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Here's a quick recipe for getting the key window, top or root View Controller, in a scene-based SwiftUI app:
extension UIApplication {
var currentKeyWindow: UIWindow? {
UIApplication.shared.connectedScenes
.filter { $0.activationState == .foregroundActive }
.map { $0 as? UIWind...Top Tabs in SwiftUI
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This tutorial shows how to add Android-like top tabs in SwiftUI. The result will look something like this:
Without much ado, here's the code for the component:
struct Tabs: View {
@Binding var tabs: [String] // The tab titles
@Binding var selection: Int // Currently selected... SVG images in SwiftUI
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This tutorial shows how to use SVG images in SwiftUI.
First, add the Macaw library to your project. Then, wrap its SVGView using this simple UIViewRepresentable wrapper:
import Macaw
struct SVGImage: UIViewRepresentable {
// a binding allows for dynamic updates to the shown image
@B...Customize navigation bar button image
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This tutorial shows how to customize the navigation bar buttons as images. It applies to both the back button, as well as the button on the right-hand side. The end result will look something like this:
To do so, use the navigationBarItems(leading:trailing) method. As always, the navigation...
Scrolling ScrollView programatically
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This recipe is about how to scroll a SwiftUI ScrollView programatically. Here's a quick breakdown of what to do:
- For iOS 13 - tough luck - it can't be done. For whatever reason, this is one of things that were deemed less important for the initial release of SwiftUI.
- For iOS 14 and abov...