what's the direction of uikit

The direction of UIKit, as presented at WWDC 2024, focuses on several key enhancements and integrations, particularly with SwiftUI. Here are the main points:

1. Document Launch Experience: Redesigned to give document-based apps more control over their launch views and design, enhancing the user experience from the start. What’s new in UIKit

2. Updated Tabs and Sidebar: Major updates to tabs and sidebar to improve navigation and usability. What’s new in UIKit

3. Fluid Transitions: Support for new fluid transitions across the system, making the user interface more delightful and seamless. What’s new in UIKit

4. SwiftUI Animations in UIKit: Enhanced interoperability with SwiftUI, allowing the use of SwiftUI animation types to animate UIKit views. This includes the ability to build fluid gesture-driven animations. What’s new in UIKit

5. Coordinated Gesture Recognizers: Improved handling of gesture recognizers, including the ability to add UIKit gesture recognizers directly to SwiftUI hierarchies. What’s new in UIKit

6. Automatic Trait Tracking: Easier handling of traits and changes, with automatic trait tracking inside common view and view controller update methods. What’s new in UIKit

7. UIUpdateLink: A new feature for better performance and battery efficiency, allowing continuous updates for views when needed. What’s new in UIKit

8. SF Symbol Animations: Expanded with new symbol animations to ensure a consistent appearance for toolbar icons, navigation bars, and other UI elements. What’s new in UIKit

9. Apple Pencil Pro and PencilKit: Enhanced support for Apple Pencil Pro, including new gestures and feedback generators to elevate the drawing and writing experience. What’s new in UIKit

Overall, UIKit is moving towards deeper integration with SwiftUI, improved user experience through fluid transitions and animations, and enhanced support for new hardware features like Apple Pencil Pro. For a comprehensive overview, you can refer to the session What’s new in UIKit.