What are 5 new additions to Swift UI?

Generated on 8/2/2024

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Here are five new additions to SwiftUI presented at WWDC 2024:

  1. Custom Containers: SwiftUI now supports custom containers, allowing developers to create more complex and reusable UI components.
  2. Mesh Gradients: New mesh gradient capabilities enable the creation of beautiful, complex color gradients.
  3. Scrolling Customizations: There are new APIs for fine-grained control over scroll views, including the ability to programmatically control scroll positions and detect changes in view visibility due to scrolling.
  4. Swift 6 Language Mode: SwiftUI has improved its APIs to make it easier to adopt the new Swift 6 language mode, which includes compile-time data race safety.
  5. Improved Interoperability: Significant improvements have been made to the integration of gestures and animations between SwiftUI and UIKit/AppKit, enhancing the interoperability between these frameworks.

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