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visionOS Tab Bar Clone for iPad in SwiftUI: Worth It?: a glowing iPhone home-screen icon on a purple and blue gradient
Guides 9 min read

visionOS Tab Bar Clone for iPad in SwiftUI: Worth It?

The visionOS tab bar is a floating glass ornament, and iPad can wear it. Here is the SwiftUI build: capsule, expansion, selection morph, and the honest cost.

Lawrence Arya · June 10, 2026
Build a Responsive iPhone-to-iPad Layout in React Native: the App Store logo as a frosted glass icon on a pink and blue gradient with bubbles
Guides 8 min read

Build a Responsive iPhone-to-iPad Layout in React Native

A responsive tablet layout changes shape, it does not just scale up. Here is how to build an adaptive iPhone-to-iPad layout in React Native with breakpoints.

Lawrence Arya · June 9, 2026
Floating Keyboard Avoidance UI on iPad: The Honest Fix: the App Store logo on a glass tile over a blue gradient with bubbles
Guides 6 min read

Floating Keyboard Avoidance UI on iPad: The Honest Fix

The iPad has four keyboards and three break height math. UIKeyboardLayoutGuide, scroll-to-reveal, and when the right avoidance is none at all.

Lawrence Arya · June 7, 2026
Desktop-Class iPad Navigation with NavigationSplitView: a glass app tile showing the VP0 logo on a pink and blue gradient
Guides 5 min read

Desktop-Class iPad Navigation with NavigationSplitView

Stop shipping a stretched iPhone app: NavigationSplitView's adaptive columns, selection-driven detail, and the keyboard and pointer support that make it pro.

Lawrence Arya · June 7, 2026
Multi-Window Support in React Native iOS: The Honest Path: a glass iPhone app-grid icon on a mint and teal gradient
Guides 6 min read

Multi-Window Support in React Native iOS: The Honest Path

An iPad and desktop feature built on UIScene, hard in RN's single-window world. Nail adaptive resizing first; per-window state is the real work.

Lawrence Arya · June 7, 2026
Drag and Drop Between Apps in SwiftUI: Transferable: a glowing iPhone home-screen icon on a purple and blue gradient
Guides 5 min read

Drag and Drop Between Apps in SwiftUI: Transferable

Build cross-app drag and drop in SwiftUI: the Transferable protocol, standard and custom types, drop targets that announce themselves, and the iPad-first truth.

Lawrence Arya · June 5, 2026
Final Cut Pro iPad Dial Clone in SwiftUI: Rotary Craft: a glass photo icon surrounded by chat, music, heart, camera and shopping app icons on a pastel gradient
Guides 5 min read

Final Cut Pro iPad Dial Clone in SwiftUI: Rotary Craft

Build the FCP-style jog dial in SwiftUI: angular gesture math, two-speed precision, frame-tick haptics, and the accessibility path every rotary control owes.

Lawrence Arya · June 5, 2026
Real Estate Open House Sign-In App: A Kiosk Guide: a glowing iPhone home-screen icon on a purple and blue gradient
Guides 5 min read

Real Estate Open House Sign-In App: A Kiosk Guide

How to build an open house sign-in app for agents: a 20-second kiosk flow, offline-first lead capture, consent done right, and the follow-up dashboard.

Lawrence Arya · June 5, 2026
Restaurant Kitchen Display System (KDS) UI Guide: the App Store logo as a frosted glass icon on a pink and blue gradient with bubbles
Guides 5 min read

Restaurant Kitchen Display System (KDS) UI Guide

How to design a restaurant KDS UI: ticket columns, age-based color escalation, bump actions for gloved hands, station routing, and all-day counts.

Lawrence Arya · June 5, 2026
HVAC Inspection Report App UI for iPad (Free Template): a glass iPhone app-grid icon on a mint and teal gradient
Guides 5 min read

HVAC Inspection Report App UI for iPad (Free Template)

An HVAC inspection report app for iPad needs offline-first checklists, photo evidence, signatures and a clean branded PDF export, from a free VP0 design.

Lawrence Arya · June 2, 2026
Restaurant POS Tablet UI Template for iPad, Free: a phone toggle icon surrounded by location, calendar, settings, wallet and chart app icons on a coral gradient
Guides 5 min read

Restaurant POS Tablet UI Template for iPad, Free

Build a restaurant POS tablet UI for iPad from a free template. Get order entry, the table map, and payment with Claude Code or Cursor. Built for speed under pressure.

Lawrence Arya · June 1, 2026
Notion-Style UI Kit for iPad in SwiftUI (Learn the Pattern): a glass iPhone UI wireframe icon on a holographic purple gradient
Guides 4 min read

Notion-Style UI Kit for iPad in SwiftUI (Learn the Pattern)

Build a Notion-style workspace UI for iPad in SwiftUI: a sidebar, a block-based editor, and adaptive layout, from a free VP0 design.

Lawrence Arya · May 31, 2026
Patient EHR Medical Chart UI on iPad: Clarity Under Load: a vivid neon 3D App Store icon on an orange, pink and blue gradient
Guides 4 min read

Patient EHR Medical Chart UI on iPad: Clarity Under Load

A clinician's EHR chart is dense, high-stakes, and HIPAA-bound. Build a readable patient-chart iPad UI from a free VP0 design that surfaces what matters fast.

Lawrence Arya · May 31, 2026
iPad POS UI: Ring Up a Sale Fast, Even Offline: a glowing iPhone home-screen icon on a purple and blue gradient
Guides 4 min read

iPad POS UI: Ring Up a Sale Fast, Even Offline

A Square-style POS is an item grid, a cart, and a fast checkout. Build a clean iPad point-of-sale UI from a free VP0 design that stays fast under a rush.

Lawrence Arya · May 31, 2026
Restaurant KDS UI on iPad: The Order Ticket Grid: a glass photo icon surrounded by chat, music, heart, camera and shopping app icons on a pastel gradient
Guides 4 min read

Restaurant KDS UI on iPad: The Order Ticket Grid

A kitchen display system has to be readable across a hot, busy kitchen. Build a dark-mode KDS order grid from a free VP0 design with clear states and bump controls.

Lawrence Arya · May 31, 2026