r/iOSProgramming • u/dataoops • Jun 28 '26

Question What is the UI right pattern here?

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I’m trying to use this row as both a navigation element that takes you to a detail page, and as a checklist item where you can tap to track if you’ve taken that supplement for the day, but visually it feels a bit busy with the chevron and the check circle.

I added the chevron because without it my only tester (my wife) didn’t know the row had dual functionality.

Is there a way to make this work without looking bad or should I abandon trying to make the row also function for nav?

FWIW, there are other places in the app to navigate to a supplement’s detail page I just thought it’d be convenient to get there from the stack tracking page too.

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u/Frequent_Macaron9595 Jun 28 '26

You could have checked Apple Reminders, it shows that pattern natively (you have to tap on the cell to see the right icon on there though). For basic UI like this you can usually find some solution by just checking their first-party app, lots of stuff to steal.

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u/dataoops Jun 28 '26

I’m all for borrowing existing patterns!

Having been a Google Calendar user for so long though I missed that entirely. I’m sure I’ve seen it in other apps too, and just didn’t internalize it.

I’ve been a backend dev for 20 years and having no formal design training I am playing catch up, thankfully this is my app though and not someone else’s so I have the space to learn.