How To: Switch On Button Shapes In IOS 7.1

One of the smaller changes in iOS 7.1 is the ability to add “button shapes”. Wherever there’s text that can be “pressed” a button shape can be placed to indicate that text’s function as a virtual button.

It’s been added as an accessibility feature purely for those who struggle with the lack of skeuomorphism in iOS 7; for those who don’t realize sometimes that text at the top actually leads to an action for certain iOS apps.