VISUAL TIME-SAVING REFERENCE

SwiftUI Views

Quick Start
Mark Moeykens
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Foreword by Chris Ching
I’ve been teaching iOS app development to non-coders and beginners since 2013 and without fail, Apple
changes things up to improve the developer experience every year.
As an iOS educator, it used to frustrate me because I’d have to update all of my training and content to
reflect the new changes.
However, in retrospect, it was this annual song and dance that forced me to improve in my craft.
It forced me to reflect on where my students were getting confused or stuck.
It forced me to make my training better.
Reading Mark Moeykens’ books gives me that same feeling.
I’m inspired by his ability to break down complex concepts into relatable analogies and his use of simple
imagery to convey what a page of words can’t.
That’s why I always get new ideas about how I can improve my own training whenever I read his books.
When it comes down to it, a learning resource is only as valuable as its ability to transfer knowledge to you,
the reader.
And for that reason, I think you have something of incredible value in your hands.
I’ve learned a lot from Mark and I think you will too.

Chris Ching
Chris Ching
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HOW TO USE
This is a visual REFERENCE GUIDE. Find a screenshot of something you
want to learn more about or produce in your app and then read it and look
at the code.

Read what is on the screenshots to learn more about the views and what
they can do.
You can also read the book from beginning to end. The choice is yours.
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CONVENTIONS

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 Conventions

Code Formatting
Throughout this book, you may notice I don’t always follow the same formatting conventions. This is due to limited vertical space.
For example, on one page you may see code formatted like this (pseudo-code):

NewView()
.modifyTheView1()
.modifyTheView2()

And then on another page, you see code formatted like this:

NewView().modifyTheView1().modifyTheView2()

Other times, functions may be on the same line as the closing brace:

NewView {
...
}.modifyTheView2()

Or on the next line:

NewView {
...
}
.modifyTheView2()

In the end, how the code is formatted in your project is up to you. These inconsistencies are strictly due to limited page space.

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 Conventions

Omitting Code
When using SwiftUI, the views (screens) are represented in a struct, inside a body property. (More on this later.) This will become apparent when you add your first
SwiftUI file to your project.

In most examples, you will see the struct and body property are missing. Again, this is due to limited vertical spacing. The main thing to remember is that the
relevant code is always shown.

For example, I may take this view here (pseudo-code):

struct MyView {
var body {
NewView()
.modifyTheView1()
.modifyTheView2()
}
}

And show only the relevant code:

NewView()
.modifyTheView1()
.modifyTheView2()

When space is limited, I omit the unnecessary code and show an ellipsis:

struct MyView {
var body {
... // Unnecessary code omitted
NewView()
}
}

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 Conventions

Custom Code Color Theme

I created a code color theme based off of another color theme called “Gruvbox”.

If you like this color theme and would like to use it in Xcode then you can find it on my GitHub as a gist here.

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SWIFTUI

11
 Basic Concepts

Basic Concepts

If you are absolutely new to SwiftUI, you should definitely read through this chapter to establish some basic concepts that
you can think with.

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 Basic Concepts

Views And Modifiers

In SwiftUI, you build a UI with Views and then you View

change those views with Modifiers. Modifiers:
• Large title text size

View
Modifiers:
• Title text size View
• Gray text color
Modifiers:
• Title text size
• Orange background color
View • Stretched to fit device width
Modifiers:
• Title text size
• White text color
• Orange background
color
• Rounded corners
• Shadow

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 Basic Concepts

Containers - Vertical Layout Container

Views can be organized in containers. Some

containers organize views in one direction. This is
called Stack.

Here is an example of a Vertical Stack or as SwiftUI

calls it, a “VStack”.

Stacks are views too. They are views that can have
modifiers applied to them.

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 Basic Concepts

Horizontal Layout Container

There is another stack that can organize views

horizontally.

SwiftUI calls this horizontal stack an HStack.

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 Basic Concepts

Depth Layout Container

Another stack view will organize your views so they

are one on top of another.

This is called the Depth Stack or ZStack.

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 Basic Concepts

Grid Layout Container iOS 14

In the second version of SwiftUI, the grid container

view was introduced. There is one for horizontal and
vertical layouts.

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 Basic Concepts

Layout Examples

Now that you know these layout stacks, you can start to guess
how views like these might be arranged using SwiftUI.

VStack

HStack

In this book, you will be seeing hundreds of layout examples.

Pretty soon, it will become a natural ability of yours to recognize
layout.

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 Basic Concepts

Relationships - Parent & Child

It is common in programming to express a hierarchy

of objects as a parent and child relationship.
Parent View (HStack)
In this book, I use this concept to express
relationships with SwiftUI views.

In this example, you have an HStack view that

It is beneficial to know that Apple refers to child views
contains two child views within it. The HStack is the
that have no children of their own as “leaf views”.
parent.

These two child views are leaf views because they

contain no other views within them.

Child Views inside

Leaf View

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 Basic Concepts

Relationships - And Modifiers

Some modifiers can be set on the parent view and it

will also apply to all children in the container.

In this example, the font size is set on the parent and

the child views use it.
Text View (Child)
The “Parent” text does not use the font size because it Overriding Modifiers:
overrides it with a larger font size. • Font size of 50 points

VStack View (Parent)

Modifiers applied to all child views:
• Font size of 30 points

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 Understanding the Syntax

Understanding the Syntax

If you have used Swift in the past, then the SwiftUI syntax may look a little different.

It may not be readily apparent just how this code can even compile. This chapter is to help you understand how the code is
able to work.

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 Understanding the Syntax

The View
struct BasicSyntax: View {
var body: some View {
Text("Hello World!") // Adds a text view to the screen
}
}

Views in SwiftUI are structs that conform to the View protocol.

There is just one property to implement, the body property.

If “body” is a property then where is the “get” and the “return” syntax?

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 Understanding the Syntax

Property Getters
struct Person {
Properties can have a getter and setter. But // Computed read-only property (no set, value is not stored)
var personType: String {
when a property has no setter, it’s called a
get {
“read-only” property. And when the return "human"
}
property does not store a value, it is called a
}
“computed” property. This is because the }
value is computed or generated every time
the property is read.
In this example, personType is a computed
read-only property. // Change 1 - Remove the return
struct Person {
var personType: String {
You can further simplify this property in get {
"human"
two ways: } Now when looking at this property again, you
}
1. When the code inside the get is a single } can better understand and see that it is
expression (one thing), the getter will just written without the extra get and return
return it automatically. You can remove
keywords.
return.
See “Change 1” in the code example. struct BasicSyntax: View {
// Change 2 - Remove the get
var personType: String { var body: some View {
2. When a property is read-only (no setter), "human"
Text("Hello World!")
}
we can remove the get. } }
Just know that these changes are }
optional.

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 Understanding the Syntax

SwiftUI With Property Getters

Since these property changes are optional, you can, for example, write the previous SwiftUI syntax with a get
and return inside the body property. This might look more familiar to you now:

// SwiftUI with the get and return keywords

struct BasicSyntax: View {
var body: some View {
get {
return Text("Hello World!")
}
}
}

Looking at this code again, you notice the some keyword here.
Normally, when defining a type for a property, you wouldn’t see this word.

So, what does the some keyword do?

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 Understanding the Syntax

Opaque Types
struct BasicSyntax: View {
var body: some View {
Text("Hello World!")
}
}

Opaque Types
The keyword some is specifying that an opaque type is being returned. In this case, the opaque type is View.
So why is the type called “opaque”? Well, the English definition for the word “opaque”, when referring to
languages, means “hard or impossible to understand.” And this is true here because opaque types hide the
value’s type information and implementation details. This will certainly make it “hard or impossible to
understand” but still usable.

When this View (BasicSyntax) is used by iOS to draw the screen, it doesn’t have to know that, in this example,
the type Text is being returned. It is OK with just knowing that some View is being returned and can use it to
draw the screen.

And so you can return anything in that body property as long as it conforms to the View protocol.

For more information on Opaque Types, I recommend referring to the Swift Programming Language documentation.

There is another important thing to know about opaque types too...

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 Understanding the Syntax

Opaque Types (some Keyword)

You already know from the previous page that what is returned from the body property is something that
conforms to the View protocol.
But what you also need to know is when returning an opaque type (using the some keyword), is that all possible
return types must all be of the same type.
In most cases you are only returning one type. But you might have a scenario like this:

struct UnderstandingTheSomeKeyword: View {

var isYellow = true

// The keyword "some" tells us that whatever we return, it has to:

// 1. Conform to the View protocol
// 2. Has to ALWAYS be the same type of View that is returned.
var body: some View {

// ERROR: Function declares an opaque return type, but the return statements
in its body do not have matching underlying types
if isYellow {
return Color.yellow // Color type does not match the Text type
}

return Text("No color yellow") // Text type does not match the color type
}
}

The body property returns a Color and a Text type. This violates the some keyword.

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Opaque Types Solution

The solution would be to change the views returned so they are all the same TYPE. The body now returns the
same type of view (Color).

struct UnderstandingTheSomeKeywordSolution: View {

var isYellow = true

// The keyword "some" tells us that whatever we return, it has to:

// 1. Conform to the View protocol
// 2. Has to ALWAYS be the same type of View that is returned.

var body: some View {

if isYellow {
return Color.yellow
Now, the body property always returns a Color type. This
}
satisfies the some keyword.
return Color.clear
}
}

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 Understanding the Syntax

View Containers
struct Example: View {
var body: some View {
VStack {
Text("Hello World!")
Text("This Vertical Stack is using a function builder")
}
}
}

So far, you have learned that body is a computed read-only property and can only return ONE object that is some
View. What if you want to show multiple views though?

You learned earlier about the concept of “containers” views. These are views that can contain other views.
Remember, the body property can only return one view. You will get an error if you try to return more than one
view in the body property.

In the example above, the VStack (Vertical Stack) is that one view being returned. And that vertical stack is a
container with two more views inside of it.

The VStack is using a “trailing closure,” which just means that it is a code block that is passed into the initializer
to be run by the VStack. You have probably seen this before in Swift, this is not new.

What is new in Swift is the ability to create multiple, new views within the constructor like this. Before we get into
this though, let’s better understand how this constructor works.

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 Understanding the Syntax

View Container Initialization

struct Example: View {
In Swift, you usually see parentheses during var body: some View {
initialization but with a trailing closure, the VStack {
Text("Hello World!")
parentheses are optional.
Text("This Vertical Stack is using a function builder")
You can add them and the code will still work just
}
fine. }
}
See “Change 1” in the code example.
// Change 1 - Add parentheses and parameter name
struct Example: View {
This change may start looking more familiar to you.
var body: some View {
Now, the question is: VStack(content: {
Text("Hello World!")
How does the VStack know how to accept the Text("This Vertical Stack is using a function builder")
})
multiple views like this? }
}

This is new in Swift. To better understand this, // VStack initializer

take a look at the VStack’s initializer. init(alignment: HorizontalAlignment = .center,
spacing: CGFloat? = nil,
@ViewBuilder content: () -> Content)
The alignment and spacing parameters are
optional, that is why you don’t see them in the
examples above. But notice before the content
parameter there is @ViewBuilder syntax.

This is what allows you to declare multiple

views within the content parameter’s closure.

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 Understanding the Syntax

@ViewBuilder Parameter Attribute

struct ViewBuilderExample: View {
The @ViewBuilder parameter attribute var body: some View {
allows Swift to build multiple child views VStack {
Text("View 1")
from within a closure. Text("View 2")
Text("View 3")
Text("View 4")
How many child views can I build within Text("View 5") Only 10 views allowed.
Text("View 6")
a closure? Text("View 7")
Text("View 8")
Text("View 9")
The way this functionality is set up, you can Text("View 10")
only initialize a maximum of ten (10) views. Text("View 11") // Will cause an error
}
In the example here, you will get an error }
because of the 11th view. }

struct ViewBuilderExample: View {

What if I need more child views? var body: some View {
VStack {
... // Text views 1 - 5
Text("View 6")
If you need to declare more child views for
Text("View 7")
your user interface, then you will have to use Text("View 8")
another view container, such as another Text("View 9")
VStack { // The VStack is now the 10th view
VStack. (You will be seeing more options for Text("View 10")
containers in this book.) Text("View 11")
}
}
In the second example, I use another VStack }
to contain text views 10 and 11. }

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 My Template

If you are completely new to SwiftUI you may wonder what a lot of this code means right at the beginning of the book. I
have “templates” that contains a title, subtitle and a short description on most SwiftUI screens.

I will take you through step-by-step on how I build this template that I use throughout the book. I will describe each one
only briefly because each modifier I apply to the views here are described in more detail throughout the book within their
own sections.

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 My Template

My Basic Template

Here is my basic template I use throughout the book to explain views and modifiers.

In the next pages I’m going to explain how this is built in SwiftUI. I want to make sure you understand
these parts because you will see them everywhere in this book.

I want to remove any confusion right at the beginning so it doesn’t get in your way to learning the
topics in the book.

Let’s start with the title.

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 My Template

Starting with the Title

struct Title: View {
var body: some View {
Text("Title") // Create text on the screen
.font(.largeTitle) // Use a font modifier to make text larger
}
}

Here, you have a Text view. You want to make it larger so you use the font modifier so you can set the
size to a SwiftUI preset size called largeTitle (this is the largest preset size).

There are more ways you can change the size of text that are covered in this book in the Control Views
chapter, in the section called Text.

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 My Template

Add a VStack
struct AddVStack: View {
var body: some View {
// Only one view can be returned from the body property.
// Add 20 points between views within this container.
VStack(spacing: 20) { // VStack is a container view that can hold up to 10 views
Text("Title")
.font(.largeTitle)
}
}
}

VStack Spacing
The body property can only return one view.
You will get an error if you have two views. The VStack has an optional parameter you can
use in its initializer to specify how many points
So, you need to use a container view that will of spacing you want in between views. (Note:
contain multiple views. The vertical stack spacing does not add spacing to the top or
(VStack) is the perfect choice here. bottom of the VStack.)

Now you can add up to 9 more views to the Now, let’s add the subtitle text.
VStack.

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 My Template

Adding the Subtitle

struct Subtitle: View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("Title")
.font(.largeTitle)

Text("Subtitle")
.font(.title) // Set to be the second largest font.
.foregroundColor(Color.gray) // Change text color to gray.
}
}
}

Subtitle

The subtitle is another text view. This time, you set the size to be the second largest preset size with the
title parameter.

Finally, you modify the view to change the text color to gray. (Note: instead of using Color.gray you can
also use just .gray.)

Now, let’s add the description text.

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 My Template

Add the Description with a Background Color

struct Description1: View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("Title")
.font(.largeTitle)

Text("Subtitle")
.font(.title)
.foregroundColor(.gray)

Text("Short description of what I am demonstrating goes here.")

.font(.title)
.foregroundColor(Color.white)
.background(Color.blue) // Add the color blue behind the text.
}
}
}

With the description text view, you are now familiar with the font and foregroundColor modifiers. But now
you want to add a color behind the text. So you use the background modifier to set a color.

The important thing to notice here is it is not a backgroundColor modifier. That does not exist. It is a
background modifier because it adds a layer behind the view.

Color.blue is actually a view. So the background modifier is adding a blue view on a layer behind the text.

We want this view to extend to the edges of the screen. So let’s add that next.

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 My Template

Adding a Frame Modifier

struct Description2: View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("Title")
.font(.largeTitle)

Text("Subtitle")
.font(.title)
.foregroundColor(.gray)

Text("Short description of what I am demonstrating goes here.")

.frame(maxWidth: .infinity) // Extend until you can't go anymore.
.font(.title)
.foregroundColor(Color.white)
.background(Color.blue)
}
}
}

To extend the text to the edges of the device, we use the frame modifier. You don’t need to set a fixed
value. Instead, you can just modify the text view and say its frame’s maximum width can extend to
infinity until it hits its parent’s frame and then will stop. Its parent’s frame is the VStack.

This is looking good. It would look better though if there was more space around the text that pushed
out the blue background.

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 My Template

Add Padding Around the Text View

struct Description3: View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("Title")
.font(.largeTitle)

Text("Subtitle")
.font(.title)
.foregroundColor(.gray)

Text("Short description of what I am demonstrating goes here.")

.frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
.font(.title)
.foregroundColor(Color.white)
.padding() // Add space all around the text
.background(Color.blue)
}
}
}

Padding
Use the padding modifier to add space around a view. Remember, the order of modifiers matter. You
can add the padding modifier anywhere as long as it is BEFORE the background modifier. If it was
after the background, it would add space around the blue background. We want the space between the
text and the background.

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 My Template

Version 2 of the Template

struct Version2: View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("Title",
subtitle: "Subtitle",
desc: "Short description of what I am demonstrating goes here.",
back: .purple, textColor: .white)
}
.font(.title)
}
}

Version 2
When I updated the book with SwiftUI 2, I wanted a more efficient way of adding a title, subtitle and
description.

So I made my own view, called HeaderView, where I can pass in the information and it will format it.

As you can see, this saves repetitive code and space.

If you're interested in how this is done, look in the Xcode project that comes with the paid book bundle
for the file “HeaderView.swift”.

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 SwiftUI Basics

Now that you understand this basic template I use for demonstrating topics, I will start using it. Be sure to read what is on
each screenshot (or find the text in the code to read).

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 SwiftUI Basics

Refactoring
struct Refactoring: View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("Refactoring")
.font(.largeTitle) Overrides .font(.title)

Text("Reusing Modifiers")
.foregroundColor(.gray)

Text("You can put common modifiers on the parent views to be applied to all the
child views.")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
.foregroundColor(Color.white)
.padding()
.background(Color.blue)
}
.font(.title) // This font style will be applied to ALL text views inside the VStack.
}
}

Here, the title font is being applied to all three text views inside of the parent view (VStack).

Why isn’t the title text view affected?

Because the title text view sets the font again, it overrides the title size with the largeTitle size.

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 SwiftUI Basics

Short Introduction to Symbols

struct SymbolsIntro: View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("Images")
.font(.largeTitle)
Text("Using SF Symbols")
.foregroundColor(.gray)

Text("You will see I use icons or symbols to add clarity to what I'm demonstrating.
These come from Apple's new symbol font library which you can browse using an
app called 'SF Symbols'.")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
.padding()
.background(Color.blue)
.foregroundColor(Color.white)

// Use "systemName" when you want to use "SF Symbols"

Image(systemName: "hand.thumbsup.fill")
.font(.largeTitle) // Make the symbol larger

Image("SF Symbols") // Regular image from Assets.xcassets

}
.font(.title)
.ignoresSafeArea(edges: .bottom) // Ignore the bottom screen border
}
}

Even though an Image view is used to initialize a symbol, you use the font modifier to change its size.
These symbols actually come from fonts. So use font modifiers to change them. There is a whole section
that covers this. Go here to download and install the SF Symbols app.

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 SwiftUI Basics

Layers
VStack(spacing: 40) {
Text("Layers")
.font(.largeTitle)

Text("The Basics")
.foregroundColor(.gray)

Text("With SwiftUI views, you can add layers on top (.overlay) and behind (.background) the
view.")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
.padding()
.background(Color.blue)
.foregroundColor(Color.white)

Image("yosemite") // Show an image from Assets.xcassets

.opacity(0.7) // Make image only 70% solid
.background(Color.red.opacity(0.3)) // Layer behind image
.background(Color.yellow.opacity(0.3)) // Layer behind red
.background(Color.blue.opacity(0.3)) // Layer behind yellow
.overlay(Text("Yosemite")) // Layer on top of image

Image("Layers")
}
.font(.title)

I use layers (background and overlay) early in the book so I want to make sure you understand this
concept.

Both of these modifiers are explained in detail in their own sections.

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 SwiftUI Basics

Short Introduction to Shapes

VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("Shapes")
.font(.largeTitle)
Text("Short Introduction")
.foregroundColor(.gray)
Text("I'll make shapes, give them color and put them behind other views just for
decoration.")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
.padding()
.background(Color.blue) RoundedRectangle is a common
.foregroundColor(Color.white)
shape.
Text("This text has a rounded rectangle behind it")
.foregroundColor(Color.white)
.padding()
.background(
RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 20) // Create the shape
.foregroundColor(Color.blue)) // Make shape blue
.padding()

Text("But sometimes I'll use color and a corner radius:")

Text("This text has a color with a corner radius")

.foregroundColor(Color.white)
.padding()
.background(Color.blue) // Use a color as the background layer
.cornerRadius(20) // Rounded corners on whole text view
}
.font(.title)

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 Layout Behavior

In SwiftUI, you may wonder why some views layout differently than others. You can observe two behaviors when it comes
to the size and layout of views:
1. Some views pull in to be as small as possible to fit their content. (I will refer to these as “pull-in” views.)
2. Some views push out to fill all available space. (I will refer to these as “push-out” views.)
Knowing these two behaviors can help you predict what will happen when using the different views.

