What Storyboard is if Apple was honest!

Storyboards are a nightmare and we’re all just pretending they’re not

Photo by Alex Radelich on Unsplash

Hey there! Are you tired of struggling with confusing, cluttered, and buggy storyboards in Xcode? Well, buckle up because we’re about to take an honest look at storyboards — the bane of every iOS developer’s existence.

A maze!

First things first, let’s talk about what storyboards are supposed to do. According to Apple, storyboards are “a visual representation of the user interface of an iOS application, showing screens of content and the connections between those screens.” Sounds great, right? Except for the fact that storyboards are about as easy to navigate as a maze in a haunted house.

But the fun doesn’t stop there! Oh no, storyboards have a special surprise for you — they love to crash, freeze, and corrupt your project files. It’s like they’re secretly trying to drive you insane. And when you do finally manage to get your storyboard working, you’ll discover that it’s as slow as molasses in January. Good luck trying to design your user interface in a reasonable amount of time.

And don’t even get us started on trying to create segues between view controllers. It’s like trying to connect two puzzle pieces that don’t fit together — no matter how hard you…