Figma, which is the starting point of the interface design of many applications today, has never hosted Apple’s official design kits. But with WWDC 2023, that has finally changed.
Joining the Figma community for the first time, Apple has released the source design kit for iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 operating systems. The design kit is home to many of the key design lines that make Apple Apple, from toolkits to icon layouts, font styles to colors and materials.
Moreover, it will not be only these two operating systems:
Apple has announced that in the coming weeks and months, macOS Sonoma, watchOS 10, tvOS 17, and the latest operating system visionOS will also share its design kit with the Figma community.
Of course, there is a strategic reason behind Apple’s transition to Figma. With the Vision Pro, the first mixed reality glasses, the company wants to make its ecosystem more compatible, run its software smoothly and, of course, have plenty of third-party apps and games.
Since the glasses will be on the market next year, it is necessary to share the most basic developer opportunities through the largest communities in order to have such a library in such a short time.
What’s in the iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 design kit?
- Comprehensive set of components from alerts to toolkits and everything in between
- Home Screen and Lock Screen widget templates
- Notification design templates
- Templates for tabbed apps, parent/child apps, split views, and pages
- Full dynamic type table with accessibility dimensions
- Built-in iOS colors, materials, text styles and vibrancy effects
You can reach the design kit published by Apple by clicking this link.
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