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 Layout Behavior

Some Views Pull In

struct ViewSizes_Pull_In: View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("Layout Behavior").font(.largeTitle)
Text("Views that Pull In").foregroundColor(.gray)
Text("Some views minimize their frame size so it is only as big as the
content within it.")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
.padding()
.background(Color.purple)
.foregroundColor(Color.white)

Image(systemName: "arrow.down.to.line.alt")

HStack { // Order views horizontally

Image(systemName: "arrow.right.to.line.alt")
Text("Text views pull in")
Image(systemName: "arrow.left.to.line.alt")
}

Image(systemName: "arrow.up.to.line.alt")

Text("Pull-In views tend to center themselves within their parent container

view.")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
.padding()
.background(Color.purple)
.foregroundColor(Color.white)
}.font(.title)
}
}

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 Layout Behavior

Some Views Push Out

struct ViewSizes_Push_Out: View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("Layout Behavior")
Text("Views that Push Out")
.font(.title).foregroundColor(.gray)
Text("Some views will push out to fill up all available space within their parent.")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity).padding().font(.title)
.background(Color.purple)

Colors are push-out views.

Color.purple
// Add 5 layers on top of the color view
.overlay(
Image(systemName: "arrow.up.left")
.padding() // Add spacing around the symbol
, alignment: .topLeading) // Align within the layer
.overlay(
Image(systemName: "arrow.up.right")
.padding(), alignment: .topTrailing)
.overlay(
Image(systemName: "arrow.down.left")
.padding(), alignment: .bottomLeading)
.overlay(
Image(systemName: "arrow.down.right")
.padding(), alignment: .bottomTrailing)
.overlay(Text("Colors are Push-Out views"))
}.font(.largeTitle) // Make all text and symbols larger
}
} For the most part, I will be telling you if a view is a push-out view or a pull-in view at the
beginning of the sections.

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SEE YOUR WORK

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 Preview Options

As you practice these examples, you might want to see your SwiftUI working on different devices in different modes,
including light or dark mode or with different accessibility settings.

You can do all of this without even having to launch the Simulator. When using SwiftUI, you get a preview canvas that will
show you how your views will render.

(Note: You will need to be running Xcode 11 or later on macOS Catalina or later.)

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 Preview Options

The Canvas - What is it?

The canvas is the area next to the code that shows

you a preview of how your SwiftUI will look. You
might also hear this called the “Preview” or
“Preview Canvas”.

If you do not see this pane, click on the Editor

Options button on the top right of your code
window and click Canvas:

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 Preview Options

Introduction
struct Previews_Intro: View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("Previews")
.font(.largeTitle)

Text("Introduction")
.foregroundColor(.gray)

Text("Xcode looks for a struct that conforms to the PreviewProvider protocol

and accesses its previews property to display a view on the Canvas.")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
.padding()
.background(Color.red)
.foregroundColor(.white)

}.font(.title)
}
}

// Xcode looks for PreviewProvider struct

struct Previews_Intro_Previews: PreviewProvider {
// It will access this property to get a view to show in the Canvas (if the Canvas
is shown)
static var previews: some View {
// Instantiate and return your view inside this property to see a preview of it
Previews_Intro()
}
}

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 Preview Options

Dark Mode
struct Preview_DarkMode: View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("Previews").font(.largeTitle)
Text("Dark Mode").foregroundColor(.gray)
Text("By default, your preview will show in light mode. To see it in dark
mode, you can use the environment modifier.")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
.padding()
.background(Color.red)
.foregroundColor(.white)

}.font(.title)
}
}

struct Preview_DarkMode_Previews: PreviewProvider {

static var previews: some View {
Preview_DarkMode()
.preferredColorScheme(.dark)
}
}

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 Preview Options

Dark Mode

You can also change the color scheme

here.

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 Preview Options

Light & Dark Modes Together

struct Preview_LightAndDarkMode: View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("Previews").font(.largeTitle)
Text("Light & Dark Modes Together").foregroundColor(.gray)
Text("Group your views to preview more than one at a time.")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
.padding()
.background(Color.red)
.foregroundColor(.white)

}.font(.title)
}
}

struct Preview_LightAndDarkMode_Previews: PreviewProvider {

static var previews: some View {
// Just use a Group container to instantiate your views in
Group {
Preview_LightAndDarkMode() // Light Mode
Preview_LightAndDarkMode()
.preferredColorScheme(.dark)
}
}
}

When a dark mode option is added (from the previous page) the code is updated
to use preferredColorScheme(.dark).

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 Preview Options

Light & Dark Modes Together

You can also click this button to create a new preview.

And then change the color scheme here.

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 Preview Options

Changing Devices
struct Previews_Devices: View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("Previews").font(.largeTitle)
Text("Change Devices").foregroundColor(.gray)
Text("By default, your canvas will use the simulator you
currently have selected (upper left in Xcode). You can preview a
different device using the previewDevice modifier.")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
.padding()
.background(Color.red)
.foregroundColor(.white)
}.font(.title)
}
}

struct Previews_Devices_Previews: PreviewProvider {

static var previews: some View {
Previews_Devices()
.previewDevice(PreviewDevice(rawValue: "iPad Pro (9.7-
inch)"))
}
}

How do I know what to type for a device?

Just look at your list of simulators and type in exactly as you see them displayed in the list.

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 Preview Options

Changing Devices

You can also change the device

with the Device drop down here.

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 Preview Options

Size Category
struct Preview_SizeCategory: View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
...
Text("For testing accessibility text size, set the sizeCategory property.")
...
}.font(.title)
}
}

struct Preview_SizeCategory_Previews: PreviewProvider {

static var previews: some View {
Preview_SizeCategory()
.environment(\.sizeCategory, .accessibilityExtraExtraExtraLarge)
/*
Options:
case accessibilityExtraExtraExtraLarge
case accessibilityExtraExtraLarge
case accessibilityExtraLarge
case accessibilityLarge
case accessibilityMedium
case extraExtraExtraLarge
case extraExtraLarge
case extraLarge
case extraSmall
case large
case medium
case small
*/
}
}

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 Preview Options

Size Category

You can set the size category

here under Dynamic Type.

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 Preview Options

Landscape

struct Preview_InterfaceOrientation_Previews: PreviewProvider {

static var previews: some View {
Preview_InterfaceOrientation()
.previewInterfaceOrientation(.landscapeLeft)
}
}

You could select Landscape Left or Right to preview your device in landscape mode.
(Note: This functionality became available in Xcode 13.)

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 Preview Options

Environment Overrides

If you prefer to see your work in the Simulator then you can access many of the options
mentioned through the Environment Overrides options.

This button will show up when you run your app in the debugging toolbar at the bottom
of Xcode.

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LAYOUT VIEWS

62
 VStack

VStack stands for “Vertical Stack”. It is a pull-in container view in which you pass in up to ten views and it will compose them
one below the next, going down the screen.

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 VStack

Introduction
struct VStack_Intro : View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("VStack",
subtitle: "Introduction",
desc: "A VStack will vertically arrange other views within it.",
back: .blue, textColor: .white)

Text("View 1")
Text("View 2")
Text("View 3")
Text("View 4")
Text("View 5")
Text("View 6")
Text("View 7")
In SwiftUI, container views, like the
Text("View 8")
VStack, can only contain up to 10
Text("View 9")
} views.
.font(.title)
}
}

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 VStack

Nesting
struct VStack_Nesting: View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("VStack",
subtitle: "Nesting",
desc: "A VStack can be nested within another VStack when laying out
views.",
back: .blue, textColor: .white)

VStack {
Text("VStack inside another VStack")
Divider()
Text("This can be helpful. Why?")
Divider()
Text("More than 10 views creates an error.")
}
.padding()
.foregroundColor(Color.white)
.background(
// Use a blue rectangle as the background
RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 10)
.foregroundColor(.blue))
.padding()
}
.font(.title)
}
}

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 VStack

Spacing
VStack(spacing: 80) { Set spacing in the initializer.
Text("VStack")
.font(.largeTitle)

Text("Spacing")
.font(.title)
.foregroundColor(.gray)

Text("The VStack initializer allows you to set the spacing between all the views inside the
VStack")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
.padding()
.background(Color.blue).font(.title)
.foregroundColor(.white)

Image(systemName: "arrow.up.and.down.circle.fill")
.font(.largeTitle)

Text("The spacing here between all of these views is 80")

.font(.title)
}

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 VStack

Alignment
VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("VStack")
.font(.largeTitle)
Text("Alignment")
.font(.title)
.foregroundColor(.gray)
Text("By default, views in a VStack are center aligned.")
...

VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 40) { Set alignment in the initializer.

Text("Leading Alignment")
.font(.title)
Divider() // Creates a thin line (Push-out view)
Image(systemName: "arrow.left")
}
.padding()
.foregroundColor(Color.white)
.background(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 10)
.foregroundColor(.blue))
.padding()

VStack(alignment: .trailing, spacing: 40) {

Text("Trailing Alignment")
.font(.title)
Divider()
Image(systemName: "arrow.right")
}
.padding()
.foregroundColor(Color.white)
.background(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 10)
.foregroundColor(.blue))
.padding()
}

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 iOS 14

LazyVStack

This SwiftUI content is locked in this

preview.if you have views scrolling off the screen, SwiftUI will not
The Lazy Vertical Stack is similar to the VStack. It’s “lazy” because
load them unless it needs to show them on the screen. The VStack does not do this. The VStack loads all child views when
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 HStack

HStack stands for “Horizontal Stack”. It is a pull-in container view in which you pass in up to ten views and it will compose
them side-by-side.

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 HStack

Introduction
struct HStack_Intro: View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 40) {
HeaderView("HStack",
subtitle: "Introduction",
desc: "An HStack will horizontally arrange other views within it.",
back: .orange)

HStack {
Text("View 1")
Text("View 2")
Text("View 3")
}
}
.font(.title)
}
}

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 HStack

Spacing
VStack(spacing: 40) {
Text("HStack")
.font(.largeTitle)

Text("Spacing")
.font(.title)
.foregroundColor(.gray)

Text("The HStack initializer allows you to set the spacing between all the views inside the
HStack")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
.padding()
.background(Color.orange).font(.title)
.foregroundColor(.black)

Text("Default Spacing")
.font(.title)
HStack {
Image(systemName: "1.circle")
Image(systemName: "2.circle")
Image(systemName: "3.circle")
}.font(.largeTitle)

Divider()

Text("Spacing: 100")
.font(.title)
HStack(spacing: 100) { Set spacing in the initializer.
Image(systemName: "1.circle")
Image(systemName: "2.circle")
Image(systemName: "3.circle")
}.font(.largeTitle)
}

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 HStack

Alignment
Text("By default, views within an HStack are vertically aligned in the center.")
...
HStack {
Rectangle().foregroundColor(.orange).frame(width: 25)
Text("Leading")
Spacer()
Text("Center")
Spacer()
Text("Trailing")
.padding(.trailing) Set alignment in the initializer.
}
.border(Color.orange)
HStack(alignment: .top) {
Rectangle().foregroundColor(.orange).frame(width: 25)
Text("Leading")
Spacer()
Text("Top")
Spacer()
Text("Trailing")
.padding(.trailing)
}
.border(Color.orange)
HStack(alignment: .bottom) {
Rectangle().foregroundColor(.orange).frame(width: 25)
Text("Leading")
Spacer()
Text("Bottom")
Spacer()
Text("Trailing")
.padding(.trailing)
}
.border(Color.orange)

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 HStack

Text Alignment
struct HStack_TextAlignment: View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("HStack",
subtitle: "Text Alignment",
desc: "HStacks have another alignment option to help better align the
bottom of text.",
back: .orange)

HStack(alignment: .bottom) {
Text("Hello")
Text("amazing")
.font(.largeTitle)
Text("developer!")
}
.font(.body)

DescView(desc: "Notice the bottom of the text isn't really aligned above. Use
firstTextBaseline or lastTextBaseline instead:", back: .orange)

HStack(alignment: .firstTextBaseline) {
Text("Hello")
Text("amazing")
.font(.largeTitle)
Text("developer!")
} This will align the text normally.
.font(.body)
But what’s the difference between first and
}
.font(.title) last text baseline? See on the next page.
}
}

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 HStack

First & Last Text Alignment

struct HStack_TextAlignment_FirstLast: View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("HStack",
subtitle: "First & Last Text Alignment",
desc: "The firstTextBaseline will align the bottom of the text on the
first lines (\"Amazing\" and \"Really\").",
back: .orange)

HStack(alignment: .firstTextBaseline) {
Text("Amazing developer")
.font(.title3)
Text("Really amazing developer")
}
.frame(width: 250)

DescView(desc: "The lastTextBaseline will align the bottom of the text on the last
lines (\"developer\" and \"developer\").", back: .orange)

HStack(alignment: .lastTextBaseline) {
Text("Amazing developer")
.font(.title3)
Text("Really amazing developer")
}
.frame(width: 250)
}
.font(.title)
}
}

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 HStack

Customization
struct HStack_Customizing : View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("HStack",
subtitle: "Customizing",
desc: "HStacks are views that can have modifiers applied to them just
like any other view.",
back: .orange)

HStack {
Text("Leading")
Text("Middle")
Text("Trailing")
}
.padding()
.border(Color.orange) // Create a 2 point border using the color specified

HStack(spacing: 10) {
Image(systemName: "1.circle")
Image(systemName: "2.circle")
Image(systemName: "3.circle")
}.padding()

HStack(spacing: 20) {
Image(systemName: "a.circle.fill")
Image(systemName: "b.circle.fill")
Image(systemName: "c.circle.fill")
Image(systemName: "d.circle.fill")
Image(systemName: "e.circle.fill")
}
.font(.largeTitle).padding()
.background(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 10)
.foregroundColor(.orange))
}
.font(.title)
}
}

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 HStack

Layout Priority
When using a horizontal stack with text views within it, there’s a chance that text might truncate if
you are not allowing them to wrap. In this case, you can prioritize which one will truncate last with
layout priority. The default value is 0. The higher the number, the higher the priority to have
enough space to not be truncated.

HStack {
Text("SwiftUI")
.font(.largeTitle).lineLimit(1) // Don't let text wrap
Image("SwiftUI")
.resizable()
.frame(width: 80, height: 80)
Text("Brings Balance")
.font(.largeTitle)
.layoutPriority(1) // Truncate last
}
.padding([.horizontal])
Divider()
HStack {
Text("SwiftUI")
.font(.largeTitle)
.layoutPriority(1) // Truncate last
Image("SwiftUI")
.resizable() Note: You can learn more
.frame(width: 80, height: 80)
Text("Brings Balance") about layout priority in the
.font(.largeTitle).lineLimit(1) // Don't let text wrap chapter “Layout Modifiers”,
}
section “LayoutPriority”.
.padding(.horizontal)

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 iOS 14

LazyHStack

This SwiftUI content is locked in this

preview.
The Lazy Horizontal Stack is similar to the HStack. It’s “lazy” because if you have views scrolling off the screen, SwiftUI will
not load them unless it needs to show them on the screen. The HStack does not do this. The HStack loads all child views
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 Depth (Z) Stack

A Depth Stack (ZStack) is a pull-in container view. It is a view that overlays its child views on top of each other. (“Z”
represents the Z-axis which is depth-based in a 3D space.)

You learned earlier about creating layers with the background and overlay modifiers. ZStack is another way to create layers
with views that control their own sizing and spacing.

So, the ZStack is a pull-in container view but you may think it is a push-out view because of the first example but it’s actually
the color that is pushing out.

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 ZStack

Introduction
ZStack {
// LAYER 1: Furthest back
You set depth by the order of
Color.gray // Yes, Color is a view! the views inside the ZStack.

// LAYER 2: This VStack is on top.

VStack(spacing: 20) { Note: The Color view is a push-
Text("ZStack") out view. It is pushing out the
.font(.largeTitle)
ZStack container view.
Text("Introduction")
.foregroundColor(.white)

Text("ZStacks are great for setting a background color.")

.frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
.padding()
.background(Color.green)

Text("But notice the Color stops at the Safe Areas (white areas on top and bottom).")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
.padding()
.background(Color.green)
}
.font(.title)
}

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 ZStack

Ignores Safe Area Edges

ZStack {
Color.gray

VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("ZStack")
.font(.largeTitle)

Text("Edges Ignoring Safe Area")

.foregroundColor(.white)

Text("Ignoring the Safe Areas will extend a view to fill the whole scene.")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
.padding()
.foregroundColor(.white)
.background(Color.green)

}
.font(.title)
}
.ignoresSafeArea(.all) // Ignore the safe areas

Allows views to extend past the safe areas.

Learn more about what Safe Areas are and ways to ignore edges in the chapter “Layout Modifiers” in the
section “Ignores Safe Area”.

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 ZStack

Background Problem
struct ZStack_BackgroundColor_Problem: View {
var body: some View {
ZStack {
Color.gray

VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("ZStack") // This view is under the notch
.font(.largeTitle)

Text("Ignores Safe Area Edges")

.foregroundColor(.white)

Text("Having the ZStack edges ignoring the safe area edges might be a mistake.
\nYou notice that the top Text view is completely under the notch.")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
.padding()
.background(Color.green)

Spacer() // Added a spacer to push the views up.

}
.font(.title)
}
.ignoresSafeArea()
}
}

Ignores all Safe Area edges.

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 ZStack

Background Solution
struct ZStack_BackgroundColor_Solution: View {
var body: some View {
ZStack {
Color.gray
.ignoresSafeArea() // Have JUST the color ignore the safe areas edges, not
the VStack.

VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("ZStack")
.font(.largeTitle)

Text("Color Ignores Safe Area Edges")

.foregroundColor(.white)

Text("To solve the problem, you want just the color (bottom layer) to ignore
the safe area edges and fill the screen. Other layers above it will stay within the Safe
Area.")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
.padding()
.background(Color.green)
Spacer()
}
.font(.title)
}
}
}
Remove ignoresSafeArea modifier from the
ZStack and put it just on the color.

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 ZStack

Layering
struct ZStack_Layering: View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("ZStack",
subtitle: "Layering & Aligning",
desc: "ZStacks are great for layering views. For example, putting text on
top of an image.", back: .green, textColor: .white)

ZStack {
Image("yosemite_large")
.resizable() // Allows image to change size
.scaledToFit() // Keeps image the same aspect ratio when resizing

Rectangle()
.fill(Color.white.opacity(0.6))
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity, maxHeight: 50)

Text("Yosemite National Park")

.font(.title)
.padding()
}

DescView(desc: "But what if you wanted to have all the views align to the bottom?",
back: .green, textColor: .white)
}
.font(.title)
}
}

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 ZStack

Aligning
struct ZStack_Aligning: View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("ZStack",
subtitle: "Aligning",
desc: "The ZStack allows you to align all the views within it.",
back: .green, textColor: .white)

ZStack(alignment: .topLeading) {
Use the alignment
Image("yosemite_large") parameter in the ZStack’s
.resizable() initializer to set where you
.aspectRatio(contentMode: .fit) want all views within to be
aligned.
Rectangle()
.fill(Color.white.opacity(0.6))
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity, maxHeight: 60)

Text("Yosemite National Park")

.font(.title)
.padding()
}

ZStack(alignment: .bottomTrailing) {
Image("yosemite_large")
.resizable()
.aspectRatio(contentMode: .fit)

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 ZStack

Rectangle()
.fill(Color.white.opacity(0.6))
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity, maxHeight: 60)
Alignment Choices
Text("Yosemite National Park")
.font(.title) • center
.padding()
} • leading
}
.font(.title) • trailing
}
} • top

• bottom

• topLeading

• topTrailing

• bottomLeading

• bottomTrailing

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 Spacer

You may notice that when you add new pull-in views, such as Text views, they appear in the center of the screen. You can
use the Spacer to push these views apart, away from the center of the screen.

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 Spacer

Introduction
VStack {
Text("Spacer")
.font(.largeTitle)

Text("Introduction")
.foregroundColor(.gray)

Text("Spacers push things away either vertically or horizontally")

...

Image(systemName: "arrow.up.circle.fill")

Spacer() Pushes away vertically when in a VStack.

Image(systemName: "arrow.down.circle.fill")

HStack {
Text("Horizontal Spacer")

Image(systemName: "arrow.left.circle.fill")

Spacer() Pushes away horizontally when in an HStack.

