practices for promoting apps on the App Store.

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Mike Stern

@themikestern

4 years

Massive update to the #Siri section of the Human Interface Guidelines went live yesterday! If you're working on adding Siri support to your app, this is a must-read. 🗣️📱🥳

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3 years

Do you localize your app in Right to Left languages? We now have RTL guidance in the Apple Human Interface Guidelines!

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@themikestern

3 years

Updated versions of all the SF fonts and NY. And new today: SF Arabic. #WWDC21

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Mike Stern

@themikestern

5 years

The @sketch iOS 13 Apple Design Resources now live. • Nav Bar layout improvements • Font tracking improvements • Updated activity view • 5 options segmented control • Minor updates to System Gray and Background colors • Many minor bug fixes Recommend using with v58

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Mike Stern

@themikestern

2 years

ActivityKit beta is out today. Learn all about how your app can display live data on the Lock Screen with Live Activities:

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Mike Stern

@themikestern

6 years

Well designed alerts should be useable without seeing anything other than the buttons.

John Gruber

@gruber

6 years

You should almost never use “No” and “Yes” for buttons in a confirmation dialog. Seriously, every time you see No/Yes it should be considered a bug. In this case, I’d suggest “Cancel” and “Unlink Dropbox”. The button labels should be descriptive verbs. cc/ @primatelabs

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Mike Stern

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2 years

Apple Design Resources for watchOS have been updated to watchOS 9!⌚️

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Mike Stern

@themikestern

4 years

The macOS 11 Apple Design Resources has new templates for App Icons, Document Icons, and Feature icons (the icons you see on the left side of System Preferences). The full macOS Big Sur UI kit is coming later this summer. #wwdc20 #icons #macOS

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3 years

The SF Symbols page in the Apple Human Interface Guidelines has been updated for SF Symbols 3. Check it out!

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Mike Stern

@themikestern

6 years

Big update to iOS Apple Design Resources: We’ve added iPad UI elements and templates! Update your Sketch Libraries and download new files. #AppleDesignResources

Apple Design Resources

Design apps quickly by using Sketch and Photoshop templates, plug-ins, and preconfigured UI elements.

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Mike Stern

@themikestern

7 years

iOS developers - We have a new page about updating your apps and games for iPhone X. Suggested reading.

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Mike Stern

@themikestern

10 years

Design for iOS? Please allow me to humbly suggest bookmarking #ios #design #ui

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Mike Stern

@themikestern

2 years

In case you haven't launched SF Symbols in the past couple days... The FCS version of SF Symbols 4 is out now. SF Symbols 4 has over 1000 new symbols (well over 4400 total)! 😲

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Mike Stern

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1 year

Hey everyone! We've updated the @figma iOS17 / iPadOS17 library to add support for text-only buttons and a few other minor fixes. ...and added a App Icon Production Template:

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Mike Stern

@themikestern

7 years

“Death of the Hamburger Menu” Good write up from @mengto about Designing for iPhone X.

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Mike Stern

@themikestern

4 years

Apple Design Resources update. New Sign in with Apple buttons; Apple Pay, iMessage App, Sticker Pack, and Business Chat templates and more.

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Mike Stern

@themikestern

6 years

The San Francisco typeface has been updated. Details: Download:

Fonts - Apple Developer

Get the details, frameworks, and tools you need to use system fonts for Apple platforms in your apps.

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6 years

We are looking for a writer for Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines. Are you an excellent writer with a gift for explaining design and technical concepts with clarity and simplicity? If so, apply today! 🍎✍️🚨💯

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Mike Stern

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2 years

Hold on... WWDC is **THIS** Monday?

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Mike Stern

@themikestern

4 years

One more tweet about the HIG, we've significantly refreshed the watchOS Human Interface Guidelines. Rewritten, restructured, all new illustrations.

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Mike Stern

@themikestern

5 years

Going forward, SF Symbols will provide the option to receive updates automatically.

Lauren Grimm

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5 years

🚨 Go to to download the SF Symbols 1.1 update 🚨 Version 1.1 adds custom symbol validation, a new sidebar with categories for faster browsing, and the option to receive updates automatically.

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Mike Stern

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5 years

Did you know you can design your own haptics now? It’s true. Learn how to do it well here:

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Mike Stern

@themikestern

3 years

If you participated in #WWDC21 in any way, please take 5 minutes (or less) to share your thoughts! We really do care deeply about what you think of the conference, your feedback is invaluable to us!

Latest News - Apple Developer

Learn about the latest technologies, events, and policies for developers.

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Mike Stern

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3 years

Big congratulations to the 2021 Apple Design Award finalists!!! 🤩👏👏👏 #wwdc21

2021 Apple Design Award finalists announced - Latest News - Apple Developer

The Apple Design Awards honor excellence in innovation, ingenuity, and technical achievement in app and game design. We’re thrilled to announce this year’s finalists — an impressive collection of...

