Converting Between UIFont and SwiftUI Font
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This recipe shows how to handle conversions between UIKit UIFont and SwiftUI Font, as there are more than a few instances where using both is necessary. This mainly comes into play when you import UIViews into SwiftUI via UIViewRepresentable.
OK, so here's how it is:
- Converting UIFon...
List Available Fonts in SwiftUI
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This quick recipe show how to list and display all the fonts that are available by default in your iOS/MacOS app. The end result looks like this:
Here's the code:
let allFontNames = UIFont.familyNames
.flatMap { UIFont.fontNames(forFamilyName: $0) }
var body: some View {
List(allFontNames...Justify Text in SwiftUI
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This recipe shows how to render justified text in SwiftUI. The end result looks like this:
Unfortunately, SwiftUI doesn't support justifying text natively. The TextAlignment enum doesn't contain this option, forcing us to resort to good old UIViewRepresentable to make it happen:
struct J...Reading time: 2 min
This quick tip shows how to speed up your SwiftUI development by simply breaking the code of your Views into smaller chunks. This results in:
- Faster Source Editor operation, i.e syntax highlighting and error/warnings checks will come in faster.
- Faster preview build and refresh time.
- Fast...
Zoom Image in SwiftUI
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This recipe shows how to zoom an image in SwiftUI using the pinch/magnify gesture. The image is zoomed in or out at the midpoint between the fingers, supports dragging and double tap to zoom in or reset. The end result looks like this:
The recipe goes as follows:
- Use a custom
UIVIewwi...