Image(systemName: "arrow.right.circle.fill")
}
.padding(.horizontal)

Color.yellow
.frame(maxHeight: 50) // Height can decrease but not go higher than 50
}
.font(.title) // Apply this font to every view within the VStack

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 Spacer

Evenly Spaced
Text("Use Spacer to evenly space views horizontally so they look good on any
device.")
...
Text("After")
...
HStack {
Spacer()

VStack(alignment: .leading) {
Text("Names")
.font(.largeTitle)
.underline()
Text("Chase")
Text("Rodrigo")
Text("Mark")
Text("Evans")
}

Spacer()

VStack(alignment: .leading) {
Text("Color")
.font(.largeTitle)
.underline()
Text("Red")
Text("Orange")
Text("Green")
Text("Blue")
}

Spacer()
}

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 Spacer

Minimum Length
VStack(spacing: 10) {
Text("Spacer")
.font(.largeTitle)
Text("Minimum Length")
.font(.title)
.foregroundColor(.gray)
Text("You can set a minimum space to exist between views using the minLength modifier on the
Spacer.")
...
Text("No minLength set (system default is used)")
.bold()
HStack {
Image("yosemite")
Spacer()
Text("This is Yosemite National Park").lineLimit(1)
}.padding()

Text("minLength = 0")
Set the minimum length in the
.bold()
HStack { Spacer’s initializer.
Image("yosemite")
Spacer(minLength: 0)
Text("This is Yosemite National Park").lineLimit(1)
}.padding()

Text("minLength = 20")
.bold()
HStack {
Image("yosemite")
Spacer(minLength: 20)
Text("This is Yosemite National Park").lineLimit(1)
}.padding()
}

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 Spacer

Relative Spacing with Spacers

struct Spacer_RelativeSpacing: View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("Spacer").font(.largeTitle)
Text("Relative Spacing").foregroundColor(.gray)
Text("You can add more spacers to create relative spacing in comparison to other
spacers.")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity).padding()
.background(Color.yellow).foregroundColor(.black)
HStack(spacing: 50) {
VStack(spacing: 5) {
Spacer()
.frame(width: 5) Spacers are views and can be
.background(Color.blue) modified like views.
Text("33% Down")
Spacer()
.frame(width: 5)
.background(Color.blue)
Spacer()
.frame(width: 5)
.background(Color.blue)
}
VStack(spacing: 5) {
Spacer()
.frame(width: 5)
.background(Color.blue)
Spacer()
.frame(width: 5)
.background(Color.blue)

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 Spacer

Spacer()
.frame(width: 5)
.background(Color.blue)
Text("75% Down")
Spacer()
.frame(width: 5)
.background(Color.blue)
}
}
}.font(.title)
}
}

You can also use Spacers horizontally to place views

a percentage from the leading or trailing sides of the
screen.

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 GeometryReader

It is difficult, if not impossible, to get the size of a view. This is where the GeometryReader can help.

The GeometryReader is similar to a push-out container view in that you can add child views to it. It will allow you to inspect
and use properties that can help with positioning other views within it. You can access properties like height, width and safe
area insets which can help you dynamically set the sizes of views within it so they look good on any size device.

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 Geometry Reader

Introduction
struct GeometryReader_Intro : View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("GeometryReader", subtitle: "Introduction", desc: "GeometryReader is a
container view that pushes out to fill up all available space. You use it to help with
positioning items within it.",
back: .clear)

GeometryReader {_ in
In SwiftUI, when you see the word
// No child views inside
“geometry”, think size and position.
}
.background(Color.pink)
}
.font(.title)
}
}

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 Geometry Reader

Alignment
struct GeometryReader_Alignment: View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("GeometryReader", subtitle: "Alignment", desc: "Child views within the
GeometryReader are aligned in the upper left corner by default.", back: .clear)

GeometryReader {_ in
Image(systemName: "arrow.up.left")
Notice that there is no alignment or
.padding()
positioning specified on the image.
}
.background(Color.pink)
}
.font(.title)
}
}

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Layers
struct GeometryReader_Layers: View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("GeometryReader", subtitle: "Layers", desc: "The child views within a
GeometryReader will stack on top of each other, much like a ZStack.",
back: .clear)

GeometryReader {_ in
Image(systemName: "18.circle") Note, I wouldn’t recommend using a
.padding() GeometryReader in place of a
Image(systemName: "20.square") ZStack.
.padding()
Image(systemName: "50.circle")
ZStack provides convenient
.padding()
}
alignment options for layout that
.font(.largeTitle) GeometryReader does not.
.foregroundColor(.white)
.background(Color.pink)
}
.font(.title)
}
}

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 Geometry Reader

Getting Size
struct GeometryReader_GettingSize : View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 10) {
HeaderView("GeometryReader", subtitle: "Getting Size", desc: "Use the geometry
reader when you need to get the height and/or width of a space.",
back: .clear)
Define a parameter to
reference the geometry’s
GeometryReader { geometryProxy in coordinate space from a
VStack(spacing: 10) { “proxy”.
Text("Width: \(geometryProxy.size.width)")
Text("Height: \(geometryProxy.size.height)")
The GeometryProxy is a
}
.padding()
representation of the
.foregroundColor(.white) GeometryReader’s size and
This is the actual width and } coordinate space.
.background(Color.pink)
height of the GeometryReader
}
view (pink area).
.font(.title)
}
The geometryProxy.size will
}
give you access to the height
and width of the space the
GeometryReader is taking up
on the screen.

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 Geometry Reader

Positioning
struct GeometryReader_Positioning: View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("GeometryReader").font(.largeTitle)
Text("Positioning").font(.title).foregroundColor(.gray)
Text("Use the GeometryProxy input parameter to help position child views at
different locations within the geometry's view.")
.font(.title)
.padding()

GeometryReader { geometryProxy in
Text("Upper Left")
.font(.title)
.position(x: geometryProxy.size.width/5,
y: geometryProxy.size.height/10)

Text("Lower Right")
.font(.title)
.position(x: geometryProxy.size.width - 90,
y: geometryProxy.size.height - 40)
}
.background(Color.pink)
.foregroundColor(.white)

Text("Note: The position modifier uses the view's center point when setting the X
and Y parameters.")
.font(.title)
}
}
}

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 Geometry Reader

Getting Coordinates
struct GeometryReader_GettingCoordinates : View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 10) {
HeaderView("GeometryReader", subtitle: "Getting Coordinates", desc: "Getting the
coordinates (x, y) of a geometry view is little different. Take a look at this example:",
back: .clear)

GeometryReader { geometryProxy in
VStack(spacing: 10) {
Text("X: \(geometryProxy.frame(in: CoordinateSpace.local).origin.x)")
Text("Y: \(geometryProxy.frame(in: CoordinateSpace.local).origin.y)")
}
.foregroundColor(.white)
}
.background(Color.pink)

Text("The local coordinate space will always give you zeros.")

Text("You need to look globally to get the coordinates inside the current view:")
GeometryReader { geometryProxy in
VStack(spacing: 10) {
Text("X: \(geometryProxy.frame(in: .global).origin.x)")
Text("Y: \(geometryProxy.frame(in: .global).origin.y)")
}
.foregroundColor(.white)
}
.background(Color.pink)
.frame(height: 200) I left out “CoordinateSpace” in this example (it’s optional).
}
.font(.title)
.padding(.horizontal) The global coordinate space is the entire screen. We are
} looking at the origin of the geometry proxy’s frame within
}
the entire screen.

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 Geometry Reader

Min Mid Max Coordinates

struct GeometryReader_MinMidMax: View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("GeometryReader", subtitle: "Min Mid Max", desc: "You can
also get the minimum (min), middle (mid), and maximum (max) X and Y coordinate from
the geometry reader's frame.", back: .clear)

GeometryReader { geometry in
VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 20) {
Text("Local Coordinate Space")
HStack(spacing: 10) {
// I'm converting to Int just so we don't have so many zeros
Text("minX: \(Int(geometry.frame(in: .local).minX))")
Spacer()
Text("midX: \(Int(geometry.frame(in: .local).midX))")
Spacer()
Text("maxX: \(Int(geometry.frame(in: .local).maxX))")
}
Text("Global Coordinate Space")
HStack(spacing: 10) {
// I'm converting to Int just so we don't have so many zeros
Text("minX: \(Int(geometry.frame(in: .global).minX))")
Spacer()
Text("midX: \(Int(geometry.frame(in: .global).midX))")
Spacer()
Text("maxX: \(Int(geometry.frame(in: .global).maxX))")
}
}.padding(.horizontal)
}

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Min Mid Max Coordinates Continued

.frame(height: 200)
.foregroundColor(.white)
.background(Color.pink)

HStack {
GeometryReader { geometry in
VStack(spacing: 10) {
Text("minY: \(Int(geometry.frame(in: .global).minY))")
Spacer()
Text("midY: \(Int(geometry.frame(in: .global).midY))")
Spacer()
Text("maxY: \(Int(geometry.frame(in: .global).maxY))")
}.padding(.vertical)
}
.foregroundColor(.white)
.background(Color.pink)

Image("MinMidMax")
.resizable()
.aspectRatio(contentMode: .fit)
}
}
.font(.title)
.padding()
}
} Notice how the min, mid and max values change as the
geometry reader adapts to different device sizes.

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 Geometry Reader

Safe Area Insets

HeaderView("GeometryReader", subtitle: "SafeAreaInsets", desc: "GeometryReader can also tell you the safe area insets it has.",
back: .clear)

GeometryReader { geometryProxy in
VStack {
Text("geometryProxy.safeAreaInsets.leading: \(geometryProxy.safeAreaInsets.leading)")
Text("geometryProxy.safeAreaInsets.trailing: \(geometryProxy.safeAreaInsets.trailing)")
Text("geometryProxy.safeAreaInsets.top: \(geometryProxy.safeAreaInsets.top)")
Text("geometryProxy.safeAreaInsets.bottom: \(geometryProxy.safeAreaInsets.bottom)")
}
.padding()
}
.background(Color.pink)
.foregroundColor(.white)

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LazyHGrid

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 iOS 14

LazyVGrid

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 ScrollViewReader

iOS 14

ScrollViewReader

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 iOS 15

ControlGroup

Use the ControlGroup to put similar types of controls together, such as buttons. In my opinion, the use of this seems
limited.

This is a pull-in view.

 Introduction iOS 15

struct ControlGroup_Intro: View {

var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20.0) {
HeaderView("ControlGroup",
subtitle: "Introduction",
desc: "Use a ControlGroup view to group up related controls.")

ControlGroup {
Button("Hello!") { }
Button(action: {}) {
Image(systemName: "gearshape.fill")
}
}

DescView(desc: "You can change the default style to 'navigation':")

ControlGroup {
Button("Hello!") { }
Button(action: {}) {
Image(systemName: "gearshape.fill")
} Note: You may ask yourself
}
when you would use this.
.controlGroupStyle(.navigation)
}
.font(.title) I think it makes more sense
} inside of toolbars as well as
} on macOS.
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 Button

The Button is a pull-in view with a wide range of composition and customization options to be presented to the user. The
button can be just text, just an image or both combined.

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 Button

Introduction
VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("Button")
.font(.largeTitle)
Text("Introduction")
.font(.title).foregroundColor(.gray)
Text("If you just want to show the default text style in a button then you can pass in a
string as the first parameter")
...

Button("Default Button Style") {

// Your code here Default text-only buttons.
}

Text("You can customize the text shown for a button")

...
Button(action: {
// Your code here
Use this initializer to customize the text.
}) {
Text("Headline Font")
.font(.headline)
}
Divider()
Button(action: {}) {
Text("Foreground Color")
.foregroundColor(Color.red)
}
Divider()
Button(action: {}) {
Text("Thin Font Weight")
.fontWeight(.thin)
For more text customization options, see
}
} the chapter on Text.

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 Button

Text Composition
struct Button_TextModifiers : View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("Button").font(.largeTitle)
Text("Text Composition").foregroundColor(.gray)
Text("You can add more than one text view to a button. By default, the views are
composed within an HStack.")
.padding().frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
.background(Color.purple)
.foregroundColor(.white).font(.title)

Button(action: {}, label: {

Text("Forgot Password?") Views arranged horizontally by default.
Text("Tap to Recover")
.foregroundColor(.orange)
})

Text("Using a VStack")
.padding().frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
.background(Color.purple)
.foregroundColor(.white)

Button(action: {}, label: {

VStack {
Text("New User")
Text("(Register Here)").font(.body)
}
})
}.font(.title)
}
}

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With Backgrounds
struct Button_EffectModifiers : View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 40) {
HeaderView("Button", subtitle: "With Backgrounds",
desc: "As with most views, we can also customize the background and add a
shadow.", back: .purple, textColor: .white)

Button(action: {}) {
Text("Solid Button")
.padding()
.foregroundColor(Color.white)
.background(Color.purple)
.cornerRadius(8) You will learn another way to
}
Button(action: {}) { do this using Shapes in the
Text("Button With Shadow")
.padding(12) “Other Views” chapter.
.foregroundColor(Color.white)
.background(Color.purple)
.cornerRadius(8)
}
.shadow(color: Color.purple, radius: 20, y: 5)

Button(action: {}) {
Text("Button With Rounded Ends")
.padding(EdgeInsets(top: 12, leading: 20, bottom: 12, trailing: 20))
.foregroundColor(Color.white)
.background(Color.purple)
.cornerRadius(100)
}
}
.font(.title) A number higher than the
}
height of the button will always
}
give you a rounded ends.

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With Borders
Text("Button").font(.largeTitle)
Text("With Borders").font(.title).foregroundColor(.gray)
Text("Applying borders can add a nice effect to your buttons. Here are some options.")
.padding().frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
.background(Color.purple)
.foregroundColor(.white).font(.title)

Button(action: {}) {
Text("Square Border Button")
.padding()
.border(Color.purple)
}
Button(action: {}) {
Text("Rounded Border Button")
.padding()
.border(Color.purple)
.cornerRadius(10)
}
Text("Look what happened when I tried to add a corner radius to the border. It is clipping the
corners. Here is a different way you can accomplish this:")
...

Button(action: {}) {
Text("Border Button")
.padding()
.background(
RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 10)
.stroke(Color.purple, lineWidth: 2)
)
}

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With SF Symbols
Button(action: {}) {
Text("Button With Symbol")
.padding(.horizontal)
Image(systemName: "gift.fill")
}
.padding()
.foregroundColor(Color.white)
.background(Color.purple)
.cornerRadius(8)

Button(action: {}) {
Image(systemName: "magnifyingglass")
Text("Search")
.padding(.horizontal)
}
.padding()
.foregroundColor(Color.white)
.background(Color.purple)
.cornerRadius(8)

Button(action: {}) {
VStack {
Image(systemName: "video.fill")
Text("Record")
.padding(.horizontal)
} For even more ways to customize buttons,
}
see the chapter on Paints where you can
.padding()
.foregroundColor(Color.white) learn how to apply the 3 different gradients
.background(Color.purple) to them.
.cornerRadius(.infinity)

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 Button

With Images
struct Button_WithPhotos: View {

var body: some View {

VStack(spacing: 10) {

HeaderView("Button", subtitle: "With Images",

desc: "Buttons work fine with the SF Symbols. But what if you wanted to

use a photo?", back: .purple)

Button(action: {}) {

Image("yosemite")

.cornerRadius(40)

.font(.title)

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 Button

Floating Action Button

ZStack {
VStack(spacing: 40) {
Text("Button")
.font(.largeTitle)

Text("Floating")
.font(.title).foregroundColor(.gray)

Text("You can also create floating buttons by using a ZStack so the button is on the top
layer, over everything else")
...
Spacer()
}

VStack {
Spacer()
HStack {
Spacer()
Button(action: {}) {
Image(systemName: "plus")
.font(.title)
}
.padding(20)
.foregroundColor(Color.white)
.background(Color.purple)
.cornerRadius(.infinity)
}
.padding(.trailing, 30) // Add 30 points on the trailing side of the button
}
}

See the section on the Overlay modifier in the Layout Modifiers chapter for
more ways to accomplish the same thing.

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ButtonStyle iOS 15

struct Button_ButtonStyle: View {

var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 60.0) {
HeaderView("Button",
subtitle: "ButtonStyle",
desc: "You can apply preset button styles to your buttons with the
buttonStyle modifier.")

Button("Automatic") { }
.buttonStyle(.automatic)

Button("Bordered") { }
.buttonStyle(.bordered)

Button("BorderedProminent") { }
.buttonStyle(.borderedProminent) Text becomes primary color.

Button("Borderless") { }
.buttonStyle(.borderless)

Button("Plain") { }
.buttonStyle(.plain) Accent color does not get applied.
}
.font(.title)
.accentColor(.purple)
}
}

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ControlSize iOS 15

struct Button_ControlSize: View {

var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20.0) {
HeaderView("Button",
subtitle: "ControlSize",
desc: "Use controlSize to change the amount of padding around the content
of the button.")

Button("Bordered - Mini") { }
.buttonStyle(.bordered)
.controlSize(.mini)

Button("Bordered - Small") { }
.buttonStyle(.bordered)
.controlSize(.small)

Button("Bordered - Regular") { }
.buttonStyle(.bordered)
.controlSize(.regular)

Button("Bordered - Large") { }
.buttonStyle(.bordered)
.controlSize(.large)

Button(action: {}) { You can still change the

Text("Bordered - Large")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity) size manually and the
}
.buttonStyle(.bordered)
shape will be the same.
.controlSize(.large)
}
.accentColor(.purple)
.font(.title)
}
}

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Tint iOS 15

struct Button_Tint: View {

var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 40) {
HeaderView("Button",
subtitle: "Tint",
desc: "Tint is a little bit different than accentColor. The tint can
affect button styles differently.")

Button("Bordered - Accent") { }
.buttonStyle(.bordered)
.foregroundColor(Color.purple)

Button("Bordered - Tint") { }
Tint will affect the background of a
.buttonStyle(.bordered)
.tint(.purple) bordered button and change the text color.

Button("Borderless - Tint") { }
.buttonStyle(.borderless)
.tint(.purple)

Button("Alternative AccentColor") { }
.buttonStyle(.borderless) You can also use foregroundColor to
.foregroundColor(Color.purple)
change the color of button text.
Button("Deprecated AccentColor") { }
.buttonStyle(.borderless)
.accentColor(.purple)
Deprecation Note: The accentColor
} modifier will be deprecated.
.controlSize(.large)
.font(.title)
Instead use:
} • tint
}
• foregroundColor(Color.accentColor)

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Role iOS 15

struct Button_Role: View {

var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20.0) {
HeaderView("Button",
subtitle: "Role",
desc: "Use the role parameter to specify the kind of button you have.")

Button("Normal") { }
.buttonStyle(.bordered)
.controlSize(.large)

Button("Destructive", role: .destructive) { }

.buttonStyle(.bordered)
.controlSize(.large)

Button("Destructive", role: .destructive) { }

.buttonStyle(.borderedProminent)
.controlSize(.large)

Button("Cancel", role: .cancel) { }

.buttonStyle(.bordered)
.controlSize(.large)
}
.font(.title)
.accentColor(.purple)
}
}

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ButtonBorderShape iOS 15

struct Button_ButtonBorderShape: View {

var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20.0) {
HeaderView("Button",
subtitle: "ButtonBorderShape",
desc: "Set a button's shape to capsule or rounded rectangle on bordered
and bordered prominent buttons.")

Button("Automatic") { }
.buttonStyle(.bordered)
.buttonBorderShape(.automatic)
.controlSize(.large)
Note: This modifier ONLY works
Button("Automatic") { }
.buttonStyle(.borderedProminent) on buttons that are bordered or
.buttonBorderShape(.automatic)
.controlSize(.large) borderedProminent.

Button("Capsule") { }
.buttonStyle(.bordered)
.buttonBorderShape(.capsule)
.controlSize(.large)
You can use the radius option to
Button("RoundedRectangle") { }
.buttonStyle(.borderedProminent) create rectangle backgrounds
.buttonBorderShape(.roundedRectangle)
.controlSize(.large) too by setting it to zero.

Button("Set Radius") { }
.buttonStyle(.bordered)
.buttonBorderShape(.roundedRectangle(radius: 0))
.controlSize(.large)
}
.font(.title)
.accentColor(.purple)
}
}

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Disabled
struct Button_Disabled: View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20.0) {
HeaderView("Button",
subtitle: "Disabled",
desc: "Use the disabled modifier to prevent the user from interacting
with buttons.")

Button("Enabled") { }
.controlSize(.large)

Button("Disabled") { }
.controlSize(.large)
.disabled(true)

Button("Enabled") { }
.buttonStyle(.borderedProminent)
.controlSize(.large)

Button("Disabled") { }
.buttonStyle(.borderedProminent)
.controlSize(.large)
.disabled(true)
}
.font(.title)
.tint(.purple)
}
}

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iOS 14

ColorPicker
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The ColorPicker control allows you to give users the ability to select a color. This could be useful if you want to allow users
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 iOS 14

DatePicker

The date picker provides a way for the user to select a date and time. You bind the selected date to a property. You can read
this property to find out what was selected or set this property for the DatePicker to show the date you want.
(Note: If you have to support the DatePicker for iOS 13, then it will look different from what you see in this chapter.)

This is a push-out view.

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 DatePicker

Introduction iOS 14

struct DatePicker_Intro: View {

@State private var date = Date()

var body: some View {

VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("DatePicker",
subtitle: "Introduction",
desc: "The DatePicker will just show a date that can be tapped on like a
button. You can add an optional label to it.", back: .green)

Text("Default style pulls in:")

DatePicker("Today", selection: $date, displayedComponents: .date)

.labelsHidden()
.padding(.horizontal)
Hiding the label makes this view pull in.

