SwiftUI Weekly - Issue #235

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

What is new in SwiftUI after WWDC26

Platforms State of the Union has just been published, and we have a lot of new APIs to learn, explore, and use to build new features and apps. Let’s start with the most important framework for our apps. This week, we will look at what WWDC26 brings to the new iteration of SwiftUI.

WWDC26: SwiftUI Group Lab - Q&A

SwiftUI rewards a different mental model than UIKit or AppKit. This lab focused less on single APIs and more on how SwiftUI wants you to think about architecture, view identity, invalidation, layout, built-in controls, debugging, and performance.

Navigation transition updates in SwiftUI on iOS 27

Without a navigationTransition(_:) modifier, SwiftUI uses the automatic transition, which on a sheet produces the standard slide-up animation. The crossFade static value replaces that with a fade transition as the sheet appears over the content.

SwiftUI's New .prominent Tab in iOS 27 Is Not a Floating Action Button

The prominent tab is not Apple’s version of a Floating Action Button. It is not a replacement for a navigation bar button. It is not a shortcut for presenting a sheet. A prominent tab is still a tab.