Views

Views are an empty drawing surface onto which other items are added. They are the building blocks of a layout. Their beauty is that they allow you to format a section of the screen within the view without having to worry about the other parts of the screen.

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What's the difference between a view and a table view?

A table view is used to lay out a vertical list of information such as a list of countries. A view is a container of objects. They are used to help lay out other objects. For example, you could use a view to make a horizontal row of buttons. Views are best thought of as a way to lay out an area of the screen.

Before I attempt to explain how views are used we should add one to the app.