Text("With label:")

DatePicker("Today", selection: $date, displayedComponents: .date)

.padding(.horizontal)

}.font(.title)
} What you see here is representative of the compact date picker style
} (text representation of the date).

There are other styles available…

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 DatePicker

Styles iOS 14

struct DatePicker_Styles: View {

Notice we didn’t have to hide the labels on
@State private var date = Date()
the graphical style. It’s not shown. (But you
should keep it set for accessibility purposes.)
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 0) {
HeaderView("DatePicker",
subtitle: "Styles",
desc: "Graphical Style", back: .green)

DatePicker("Birthday", selection: $date, displayedComponents: .date)

.datePickerStyle(.graphical)
.frame(width: 320)

DescView(desc: "Wheel Style", back: .green)

DatePicker("Birthday", selection: $date, displayedComponents: .date)
.datePickerStyle(.wheel)
.labelsHidden()
For datePickerStyle, use:
}
GraphicalDatePickerStyle()
.font(.title) < iOS 15 WheelDatePickerStyle()
.ignoresSafeArea(edges: .bottom)
.graphical
} iOS 15+
.wheel
}

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 DatePicker

Displayed Components iOS 14

struct DatePicker14_DisplayedComponents: View {

@State private var date = Date()

var body: some View {

VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("DatePicker - iOS 14+",
subtitle: "Displayed Components",
desc: "You can show more than just a date. You can also show just the
time or a combination of date and time.", back: .green)

DatePicker("Today", selection: $date, displayedComponents: .hourAndMinute)

.labelsHidden()
.padding(.horizontal)

DatePicker("Today", selection: $date, displayedComponents: [.hourAndMinute, .date])

.labelsHidden()
.padding(.horizontal)
.buttonStyle(.bordered)
}
.font(.title)
} Note that the order of the displayed
} components does not affect the displayed
order. The hour and minute still come second.

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 DatePicker

Displayed in Form iOS 14

struct DatePicker_InForm: View {

@State private var date = Date()

var body: some View {

VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("DatePicker",
subtitle: "Used in a Form",
desc: "When used in a form, the date
picker uses the compact styling by default.",
back: .green)

Form {
DatePicker("Today", selection: $date,
displayedComponents: .date)

Section {
Text("Graphical Picker Style:")
DatePicker("Birthday", selection: $date,
displayedComponents: .date)
.datePickerStyle(.graphical)
}
}
}
When the compact style is
.font(.title)
}
tapped, a pop up shows
} the graphical date picker.

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 DatePicker

Customizing iOS 14

struct DatePicker_Customizing: View {

@State private var date = Date()

var body: some View {

VStack(spacing: 30) {
HeaderView("DatePicker",
subtitle: "Customizing",
desc: "Customize the background and accent color:", back: .green)

DatePicker("Birthday", selection: $date, displayedComponents: .date)

.datePickerStyle(.graphical)
.accentColor(.green)
.padding()
.background(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 20)
.fill(Color.green)
.opacity(0.1)
.shadow(radius: 1, x: 4, y: 4))
.padding(.horizontal)

DatePicker("Today", selection: $date, displayedComponents: .date)

.frame(height: 50)
.padding()
.background(Rectangle()
.fill(Color.green)
.shadow(radius: 4)
.opacity(0.2))
}.font(.title)
}
}

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 DatePicker

Custom Selector iOS 14

struct DatePicker_CustomSelector: View {

@State private var date = Date()

var body: some View {

VStack(spacing: 30) {
HeaderView("DatePicker",
subtitle: "Custom Selector",
desc: "At this time we can not customize the color of the text or
background. Here are some other options though.", back: .green)

DatePicker("Today", selection: $date, displayedComponents: .date)

.labelsHidden()
.background(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 8, style: .continuous)
.fill(Color.green).opacity(0.2))

DescView(desc: "What does NOT work:", back: .green)

Form {
DatePicker("accentColor", selection: $date, displayedComponents: .date)
.accentColor(.green)

DatePicker("foregroundColor", selection: $date, displayedComponents: .date)

.foregroundColor(.green)

DatePicker("foregroundStyle", selection: $date, displayedComponents: .date)

.foregroundStyle(.green, .green, .green)

DatePicker("tint", selection: $date, displayedComponents: .date)

.tint(.green)
}
.font(.body)
} Using a cornerRadius of 8 and a continuous
.font(.title)
corner style is the best I could get to match the
}
} existing gray background.

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 Form

The Form view is a great choice when you want to show settings, options, or get some user input. It is easy to set up and
customize as you will see on the following pages.

This is a push-out view.

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 Form

Introduction
struct Form_Intro : View {
var body: some View {
Forms come with a built-in
Form {
Section { scroll view if the contents
Text("This is a Form!") exceed the height of the
.font(.title)
screen.
Text("You can put any content in here")
Text("The cells will grow to fit the content")
Text("Remember, it's just views inside of views")
}

Section {
Text("Limitations")
.font(.title)
Text("There are built-in margins that are difficult to get around. Take a look
at the color below so you can see where the margins are:")
Color.purple
}

Section {
Text("Summary")
.font(.title)
Text("Pretty much what you see here is what you get.")
}
}
}
}

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 Form

Section Headers and Footers

struct Form_HeadersAndFooters : View {
var body: some View {
Form {
Section {
Text("You can add any view in a section header")
Text("Notice the default foreground color is gray")
} header: {
Text("Section Header Text")
}
Section {
Text("Here's an example of a section header with image and text")
} header: {
SectionTextAndImage(name: "People", image: "person.2.square.stack.fill")
}
Section {
Text("Here is an example of a section footer")
} footer: {
Text("Total: $5,600.00").bold()
}
}
}
}

struct SectionTextAndImage: View {

var name: String
var image: String
var body: some View {
HStack {
Image(systemName: image).padding(.trailing)
Text(name)
}
.padding()
.font(.title)
.foregroundColor(Color.purple)
}
}

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 Form

Header Prominence iOS 15

struct Form_HeaderProminence: View {

var body: some View {
Form {
Section {
Text("You have seen that you can customize the section header style. You can
also use header prominence to style the header.")
} header: {
Text("Standard Header Prominence")
}
.headerProminence(.standard)

Section {
Text("Use increased header prominence to make it stand out more.")
} header: {
Text("Increased Header Prominence")
}
.headerProminence(.increased)
}
}
} Note: I have found that I can put this
modifier on the Section or the Text
inside the header closure for it to work.

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 Form

List Row Background

struct Form_ListRowBackground : View {
var body: some View {
Form {
Section {
Text("List Row Background")
.foregroundColor(.gray)

Text("Forms and Lists allow you to set a background view with a function called
\"listRowBackground(view:)\".")

Text("You can use this modifier on just one row, like this.")
.listRowBackground(Color.purple)
.foregroundColor(.white)
} header: {
Text("Form").font(.largeTitle)
}

Section {
Text("Or you can set a view or color for a whole section.")

Text("Note, the color of the section header is not affected when set on
Section.")
.fixedSize(horizontal: false, vertical: true)
} header: {
Text("Whole Section")
.font(.title).foregroundColor(.gray)
}
.foregroundColor(.white)
.listRowBackground(Color.purple)
}
.font(.title2)
}
}

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 Form

Background Images
struct Form_RowBackgroundImage : View {
var body: some View {
Form {
Section {
Text("List Row Background")
.foregroundColor(.gray)
Text("Images work a little differently as you can see here.")
Text("The image is actually set on a row in the second section.")
} header: {
Text("Form")
.font(.title)
.foregroundColor(.white)
}

Section {
Text("An image is set as a background for the row below. This works fine for
rows, but when you use an image on the section level, it is repeated for all
rows.")
Text("The image is set on THIS row, but it extends past the bounds. It also
hides the row below this one and goes under the previous rows.")
.foregroundColor(.white)
.listRowBackground(Image("water")
.blur(radius: 3))
Be careful when using
Text("This row cannot be seen.") images with
} header: {
Text("Images") listRowBackground as
.font(.title) they can go into other
.foregroundColor(.white)
} rows and cover rows.
}
.font(.title2)
}
}

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 Form

List Row Inset

struct Form_ListRowInset : View {
var body: some View {
Form {
Section {
Text("List Row Inset")
.foregroundColor(.gray)
Text("You can use the listRowInsets modifier to adjust the indentation:")
.foregroundColor(.white)
.listRowBackground(Color.purple)

Text("Indent Level 1")

.listRowInsets(EdgeInsets(top: 0, leading: 40, bottom: 0, trailing: 0))

Text("Indent Level 2")

.listRowInsets(EdgeInsets(top: 0, leading: 80, bottom: 0, trailing: 0))

Text("Or Vertical Alignment")

.foregroundColor(.white)
.listRowBackground(Color.purple)

Text("Top")
.listRowInsets(EdgeInsets(top: -20, leading: 40, bottom: 0, trailing: 0))

Text("Bottom")
.listRowInsets(EdgeInsets(top: 20, leading: 40, bottom: 0, trailing: 0))
} header: {
Text("Form")
.font(.title)
.foregroundColor(.gray)
}
}
.font(.title2)
}
}

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 Form

With Controls
struct Form_WithControls : View {
@State private var isOn = true
@State private var textFieldData = "This is a text field"

var body: some View {

Form {
Section {
Text("This will give you an idea of how different controls are rendered in a
Form.")
.foregroundColor(.white)
.listRowBackground(Color.purple)
} header: {
Text("Controls in a form")
.font(.title)
.foregroundColor(Color.gray)
}
Section {
Button(action: {}) { Text("Button") }
Toggle(isOn: $isOn) { Text("Toggle") }
Stepper(onIncrement: {}, onDecrement: {}) { Text("Stepper") }
TextField("", text: $textFieldData)
.textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder)
Image(systemName: "leaf.arrow.circlepath").font(.title)
Circle()
.frame(height: 30)
Text("Notice shapes are centered ☝ ")
}
}
.font(.title)
}
}

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 Form

With the Disclosure Group iOS 14

struct Form_WithDisclosureGroup: View {

@State private var settingsExpanded = true
@State private var trebleOn = true
@State private var bassOn = false
@State private var levels = 0.5

var body: some View {

VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("Form",
subtitle: "With Disclosure Groups",
desc: "You can add disclosure groups to a form to allow users to expand
into more settings or views.",
back: .purple, textColor: .white)

Form {
DisclosureGroup("Audio Settings", isExpanded: $settingsExpanded) {
VStack {
Toggle("Treble", isOn: $trebleOn)
Toggle("Bass", isOn: $bassOn)
Slider(value: $levels)
}
.font(.title2)
.padding()
}
}
}
.font(.title)
.accentColor(.purple)
} See Control Views >
}
DisclosureGroup for more info.

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 GroupBox

iOS 14

GroupBox
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 iOS 14

Label
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 Link

iOS 14

Link

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 List

Using a List view is the most efficient way of displaying vertically scrolling data. You can display data in a ScrollView, as you
will see later on, but it will not be as efficient in terms of memory or performance as the List view.

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 List

With Static Views

struct List_WithStaticData: View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("List").font(.largeTitle)
Text("Static Data").font(.title).foregroundColor(.gray)
Text("You can show static views or data within the List view. It does not have to be
bound with data. It gives you a scrollable view.")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
.font(.title).padding()
.background(Color.green)
.foregroundColor(.black)

List {
Text("Line One")
Text("Line Two")
Text("Line Three")
Image("profile")
Button("Click Here", action: {}) Note: Like other container views,
.foregroundColor(.green) you cannot have more than 10
HStack {
Spacer() views inside.
Text("Centered Text")
Spacer()
}.padding()
}
.font(.title)
}
}
}

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 List

With Data
struct List_WithData : View {

var stringArray = ["This is the simplest List", "Evans", "Lemuel James Guerrero", "Mark",

"Durtschi", "Chase", "Adam", "Rodrigo", "Notice the automatic wrapping when the text is longer"]

var body: some View { The List view

List(stringArray, id: \.self) { string in can iterate
Text(string) through an array
} of data and pass

.font(.largeTitle) // Apply this font style to all items in the list in one item at a

} time to its

}
closure.

What is that .id parameter?

You use this parameter to tell the List how it can uniquely identify each row by which value. The List
needs to know this so it can compare rows by this value to perform different operations like reordering
and deleting rows for us.

In this scenario, we are using “self” to say, “Just use the value of the string itself to uniquely identify each
row.”

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 List

Custom Rows
struct List_CustomRows : View {
var data = ["Custom Rows!", "Evans", "Lemuel James Guerrero", "Mark", "Durtschi", "Chase",
"Adam", "Rodrigo"]

var body: some View {

List(data, id: \.self) { datum in
Extracting rows into separate views
CustomRow(content: datum)
} is a common practice in SwiftUI. You
} can then have a separate preview
}
just for the row.
struct CustomRow: View {
var content: String

var body: some View {

HStack {
Image(systemName: "person.circle.fill")
Text(content)
Spacer()
}
.foregroundColor(content == "Custom Rows!" ? Color.green : Color.primary)
.font(.title)
.padding([.top, .bottom])
}
}

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 List

Move Rows
struct List_MoveRow : View {
@State var data = ["Hit the Edit button to reorder", "Practice Coding", "Grocery shopping",
"Get tickets", "Clean house", "Do laundry", "Cook dinner", "Paint room"]

var body: some View {

NavigationView {
List {
ForEach(data, id: \.self) { datum in
Text(datum).font(Font.system(size: 24)).padding()
} The onMove
.onMove { source, destination in modifier goes on
data.move(fromOffsets: source, toOffset: destination)
} the ForEach, not the
} List.
.navigationTitle("To Do")
.toolbar {
ToolbarItem { EditButton() }
}
}
.tint(.green) // Changes color of buttons
}
}

What is EditButton()?
This is a built-in function that returns a view (Button) that will automatically toggle edit mode on the List.
Its text says “Edit” and then when tapped you will see the move handles appear on the rows and the
button text says “Done”.

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 List

Delete Rows
struct List_Delete : View {
@State var data = ["Swipe to Delete", "Practice Coding", "Grocery shopping", "Get tickets",
"Clean house", "Do laundry", "Cook dinner", "Paint room"]

var body: some View {

List {
Section {
ForEach(data, id: \.self) { datum in
Text(datum).font(Font.system(size: 24)).padding()
}
.onDelete { offsets in
data.remove(atOffsets: offsets)
}
} header: {
Text("To Do")
.padding()
}
}
.listStyle(.plain)
}
}

onDelete, onMove, onInsert

These three functions only work on views that implement the DynamicViewContent protocol. Currently,
the only view that conforms to the DynamicViewContent protocol is the ForEach view. So these
functions are only available on a ForEach view, not a List view.

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 List

Selecting a Row
struct List_Selection_Single: View {
@State private var data = ["Practice Coding", "Grocery shopping", "Get tickets",
“Clean house", "Do laundry", "Cook dinner", "Paint room"]
@State private var selection: String?
Use an optional type to store
var body: some View { which row is selected.
NavigationView {
VStack(spacing: 0) {
HeaderView("",
subtitle: "Selecting a Row",
desc: "Use the selection parameter in List and supply a @State
property to hold the selection.")

List(data, id: \.self, selection: $selection) { item in

Text(item)
} Bind the selection parameter to your
} @State property above using the
.font(.title) dollar sign ($).
.navigationTitle("List")
.toolbar { EditButton() }
}
You need the edit button to enable
}
edit mode for row selection.
}

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 List

Selecting Multiple Rows

struct List_Selection_Multiple: View {
@State private var data = ["Practice Coding", "Grocery shopping", "Get tickets",
“Clean house", "Do laundry", "Cook dinner", "Paint room"]
@State private var selections = Set<String>()

By changing the type to a Set, the

var body: some View {
NavigationView {
List will automatically know it can

VStack(spacing: 0) { hold multiple selection values.

HeaderView("",
subtitle: "Selecting Multiple Rows",
desc: "Change your @State property to hold a Set of values.")

List(data, id: \.self, selection: $selections) { item in

Text(item)
}
}
.font(.title)
.navigationTitle("List")
.toolbar { EditButton() }
}
}
}

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 List

List Row Background

struct Todo: Identifiable {

let id = UUID()
var action = ""
var due = ""
var isIndented = false
}

struct List_ListRowBackground : View {

@State private var newToDo = ""

@State var data = [

Todo(action: "Practice Coding", due: "Today"),
Todo(action: "Grocery shopping", due: "Today"),
Todo(action: "Get tickets", due: "Tomorrow"),
Todo(action: "Clean house", due: "Next Week"), Notice the .listRowBackground
Todo(action: "Do laundry", due: "Next Week"),
Todo(action: "Cook dinner", due: "Next Week"), function is on the view inside the
Todo(action: "Paint room", due: "Next Week") ForEach. You want to call this
]
function on whatever view will be
var body: some View { inside the row, not on the List itself.
List {
Section {
ForEach(data) { datum in
Text(datum.action)
.font(Font.system(size: 24))
.foregroundColor(self.getTextColor(due: datum.due))
// Turn row green if due today
.listRowBackground(datum.due == "Today" ? Color.green : Color.clear)
.padding()
}

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 List

List Row Background Continued

} header: {
VStack {
Text("To Do").font(.title)
HStack {
TextField("new todo", text: $newToDo)
.textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder)
Button(action: {
data.append(Todo(action: newToDo))
newToDo = ""
}) {
Image(systemName: "plus.circle.fill").font(.title)
}
}
}
.padding(.bottom)
}
}
.listStyle(.plain)
}

// This logic was inline but the compiler said it was "too complex" 🤷
private func getTextColor(due: String) -> Color {
due == "Today" ? Color.black : Color.primary
}
}

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 List

List Row Inset

struct List_ListRowInsets : View {
@State private var newToDo = ""

@State var data = [

Todo(action: "Practice using List Row Insets", due: "Today"),
Todo(action: "Grocery shopping", due: "Today"),
Todo(action: "Vegetables", due: "Today", isIndented: true),
Todo(action: "Spices", due: "Today", isIndented: true),
Todo(action: "Cook dinner", due: "Next Week"),
Todo(action: "Paint room", due: "Next Week")
]

var body: some View {

VStack {
VStack {
Text("To Do")
.font(.title)
.foregroundColor(.black)
HStack {
TextField("new todo", text: $newToDo)
.textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder)
Button(action: {
data.append(Todo(action: newToDo))
newToDo = ""
}) { See next page for the code
Image(systemName: "plus.circle.fill")
that insets the rows.
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 List

List Row Inset Continued

.foregroundColor(.white)
}
}
}
.padding()
.background(Color.green)

List {
ForEach(self.data) { datum in
Text(datum.action)
.font(.title)
.padding()
// Inset row based on data
I’m using a condition here to
.listRowInsets(EdgeInsets(top: 0,
determine just how much to inset
leading: datum.isIndented ? 60 : 20,
bottom: 0, trailing: 0)) the row.
}
}
.listStyle(.plain)
}
}
}

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 List

List With Children iOS 14

// Need to conform to Identifiable

struct Parent: Identifiable {
If you have nested data,
var id = UUID()
var name = "" this could be a good way
var children: [Parent]? // Had to make this optional to represent it in a List.
}

struct List_WithChildren: View {

var parents = [Parent(name: "Mark",
children: [Parent(name: "Paola")]),
Parent(name: "Rodrigo",
children: [Parent(name: "Kai"), Parent(name: "Brennan"),
Parent(name: "Easton")]),
Parent(name: "Marcella",
children: [Parent(name: "Sam"), Parent(name: "Melissa"),
Parent(name: "Melanie")])]

var body: some View {

VStack(spacing: 20.0) {
HeaderView("List",
subtitle: "Children",
desc: "You can arrange your data to allow the List view to show it in an
outline style.", back: .green)

List(parents, children: \.children) { parent in

Text("\(parent.name)") Use the List init with the
}
children parameter and
}
.font(.title) use a key path to point to
} your nested property.
}

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 List

ListStyle: Automatic
struct List_ListStyle_Automatic: View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("List",
subtitle: "List Style: Automatic",
desc: "You can apply different styles to lists. Here is what a list looks
like using the default style 'automatic'.",
back: .green)
List {
Text("What would you like to learn?")
.font(.title2)
.fontWeight(.bold)
Label("Learn Geography", systemImage: "signpost.right.fill")
Label("Learn Music", systemImage: "doc.richtext")
Label("Learn Photography", systemImage: "camera.aperture")
Label("Learn Art", systemImage: "paintpalette.fill")
.font(Font.system(.title3).weight(.bold))
Label("Learn Physics", systemImage: "atom")
Label("Learn 3D", systemImage: "cube.transparent")
Label("Learn Hair Styling", systemImage: "comb.fill")
}
.accentColor(.green)
.listStyle(.automatic)
} Note: You do not have to apply this
.font(.title) modifier if the value is automatic.
} This is how it will anyway.
}

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 Link

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Additional List Content

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 iOS 14

Menu

The Menu view allows you to attach actions to a view. You basically add some buttons (with or without images) and define a
label, or a visible view to the user. When the user taps the label, the actions will show.

