iPhone SDK: now with 100% more Interface Builder

At the special event earlier this month where Apple laid out the future of developing software for the iPhone, the company said that it would be providing the full suite of its existing development tools, such as Xcode, for creating iPhone applications. However, in the first version of the SDK that was rolled out, there was one notable omission from that lineup: Interface Builder, the application that lets developers easily design the UI of their program.

Given the importance of UI on the Mac, Interface Builder is a pretty critical tool in the development process, and some developers had chosen to hold off on their efforts until the SDK was revised. Which, as you might have guessed, was today. A new version of the SDK—build 9A2151 for the alphanumerically curious among you—has been posted, including the anticipated Interface Builder.

That seems to be the only major change in the latest build, according to the SDK’s read me, which continues to list some known issues for what Apple calls the “Beta 2” release; Apple says “this second beta is known to be incompatible with installation folders
other than the default /Developer.” So be a good little feller and install it where it wants to go.

Category: News, Software

Posted by Dan Moren on Mar 27 2008, 2:11 PM ET

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