Apple Inc.

Kevin B Cathey

Ali T Ozer

Jonathan Joseph Hess

Ken Ferry

Maxwell Oliver Drukman

Brendan P Donohoe

Antonio Ricciardi

Anton L Vladimirov

Implementations of the subject technology provide for receiving code associated with a representation of a user interface (UI) element, wherein the code is included in a project in an integrated development environment (IDE). The subject technology further provides for determining a set of dynamically generated editors for modifying the representation of the UI element based on an analysis of the code at least in part on contextual information related to the UI element, and querying for a set of actions associated with the selection, the set of dynamically generated editors being generated based at least in part on an analysis of the code. In addition, the subject technology displays a tool for graphically modifying the representation of the UI element, the tool including a set of graphical elements corresponding to the determined set of dynamically generated editors, where the graphically modifying transforms code associated with the representation of the UI element.

Dynamically adaptable tool for graphical development of user interfaces

Embodiments provide techniques for creating an adaptive user interface for an electronic device. In one embodiment the instructions configure one or more processors to perform operations including displaying, in an application development environment, a user interface of a graphical representation of the electronic device, the graphical representation associated with one or more configurations, each configuration including a set of properties; while displaying the graphical representation of the electronic device, receiving a value for a first property; in response to receiving the value for a first property, determining that the graphical representation of the electronic device is associated with a first configuration; creating a first sub-configuration of the first configuration, the first sub-configuration inheriting one or more properties in the set of properties from the first configuration; applying the value for the first property to the first sub-configuration; and updating the user interface of the graphical representation of the electronic device.

Editing inherited configurations

Described is a technique for creating and displaying adaptive user interfaces. The user interface may be provided to an application development environment that provides the ability to allow authoring of a user interface that adapts to a screen size with any first abstracted size class value and any second abstracted size class value. Accordingly, an application that includes the user interface may determine a screen size of a device and adapt the user interface according to the screen size including the first abstracted size clasp value and the second abstracted size class value. Thus, a developer may efficiently develop a user interface based on various abstracted size class values that may be adapted to a particular device.

Adaptive user interfaces

Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems receive user input to move, resize, or add a first user interface object to a first location in a user interface window. The user interface window includes a second user interface object in a second location. In response to the user input, constraints are generated based upon the first location and the second location. The constraints define a size or a position of the first user interface object relative to the second user interface object. The first user interface object is displayed within the user interface according to the determined constraints.

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San Jose, CA, United States of America

Kevin B Cathey