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 NavigationView

The NavigationView is a little different in that it will fill the whole screen when used. You will never have to specify its size.
But there are some ways you can customize it which you will see in the following pages.

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 NavigationView

Introduction
struct Navigation_Intro : View {
var body: some View {
NavigationView {
ZStack {
Color("Theme3BackgroundColor")
VStack(spacing: 25) {
Image(systemName: "globe")
.font(.largeTitle)

HeaderView("NavigationView",
subtitle: "Introduction",
desc: "Having a NavigationView will show nothing unless you also
include a navigationTitle modifier.",
back: Color("Theme3ForegroundColor"),
textColor: Color("Theme3BackgroundColor"))

Spacer()
}
.font(.title)
.padding(.top, 25) The navigationTitle goes INSIDE the
}
NavigationView, not on it.
// This creates a title in your nav bar
.navigationTitle("Navigation Views")
.ignoresSafeArea(edges: .bottom) Also notice that the default style of
}
the nav bar is large. How can you
}
}
change this?

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 NavigationView

Background Color
struct Navigation_BackgroundColor: View {
var body: some View {
NavigationView {
ZStack {
Color("Theme3BackgroundColor")
.ignoresSafeArea() // Allows background color to go BEHIND large nav bar.

VStack(spacing: 25) {
Image(systemName: "globe")
.font(.largeTitle)
HeaderView("NavigationView", subtitle: "Background Color", desc: "With the
larger navigation bar, you can have a background color extend underneath it.",
back: Color("Theme3ForegroundColor"),
textColor: Color("Theme3BackgroundColor"))

Spacer()
}
.font(.title)
.padding(.top, 25)
}
.navigationTitle("Navigation Views")
}
}
}

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 NavigationView

Display Mode
struct Navigation_DisplayMode: View {
var body: some View {
NavigationView {
ZStack {
Color("Theme3BackgroundColor")
VStack(spacing: 25) {
Image(systemName: "globe")
.font(.largeTitle)

HeaderView("NavigationView",
subtitle: "Display Mode",
desc: "For the navigation bar display mode, you can specify if
you want it large or small (inline) or just automatic.",
back: Color("Theme3ForegroundColor"),
textColor: Color("Theme3BackgroundColor"))

Spacer()
}
.font(.title)
.padding(.top, 25)
}
.navigationTitle("Navigation Views")
// Use .inline for the smaller nav bar Using .inline will render the
.navigationBarTitleDisplayMode(.inline)
smaller nav bar.
.ignoresSafeArea(edges: .bottom)
}
}
}

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 NavigationView

NavigationBarHidden
struct Navigation_BarHidden: View {
@State private var isHidden = true

var body: some View {

NavigationView {
ZStack {
Color("Theme3BackgroundColor")
VStack(spacing: 25) {
Image(systemName: "globe").font(.largeTitle)

HeaderView("NavigationView",
subtitle: "Navigation Bar Hidden",
desc: "If you don't want to show a navigation bar, you can use
the navigationBarHidden modifier to hide it.",
back: Color("Theme3ForegroundColor"),
textColor: Color("Theme3BackgroundColor"))

Toggle("Hide Nav Bar", isOn: $isHidden)

.padding()

Spacer()
}
.font(.title)
.padding(.top, 70)
}
// Hide when the Toggle is on Notice the navigationBarHidden modifier
.navigationBarHidden(isHidden)
.ignoresSafeArea(edges: .bottom) is INSIDE the NavigationView.
}
}
}

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 NavigationView

Navigation Bar Items

struct Navigation_NavBarItems : View {
var body: some View {
NavigationView {
VStack(spacing: 25) {
Image(systemName: "globe").font(.largeTitle)

HeaderView("NavigationView",
subtitle: "Navigation Bar Items",
desc: "You can add navigation bar buttons to the leading or trailing
(or both) sides of a navigation bar.",
back: Color("Theme3ForegroundColor"),
textColor: Color("Theme3BackgroundColor"))

Spacer()
}
.font(.title)
.padding(.top, 25)
.navigationTitle("Navigation Bar Buttons")
.navigationBarTitleDisplayMode(.inline)
.toolbar {
For more ways on how to use
ToolbarItem(placement: .navigationBarLeading) {
Button(action: {}) { the toolbar modifier, go to the
Image(systemName: "bell.fill")
“Controls Modifiers” chapter >
.padding(.horizontal)
} “Toolbar” section.
}
ToolbarItem(placement: .navigationBarTrailing) {
Button("Actions", action: { })
}
}
.tint(.pink) Use tint to change the color of the buttons.
}
}
}

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NavigationBarBackButtonHidden

You can hide the back button in

the navigation bar for views by
using a modifier. (Code on next
page.)

This is good in scenarios where you

supply another button to navigate
the user back or you want to supply
your own custom back button (see
next example for custom back
button).

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 NavigationView

(Code) NavigationBarBackButtonHidden
// First Screen
struct Navigation_BackButtonHidden: View {
var body: some View {
NavigationView {
ZStack {
Color("Theme3BackgroundColor")
VStack(spacing: 25) {
Image(systemName: "globe").font(.largeTitle)
Text("NavigationView").font(.largeTitle)
Text("Back Button Hidden").foregroundColor(.gray)
Image("NavBarBackButtonHidden") Use NavigationLink to navigate
to a new screen.
NavigationLink("Go To Detail", destination: BackButtonHiddenDetail())
More about NavigationLink in the
Spacer()
} next section.
.font(.title)
.padding(.top, 70)
}
.navigationTitle("Navigation Views")
.ignoresSafeArea(edges: .bottom)
}
}
}

// Second Screen
struct BackButtonHiddenDetail: View { This will allow you
@Environment(\.dismiss) var dismiss to navigate
backward.
var body: some View {

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 NavigationView

ZStack {
Color("Theme3BackgroundColor")
VStack(spacing: 25) {
Image(systemName: "globe").font(.largeTitle)
Text("NavigationView").font(.largeTitle)
Text("Back Button Hidden").foregroundColor(.gray)
Image("NavBarBackButtonHidden")
Text("This nav bar has no back button because it was hidden on this view.")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
.padding()
.background(Color("Theme3ForegroundColor"))
.foregroundColor(Color("Theme3BackgroundColor"))

Button("Go Back") {
dismiss()
}

Dismissing what is being presented will

Spacer()
} navigate you back to the previous view.
.font(.title)
.padding(.top, 50)
}
.navigationTitle("Detail View")
.navigationBarTitleDisplayMode(.inline)
.ignoresSafeArea(edges: .bottom)
// Hide the back button
.navigationBarBackButtonHidden(true) Hide the back button.
}
}

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Custom Back Button

struct Navigation_CustomBackButton_Detail: View {
@Environment(\.presentationMode) var presentationMode

var body: some View {

ZStack {
Color("Theme3BackgroundColor")
VStack(spacing: 25) {
Image(systemName: "globe").font(.largeTitle)
HeaderView("NavigationView",
subtitle: "Custom Back Button",
desc: "Hide the system back button and then use toolbar modifier to
add a leading button.",
back: Color("Theme3ForegroundColor"),
textColor: Color("Theme3BackgroundColor"))
Image("NavBarBackButtonHidden")
Spacer()
}
.font(.title)
.padding(.top, 50)
}
.navigationTitle("Detail View")
.navigationBarTitleDisplayMode(.inline)
.ignoresSafeArea(edges: .bottom)
// Hide the system back button
.navigationBarBackButtonHidden(true) Hide the back button.
.toolbar {
ToolbarItem(placement: .navigation) {
Button(action: {
presentationMode.wrappedValue.dismiss()
Custom back button.
}) { (Doesn’t allow for both
Image(systemName: "arrow.left.circle")
} image and text.)
}
}
}
}
Note: By hiding the back button, you will lose the ability to swipe back to the previous screen.

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Sidebar in iPad iOS 14

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 NavigationView

(Code) Sidebar in iPad iOS 14

struct Navigation_MultipleViewsWithin: View {

var body: some View {
NavigationView {
// Sidebar
List {
Section {
Label("Learn Geography", systemImage: "signpost.right.fill")
Label("Learn Music", systemImage: "doc.richtext")
Label("Learn Photography", systemImage: "camera.aperture")
Label("Learn Art", systemImage: "paintpalette.fill")
.font(Font.system(.title3).weight(.bold))
Label("Learn Physics", systemImage: "atom")
Label("Learn 3D", systemImage: "cube.transparent")
Label("Learn Hair Styling", systemImage: "comb.fill")
} header: {
Text("What would you like to learn?")
.font(.title2)
} footer: {
Text("Count: 7")
}
}
.listStyle(.sidebar)

// Main View
VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("NavigationView",
subtitle: "Sidebar view",
desc: "In iPadOS you can now add a three views with the first view becoming the sidebar.")
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iOS 14

Spacer()
}
.font(.title)

// Detail View
VStack {
HStack {
Label("Learn Art", systemImage: "paintpalette.fill")
.font(Font.system(.largeTitle).weight(.bold))
Spacer()
}
.padding()

Spacer()
}
}
.navigationTitle("Side Bar")
}
}

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NavigationLink

The NavigationLink is your way to navigate to another view. It ONLY works inside of a NavigationView. The appearance is
just like a Button. You can customize it just like you can customize a Button too.

This is a pull-In view.

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 NavigationLink

Introduction
struct NavLink_Intro: View {
var body: some View {
NavigationView {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("",
subtitle: "Introduction",
desc: "Use NavigationLink to navigate to a new view inside a
NavigationView.",
back: Color("Theme3ForegroundColor"),
textColor: Color("Theme3BackgroundColor"))
NavigationLink("Just Text", destination: SecondView())
Spacer()
DescView(desc: "This is the basic implementation using just text and a
destination. The destination can be any view.",
back: Color("Theme3ForegroundColor"),
textColor: Color("Theme3BackgroundColor"))
}
.navigationTitle("NavigationLink")
} Define text and a view for the
.font(.title)
}
destination.
}

struct SecondView: View {

var body: some View {
VStack {
Text("View 2")
.font(.largeTitle)
Spacer()
}
}
}

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Customization
struct NavLink_Customization: View {
var body: some View {
NavigationView {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("",
subtitle: "Customization",
desc: "You can customize NavigationLink just like you would with a
Button.",
back: Color("Theme3ForegroundColor"),
textColor: Color(“Theme3BackgroundColor"))

NavigationLink(destination: SecondView()) {
Text("Navigate")
.foregroundColor(.white)
.padding()
.background(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 16)
.shadow(radius: 10, y: 15))
}
.accentColor(.pink)

NavigationLink(destination: SecondView()) {
HStack {
Text("Navigate") The trailing closure is the
Spacer()
label parameter. This allows
Image(systemName: "chevron.right")
} you to compose any view
.padding()
} that will navigate you.
Spacer()
}
.navigationTitle("NavigationLink")
}
.font(.title)
} Tip: Try to keep your views and modifiers within the closure.
}
Like the Button, anything inside will fade when tapped.

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 NavigationLink

With isActive
struct NavLink_WithIsActive: View {
@State var nav = false
The NavigationLink here has no visual
representation so you won’t see it in the UI.
var body: some View {
NavigationView {
VStack {
HeaderView("NavigationLink",
subtitle: "With isActive",
desc: "You can automatically have a NavigationLink navigate to
another view using a boolean.",
back: Color("Theme3ForegroundColor"),
textColor: Color("Theme3BackgroundColor"))
Text("AutoNav is: \(nav.description)")

NavigationLink(destination: NavLink_View2(nav: $nav), isActive: $nav,

label: { EmptyView() })

Button("Navigate to View 2") {

nav = true
}
Spacer()
DescView(desc: "Notice how SwiftUI automatically resets nav.autoNav back to
false when navigating back to this screen.",
back: Color("Theme3ForegroundColor"),
textColor: Color("Theme3BackgroundColor"))
}
.font(.title)
It’s important to note that SwiftUI changes
.navigationTitle("Automatic Navigation") what you have bound to isActive back to
}
false when you navigate back.
}
} See next page for more.

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 NavigationLink

SwiftUI Resets isActive

When the Back button is tapped, SwiftUI

changes what you have bound to isActive
to false for you. You don’t have to do
anything.

When this button is tapped the property that

is bound to isActive is set to true and
navigation takes place.
That bound property remains true until the
Back button is tapped.

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 NavigationLink

Using isActive to Pop Views

struct NavLink_WithIsActivePop: View {
“Popping” a view just means removing it from the
@State var nav = false
top so you navigate back to the previous view.
var body: some View { You can also “pop” directly to the root view.
NavigationView {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("NavigationLink",
subtitle: "Pop with isActive",
desc: "By changing the property bound to isActive back to false, you
can programmatically navigate backwards.",
back: Color("Theme3ForegroundColor"),
textColor: Color("Theme3BackgroundColor"))
Text("AutoNav is: \(nav.description)")

NavigationLink(destination: NavLink_View2(nav: $nav), isActive: $nav,

label: { EmptyView() })

Button("Navigate to View 2") {

nav = true
}
Spacer()
}
.font(.title)
.navigationTitle("Automatic Navigation")
}
}
}

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Using isActive to Pop Views

struct NavLink_SecondView: View { Notice the second NavigationLink doesn’t need to

@Binding var nav: Bool use the isActive parameter. But you do need to
pass the original property bound to isActive.
var body: some View {
VStack {
Text("AutoNav is: \(nav.description)")
NavigationLink("Navigate to View 3", destination: NavLink_ThirdView(nav: $nav))
}
.font(.title)
.navigationTitle("View 2")
} By setting the same bound variable
} that was connected to isActive
back to false, you can pop back to
struct NavLink_ThirdView: View {
the root.
@Binding var nav: Bool

var body: some View {

VStack {
Text("AutoNav is: \(nav.description)") Note: In these examples I’m using @State and
Button("Go to Root View") { @Binding. You would more likely be using this with a
nav.toggle()
view model.
}
To learn more, see the end of this book for information
}
.font(.title) on how you can get the book “Working with Data in
SwiftUI”.

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 NavigationLink

With selection
struct NavLink_WithSelection: View {
@State var nav: String? Basically, when the selection parameter value matches the
value of the tag parameter, navigation happens.
var body: some View {
NavigationView {
VStack {
HeaderView("NavigationLink",
subtitle: "With selection",
desc: "You can automatically have a NavigationLink navigate to
another view using a specified value. When the tag parameter matches the selection parameter,
navigation will happen.",
back: Color("Theme3ForegroundColor"),
textColor: Color("Theme3BackgroundColor"))

Text("AutoNav is: \(nav ?? "nil")")

NavigationLink(destination: NavigationWithSelection(nav: $nav),

tag: "To View 2", selection: $nav, label: {})

Button("Navigate to View 2") {

nav = "To View 2"
}
Spacer()
DescView(desc: "Notice how SwiftUI automatically resets nav back to nil when
navigating back to this screen.",
back: Color("Theme3ForegroundColor"),
textColor: Color("Theme3BackgroundColor"))
}
.font(.title)
.navigationTitle("Automatic Navigation")
It’s important to note that SwiftUI changes
} what you have bound to selection back
}
} to nil when you navigate back.

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 NavigationLink

List In NavigationView with NavigationLink

struct Navigation_WithList: View {
@State var data = ["Milk", "Bread", "Tomatoes", "Lettuce", "Onions", "Rice", "Limes"]

var body: some View {

NavigationView {
List(data, id: \.self) { datum in
NavigationLink(destination: ShoppingDetail(shoppingItem: datum)) {
Text(datum).font(Font.system(size: 24)).padding()
}
}
.listStyle(.grouped)
.navigationTitle("Shopping")
.toolbar {
ToolbarItem {
Button("Add", action: { data.append("New Shopping Item") }) Navigate to
}
} detail view
}
}
}

struct ShoppingDetail: View {

var shoppingItem: String!
var body: some View {
VStack {
Text("Shopping List Details").font(.title)
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity).padding()
.background(Color("Theme3ForegroundColor"))
.foregroundColor(Color("Theme3BackgroundColor"))
Spacer()
Text(shoppingItem).font(.title)
Spacer()
}.navigationTitle(shoppingItem)
} Learn more about the toolbar
}
and ToolbarItem in the
“Controls Modifiers” chapter.

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 NavigationLink

List Navigation with No NavigationView

struct Navigation_WithListNoNavBar: View {
@State var books = ["The Way of Kings", "Words of Radiance", "Oathbringer"]

var body: some View {

NavigationView {
List {
Section(header: Text("Brandon Sanderson Books").font(.title)) {
ForEach(books, id: \.self) { book in
NavigationLink(destination: BookDetail(bookItem: book)) {
Text(book).font(Font.system(size: 24)).padding()
}
}
}
} The NavigationLink is the
.listStyle(.grouped)
whole row. It automatically
.navigationTitle("Book List") // Your back button text
.navigationBarHidden(true) adds the gray chevron icon.
}
}
}
Now this just looks like a regular list
struct BookDetail: View {
var bookItem: String! view but has navigation on the rows.

var body: some View {

VStack {
Text("Book Details").font(.title)
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity).padding()
.background(Color("Theme3ForegroundColor"))
.foregroundColor(Color("Theme3BackgroundColor"))
Spacer()
Text(bookItem).font(.title)
Spacer()
}.navigationTitle(bookItem)
}
}

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List Navigation with No NavigationView & No Back Button

The first view will be exactly the same as the previous page. The detail view will be different though:

struct BookDetail_NoBack: View {

@Environment(\.presentationMode) var presentationMode
This will allow you
var bookItem: String! to navigate
backward.
var body: some View {
VStack {
Text("Book Details").font(.title)
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity).padding()
.background(Color("Theme3ForegroundColor"))
.foregroundColor(Color("Theme3BackgroundColor"))
Spacer()
Text(bookItem).font(.title)
Spacer()
Button(action: {
presentationMode.wrappedValue.dismiss()
}) {
HStack {
Image(systemName: "arrow.left.circle")
Text("Go Back")
}
}
Spacer()
}
.navigationTitle(bookItem)
.navigationBarHidden(true)
}
}

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Warning: NavigationLink in ToolbarItem

struct NavLink_InToolbarItem: View {

var body: some View {
NavigationView {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("",
subtitle: "In ToolbarItem",
desc: "Warning: Do not put NavigationLink inside a ToolbarItem.",
back: Color("Theme3ForegroundColor"),
textColor: Color("Theme3BackgroundColor"))
}
.toolbar {
ToolbarItem {
// Do not do this
NavigationLink(destination: Text("Settings"),
label: {
Image(systemName: "slider.horizontal.3")
})
}
}
.navigationTitle("NavigationLink")
.font(.title)
}
}
}

Without getting too technical, the NavigationLink isn’t the type of view that SwiftUI knows when and
when not to recreate. So it is recreated all the time. Xcode will not warn you against this. And, whether
intentional or a bug, it can navigate multiple times or not at all depending on the iOS version.
It might look like it works in Preview, but be sure to test on Simulator and on a device.
Workaround: There is another way around this though which you will see on the next page.

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 NavigationLink

Workaround: NavigationLink in ToolbarItem

struct NavLink_InToolbarWorkaround: View {
@State private var navigate = false

var body: some View {

NavigationView {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("",
subtitle: "Workaround with ToolbarItem",
desc: "Use a Button in the ToolbarItem and a NavigationLink with
isActive to navigate.",
back: Color("Theme3ForegroundColor"),
textColor: Color("Theme3BackgroundColor"))
NavigationLink(destination: Text("Settings"),
isActive: $navigate,
label: {}) You can use a NavigationLink with no
}
visual element to do the navigation
.toolbar {
ToolbarItem { for you.
Button(action: { navigate = true }) {
Image(systemName: "slider.horizontal.3")
}
}
}
.navigationTitle("NavigationLink")
.font(.title)
} Using a Button in a ToolbarItem is
} the preferred way to do this.
}

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 NavigationLink

Using isDetailLink with iPads

struct NavLink_IsDetailLink: View {
var body: some View {
NavigationView {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("",
subtitle: "isDetailLink",
desc: "By default, when you navigate on an iPad, your first view will
be on the left and your new view will be on the right. The view on the right is called the
'Detail'. You can change this behavior by using the isDetailLink modifier.",
back: Color("Theme3ForegroundColor"),
textColor: Color("Theme3BackgroundColor"))
NavigationLink(
destination: DetailLinkView(),
label: {
Text("Show Detail Inside") Let SwiftUI know you don’t want to
})
.isDetailLink(false) open the view on the right pane
}
.navigationTitle("NavigationLink") when on iPad.
.font(.title)
}
}
}
struct DetailLinkView: View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("",
subtitle: "isDetailLink",
desc: "When isDetailLink is set to false, navigation happens within the
same pane.",
back: Color("Theme3ForegroundColor"),
textColor: Color("Theme3BackgroundColor"))
}
.navigationTitle("Detail View")
.font(.title)
}
}
See result on next page…

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 NavigationLink

When isDetailLink is false

By default, the detail views show up

over on this side of the iPad.

