SwiftUI Handbook

Visual Editor in Xcode

Design your layout using the inspector, insert menu and modifiers

Stacks and Spacer

Learn how to use HStack, VStack, ZStack with spacing and alignment

Import Images to Assets Catalog

How to import images from Figma to Xcode using PDF, PNG and JPG

Shapes and Stroke

How to use shapes like circle, ellipse, capsule, rectangle and rounded rectangle

SF Symbols

How to use system icons for Apple platforms with different size, scale and multicolor

Color and Image Literals

Use the color picker and images list to set your colors and images directly in the code

Sidebar

Learn how to create a Sidebar navigation for iOS, iPadOS and macOS

Toolbar

Use the Toolbar modifier to place multiple items in the navigation bar or bottom bar

Image View

How to work with the Image View and its resizable, aspectRatio, scaleToFit and resizingMode options

Safe Area Layout

How to ignore the Safe Area edges in a typical layout with a background

Text View

A deep dive into how to use the Text View and its modifiers such as font, color, alignment, line spacing and multiple lines

Custom Fonts

How to set a custom font in iOS using info.plist and the font modifier

Max Width and Frame Alignment

An alternative to stacks and spacer is to use frame max width and alignment to avoid the pyramid of doom

Shadows and Color Opacity

The most flexible way to add shadows to your UI in SwiftUI

Mask and Transparency

How to use mask to clip the content with opacity and gradient

Clip Shape and Smooth Corners

How to create a continuous corner radius, also known as super ellipse

Tab View Pagination

Create a simple user onboarding layout using Tab View with the PageTabViewStyle

Animation States

How to set up a simple animation using states, toggle, withAnimation and onTapGesture

View Transitions and Animations

Animate your screens using the transition modifier and preset animations

Animation Modifier and Timing

How to apply a different animation timing on separate elements using the animation modifier

Transform Animations

How to animate a card using offset, scaleEffect, rotationEffect and rotation3DEffect

Tap Animation with Delay

Expand and contract a button using the tap gesture with delay

Long Press Gesture

Detect the long press duration to expand a button and bounce back

Drag Gesture

Learn how to create a draggable card using DragGesture, onChange, onEnded events and the offset modifier

Matched Geometry Effect

Create a custom transition between views using the matchedGeometryEffect modifier, namespace and id

Advanced Matched Geometry Effect

Recreate the Music app transition using matched geometry effect and learn how to pass Namespace to another view

Swift Package Manager

How to install SwiftUI packages using the Swift Package Manager

Background Blur

How to apply a frosted glass sheet in your user interface using Apple's sample code

Lottie Animation

How to add animated assets using Lottie in SwiftUI

Lazy Grid Layout

Learn how to build an adaptive or fixed grid layout that expands vertically or horizontally

Lazy Stacks

Get better scroll performance by using LazyHStack and LazyVStack instead of HStack and VStack

Navigation View

Create a native navigation for your app using the nav bar, large title and swipe gesture

Link

Learn how to open a URL in the Safari browser and how to customize your Link

Color Picker

How to set and customize the native color picker in SwiftUI

Date Picker

How to let users pick a date and time using a dropdown wheel or a calendar style

Hover Effects

How to design for iPadOS pointer using hoverEffect and onHover

Components

How to create reusable components by using the Extract Subview option in SwiftUI

Binding

How to synchronize states across multiple views and set the constant for your preview

Static Data

Work with static data in SwiftUI.

Full Screen Modal

How to present a full screen modal without the sheets UI

Hide Status Bar

How to hide your app's status bar with or without animation

Redacted Placeholder

Create a placeholder UI while loading using the redacted modifier

Horizontal Scroll with rotate3DEffect

How to apply a beautiful 3D transform while scrolling in SwiftUI

Animation Repeat, Delay and Speed

How to loop and delay your animation using repeat, repeatForever, speed and delay

Tab Selection from Child View

How to programmatically link to another tab from any child view in SwiftUI

Status Bar Size with GeometryReader

Using SafeAreaInsets, you can get the height of the status bar, tab bar dynamically

Modal Presentation

Use the .sheet modifier to show a modal

Remote Images

Load images from the Internet in your SwiftUI application with SDWebImage

Dismiss custom modal

Create an "OnTapOutside" listener on dismiss a custom modal

Iterating Over an Array

Use ForEach to loop through an array in a View and in a function

Switch Statement

Learn how to use switch statements in Swift

Format Date

Transform how dates are displayed in your application by using a Date Extension and DateFormatter

UserDefaults

Cache your user's data with UserDefaults

Hide Keyboard

Use a View extension to dismiss the keyboard when the user taps outside of the keyboard area

Play Video with AVPlayer

Add a video or an audio player to your SwiftUI application by using AVPlayer and AVKit

Controls with AVPlayer

Play, pause, change the video speed, get the current time or the duration, and add subtitles to a video, all using AVPlayer

OnScroll listener

Use SwiftUITrackableScrollView to add a listener when the user scrolls

Link from a Text

Open a web page in Safari when the user clicks on a link in your SwiftUI application

Share Sheet

Call Apple's share sheet when the user clicks on a button

Strings in Swift

Learn the basics of Strings in Swift and how to manipulate them

Xcode Playground

Use Xcode Playground to test your Swift functions and save time

AppStorage

Use the newly introduced AppStorage to add to UserDefaults

Action sheet

Show an action sheet with multiple options for the user to choose from

TabBar scroll to top

Programmatically scroll to top when the user taps more than once on the the tab bar

