SwiftUI Weekly - Issue #136

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Using foregroundColor(), foregroundStyle() or tint() to set text color in SwiftUI

SwiftUI has a few different modifiers that can change the color of text, such as foregroundColor(_:), foregroundStyle(_:), and tint(_:). They provide different functionality but sometimes overlap, and it can be hard to know for sure which modifier to choose. In this post, we will review some common use cases for all three modifiers and see which one suits best for what purpose.

How Blither uses the coordinator pattern and SwiftUI together

I never have enough time to work on the games that I make. So when I am working on them, I want to stay focused on the game screen, and spend as little time as possible writing the other boring (but still necessary!) screens for the App. Apple’s SwiftUIframework is very easy to use, and if you don’t much care about making things pixel-perfect, it can sure save a lot of time.

From Concept to Code: Strategies for Planning Animations in SwiftUI

In this section, we’ll dive into what is the process that I use to create my own animations. Is this the best? For sure it is not, but it works for me. 

Videos

Discover Programmatic Navigation in SwiftUI

We'll introduce you to the basics of SwiftUI and the NavigationStack API and then dive deep into using Swift UI for programmatic navigation. We'll cover all the key concepts, including using NavigationView and NavigationLink to navigate between screens in your app.

Mastering Xcode 14 SwiftUI Previews

In this video, I hope to share with you some things that you may not know or have forgotten about SwiftUI previews and what changed in Xcode 14 so that you can get the most out of creating and viewing your SwiftUI Views while designing and coding them.

Can ChatGPT write better SwiftUI code than you?

In this video, I'll show how we can use ChatGPT to generate SwiftUI code that recreates Apple's Clock icon on the Home Screen. I'll then walk you through building the same thing ourselves, so you can see how the two solutions compare.