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Human Interface Guidelines

The HIG contains guidance and best practices that can help you design a great experience for any Apple platform.

Design fundamentals

Explore the principles that guide design across Apple platforms. For more, see Getting started.

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Design principles
Explore fundamental principles that guide design across Apple platforms.

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Designing for iPhone Duo
An app designed for iPhone Duo adapts seamlessly to both displays, providing a continuous experience as the device opens and closes.

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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.

Foundations of design

Discover key concepts that shape every great experience. For more, see Foundations.

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Accessibility
Accessible user interfaces empower everyone to have a great experience with your app or game.

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App icons
A unique, memorable icon expresses your app’s or game’s purpose and personality and helps people recognize it at a glance.

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Color
Judicious use of color can enhance communication, evoke your brand, provide visual continuity, communicate status and feedback, and help people understand information.

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Layout
A consistent layout that adapts across display sizes, orientations, and multitasking configurations helps people understand and enjoy your app or game on all their devices.

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Materials
A material is a visual effect that creates a sense of depth, layering, and hierarchy between foreground and background elements.

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Typography
Your typographic choices can help you display legible text, convey an information hierarchy, communicate important content, and express your brand or style.

New and updated

Review recent additions and updates to design guidance. For more, see What’s new.

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Branding
Apps and games express their unique brand identity in ways that make them instantly recognizable while feeling at home on the platform and giving people a consistent experience.

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SharePlay
SharePlay lets people experience activities together from anywhere, whether they’re watching a movie, playing a game, or sketching on a whiteboard.

A sketch of a small rectangle in the upper-left quadrant of a larger rectangle, suggesting the position of a user interface element within a window. The image is overlaid with rectangular and circular grid lines and is tinted yellow to subtly reflect the yellow in the original six-color Apple logo.
Layout
A consistent layout that adapts across display sizes, orientations, and multitasking configurations helps people understand and enjoy your app or game on all their devices.

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Menus
A menu reveals its options when people interact with it, making it a space-efficient way to present commands in your app or game.

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Siri
People use Siri to help them with the things they need to find, know, or do every day.

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Snippets
When someone performs a task with Siri or an App Shortcut, a snippet shows the result or asks for confirmation.

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Source: https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines

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