SwiftUI Weekly - Issue #142

The curated collection of links about SwiftUI. Delivered every Monday.

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File importing and exporting in SwiftUI

A few weeks ago, we talked about photo and video picking in SwiftUI. Today we will continue the topic and learn how to import and export files in SwiftUI views. Fortunately, it is straightforward to do with the help of new fileImporter and fileExporter view modifiers.

Create a color pencil in SwiftUI

SwiftUI can be used to simulate real-world objects, such as selecting a color by selecting a specific colored pencil rather than from a colored rectangle. This can provide a more intuitive user experience, especially in a drawing or note-taking app. This article defines a SwiftUI view for a color pencil using the Path and Shape protocols for the components of the pencil.

How to implement a UIViewController delegate when working with SwiftUI

When building iOS applications, we sometimes need to use UIKit's UIViewController in a SwiftUI view, for example due to an older code base. When doing so, we may need to pass data from the view controller to the SwiftUI view. For that, SwiftUI provides so called coordinators.

Window Management with SwiftUI 4

Learnings from modernizing the window handling of my Mac app after upgrading to SwiftUI 4. Explaining `\.openWindow`, `.windowResizability` & more.

Video

SwiftUI Showcase View - Highlight App New Features

In this video, I'll demonstrate how to use SwiftUI to create a showcase view that will be used for highlighting your app's new features.