Latest	1.0.1
Homepage	https://github.com/DeloitteDigital/DDAbstract
License	BSD-3-Clause
Platforms	ios 6.0, requires ARC
Frameworks	UIKit
Authors	Bradley Clayton, Hadi Michael

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DDAbstract Overview

This repo is home to our Abstract ViewController and View classes. We use these as our base for all screens (and sub-screens) in an iOS app.

We’ve found that using Storyboards can become cumbersome for apps with lots of screens and UI components. Reuse of UI components can me made a lot easier if we used plain-old UIViews. The primary purpose of this library is to attach, associate and load a UIView to a UIViewController, based on the device type (iPhone/iPad) and ViewController’s class name.

We typically combine this software-design pattern, with a UIView layout library called SQLayout – we encourage you to do the same.

Getting Started

We believe that clearly-written and well-commented code, beats extensive documentation. Download DDAbstract and try out the included iPhone/iPad example app, to learn more about how this library is used.

Installation

Option 1: CocoaPods (recommended)

CocoaPods is a dependency manager for Objective-C, which automates and simplifies the process of using 3rd-party libraries in your projects. Check out their getting started guide to learn more.

To use DDAbstract, add the following line to your podfile:

pod 'DDAbstract'

Option 2: Manually include files

Download DDAbstract and manually include a reference to the files under DDAbstract/.

Usage

Follow these steps, if you are setting up a new project to use DDAbstract.

Create a Universal iOS application in Xcode 6 (or later).
Install DDAbstract, either via Pods or manual include.
Delete (and move to trash) the Main.storyboard file, created by Xcode by default. We’re not going to use storyboards…
In your Target, remove the reference to Main in Deployment Info -> Main Interface. Leave that field blank, we’ll launch what we need from the AppDelegate.
Rename the default ViewController, created by Xcode, to something more meaningful (e.g. DDFirstScreenViewController).
Edit your DDFirstScreenViewController.h (header file), so that it imports DDAbstractViewController.h and inherits DDAbstractViewController.
```
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import "DDAbstractViewController.h"
```

@interface DDFirstScreenViewController : DDAbstractViewController

@end

- Create a new View for our ViewController: new file -> CocoaTouch Class. Call it `DDFirstScreenView` and make it inherit `DDAbstractView`. The name of your View **must** match the name of your ViewController. You can also have custom views that are specific to a device type by appending `_Pad` or `_Phone` to your view class' name. In our case, that would be:
    - `DDFirstScreenView` (base UIView, includes properties/methods relevant to all device types)
    - `DDFirstScreenView_Pad` inherits `DDFirstScreenView`
    - `DDFirstScreenView_Phone` inherits `DDFirstScreenView`
- Tell the app to launch an instance of `DDFirstScreenViewController`, by updating `- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions` in AppDelegate.
```  objective-c
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {

    // Setup the application window
    [self setWindow:[[UIWindow alloc] initWithFrame:[[UIScreen mainScreen] bounds]]];

    // Setup our first screen's ViewController
    DDFirstScreenViewController *viewController = [[DDFirstScreenViewController alloc] init];

    // Let's go!
    [_window setRootViewController:viewController];
    [_window makeKeyAndVisible];

    return YES;
}

Go enjoy a beverage – you’re done! Build and run your app.

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Latest podspec

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