Simple iOS 5 UI Design Tutorial Using Storyboard in XCode 4. Background Info (Not Necessary Reading): I read a 500 page book on Objective-C on Saturday and so I thought I was ready to start programming iPhone apps, so then I looked at a ton of books and tried to do the step-by-step tutorials but none of them made any sense since Apple has updated all of their development tools and there are a lot of new features that have made things in the past irrelevant.
For example, XIB files were not automatically generated in the newest version of XCode, so it was a struggle to get even a simple program running. I didn't even know how to design a user interface, so being confused I naturally Googled the file in XCode that I didn't know what is was (storyboard) and I saw that it was Apple's new way to design user interfaces. Background Info (Required): Interface builder is a user interface design tool in XCode 4 where you can drag and drop objects from the side bar, and have them saved in a XIB (pronounced "zib") or a NIB file.
Make Your Own Buttons in Interface Builder. So, you, like me, want to make your own buttons in interface builder?
I too struggled with this. Sometimes the help menu in Interface Builder just sucks. Loading… Xcode 4 User Guide: Designing User Interfaces in Xcode. Objective-C Cheat Sheet and Quick Reference.