{"id":1442,"date":"2011-12-07T05:55:49","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T05:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mobisoftinfotech.com\/blog\/?p=1442"},"modified":"2024-11-27T12:02:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T06:32:05","slug":"key-points-ui-designers-should-know-when-designing-for-ipad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mobisoftinfotech.com\/resources\/blog\/iphone\/key-points-ui-designers-should-know-when-designing-for-ipad","title":{"rendered":"Key points UI designers should know when designing for iPad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some points UI designers must keep in mind while developing UI for iPAD apps.<\/p>\n<p>1. iPad&#8217;s screen size: 1024px x 768px<\/p>\n<p>2. Status bar height: 20px<\/p>\n<p>3. Screen Space available for the app when running in<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1.<\/td>\n<td>Portrait Mode:<\/td>\n<td>768px x 1004px<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2.<\/td>\n<td>Landscape Mode:<\/td>\n<td>1024px x 748px<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>4. iPad Screen PPI: 132<\/p>\n<p>5. iPad Launch Image Names and Sizes<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Filename<\/th>\n<th>Dimensions<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Default-Portrait.png<\/td>\n<td>768px x 1004px<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Default-Landscape.png<\/td>\n<td>1024px x 748px<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Default-PortraitUpsideDown.png<\/td>\n<td>768px x 1004px<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Default-LandscapeLeft.png<\/td>\n<td>1024px x 748px<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Default-LandscapeRight.png<\/td>\n<td>1024px x 748px<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>6. iPad app icon sizes<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Application icon (required for all apps)<\/td>\n<td>72px x 72px<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>App Store icon (required for all apps)<\/td>\n<td>512px x 512px<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>for Spotlight search results<\/td>\n<td>50px x 50px<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>for Settings<\/td>\n<td>29px x 29px<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Toolbar and navigation bar icons<\/td>\n<td>Approximately 20px x 20px<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tab bar icons<\/td>\n<td>Approximately 30px x 30px<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>7. Photoshop PSD and Vector Templates to get started with:<\/p>\n<p>iPad GUI PSD &#8211; Version 2<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vecteezy.com\/free-vector\/ipad-ui\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">iPad vector GUI elements: tabs buttons menus icons<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vecteezy.com\/search?qterm=ipad-gui-kit-in-psd-format&amp;content_type=vector\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">iPad GUI Kit in PSD Format<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.cocoia.com\/2010\/iphone-ipad-icon-psd-template\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">iPhone \/ iPad icon PSD template<\/a><\/p>\n<p>8. <strong>Most important<\/strong> : It&#8217;s going to be used with touch (fingers not mouse pointer). 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