Navigation now stays within the

left page.

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 NavigationLink

When isDetailLink is true

When isDetailLink is set to true,

the new view appears here.

With iOS, it does not matter.

The source view is replaced with
the destination view.

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 NavigationLink

Pop to Root
struct NavLink_PopToRoot: View {
@State private var isActive = false

var body: some View {

NavigationView {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("",
subtitle: "Pop To Root",
desc: "After navigating through more than one view, you may want to
reverse navigation programmatically all the way back to the
beginning (root) view.",
back: Color("Theme3ForegroundColor"),
textColor: Color("Theme3BackgroundColor"))

NavigationLink(
destination: NavLinkView2(isActive: $isActive),
isActive: $isActive,
label: {
Text("Navigate to View 2")
})
The key is to use this
} isActive parameter and then
.navigationTitle("NavigationLink") pass that value to the views
.font(.title) that should pop back to the
}
root.
}
}

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Pop to Root (The other views)

struct NavLinkView2: View {
@Binding var isActive: Bool
Pass in the value for isActive but only use it to pop back to root. Don’t use it to
open another NavigationLink.
var body: some View {
VStack {
NavigationLink("Navigate to View 3", destination: NavLinkView3(isActive: $isActive))
}
.navigationTitle("View 2")
.font(.title)
}
}

struct NavLinkView3: View {

@Binding var isActive: Bool

var body: some View {

VStack {
Button(action: { This is where the magic happens. Set the original isActive binding to false and it
isActive.toggle()
will pop all the way back to the root.
}, label: {
Text("Go Back to Root View")
})
}
.navigationTitle("View 3")
.font(.title)
}
}

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 iOS 14

OutlineGroup

This SwiftUI content is locked in this

OutlineGroups gives you another way to present hierarchical data. It is very similar to using a List with the children
preview. best for limited data.
parameter. Except this container view does not scroll. It’s probably

This is a pull-in view. UNLOCK THE BOOK TODAY FOR ONLY $55!

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 Picker

To get or set a value for the Picker, you need to bind it to a variable. This variable is then passed into the Picker’s initializer.
Then, all you need to do is change this bound variable’s value to select the row you want to show in the Picker. Or read the
bound variable’s value to see which row is currently selected. One thing to note is that this variable is actually bound to the
Picker row’s tag property which you will see in the following pages.

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 Picker

Introduction
struct Picker_Intro : View {
Starting in iOS 15, the default picker
@State private var favoriteState = 1
style will look like the menu style.

var body: some View {

(Before, the default was the wheel
style.)
VStack(spacing: 20) { iOS 15
HeaderView("Picker",
subtitle: "Introduction",
desc: "You can associate a property with the picker rows' tag values.")

Picker("States", selection: $favoriteState) {

Text("California").tag(0) This picker is actually binding
Text("Utah").tag(1) the tag values to the
Text("Vermont").tag(2)
favoriteState property.
}

Spacer()
}
.font(.title)
}
}

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Sections
struct Picker_Sections: View {
@State private var favoriteState = 1

var body: some View {

VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("Picker",
subtitle: "Sections",
desc: "Use sections within your picker values to organize selections.")

Picker("States", selection: $favoriteState) {

Section {
Text("California").tag(0)
Text("Utah").tag(1)
} header: {
Text("West")
}

Section {
Text("Vermont").tag(2)
Text("New Hampshire").tag(3)
} header: {
Text("East")
}
}

Spacer()
}
.font(.title)
}
}

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Wheel Style
struct Picker_Wheel: View {
This will be the default value
@State private var yourName = "Mark"
selected in the Picker.
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("Picker",
subtitle: "Wheel Style",
desc: "You can change the way a Picker looks by using the pickerStyle
modifier.")

Picker("Name", selection: $yourName) {

Text("Paul").tag("Paul")
Text("Chris").tag("Chris")
Text("Mark").tag("Mark")
Text("Scott").tag("Scott")
Text("Meng").tag("Meng")
} Set the style right on the
.pickerStyle(.wheel)
Picker.
}
.font(.title)
}
}

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Programmatic Selection
struct Picker_ProgrammaticSelection: View {
@State private var favoriteState = 1

var body: some View {

VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("Picker",
subtitle: "Programmatic Selection",
desc: "You can programmatically change the Picker selection just by
changing the bound property.")

Picker("States", selection: $favoriteState) {

Text("California").tag(0)
Text("Colorado").tag(1)
Text("Montana").tag(2)
Text("Utah").tag(3)
Text("Vermont").tag(4)
}
.pickerStyle(.wheel)
.padding(.horizontal)
When you change the Picker’s bound property
Button("Select Vermont") { value, the Picker then updates and selects the
withAnimation {
matching row.
favoriteState = 4
}
} Note: I added withAnimation so you see the
} wheel actually spin.
.font(.title)
}
}

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Customized
struct Picker_Customized : View {
@State private var favoriteState = 1
@State private var youTuberName = "Mark"

var body: some View {

VStack(spacing: 16) {
Text("Picker").font(.largeTitle)
Text("With Modifiers").foregroundColor(.gray)
Text("Your Favorite State:")
Picker("Select State", selection: $favoriteState) {
Text("California").tag(0)
Text("Utah").tag(1)
Text("Vermont").tag(2)
}
.pickerStyle(.wheel)
.padding(.horizontal)
.background(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 20)
.fill(Color.blue))
.padding()

Text("Who do you want to watch today?")

Picker("Select person", selection: $youTuberName) {
Text("Paul").tag("Paul")
Text("Chris").tag("Chris")
Text("Mark").tag("Mark")
Text("Scott").tag("Scott")
Text("Meng").tag("Meng")
}
.pickerStyle(.wheel)
.padding(.horizontal)
.background(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 20)
.stroke(Color.blue, lineWidth: 1))
.padding()
}
.font(.title)
}
}

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Rows with Images

struct Picker_RowsWithImages : View {
@State private var youTuberName = "Mark"

var body: some View {

VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("Picker",
subtitle: "Rows with Images",
desc: "Row customization is limited. Adding an image will work.")
Picker(selection: $youTuberName, label: Text("")) {
Row(name: "Paul").tag("Paul")
Row(name: "Chris").tag("Chris")
Row(name: "Mark").tag("Mark") When not using the wheel
Row(name: "Scott").tag("Scott")
picker style, the picker looks like
Row(name: "Meng").tag("Meng")
} this with the image.
.pickerStyle(.wheel)
.padding(.horizontal)
}
.font(.title)
}
}

fileprivate struct Row : View {

var name: String

var body: some View {

return HStack {
Image(systemName: "person.fill")
.padding(.trailing)
.foregroundColor(Color.red)
Text(name)
}
}
}

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Binding Rows to Data

struct Picker_BindingToData : View {
@State private var youTuberName = "Mark"
var youTubers = ["Sean", "Chris", "Mark", "Scott", "Paul"]

var body: some View {

VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("Picker",
subtitle: "Binding to Data",
desc: "Use a ForEach with your Picker view to populate it with data.")

Text("Who do you want to watch today?")

Picker(selection: $youTuberName, label: Text("")) {

ForEach(youTubers, id: \.self) { name in
Row(name: name)
}
}
.pickerStyle(.wheel)

Text("Selected: \(youTuberName)")
}
.font(.title)
}
}

fileprivate struct Row : View {

var name: String
var body: some View {
HStack {
Image(systemName: "person.fill")
.padding(.trailing)
.foregroundColor(Color.orange)
Text(name)
}
}
}

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 Picker

Menu PickerStyle iOS 14

struct Picker_Menu: View {

@State private var youTuberName = "Mark"
var youTubers = ["Sean", "Chris", "Mark", "Scott", "Paul"]

var body: some View {

VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("Picker",
subtitle: "Menu",
desc: "You can apply a different picker style to change the picker into a
menu.")

Spacer()

Text("Who do you want to watch today?")

.padding(.bottom, 0)

Picker(selection: $youTuberName, label: Text("Who do you want to watch")) {

ForEach(youTubers, id: \.self) { name in
Text(name)
}
}
.pickerStyle(.menu)

Spacer()
} Note: It doesn't seem we can alter
.font(.title)
the font style of the selected item
}
} from the picker at this time.

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 Picker

Pickers in Forms
struct Picker_InForm: View {
@State private var selectedDaysOption = "2"
var numberOfDaysOptions = ["1", "2", "3", "4", "5"]

var body: some View {

NavigationView {
VStack {
HeaderView("", subtitle: "Pickers in Forms",
desc: "When you add a Picker to a Form it will want to navigate to
another view for selection. The Form should be within a
NavigationView or it will look disabled.")

Form {
Picker("Frequency", selection: $selectedDaysOption) {
ForEach(numberOfDaysOptions, id: \.self) {
Text("\($0) Days").tag($0)
}
}
}
.navigationTitle("Picker")
}
}
.font(.title)
} If you don't like this behavior of Pickers in
} Forms (in NavigationViews) then apply a
different picker style (like menu or wheel).

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 iOS 14

ProgressView

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 ScrollView

A ScrollView is like a container for child views. When the child views within the ScrollView go outside the frame, the user can
scroll to bring the child views that are outside the frame into view.

A ScrollView is a push-out view in the scroll direction you specify. You can set the direction of a ScrollView to be vertical or
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 ScrollView

Introduction
@State private var names = ["Scott", "Mark", "Chris", "Sean", "Rod", "Meng", "Natasha", "Chase",
"Evans", "Paul", "Durtschi", "Max"]
...
NavigationView {
GeometryReader { gr in Wrap the ForEach in a ScrollView.
ScrollView {
ForEach(self.names, id: \.self) { name in
NavigationLink(destination: DetailView(name: name)) {
HStack {
Text(name).foregroundColor(.primary)
Image(systemName: "checkmark.seal.fill")
.foregroundColor(.green)
Spacer()
Image(systemName: "chevron.right.circle.fill")
}
.font(.system(size: 24, design: .rounded))
.padding().background(Color.white)
.cornerRadius(8)
.shadow(radius: 1, y: 1)
}
} // Set the width on the ForEach (it's a View)
.frame(width: gr.size.width - 32)
.tint(.pink)
.padding()
}
.navigationTitle(Text("Cool People"))
}
}

A Scrollview with a ForEach view is similar to a List. But be warned, the rows are not reusable. It is best to limit
the number of rows for memory and performance considerations.

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 ScrollView

Scroll Horizontally
struct Scrollview_Horizontal : View {
var items = [Color.green, Color.blue, Color.purple, Color.pink,
Color.yellow, Color.orange]

var body: some View {

GeometryReader { gr in
VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("ScrollView")
.font(.largeTitle)
Text("Scroll Horizontally")
.font(.title)
.foregroundColor(.gray)
Text("Just set the ScrollView's axis to horizontal and if the contents go
horizontally beyond the frame, scrolling will be enabled.")
...
ScrollView(Axis.Set.horizontal, showsIndicators: true) {
HStack {
ForEach(self.items, id: \.self) { item in
RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 15)
.fill(item)
.frame(width: gr.size.width - 60,
height: 200)
}
}
}
Set the scroll direction and if you want to
.padding(.horizontal)
show the scroll indicators or not.
Spacer()
}
}
}
}

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 Searchable

iOS 15

Searchable

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In iOS, the searchable modifier adds a text field to the NavigationView.
Use this modifier for situations where you want to give users the ability to either search for some data or filter an existing
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 SecureField

In order to get or set the text in a SecureField, you need to bind it to a variable. This variable is passed into the SecureField’s
initializer. Then, all you need to do is change this bound variable’s text to change what is in the SecureField. Or read the
bound variable’s value to see what text is currently in the SecureField.

This is a pull-in control.

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 SecureField

Introduction
@State private var userName = ""
@State private var password = ""
...
VStack(spacing: 20) {
Image("Logo")

Spacer()

Text("SecureField")
.font(.largeTitle)

Text("Introduction")
.font(.title)
.foregroundColor(.gray)

Text("SecureFields, like TextFields, need to bind to a local variable.")

...

TextField("user name", text: $userName)

.textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder)
.padding()

SecureField("password", text: $password)

.textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder)
.padding()
For textFieldStyle, use:
Spacer()
} < iOS 15 RoundedBorderTextFieldStyle()

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 SecureField

Customizations
@State private var userName = ""
@State private var password = ""

...

Text("Use a ZStack to put a RoundedRectangle behind a SecureField with a plain textfieldStyle.")

...

ZStack{
RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 8)
.foregroundColor(.purple)
TextField("user name", text: $userName)
.foregroundColor(Color.white)
.padding(.horizontal)
}
.frame(height: 40)
.padding(.horizontal)

Text("Or overlay the SecureField on top of another view or shape.")

...

RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 8)
.foregroundColor(.purple)
.overlay(
SecureField("password", text: $password)
.foregroundColor(Color.white)
.padding(.horizontal)
)
.frame(height: 40)
.padding(.horizontal)

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 SecureField

Customization Layers
@State private var userName = ""
@State private var password = ""
...
VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("SecureField")
.font(.largeTitle)
Text("Customization Layers")
.font(.title)
.foregroundColor(.gray)
Text("You can also add a background to the SecureField. It's all the same idea: adjust the
layers.")
...

SecureField("password", text: $password)

.foregroundColor(Color.white)
.frame(height: 40)
.padding(.horizontal)
.background(
Capsule()
.foregroundColor(.purple)
)
.padding(.horizontal)

Image("SecureFieldLayers")

Text("The highlighted layer in that image is the actual text field layer of the view.")
.font(.title)
.padding(.horizontal)
}

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 SecureField

Keyboard Safe Area iOS 14

struct SecureField_KeyboardSafeArea: View {

@State private var userName = ""
@State private var password = ""

var body: some View {

VStack(spacing: 20) {
Spacer()
Image("Logo")
Spacer()

HeaderView("SecureField",
subtitle: "Keyboard Safe Area",
desc: "SecureFields will automatically move into view when the keyboard
appears. The keyboard adjusts the bottom safe area so it will not cover views.",
back: .purple, textColor: .white)

TextField("user name", text: $userName)

.textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder)
.padding(.horizontal)

SecureField("password", text: $password)

.textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder)
.padding(.horizontal)
}
.font(.title)
}
}

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 Segmented Control (Picker)

Segmented controls are now Picker controls with a different picker style set. In order to get or set the selected segment, you
need to bind it to a variable. This variable is passed into the segmented control’s (Picker’s) initializer. Then, all you need to
do is change this bound variable’s value to change the selected segment. Or read the bound variable’s value to see which
segment is currently selected.

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 Segmented Control (Picker)

Introduction
@State private var dayNight = "day"
@State private var tab = 1

...

VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("Segmented Control (Picker)").font(.largeTitle)
Text("Introduction")
.font(.title).foregroundColor(.gray)
Text("Associate the segmented control with an @State variable that will control which
segment is selected. The state variable will match each segment's tag value.")
...

Picker("", selection: $dayNight) {

Text("Day").tag("day")
Text("Night").tag("night")
}
.pickerStyle(.segmented)
.padding()

Text("With Images:")

Picker("", selection: $tab) {

Image(systemName: "sun.min").tag(0)
Image(systemName: "moon").tag(1)
}
.pickerStyle(.segmented)
.padding()
}

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 Segmented Control (Picker)

No Segment Selected
@State private var selection = 0

...

VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("Segmented Control (Picker)").font(.largeTitle)
Text("No Segment Selected")
.font(.title).foregroundColor(.gray)
Text("This segmented control will have nothing selected because the default state variable
does not match any of the segment tag values.")
...

Text("How many meals do you eat?")

.foregroundColor(.gray)
.font(.title)

Picker("", selection: $selection) {

Text("One").tag(1)
Text("Two").tag(2)
Text("Three").tag(3)
Text("More").tag(4)
}
.pickerStyle(.segmented)
.background(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 8)
.stroke(Color.red, lineWidth: selection == 0 ? 1 : 0))
.padding()

Text("The red outline will go away once a selection is made.")

...
}

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Colors
@State private var selection = 2
...
VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("Segmented Control (Picker)").font(.largeTitle)
Text("Colors")
.font(.title).foregroundColor(.gray)
Text("You can change the color of segmented controls by using the background modifier.")
...

Text("When you add a color, notice the corners:")

Picker("", selection: $selection) {
Text("One").tag(1)
Text("Two").tag(2)
Text("Three").tag(3)
}
.pickerStyle(.segmented)
.background(Color.pink)
.padding(.horizontal)

Text("Adding a corner radius should handle it:")

Picker("", selection: $selection) {
Text("One").tag(1)
Text("Two").tag(2)
Text("Three").tag(3)
}
.pickerStyle(.segmented)
.background(Color.pink)
.cornerRadius(8)
.padding(.horizontal)
}

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 Slider
When using a Slider view, the default range of values is 0.0 to 1.0. You bind the Slider to a state variable, usually a number
type, like an Int. But it doesn’t have to be a number type. It can be any type that conforms to the Stridable protocol. (“Stride”
means to “take steps in a direction; usually long steps”.) A type that conforms to Stridable (such as an Int) means it has
values that are continuous and can be stepped through and measured. (“Step through”, “Stride”, I think you see the
connection now.)

You use the bound variable to set or get the value the Slider’s thumb (circle) is currently at.

This is a pull-in view.

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 Slider

Introduction
struct Slider_Intro : View {
@State private var sliderValue = 0.5 Value used for the slider.

var body: some View {

VStack(spacing: 40) {
Text("Slider").font(.largeTitle)
Text("Introduction").foregroundColor(.gray)
Text("Associate the Slider with an @State variable that will control where the thumb
(circle) will be on the slider's track.")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity).padding()
.background(Color.orange).foregroundColor(Color.black)

Text("Default min value is 0.0 and max value is 1.0")

Slider(value: $sliderValue) Set the state variable in the slider’s

.padding(.horizontal)
initializer.

Text("Value is: ") +

Text("\(sliderValue)").foregroundColor(.orange)

}.font(.title)
}
}

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 Slider

Range of Values (Minimum & Maximum)

struct Slider_RangeOfValues: View {
@State private var age = 18.0

let ageFormatter: NumberFormatter = {

let numFormatter = NumberFormatter() Format the slider value into a
numFormatter.numberStyle = .spellOut
spelled-out number.
return numFormatter
}()

var body: some View {

VStack(spacing: 40) {
Text("Slider").font(.largeTitle)
Text("Range of Values").foregroundColor(.gray)
Text("You can also set your own min and max values.")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity).padding()
.background(Color.orange).foregroundColor(Color.black)

Text("What is your age?")

Provide a range here.

Slider(value: $age, in: 1...100, step: 1)

.padding(.horizontal) The step parameter defines the
increment from one value to the next.
Text("Age is: ") +
Text("\(ageFormatter.string(from: NSNumber(value: age))!)")
.foregroundColor(.orange)
}.font(.title)
}
}

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 Slider

Customization
@State private var sliderValue = 0.5
...
Text("At the time of this writing, there isn't a way to color the thumb. But we can change the
background color and apply some other modifiers.")
…
Slider(value: $sliderValue)
.padding(.horizontal, 10)
.background(Color.orange)
.shadow(color: .gray, radius: 2)
.padding(.horizontal)

Text("Use the accentColor modifier to change the color of the track.")

...

Slider(value: $sliderValue)
.padding(.horizontal)
.accentColor(.orange)

Text("Using shapes and outlines.")

...

Slider(value: $sliderValue)
.padding(10)
.background(Capsule().stroke(Color.orange, lineWidth: 2))
.padding(.horizontal)

Slider(value: $sliderValue)
.padding(10)
.background(Capsule().fill(Color.orange))
.accentColor(.black)
.padding(.horizontal)

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 Slider

With Images
struct Slider_WithImages : View {
@State private var sliderValue = 0.5

var body: some View {

VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("Slider",
subtitle: "With Images",
desc: "Combine the slider with images or values.",
back: .orange, textColor: .black)

Slider(value: $sliderValue,
minimumValueLabel: Image(systemName: "tortoise"),
maximumValueLabel: Image(systemName: "hare"), label: {})
.foregroundColor(.green)
.padding()

Slider(value: $sliderValue, Use minimum and

minimumValueLabel: Text("0"),
maximumValueLabel: Text("1"), label: {}) maximum value labels
.padding()
to add text or images
VStack { to the ends of the
Slider(value: $sliderValue)
.accentColor(.orange) slider.
HStack {
Image(systemName: "circle")
Spacer()
Image(systemName: "circle.righthalf.fill")
Spacer()
Image(systemName: "circle.fill")
}
.foregroundColor(.orange)
.padding(.top, 8)
}.padding()
}.font(.title)
}
}

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 Slider

Tint iOS 15

struct Slider_Tint: View {

@State private var sliderValue = 0.5

var body: some View {

VStack(spacing: 20) {

HeaderView("Slider",

subtitle: "Tint",

desc: "Tint can also be used to change the color of the Slider's track.")

