A text view draws a string in your app’s user interface using a body font that’s appropriate for the current platform. You can choose a different standard font, like title or caption, using the font(_:) view modifier. Text views give us predictably wide range of controls in terms of how they look. They are also designed to work seamlessly alongside core apple… Read More »
Text views are used to show static text on screen. They are equal to UILabel in UIKit. The most basic type of UILabel looks like: Inside the preview window for the content view, you may see “Automatic preview updating paused”. Sometimes it shows like that, go ahead and press Resume to have swift start building… Read More »
Button In SwiftUI, you can create a button using the Button view. Here’s how you can create a simple button in SwiftUI for iOS: Preview: In the above code: 1. We create a `Button` view with an `action` closure that specifies what should happen when the button is tapped. 2. Inside the button, we provide… Read More »
In SwiftUI there is not much options to load web page. We have to use UIKit component to load a page. For this purpose we need to use MKWebView and it is not a standard component in SwiftUI for loading web content. However, you can achieve this by using WKWebView in SwiftUI. Here is a… Read More »
The view background can extend to the corners of the view. This will affect the navigation bar background. This will go behind large and inline navigation bars. For example, in below example the background colour is applied to the whole screen, but it is covering the navigation bar background too. The new initializer introduced with… Read More »
The timeline view in Swift is a bit different, because it doesn’t have a display of its own. The main idea behind timeline view is that you can provide some kind of schedule and based on the schedule the view is going to get date and you can pass it to analog view or digital… Read More »
There are two main approaches to implementing pull-to-refresh functionality in SwiftUI, depending on your SwiftUI version and desired level of customization: 1. Using the built-in refreshable modifier (iOS 16+) If you’re targeting iOS 16 and above, SwiftUI offers a built-in refreshable modifier that simplifies pull-to-refresh functionality for List and ScrollView. Here’s how to use it:… Read More »
AsyncImage is a component introduced in SwiftUI to handle the loading and displaying of remote images asynchronously. It simplifies the process of fetching images from the web, handling the loading state, and displaying a placeholder until the image is ready. Here’s a detailed breakdown of how AsyncImage works, its customisation options, and usage examples. Basic… Read More »
Higher-order functions in Swift are functions that take other functions as parameters or return functions as output. They enable a functional programming style by allowing you to compose functions, pass behavior as arguments, and manipulate collections with concise and expressive code. Here are some common higher-order functions in Swift with examples: map(_:): filter(_:): reduce(_:combine:): sorted(by:):… Read More »
In Swift, inout is a keyword used to indicate that a parameter is passed by reference and can be modified inside a function, affecting the original value outside the function. This allows a function to modify the value of the parameter and have those changes reflected in the calling scope. Here’s an example to illustrate… Read More »
In SwiftUI, you can create a path with a custom shape by using the Path and Shape types. Here’s a basic example of how to create a custom path with a shape in SwiftUI: In this example: You can modify the path(in:) function to create different custom shapes based on your requirements. SwiftUI provides a… Read More »
In Swift, BlockOperation is a subclass of Operation that allows you to encapsulate the code you want to execute concurrently. You can use it to create operations that consist of one or more blocks of code. Here’s an example of how to use BlockOperation: In this example: The OperationQueue takes care of managing the concurrent… Read More »
In iOS development with Swift, self and Self have distinct meanings and use cases. In the printValue method, self is used to explicitly refer to the value property of the current instance. 2. Self: In this example, Self is used as the return type of the createInstance method. It indicates that the method will return… Read More »
In SwiftUI, navigation is typically handled using the NavigationView and related components. Here’s a basic guide on how to perform navigation in SwiftUI: Basic Navigation with NavigationLink: 2. Creating NavigationLinks: 3. Creating the Destination View: 4. Putting it All Together: Passing Data with NavigationLink: 2. Receiving Data in Destination View:In the destination view, define a… Read More »
UIKit and SwiftUI are both UI frameworks used in iOS development, but they differ significantly in terms of design, architecture, and development approach. Here are some key differences between UIKit and SwiftUI: 1. Declarative vs Imperative 2. UI Layout 3. Code re-usability 4. Live preview 5. UI Representation 6. State management 7. Adoption and Legacy… Read More »
In SwiftUI, you can pass data from one view to another using the @State, @Binding, @ObservedObject, or @EnvironmentObject property wrappers. The appropriate choice depends on the nature of the data and the relationship between the views. Below are brief explanations and examples for each approach: 1. @State : Use @State to store simple values within… Read More »