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Mike Stern

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1 year

Apple Design Resources getting some love from @zoink at @figma #confg2023 . And gave a very well deserved shout out to the amazing @joeyabanks

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Mike Stern

@themikestern

6 years

// Yes, this is a code slide in a design presentation. // 😎

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Mike Stern

@themikestern

2 years

#WWDC22 Playlist dropped today! Scientifically proven to help you code and design at least 20% better. 🤘

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Mike Stern

@themikestern

2 years

A beautiful end to a remarkable day at Apple Park. Thanks to all the amazing developers who traveled from all over to be with us today. It was so great to see you again! #WWDC22

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5 years

In case you missed it, my team is looking for a Content Director to head up content production for Apple Developers. You'll play a key role in shaping how Apple educates the world about app design, engineering and other key topics.

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Mike Stern

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10 years

http://t.co/4zWA4URNN9 updated with In-App Purchase and Designing Intuitive UX videos.

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5 years

#WWDC app updated for 2019. Now with app icon customization 🍎 🍏 💯

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7 years

Apple UI Design Resources for @sketchapp @Photoshop - Boom!

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4 years

There's a new version of the San Francisco and New York fonts available for download now. This Friday, there will be an awesome video about what's changed and how to get the most out of our system fonts: "The details of UI typography"

Fonts - Apple Developer

Get the details, frameworks, and tools you need to use system fonts for Apple platforms in your apps.

developer.apple.com

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1 year

HEY EVERYONE! Brand spanking new official #visionOS design kit just went live for @figma !

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6 years

We also recently updated all @sketchapp Apple UI Design Resources to include color profiles and added Display P3 versions for the app icon, iMessage app icon, and promotional image production templates.

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1 year

The Human Interface Guidelines is now available in both Chinese and Japanese. Tell a friend! #WWDC23

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Mike Stern

@themikestern

5 years

Really excited about the new Apple Developer app shipping. Lots of great things to come. #appledeveloper

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Mike Stern

@themikestern

6 years

Customized Winamp skins played a massive role in influencing and training a generation of software interface designers. Those of us who got started in the mid 90s / early aughts.

card counting as a skill on resume guy

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years ago most people used winamp to listen to mp3s on their computer. but there was another program, sonique, that supported skins with transparency and altering object placements. so the internet made hundreds if not thousands of unusable and incomprehensible skins for it

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7 years

#ARKit developers! We've added AR badges and a glyph you can use in your app! More info in the #HIG :

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4 years

Updated and expanded guidelines for Sign in with Apple in the HIG including new content about collecting and displaying data and creating left-aligned and logo-only buttons.

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8 years

iOS HIG now included Dynamic Type / Text Size guide for #sketchapp .

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@themikestern

6 years

"Obvious always wins" is a darn fine motto to live by as a UI designer.

Luke Wroblewski

@LukeW

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Netflix moves to a bottom nav bar on Android (& iOS). Why? Obvious always wins:

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1 year

San Francisco font fans! Updated SF fonts out now. Plus SF Armenian, SF Hebrew and SF Georgian!

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4 years

(Deleted similar tweet with wrong URL, here's the real link) The iOS 14 design kits for #Sketch and #Photoshop have been updated. They include #Siri #Shortcut templates, updated home screens, and numerous fixes and improvements.

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4 years

We have some great #WWDC20 design videos lined up for later this week! You can see the schedule in the Developer app. Find the "Design @WWDC " collection in the WWDC tab.

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4 years

Perfect visualization. 10/10.

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4 years

Web developers supporting Sign in with Apple, here's a convenient tool for making buttons!

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4 years

Apple Developer for Mac, Catalyst style.

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4 years

Building Adaptive User Interfaces for iPhone and iPad

Building Adaptive User Interfaces for iPhone and iPad - Latest News - Apple Developer

Apps should look great on all models of iPhone and iPad, regardless of display size or aspect ratio. With features like Xcode storyboards and Auto Layout, your app’s interface elements and layouts...

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5 years

I feel pretty happy with how that razor blade glyph turned out. Standing the test of time.

No Film School

@nofilmschool

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Why I Switched to Final Cut Pro X After 25 Years of Working on Avid

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5 years

@mergesort @justJS_dev @CastIrony The HIG will be updated soon. SF Symbols app is the truth. Books, phone and email related symbols are no longer restricted.

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Mike Stern

@themikestern

6 years

This GIF belongs in a museum.

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6 years

Worst GIF ever...

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2 years

Ideally both sides of a compact Live Activity use the same accent color to make it feel whole.

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2 years

Just realized the little waveform in Dynamic Island matches the podcast artwork you’re listening to 👍🏼

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2 years

And a handful of other HIG page updates to reflect new hardware and iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 functionality... 💥 💥 💥 💥 💥 💥

Menus | Apple Developer Documentation

A menu reveals its options when people interact with it, making it a space-efficient way to present commands in your app or game.

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Mike Stern

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2 years

🚨We're looking to add a Design Evangelist to our team! This is a unique and rare opportunity to leverage your design knowledge to help Apple developers create beautiful, delightful, and intuitive apps and games using the latest Apple tech! More...

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3 years

Feeling very excited for the 2021 Apple Design Awards. Tune in tomorrow at 2pm PST to find out who won! 🎉🎉🎉

2024 finalists - Apple Design Awards - Apple Developer

Meet the finalists for the 2024 Apple Design Awards

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5 years

If you don’t have anything better to do at 5 PM PST today, there’s always this. 😉 I’ll be talking about What’s New in iOS and macOS Design from #WWDC19 . Hope you can make it or watch live!