Slider(value: $sliderValue,

minimumValueLabel: Image(systemName: "tortoise"),

maximumValueLabel: Image(systemName: "hare"), label: {})

.foregroundColor(.green)

.tint(.orange)

.padding()

.font(.title)

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 Stepper

When using a Stepper view, you bind it to a state variable, usually a number. But it doesn’t have to be a number type. It can
be any type that conforms to the Stridable protocol. (“Stride” means to “take steps in a direction; usually long steps”.) A type
that conforms to Stridable means it has values that are continuous and can be stepped through and measured. (“Step
through”, “Stride”, I think you see the connection now.)
You use the bound variable to set or get the value it is currently at.
This is a horizontal push-out view. Vertically it is pull-in.

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 Stepper

Introduction
@State private var stepperValue = 1
@State private var values = [0, 1]
...
VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("Stepper")
.font(.largeTitle)
Text("Introduction")
.font(.title).foregroundColor(.gray)
Text("The Stepper can be bound to a variable like this:")
...

Stepper(value: $stepperValue) {
Text("Bound Stepper: \(stepperValue)")
}.padding(.horizontal)
Divider()
Image(systemName: "bolt.fill")
.font(.title).foregroundColor(.yellow)
Text("Or you can run code on the increment and decrement events:")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity).padding()
.background(Color.blue).foregroundColor(Color.white)
.font(.title)
Stepper(onIncrement: {self.values.append(self.values.count)},
onDecrement: {self.values.removeLast()}) {
Text("onIncrement and onDecrement")
}.padding(.horizontal)
HStack {
ForEach(values, id: \.self) { value in
Image(systemName: "\(value).circle.fill")
}
}.font(.title).foregroundColor(.green)
}

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 Stepper

Label Options
struct Stepper_LabelsHidden: View {
@State private var stepperValue = 1

var body: some View {

VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("Stepper").font(.largeTitle)
Text("Label Options").foregroundColor(.gray)
Text("You can declare a stepper with just a string value for the label.")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity).padding()
.background(Color.blue).foregroundColor(Color.white)
Stepper("What is your age?", value: $stepperValue)
.padding(.horizontal)
Text("You can omit a label too. Notice how the stepper view still pushes out
horizontally.")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity).padding()
.background(Color.blue).foregroundColor(Color.white)
Stepper("", value: $stepperValue)
.padding(.horizontal)
Text("If you hide the label then no space will be reserved for it.")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity).padding()
.background(Color.blue).foregroundColor(Color.white)
Stepper("What is your age?", value: $stepperValue)
.padding(.horizontal)
.labelsHidden()
}.font(.title)
}
}

Note: Even though the label/title is not shown, I would still recommend having one because it will still be used
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 Stepper

Range
@State private var stars = 0

VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("Stepper")
.font(.largeTitle)
.padding()
Text("Range of Values")
.font(.title)
.foregroundColor(.gray)
Text("You can set a range for the stepper too. In this example, the range is between one and
five.")
...

Stepper(value: $stars, in: 1...5) {

Text("Rating")
}.padding(.horizontal)

HStack {
ForEach(1...stars, id: \.self) { star in
Image(systemName: "star.fill")
}
}
.font(.title)
.foregroundColor(.yellow)
}

When the Stepper reaches the range limits, the corresponding plus or minus button will appear as disabled. In
this screenshot, notice the plus button is disabled.

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 Stepper

Customization
@State private var contrast = 50
...
Text("A foreground and background color can be set.")
...

Stepper(onIncrement: {}, onDecrement: {}) {

Text("Custom Stepper")
.font(.title)
.padding(.vertical)
}
.padding(.horizontal)
.background(Color.blue)
.foregroundColor(.white)

Text("Notice the minus and plus buttons are not affected. The platforms determine how this will
be shown.")
...

Text("You can add images too.")

.frame(maxWidth: .infinity).padding()
.background(Color.blue).foregroundColor(Color.white)
.font(.title)

Stepper(value: $contrast, in: 0...100) {

// SwiftUI implicitly uses an HStack here
Image(systemName: "circle.lefthalf.fill")
Text(" \(contrast)/100")
}
.font(.title)
.padding(.horizontal)
.foregroundColor(.blue)

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 Stepper

Colors
Text("There is no built-in way to change the color of the stepper that I have found. Instead, I
had to hide the label and apply a color behind it.”)
...

Stepper(value: $contrast, in: 0...100) {

Text("Applying Accent Color (no effect)")
}
.accentColor(.blue)

HStack {
Text("My Custom Colored Stepper")
Spacer()
Stepper("", value: $contrast)
.background(Color(UIColor.systemTeal))
.cornerRadius(9)
.labelsHidden() // Hide the label
}

HStack {
Text("My Custom Colored Stepper")
Spacer()
Stepper("", value: $contrast)
.background(Color.orange)
.cornerRadius(9)
.labelsHidden() // Hide the label
}

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 TabView

The TabView acts like a container for child views within it. These child views are individual screens. It provides tab buttons
(TabItems) that allows the user to switch between these child views.

This is a push-out view.

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 TabView

Introduction
struct TabView_Intro : View {
var body: some View {
TabView {
// First Screen
VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("TabView",
subtitle: "Introduction",
desc: "The TabView view can hold multiple views, one for each tab.")

Text("At the end of a view, you add .tabItem modifier to show a button that
allows navigation to that view.")
.padding()

Image("TabItem")

}
.tabItem {
// Creates a tab button in the tab bar
Text("Tab 1")
}

// Second Screen
Text("This view represents the Second Screen.")
.tabItem {
// Creates a tab button in the tab bar
Text("Tab 2")
}
}
.font(.title)
}
}

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 TabView

TabItems
struct TabView_TabItems : View {
var body: some View {
TabView {
TabOne()
.tabItem {
Text("Tab Text") Can be just text.
}
Text("Phone Calls")
.tabItem {
Image(systemName: "phone") Or just an image.
}
Text("Outgoing Phone Calls")
.tabItem {
Image(systemName: "phone.arrow.up.right") Can use both.
Text("Outgoing")
} Order doesn’t matter.
Text("Messages")
.tabItem {
Label("Messages", systemImage: "phone.and.waveform.fill")
}
}
} iOS 14
}
You can even use a Label
struct TabOne: View { for the text and image.
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("TabView",
subtitle: "Tab Items",
desc: "TabItems can accept Text, Image or both. Notice the order of Text
and Image does not matter for the tabItem.")
.font(.title)
}
}
}

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 TabView

Too Many Tabs

TabView {
Text("Call Screen").tabItem {
Image(systemName: "phone")
Text("Call")
}
Text("Outgoing Phone Calls Screen").tabItem {
Image(systemName: "phone.arrow.up.right")
Text("Outgoing")
}
Text("Incoming Phone Calls Screen").tabItem {
Image(systemName: "phone.arrow.down.left")
Text("Incoming")
}
Text("Phone Book Screen").tabItem {
Image(systemName: "book")
Text("Phone Book")
Additional tab
}
buttons show here. Text("History Screen").tabItem {
Image(systemName: "clock")
Text("History")
}
Text("New Phone Number").tabItem {
Image(systemName: "phone.badge.plus")
Text("New")
}
}

When there are too many tabs to fit for the device, the More button is created where you can find
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 TabView

Navigation
struct TabView_Navigating : View {
@State private var selectedTab = 1 // Set which tab is active

var body: some View {

// Tell the TabView which variable to listen to for changes
TabView(selection: $selectedTab) {
// Tab 1
VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("TabView",
subtitle: "Navigation",
desc: "Add a unique tag value to each screen (view) you want to
programmatically navigate to. You can then bind a variable to
the TabView's selection property and change that variable to
navigate.")
Change the state property bound to the TabView’s
Button("Go to Tab 2") {
selectedTab = 2 selection parameter to navigate to a different tab.
}
.tabItem {
Image(systemName: "star.fill")
} Add tags to enable programmatically
.tag(1)
navigating to tabs.
// Tab 2
VStack {
Text("Second Screen")
}
.tabItem {
Image(systemName: "moon.fill")
}
.tag(2)
}
.font(.title)
}
}

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 TabView

Colors
struct TabView_Colors : View {
var body: some View {
TabView {
// Tab 1
VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("TabView",
subtitle: "Tab Item Colors",
desc: "Set the color of the active tab item by setting the accent
color for the TabView.")

Image("AccentColor")
}
.tabItem {
Image(systemName: "star.fill")
}
// Tab 2
Text("Second Screen")
.tabItem {
Notice that I am setting the foreground color
Image(systemName: "moon.fill")
} of the second tabItem to red. This will have no
.foregroundColor(Color.red) effect on the color of the tab item. The
// Tab 3 background modifier will not work either.
Text("Third Screen")
.tabItem {
Image(systemName: "sun.min.fill")
}
}
.font(.title)
The only thing that works is to set the accent
.accentColor(.yellow)
} color on the TabView itself.
}

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 Text

The text view will probably be one of your most-used views. It has many, if not the most, modifiers available to it.

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 Text

Line Limit
VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("Text")
.font(.largeTitle)

Text(“Line Limit”)
.font(.title)
.foregroundColor(.gray)

Image("LineLimit")

Text("The Text view shows read-only text that can be modified in many ways. It wraps
automatically. If you want to limit the text wrapping, add .lineLimit(<number of lines here>).")
...

Text("Here, I am limiting the text to just one line.")

.lineLimit(1)
.font(.title)
.padding(.horizontal)
}

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 Text

Text Styles
struct Text_TextStyles: View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 10) {
Image("Font")

HeaderView("Text",
subtitle: "Text Styles",
desc: "You can add a TextStyle to the Text view by using the .font
modifier.",
back: .green, textColor: .white)
.font(.title)

Group {
Text("Font.largeTitle").font(.largeTitle)
Text("Font.title").font(.title)
Text("Font.title2 (iOS 14)").font(.title2)
iOS 14
Text("Font.title3 (iOS 14)").font(.title3)
}
Group {
Text("Font.headline").font(.headline)
Text("Font.body").font(.body)
Text("Font.callout").font(.callout)
Text("Font.subheadline").font(.subheadline)
Text("Font.footnote").font(.footnote)
Text("Font.caption").font(.caption)
Text("Font.caption2 (iOS 14)").font(.caption2) iOS 14
}
}
}
}

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Weights
Text("Text")
.font(.largeTitle)
Text("Font Weights")
.font(.title)
.foregroundColor(.gray)
Image("FontWeight")
Text("You can apply a variety of font weights to the Text view.")
.padding()
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
.background(Color.green)
.foregroundColor(.white)
.font(.title)

Group { // Too many views (> 10) in one container

Text("Ultralight")
.fontWeight(.ultraLight)
Text("Thin")
.fontWeight(.thin) Note: The fontWeight modifier can ONLY be
Text("Light") applied to Text views.
.fontWeight(.light)
Text("Regular")
.fontWeight(.regular) Unlike the font modifier which can be applied
Text("Medium")
.fontWeight(.medium) to any view.
Text("Semibold")
.fontWeight(.semibold)
Text("Bold") To apply weight to any view using the font
.fontWeight(.bold)
modifier, see next page.
Text("Heavy")
.fontWeight(.heavy)
Text("Black")
.fontWeight(.black)
}.font(.title)

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 Text

Weight & Text Style Combined

struct Text_Weights_TextStyles: View {
var body: some View {
return VStack(spacing: 20) {
HStack {
Image("FontWeight")
Image(systemName: "plus")
Image("Font")
}

HeaderView("Text", subtitle: "Weight & Text Styles",

desc: "These weights can be combined with Text Styles.",
back: .green, textColor: .white)
.font(.title)

Text("Ultralight - Title")
.fontWeight(.ultraLight)
.font(.title)
Text("Thin - Body")
.fontWeight(.thin) Instead of two modifiers, you can
.font(.body) combine text style and weight in just
Text("Light - Large Title")
.fontWeight(.light) ONE modifier like this.
.font(.largeTitle)
Text("Bold - Callout")
.fontWeight(.bold)
.font(.callout)
Text("Black - Title")
.font(Font.title.weight(.black))
}
}
}

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 Text

Font Design
struct Text_FontDesign : View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 10) {
HeaderView("Text", subtitle: "Font Design", desc: "There are 4 font designs now in
iOS. Use Font.system to set the font design you want.",
back: .green, textColor: .white)

Text("Default font design")

.font(Font.system(size: 30, design: Font.Design.default))

// You can remove the "Font.Design" of the enum

Text("Here is monospaced")
.font(.system(size: 30, design: .monospaced)) Set the design
with a hard-
Text("And there is rounded")
coded size or
.font(.system(.title, design: .rounded))
use a text style.
Text("Finally, we have serif!")
.font(.system(.title, design: .serif))

DescView(desc: "A \"serif\" is a little piece that comes off the letter.",
back: .green, textColor: .white)

Image("Serif")
}
.font(.title)
}
}

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 Text

Formatting
@State private var modifierActive = true
...
HStack {
Image("Bold")
Text("Bold").bold()
}
HStack {
Image("Italic")
Text("Italic").italic()
}
HStack {
Image("Strikethrough")
Text("Strikethrough").strikethrough()
}
HStack {
Image("Strikethrough")
Text("Green Strikethrough")
.strikethrough(modifierActive, color: .green)
}
HStack {
Image("ForegroundColor")
Text("Text Color (ForegroundColor)").foregroundColor(.green)
}
HStack {
Image("Underline")
Text("Underline").underline()
}
HStack {
Image("Underline")
Text("Green Underline").underline(modifierActive, color: .green)
}
...
Toggle("Modifiers Active", isOn: $modifierActive)

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 Text

Allows Tightening
VStack(spacing: 20) {
...

Image("AllowsTightening")

Text("You might want to tighten up some text that might be too long.")
...

Text("In the example below, the green has .allowTightening(true)")

...

Group {
Text("Allows tightening to allow text to fit in one line.")
.foregroundColor(.red)
.allowsTightening(false)
.padding(.horizontal)
.lineLimit(1)
Text("Allows tightening to allow text to fit in one line.")
.foregroundColor(.green)
.allowsTightening(true)
.padding(.horizontal)
.lineLimit(1)
}.padding(.horizontal)
}

Allows Tightening can be helpful when you see the last word getting truncated. Applying it may not
even fully work depending on just how much space can be tightened. With the default font, I notice I can
get a couple of characters worth of space to tighten up.

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 Text

Minimum Scale Factor

struct Text_MinimumScaleFactor : View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("Text",
subtitle: "Minimum Scale Factor",
desc: "You can shrink text to a minimum percentage of its original font
size with this modifier.",
back: .green, textColor: .white)

Group {
Text("This text is set to a minimum scale factor of 0.6.")
.lineLimit(1)
.minimumScaleFactor(0.6)
Text("This text is set to a minimum scale factor of 0.7.")
.lineLimit(1)
.minimumScaleFactor(0.7)
Text("This text is set to a minimum scale factor of 0.8.")
.lineLimit(1)
.minimumScaleFactor(0.8)
Text("This text is set to a minimum scale factor of 0.9.")
.lineLimit(1)
.minimumScaleFactor(0.9)
}
.truncationMode(.middle)
.padding(.horizontal)
}
.font(.title)
}
}

.minimumScaleFactor takes a fraction from 0 to 1. For example, 0.3 is 30% of the original size of the font
that it can shrink. If the font size is 100, then it can shrink to 30.

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 Text

Line Spacing
VStack(spacing: 10) {
Text("Text").font(.largeTitle)
Text("Line Spacing").font(.title).foregroundColor(.gray)
Image("LineSpacing")

Text("You can use line spacing to add more space between lines of text. This text has no
line spacing applied:")
.font(.title)
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
.padding()
.background(Color.green)
.foregroundColor(Color.white)

Text("SwiftUI offers a Line Spacing modifier for situations where you want to increase the
space between the lines of text on the screen.")
.font(.title)

Text("With Line Spacing of 16:")

.font(.title)
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
.padding()
.background(Color.green)
.foregroundColor(Color.white)

Text("SwiftUI offers a Line Spacing modifier for situations where you want to increase the
space between the lines of text on the screen.")
.lineSpacing(16.0) // Add spacing between lines
.font(.title)
}

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 Text

Alignment
VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("Text").font(.largeTitle)
Text("Multiline Text Alignment").foregroundColor(.gray)
Image("MultilineTextAlignment")
Text("By default, text will be centered within the screen. But when it wraps to multiple
lines, it will be leading aligned by default. Use multilineTextAlignment modifier to change
this!")
...

Text(".multilineTextAlignment(.center)")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
.padding()
.foregroundColor(.white)
.background(Color.green)

Text("Have I told you how awesome I think you are?")

.multilineTextAlignment(.center) // Center align
.padding(.horizontal)

Text(".multilineTextAlignment(.trailing)")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
.padding()
.foregroundColor(.white)
.background(Color.green)
.allowsTightening(true) // Prevent truncation

Text("You are SUPER awesome for improving your skills by using this book!")
.multilineTextAlignment(.trailing) // Trailing align
.padding(.horizontal)
}
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 Text

Truncation Mode
VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("Text").font(.largeTitle)
Text("Truncation Mode").font(.title).foregroundColor(.gray)
Image("TruncationMode")
Text("When text gets truncated, you can control where the ellipsis (...) shows.")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity).padding()
.foregroundColor(.white).background(Color.green)
.font(.title)
Text("Default: .truncationMode(.tail)")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity).padding()
.foregroundColor(.white).background(Color.green)
.font(.title)
// Text automatically defaults at end
Text("This will be the best day of your life!")
.padding(.horizontal)
.lineLimit(1)
Text(".truncationMode(.middle)")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity).padding()
.foregroundColor(.white).background(Color.green)
Text("This will be the best day of your life!")
.truncationMode(.middle) // Truncate in middle
.padding(.horizontal)
.lineLimit(1)
Text(".truncationMode(.head)")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity).padding()
.foregroundColor(.white).background(Color.green)
Text("This will be the best day of your life!")
.truncationMode(.head) // Truncate at beginning
.padding(.horizontal)
.lineLimit(1)
}
.font(.title)

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 Text

Combining Modified Text

Group {
Text("You can ")
+ Text("format").bold()
+ Text (" different parts of your text by using the plus (+) symbol.")
}
...
Group {
Text("Here is another ")
+ Text("example").foregroundColor(.red).underline()
+ Text (" of how you might accomplish this. ")
+ Text("Notice").foregroundColor(.purple).bold()
+ Text (" the use of the Group view to add padding and line limit to all the text ")
+ Text("as a whole.").bold().italic()
}
.font(.title)
.padding(.horizontal)

Group {
Text("You can also ").font(.title).fontWeight(.light)
+ Text("combine")
+ Text(" different font weights ").fontWeight(.black)
+ Text("and different text styles!").font(.title).fontWeight(.ultraLight)
}
.padding(.horizontal)

Although you see I’m wrapping my Text views in a Group, it is not required. I only do this so I can apply common
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 Text

Baseline Offset
struct Text_BaselineOffset : View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
Image("BaselineOffset")
HeaderView("Text",
subtitle: "Baseline Offset",
desc: "By default, your combined text will be on the same baseline, like
this:", back: .green, textColor: .white)
.font(.title)
.layoutPriority(1)

Text("100")
+ Text(" SWIFTUI ").font(.largeTitle).fontWeight(.light)
.foregroundColor(.blue)
+ Text ("VIEWS")

DescView(desc: "But you can offset each text view to create a cooler effect, like
this:", back: .green, textColor: .white)
.font(.title)

Group {
Text("100").bold()
+ Text(" SWIFTUI ")
.font(Font.system(size: 60))
.fontWeight(.ultraLight)
.foregroundColor(.blue)
.baselineOffset(-12) // Negative numbers make it go down
+ Text ("VIEWS").bold()
}
}
}
}

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 Text

Layout Priority
Text("Text")
.font(.largeTitle)
Text("Layout Priority")
.font(.title)
.foregroundColor(.gray)

Image("LayoutPriority")

Text("Layout priority controls which view will get truncated last. The higher the priority, the
last it is in line to get truncated.")
.font(.title)
.foregroundColor(.white)
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
.padding()
.background(Color.green)
.layoutPriority(2) // Highest priority to get the space it needs

Text("This text gets truncated first because it has no priority.")

