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  • Foundations
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    • Accessibility
    • App icons
    • Branding
    • Color
    • Dark Mode
    • Icons
    • Images
    • Inclusion
    • Layout
    • Materials
    • Motion
    • Right to left
    • SF Symbols
    • Typography
    • Writing
  • Patterns
    • Overview
    • Accessing private data
    • Charting data
    • Collaboration and sharing
    • Drag and drop
    • Entering data
    • Feedback
    • File management
    • Going full screen
    • Launching
    • Live-viewing apps
    • Loading
    • Managing accounts
    • Managing notifications
    • Modality
    • Multitasking
    • Offering help
    • Onboarding
    • Playing audio
    • Playing haptics
    • Playing video
    • Printing
    • Ratings and reviews
    • Searching
    • Settings
    • Undo and redo
    • Workouts
  • Components
    • All components
    • Content
      • Charts
      • Image views
      • Text views
      • Web views
    • Layout and organization
      • Boxes
      • Collections
      • Column views
      • Disclosure controls
      • Labels
      • Lists and tables
      • Lockups
      • Outline views
      • Split views
      • Tab views
    • Menus and actions
      • Activity views
      • Buttons
      • Context menus
      • Dock menus
      • Edit menus
      • Menus
      • Pop-up buttons
      • Pull-down buttons
      • Toolbars
    • Navigation and search
      • Navigation bars
      • Path controls
      • Search fields
      • Sidebars
      • Tab bars
      • Token fields
    • Presentation
      • Action sheets
      • Alerts
      • Page controls
      • Panels
      • Popovers
      • Scroll views
      • Sheets
      • Windows
    • Selection and input
      • Color wells
      • Combo boxes
      • Digit entry views
      • Image wells
      • Onscreen keyboards
      • Pickers
      • Segmented controls
      • Sliders
      • Steppers
      • Text fields
      • Toggles
    • Status
      • Activity rings
      • Gauges
      • Progress indicators
      • Rating indicators
    • System experiences
      • Complications
      • Home Screen quick actions
      • Live Activities
      • The menu bar
      • Notifications
      • Status bars
      • Top Shelf
      • Watch faces
      • Widgets
  • Inputs
    • Overview
    • Action button
    • Apple Pencil and Scribble
    • Digital Crown
    • Focus and selection
    • Game controllers
    • Gyro and accelerometer
    • Keyboards
    • Pointing devices
    • Remotes
    • Spatial interactions
    • Touch Bar
    • Touchscreen gestures
  • Technologies
    • All technologies
    • AirPlay
      • Introduction
      • Icons
      • Editorial
    • Always On
    • App Clips
      • Introduction
      • User experience
      • App Clip card
      • App Clip Codes
      • Printing guidelines
      • Legal requirements
    • Apple Pay
      • Introduction
      • Offering Apple Pay
      • Checkout and payment
      • Error handling
      • Subscriptions and donations
      • Buttons and marks
      • Editorial
    • Augmented reality
    • CareKit
      • Introduction
      • Data and privacy
      • Views
      • User experience
      • Symbols and branding
    • CarPlay
      • Introduction
      • Architecture
      • Interaction
      • Visual design
      • Icons and images
      • System elements
    • Game Center
      • Introduction
      • Access point
      • Dashboard
      • Achievements
      • Leaderboards
      • Multiplayer
      • Custom dashboard links
    • HealthKit
    • HomeKit
      • Introduction
      • Terminology and layout
      • Setup
      • Siri interactions
      • Custom functionality
      • Icons
      • Editorial
    • iCloud
    • In-app purchase
    • Live Photos
    • Mac Catalyst
      • Introduction
      • App structure
      • User interaction
      • Visual design
      • Mac idiom
    • Machine learning
      • Introduction
      • Machine learning roles
      • Explicit feedback
      • Implicit feedback
      • Calibration
      • Corrections
      • Mistakes
      • Multiple options
      • Confidence
      • Attribution
      • Limitations
    • Maps
    • Messages for Business
      • Introduction
      • Branding
      • Buttons
      • Color
      • Dark Mode
      • Logo
      • Message bubble content
      • Screenshots
    • NFC
    • Photo editing
    • ResearchKit
    • SharePlay
    • ShazamKit
    • Sign in with Apple
    • Siri
      • Introduction
      • System intents
      • Custom intents
      • Shortcuts and suggestions
      • Editorial
    • Tap to Pay on iPhone
    • Wallet

Platforms

Create an app or game that feels at home on every platform you support.

Designing for iOS

People depend on their iPhone to help them stay connected, play games, view media, accomplish tasks, and track personal data in any location and while on the go.

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Designing for iPadOS

People value the power, mobility, and flexibility of iPad as they enjoy media, play games, perform detailed productivity tasks, and bring their creations to life.

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Designing for macOS

People rely on the power, spaciousness, and flexibility of a Mac as they perform in-depth productivity tasks, view media or content, and play games, often using several apps at once.

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Designing for tvOS

People enjoy the vibrant content, immersive experiences, and streamlined interactions that tvOS delivers in media and games, as well as in fitness, education, and home utility apps.

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Designing for watchOS

When people glance at their Apple Watch, they know they can access essential information and perform simple, timely tasks whether they’re stationary or in motion.

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