I often wonder when using Apple’s own apps: How was this built using native #SwiftUI elements and modifiers I may not even know yet? Is there a visual-driven library to explore native SwiftUI elements and modifiers? If not – should I build one? #iOSDev - ThreadSky

typ0genius.com • 31 days ago

I often wonder when using Apple’s own apps: How was this built using native #SwiftUI elements and modifiers I may not even know yet?

Is there a visual-driven library to explore native SwiftUI elements and modifiers? If not – should I build one?

#iOSDev

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freiwald.dev•31 days ago

You mean something like this? https://apps.apple.com/de/app/interactful/id1528095640

typ0genius.com•31 days ago

Kinda, but not exactly. Interactful is less about styles/design, and you have to know what you are exactly looking more. I am searching for a much more explorative library, where I can visually search for an element or property to find a clean, not janky solution. A single page with many screenshots

typ0genius.com•31 days ago

E.g., I know that boxes are commonly used, but is there a native element other than a rounded rectangle in the background? I see a screenshot of the GroupBox element, and now I know GroupBox exists with its nesting capabilities.

typ0genius.com•31 days ago

Is there a way to nest rounded boxes without manually adjusting the corner radius -> Looks like the screenshot of ContainerRelativeShape is what I am looking for.

grodld.bsky.social•31 days ago

Apple uses a lot of internal APIs which are not available to us. In UIKit you can get around that using ObjC, but with SwiftUI there is really no way to do it.

mrthesaw.bsky.social•31 days ago

Consider that older apps might have a lot of UIKit elements, or be nothing but. No reason to rewrite what works well enough.

typ0genius.com•31 days ago

Sure, but Apple is pushing SwiftUI more and more. The best example is visionOS, where Apple states: "[v]isionOS is built for SwiftUI adoption […]".

mrthesaw.bsky.social•31 days ago

Fair. What I sometimes wonder is "when is this going to be easy in SwiftUI". It can be a little frustrating.

typ0genius.com•31 days ago

Yes. But I often wondered the same, only to find out months later that there was a modifier or element for it — I just couldn’t find it at the time. That’s why I’m looking for a more visually driven library.

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