July 17, 2019

Apple Maps Iconography

Revisiting the iconography of Apple Maps

A few years ago we published a post examining the point of interest (POI) icons within Apple Maps titled More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About Apple’s Spotlight Location Icons. POI icons have existed in Apple Maps since Google was the maps provider.

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I highly suggest checking out this piece by Mercury Intermedia. Icons are something that we see everywhere and take in with just a quick glance, but behind the scenes there’s people selectively picking and iterating these little guides.

I am currently redoing a lot of the icons in Caramel so this article couldn’t have come at a better time.

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June 24, 2019 955

Modal UINavigationController, iOS 13 dismiss detection, & UIAdaptivePresentationControllerDelegate

Just a quick tip for those who are trying to set the presentation controller delegate to capture presentationControllerDidAttemptToDismiss from UIAdaptivePresentationControllerDelegate or any of the like using iOS 13’s new modal.

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October 31, 2019 247

Base & Elevated System (and Grouped!) Background Colors

In iOS 13, Apple introduced a slew of new colors that are also dynamic – meaning they will adjust between light and dark modes (and other scenarios, such as high contrast). Of the new colors, the various background colors are pretty pecular: iOS defines two sets of background colors—system and grouped—each of which contains primary,…

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