Use a detail view to drill down into data

Earlier, we classified DrinkMixer as a productivity app and we chose a navigation controller because we have hierarchical data. We have a great big list of drinks loaded, but what Sam needs now is the detailed information for each drink: what are the ingredients, how do you mix them, etc. Now we’ll use that navigation controller to display a more detailed view of a drink from the list.

The standard pattern for table views is that you show more information about an item when a user taps on a table cell. We’ll use that to let the user select a drink and then show our detailed view. The detail view follows the same MVC pattern as our other views.