.font(.title)
.foregroundColor(.white)
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
.padding()
.background(Color.pink)

Text("The text view above got truncated because its layout priority is zero (the default). This
text view has a priority of 1. The text view on top has a priority of 2.")
.font(.title)
.foregroundColor(.white)
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
.padding()
.background(Color.green)
.layoutPriority(1) // Next highest priority

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 Text

Custom Fonts
struct Text_CustomFont: View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 10) {
HeaderView("Text",
subtitle: "Custom Fonts",
desc: "Use a font that already exists on the system. If the font name
doesn't exist, it goes back to the default font.", back: .green, textColor: .white)

Text("This font doesn't exist")

.font(Font.custom("No Such Font", size: 26))

DescView(desc: "Existing fonts:", back: .green, textColor: .white)

Text("Avenir Next")
.font(Font.custom("Avenir Next", size: 26))

Text("Gill Sans")
.font(Font.custom("Gill Sans", size: 26))

Text("Helvetica Neue")
.font(Font.custom("Helvetica Neue", size: 26))

DescView(desc: "Adjust the weight:", back: .green, textColor: .white)

Text("Avenir Next Regular")

.font(Font.custom("Avenir Next Bold", size: 26))

Text("Or change with the weight modifier:")

.foregroundColor(.red)

Text("Avenir Next Bold Weight")

.font(Font.custom("Avenir Next", size: 26).weight(.bold))
}
.font(.title)
.ignoresSafeArea(edges: .bottom)
}
}

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 Text

Imported Fonts
struct Text_CustomFont: View {
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("Text")
.font(.largeTitle)

Text("Imported Fonts")
.font(.title)
.foregroundColor(.gray)

Text("Use the Font.custom() function to set imported fonts you added to your
project.")
...

Text("Hello, World!")
.font(Font.custom("Nightcall", size: 60))
.padding(.top)
}
}
}

In order for this to work, you have to add the font file to your project and be sure to have the font file
target your project. Then you need to add the font file name to the Info.plist under the “Fonts provided
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 Text

Custom Font Size & RelativeTo iOS 14

struct Text_CustomFontSize_RelativeTo: View {

@ScaledMetric private var fontSize: CGFloat = 40

var body: some View {

VStack(spacing: 40) {
HeaderView("Text",
subtitle: "RelativeTo",
desc: "You can control how custom or
imported fonts scale by using the relativeTo parameter.",
back: .green, textColor: .white)

Text("Hello, World!")
.font(.custom("Avenir Next Bold", size: 26,
relativeTo: .largeTitle))

Text("Hello, World!")
.font(.custom("Nightcall", size: 26,
relativeTo: .caption2))
}
.font(.title)
}
}

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 iOS 14

TextEditor
Text

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 TextField

In order to get or set the text in a TextField, you need to bind it to a variable. This variable is passed into the TextField’s
initializer. Then, all you need to do is change this bound variable’s text to change what is in the TextField. Or read the bound
variable’s value to see what text is currently in the TextField.

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 TextField

Introduction
struct TextField_Intro : View {
@State private var textFieldData = ""

var body: some View {

VStack(spacing: 10) {
HeaderView("TextField", subtitle: "Introduction",
desc: "It is required to bind text fields to a variable when using them
so you can get/set the text. \nBy default, TextFields have a plain
TextFieldStyle that has no visual content to be seen.”,
back: .orange)
Image(systemName: "arrow.down.circle")
TextField("This is a text field", text: $textFieldData)
.padding(.horizontal)
Image(systemName: "arrow.up.circle")

Text("Use .textFieldStyle (.roundedBorder) to show a border.")

.frame(maxWidth: .infinity).padding()
.background(Color.orange)
TextField("", text: $textFieldData)
.textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder)
.padding(.horizontal) For textFieldStyle, use:
}
< iOS 15 RoundedBorderTextFieldStyle()
.font(.title)
} iOS 15+ .roundedBorder
}

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 TextField

Title (Placeholder or Hint Text)

struct TextField_Placeholder : View {
@State private var textFieldData = ""
@State private var username = ""
@State private var password = ""

var body: some View {

VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("TextField")
.font(.largeTitle)

Text("Title Text (Placeholder or Hint)")

.foregroundColor(.gray)

Text("You can supply title text (placeholder/hint text) through the first parameter
to let the user know the purpose of the text field.")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity).padding()
.background(Color.orange)

Group {
TextField("Here is title text", text: $textFieldData)
.textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder)

TextField("User name", text: $username)

.textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder)

TextField("Password", text: $password)

.textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder)
}
.padding(.horizontal)
}.font(.title)
}
}

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 TextField

Text Alignment
struct TextField_Alignment: View {
@State private var textFieldData1 = "Leading"
@State private var textFieldData2 = "Center"
@State private var textFieldData3 = "Trailing"

var body: some View {

VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("TextField").font(.largeTitle)
Text("Text Alignment").foregroundColor(.gray)
Text("Change the alignment of text within your textfield by using the
multilineTextAlignment modifier.")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity).padding()
.background(Color.orange)

Group {
TextField("Leading", text: $textFieldData1)
.textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder)
.multilineTextAlignment(.leading) // Default

TextField("Center", text: $textFieldData2)

.textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder)
.multilineTextAlignment(.center)

TextField("Trailing", text: $textFieldData3)

.textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder)
.multilineTextAlignment(.trailing)
}
.padding(.horizontal)
}.font(.title)
}
}

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 TextField

Text Size and Fonts

struct TextField_FontSize : View {
@State private var textFieldData = ""

var body: some View {

VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("TextField").font(.largeTitle)
Text("With Text Modifiers").foregroundColor(.gray)
Image("Font")
Text("To change the size of the font used within the TextField, you just need to use
the font modifier.")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
.padding()
.background(Color.orange)
Group {
TextField("first name", text: $textFieldData)
.textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder)

TextField("first name", text: $textFieldData)

.font(Font.system(size: 36, design: .monospaced))
.textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder)

TextField("first name", text: $textFieldData)

.font(Font.system(size: 20, design: Font.Design.serif))
.textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder)
}
.padding(.horizontal)

Text("Notice this also changes the placeholder or hint text in the text field.")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
.padding()
.background(Color.orange)
}.font(.title)
}
}

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 TextField

Customizing Colors
struct TextField_Customizing : View {
@State private var textFieldWithText = "With Text"
@State private var textFieldNoText = ""
@State private var withOutline = "With Outline"

var body: some View {

VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("TextField").font(.largeTitle)
Text("Customizing").foregroundColor(.gray)
Text("One way to customize TextFields is to add a shape behind one that has no
TextFieldStyle set.")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity).padding().background(Color.orange)

TextField("Placeholder Text", text: $textFieldNoText)

.padding(10)
.background(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 10)
.foregroundColor(Color(hue: 0.126, saturation: 0.47, brightness: 0.993)))
.padding()
TextField("Placeholder Text", text: $withOutline)
.padding(10)
.overlay(
// Add the outline
RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 8)
.stroke(Color.orange, lineWidth: 2)
)
.padding()

Text("Change text color using the foregroundColor property.")

.frame(maxWidth: .infinity).padding().background(Color.orange)

TextField("first name", text: $textFieldWithText)

.textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder)
.foregroundColor(.orange)
.padding(.horizontal)
}.font(.title)
}
}

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 TextField

Border
struct TextField_Border: View {
@State private var textFieldData = ""

var body: some View {

VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("TextField", subtitle: "Border",
desc: "Use the border modifier to apply a ShapeStyle to the border of the
text field.",
back: .orange)

Group {
TextField("Data", text: $textFieldData)
.padding(5)
.border(Color.orange)

TextField("Data", text: $textFieldData) iOS 15

.padding(5)
.border(.ultraThickMaterial, width: 4) Material ShapeStyles
are available in iOS 15.
TextField("Data", text: $textFieldData)
.padding(5)
.border(.tertiary, width: 5)

TextField("Data", text: $textFieldData)

.padding(5)
.border(LinearGradient(colors: [.orange, .pink],
startPoint: .topLeading,
endPoint: .bottomTrailing), width: 5)
}
.padding(.horizontal)
}
.font(.title)
}
}

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 TextField

Custom Placeholder/Hint Text

struct TextField_CustomPlaceholder: View {
@State private var textFieldData = ""

var body: some View {

VStack(spacing: 40) {
Text("TextField").font(.largeTitle)
Text("Custom Placeholder/Hint Text").foregroundColor(.gray)
Text("There currently is not a way to customize the placeholder text. You can create
your own placeholder text behind the text field.")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity).padding().background(Color.orange)

Group {
// First TextField
ZStack(alignment: .leading) {
// Only show custom hint text if there is no text entered
if textFieldData.isEmpty {
Text("Enter name here").bold()
.foregroundColor(Color(.systemGray4))
}
TextField("", text: $textFieldData)
}
.padding(EdgeInsets(top: 4, leading: 10, bottom: 4, trailing: 10))
.overlay(
// Add the outline
RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 8)
.stroke(Color.orange, lineWidth: 2))

// Second TextField
ZStack(alignment: .leading) {
if textFieldData.isEmpty {
Text("Email Address").italic()

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 TextField

Custom Placeholder/Hint Text Continued

.foregroundColor(.orange)
.opacity(0.4)
}
TextField("", text: $textFieldData)
}
.padding(EdgeInsets(top: 4, leading: 10, bottom: 4, trailing: 10))
.overlay(
RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 8)
.stroke(Color.gray, lineWidth: 1))
}.padding(.horizontal)
}.font(.title)
}
}

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 TextField

Custom Composition
@State private var textFieldData = ""
...
VStack {
HStack {
Image(systemName: "magnifyingglass").foregroundColor(.gray)
TextField("first name", text: $textFieldData)
Image(systemName: "slider.horizontal.3")
}
Divider()
}
.padding()

HStack {
Image(systemName: "envelope")
.foregroundColor(.gray).font(.headline)
TextField("email address", text: $textFieldData)
}
.padding()
.overlay(RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 8).stroke(Color.gray, lineWidth: 1))
.padding()

HStack {
TextField("country", text: $textFieldData)
Button(action: {}) {
Image(systemName: "chevron.right").padding(.horizontal)
}
.accentColor(.orange)
}
.padding()
.overlay(Capsule().stroke(Color.gray, lineWidth: 1))
.padding()

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 TextField

Keyboard Type
struct TextField_KeyboardType: View {
@State private var textFieldData = ""

var body: some View {

VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("TextField")
.font(.largeTitle)
Text("Keyboard Types")
.foregroundColor(.gray)

Image(“KeyboardType")

Text("Control which keyboard is shown with the keyboardType modifier.")

.frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
.padding()
.background(Color.orange)

TextField("Enter Phone Number", text: $textFieldData)

.keyboardType(UIKeyboardType.phonePad) // Show keyboard for phone numbers
.textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder)
.padding(.horizontal)

Spacer()
}.font(.title)
}
}

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 TextField

Keyboard Types Available

.default .asciiCapable .asciiCapableNumberPad

.alphabet .decimalPad .emailAddress

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 TextField

.namePhonePad .numberPad .numbersAndPunctuation

.phonePad

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 TextField

Disabling Autocorrect abc

struct TextField_Autocorrection: View {

@State private var textFieldData = ""

var body: some View {

VStack(spacing: 20) {
Text("TextField")
.font(.largeTitle)
Text("Autocorrection")
.foregroundColor(.gray)
Text("You may have noticed that space above some of the keyboard types that offer
autocorrection. You can turn this off with the disableAutocorrection modifier.")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
.padding()
.background(Color.orange)

TextField("Enter Last Name", text: $textFieldData)

.disableAutocorrection(true) // Don't offer suggestions
.textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder)
.padding(.horizontal)

TextField("Enter City", text: $textFieldData)

.disableAutocorrection(false) // Offer suggestions
.textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder)
.padding(.horizontal)

Spacer()
}.font(.title)
}
}

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 TextField

Disable TextFields
struct TextField_Disabled: View {
@State private var lastName = "Moeykens"
@State private var city = "Salt Lake City"
@State private var disabled = false

var body: some View {

VStack(spacing: 10) {
Text("TextField").font(.largeTitle)
Text("Disabled").foregroundColor(.gray)
Image("Disabled")
Text("You may need to conditionally enable/disable text fields. Just use the
disabled modifier.")
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
.padding()
.background(Color.orange)

Toggle("Keep Info Private", isOn: $disabled)

.padding(.horizontal)

Group {
TextField("Enter Last Name", text: $lastName)
TextField("Enter City", text: $city)
}
.disableAutocorrection(true)
.textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder)
.padding(.horizontal)
.disabled(disabled) // Don't allow to edit when disabled
.opacity(disabled ? 0.5 : 1) // Fade out when disabled

Spacer()
}.font(.title)
}
}

Note: The disabled modifier applies to ANY VIEW. Not just the TextField view.

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 TextField

onEditingChanged
struct TextField_OnEditingChanged: View {
@State private var text = ""
@State private var isEditing = false

var body: some View {

VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("TextField",
subtitle: "onEditingChanged",
desc: "The onEditingChanged even tells you when the text field has the
focus or not.",
back: .orange)

Text("Turn border green when editing")

TextField("10 characters", text: $text) { isEditing in
self.isEditing = isEditing
}
.padding()
.border(isEditing ? Color.green : Color.gray)
.padding(.horizontal)
}
When the cursor is in the text field
.font(.title)
}
and the keyboard is showing,
} isEditing will be true.

When the keyboard is dismissed and

the text field no longer has the focus,
isEditing will change to false.

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 TextField

Autocapitalization
struct TextField_Autocapitalization: View {
@State private var textFieldData1 = ""
@State private var textFieldData2 = ""
@State private var textFieldData3 = ""
@State private var textFieldData4 = ""
var body: some View {
VStack(spacing: 20) {
HeaderView("TextField",
subtitle: "Autocapitalization",
desc: "When a user starts typing into a TextField, the first word in each
sentence is always capitalized. You can change this behavior with
the autocapitalization modifier.", back: .orange)
.font(.title)
Text("Autocapitalization: Words")
TextField("First & Last Name", text: $textFieldData1)
.autocapitalization(.words)
.textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder)
.padding(.horizontal)
Text("Autocapitalization: Sentences (default)”)
TextField("Bio", text: $textFieldData2) This is the default
.autocapitalization(.sentences)
.textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder) autocapitalization mode.
.padding(.horizontal)
Text("Autocapitalization: None")
TextField("Web Address", text: $textFieldData3)
.autocapitalization(.none)
.textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder)
.padding(.horizontal)
Text("Autocapitalization: allCharacters")
TextField("Country Code", text: $textFieldData4)
.autocapitalization(.allCharacters)
.textFieldStyle(.roundedBorder)
.padding(.horizontal)
}
}
}

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 TextField

Keyboard Safe Area iOS 14

struct TextField_KeyboardSafeArea: View {

@State private var userName = ""
@State private var password = ""

var body: some View {

VStack(spacing: 20) {
Spacer()
Image("Logo")
Spacer()

HeaderView("TextField",
subtitle: "Keyboard Safe Area",
desc: "TextFields will automatically move into view when the keyboard
appears. The keyboard adjusts the safe area so it will not cover views.",
back: .orange)

TextField("user name", text: $userName)

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 Toggle

The Toggle is a switch that can either be on or off. Much like other controls, you need to bind it to a variable. This variable is
passed into the Toggle’s initializer. Then, all you need to do is change this bound variable’s value to change the Toggle’s state
on or off. Or read the bound variable’s value to see what state the Toggle is currently in.

This is a push-out horizontally view.

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 Toggle

Introduction
@State private var isToggleOn = true
...
Text("The Toggle fills the width of its parent view.")
...
Toggle("Night Mode", isOn: $isToggleOn)
.padding()

Text("Combine images with text")

...
Toggle(isOn: $isToggleOn) {
Text("Night Mode")
Image(systemName: "moon")
}
.padding()

Text("Or you can have nothing")

...
VStack {
Text("Turn Alarm On?")
.foregroundColor(.white)
Toggle("Turn this alarm on", isOn: $isToggleOn)
.labelsHidden() // Hides the label/title
}
.padding(25)
.background(Color.blue)
.cornerRadius(20)

There is not a lot you can do to change the colors of the thumb (round white circle), the on and off
positions. You can create your own custom Toggle. See the chapter on Custom Styling, in the section
ToggleStyle.

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 Toggle

Accent Color iOS 14

struct Toggle_Color: View {

@State private var isToggleOn = true

var body: some View {

VStack(spacing: 40) {
HeaderView("Toggle",
subtitle: "Color",
desc: "You can change the color of the Toggle through the
SwitchToggleStyle.", back: .blue, textColor: .white)

Group {
Toggle(isOn: $isToggleOn) {
Text("Red")
Image(systemName: "paintpalette")
}
.toggleStyle(SwitchToggleStyle(tint: Color.red))

Toggle(isOn: $isToggleOn) {
Text("Orange")
Image(systemName: "paintpalette")
}
.toggleStyle(SwitchToggleStyle(tint: Color.orange))
}
.padding(.horizontal)
}
.font(.title)
}
}

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 Toggle

Tint iOS 15

struct Toggle_Tint: View {

@State private var isToggleOn = true

var body: some View {

VStack(spacing: 40) {
HeaderView("Toggle",
subtitle: "Tint",
desc: "Starting in iOS 15, you can use the tint modifier to change
the color.")

Group {
Toggle(isOn: $isToggleOn) {
Text("Red")
Image(systemName: "paintpalette")
}
.tint(.red)

Toggle(isOn: $isToggleOn) {
Text("Orange")
Image(systemName: "paintpalette")
}
.tint(.orange)
}
.padding(.horizontal)
}
.font(.title)
}
}

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 Toggle

ToggleStyle iOS 15

struct Toggle_ToggleStyle: View {

@State private var isOn = false
@State private var toggleOn = true

var body: some View {

VStack(spacing: 20.0) {
HeaderView("Toggle",
subtitle: "ToggleStyle",
desc: "Apply the toggleStyle to your Toggle to make it look like a button
with two states.")

Toggle(isOn: $isOn) { These examples are using

Image(systemName: "heart")
the symbol variant to switch
.symbolVariant(isOn ? .fill : .none)
}.padding() between filled and not filled
SF symbols.
Toggle(isOn: $isOn) {
Image(systemName: "heart")
.symbolVariant(isOn ? .fill : .none)
}
.toggleStyle(.button)

Toggle(isOn: $toggleOn) {
Image(systemName: "heart")
.symbolVariant(toggleOn ? .fill : .none)
}
.toggleStyle(.button) Notice when the toggleStyle
}
.font(.title)
is button and it is in the on state, the whole
} button becomes filled.
}

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ADDITIONAL CHAPTERS

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 OTHER VIEWS
Covered in the SwiftUI Views Mastery book.
Includes: Circle, Ellipse, Capsule, Rectangle, RoundedRectangle, Color, Divider, Group, Image, Path
and Inset along with the many modifiers and examples of how they work.

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 PAINTS
Covered in the SwiftUI Views Mastery book.
Includes: AngularGradient, ImagePaint, LinearGradient and RadialGradient with the many
examples of how they work when applied to different views.

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 CONTROLS MODIFIER Covered in the SwiftUI Views Mastery book.
Includes: ActionSheet, Alert, ContextMenu, Sheet (Modals), Popover, Custom Popups and the StatusBar
Hidden modifier with the many examples of how they work when used with different views.

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 LAYOUT MODIFIERS Covered in the SwiftUI Views Mastery book.
Includes: AspectRatio, Background, EdgesIgnoringSafeArea, FixedSize, Frame, Hidden,
LayoutPriority, Offset, Overlay, Padding, Position, ScaleToFill, ScaleToFit, and zIndex with the many
examples of how they work when used with different views and modifiers.

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 EFFECT MODIFIERS Covered in the SwiftUI Views Mastery book.
Includes: AccentColor, BlendMode, Blur, Border, Brightness, Clipped, ClipShape, ColorInvert,
ColorMultiply, ColorScheme, CompositingGroup, ContentShape, Contrast, CornerRadius,
DrawingGroup, ForegroundColor, Grayscale, HueRotation, LuminanceToAlpha, Mask, Opacity,
PreferredColorScheme, RotationEffect, Rotation3DEffect, Saturation, ScaleEffect, Shadow, and
TransformEffect with the many examples of how they work.

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 CUSTOM STYLING Covered in the SwiftUI Views Mastery book.
Includes: ButtonStyle, DatePickerStyle, ListStyle, NavigationViewStyle, PickerStyle, TextFieldStyle,
ToggleStyle, Global Styling, View Modifiers and Styling Shapes with the many examples of how they
work when used.

283
 IMAGE MODIFIERS Covered in the SwiftUI Views Mastery book.
Includes: Interpolation, RenderingMode, Resizable, and Symbol ImageScale with the many
examples of how they work.

284
 GESTURES
Covered in the SwiftUI Views Mastery book.
Includes: Drag Gesture, On Long Press Gesture, Magnification Gesture, Rotation Gesture, On Tap
Gesture, Exclusive Gesture, Simultaneous Gesture, Sequence Gesture and High Priority Gesture
with the examples of how they work when applied to different views.

285
 OTHER MODIFIERS Covered in the SwiftUI Views Mastery book.
These are new modifiers that SwiftUI introduced after iOS 13. They include: Disabled, Preference
and Redacted.

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IMPORTING VIEWS
Covered in the SwiftUI Views Mastery book.
Includes how to use the new views that came with the release of iOS 14:
VideoPlayer view in the AVKit and Map view in the MapKit.

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 ACCESSIBILITY
Covered in the SwiftUI Views Mastery book.
Learn how to include accessibility to enable things like voice over and guidance to the disabled.

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