TabBar to root View

Learn how to programmatically go back to the root View when the user taps on the tab item twice

Status bar background on scroll

Learn how to add a background color on the status bar while the user is scrolling

Create a Widget

Add widget to your existing SwiftUI project with custom data

ContainerRelativeShape

Adding an adaptive radius to a widget

WidgetFamily sizes

Adding support for various family sizes in a widget

SwiftUI Picker

Create a wheel picker using SwiftUI's built-in Picker, to allow the user to select from multiple choices

Conditional modifier

Learn different ways to add a conditional modifier to your SwiftUI view

Load Safari Inside App

Load Safari as a fullScreenCover inside of your application

Markdown with AttributedString

Use AttributedString to generate formatted text from markdown

AttributeContainer

Style AttributedStrings with AttributeContainer

AsyncImage

Load remote images using AsyncImage

Format Date with Formatted

Use SwiftUI 3.0's .formatted() function to format a date

List Row Separators

Customize list row separators

Swipe actions

Easily add swipe actions to a row in a list

Searchable

Effortlessly search through a list

Light and Dark Modes

Automatically adapt to light and dark mode

Canvas

Create efficient and powerful 2D drawings

Animations with TimelineView

Synchronize animations with timed events

SecureField

Create a text field with hidden text that is perfect for password fields

Background Animation with Gradient

Play with unit points, gradients, masking, blurs and a timer to create a beautiful gradient animation

Inner Shadow

Apply multiple inner shadows on a Text, SF Symbol or Shape in iOS 16

SF Font Width Styles

Implement SF Font Compressed, Condensed and Expanded width styles using a font extension

Multiple Blending Modes

Combine Difference, Hue and Overlay blend modes to create a text that has great contrast on both light and dark backgrounds

Circular Text on Path

Create a text that follows a circle path by using GeometryReader, PreferenceKey and calculating the angles

View That Fits

Use ViewThatFits to make your layout adaptive without using GeometryReader or conditions

Navigation Stack

Create a navigation stack list with data and multiple destinations

Half Sheet

Present a bottom sheet UI natively and control the sizes and drag zones

Charts

SwiftUI 4 makes creating charts with the Chart view easy and efficient, providing vivid visuals for data without 3rd-party libs

Grid Layout

Grid Layout provides developers with the power to design custom layouts, tables and grids, with control over element size and positioning

SVG to SwiftUI

Learn how to turn Figma shapes into SwiftUI code and create beautiful card designs with linear gradients and grid layouts

Detect Screen Size

Use UIScreen.main.bounds, GeometryReader, and PreferenceKey to detect and track screen sizes with SwiftUI

Custom Layout

Make your own designs with the CustomLayout protocol and change the point values by using affine transformations

Radial Layout

Create a custom radial layout by calculating the center point and radius of a view

AnyLayout Transition

Transition between different layouts and animate them with AnyLayout while keeping the same structure and content

Core Location in SwiftUI

Learn how Core Location Manager shows where a device is and its direction. Our guide helps you use it easily for compass directions.

Radial Gradient Button Animation

Create a custom button with radial gradients and a glow animation

SF Symbols 5 Animations

Dive into SF Symbols 5: Master animated icons for a dynamic, engaging app experience

Phase Animator in SwiftUI

Create multi-stage Animations with ease

Keyframe Animator in SwiftUI

Learn how to leverage SwiftUI's keyframe animator to bring your app to life with captivating animations

Specific Corner Radius

Learn how to create precise and unique corner radius using various techniques in SwiftUI

Metal Shaders in SwiftUI

Create stunning visual effects with Metal and SwiftUI

Observable Models

Simplify app development and eliminate boilerplate code with observable view models in SwiftUI

SwiftData Persistence

Learn SwiftData fundamentals - define models, set up persistence, fetch, query, and modify data with code examples

Embed 3D Assets from Spline

Learn how to embed 3D assets from Spline into your SwiftUI app

Embed Animated Assets from Rive

Learn to import animated assets from Rive as we incorporate an animated button and a background animation featuring shapes and blur effect

Gradient Text

Learn how to add gradient text with the foregroundStyle modifier

Expanding View

Learn to add an animation to an expanding view that, upon being clicked, will open up by rotating and revealing four additional views

Mesh Gradient in SwiftUI

How to create and animate mesh gradients using SwiftUI

Parallax ScrollView

Learn how to transform a basic ScrollView by adding a stunning parallax effect2

Navigation Transition in SwiftUI

Animate view transitions using Navigation Transition. Simpler version of Matched Geometry Effect.

Text Transition with Text Renderer in SwiftUI

Text and blur transitions using the new Text Renderer API in SwiftUI

Font Weight Animation in SwiftUI

Animate the font weight between two states across multiple lines

Ripple Visual Effect Interaction with Metal Shader

Create a stunning ripple visual effect for a simple card interaction using Metal Shaders and SwiftUI

Custom View Modifier in SwiftUI

Reuse view configurations, such as drop shadows, background styles, and overlays

Progressive Blur in SwiftUI

Using a component applied to a background modifier, we'll dynamically adjust the blur radius and position of the gradual blur

Numeric Text Animation using ContentTransition

Create smooth animations for changing numeric values using SwiftUI's contentTransition modifier

Image Gallery, HueRotation and Swipe Gesture

Learn to build an interactive image gallery in SwiftUI with smooth transitions, gesture controls, and dynamic animations