How do I traverse a view's subviews in SwiftUI?
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To traverse a view's subviews in SwiftUI, you can use the new ForEachSubview
API. This API allows you to iterate over the resolved subviews of a given view. Here's a brief explanation of how it works:
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Declared vs. Resolved Subviews: In SwiftUI, declared subviews are the views you define in your code, while resolved subviews are the actual views that get rendered on the screen. For example, a
ForEach
view is a declared subview that generates multiple resolved subviews based on the data it iterates over. -
Using
ForEachSubview
: TheForEachSubview
API accepts a single view as its input and passes each of its resolved subviews into a trailing view builder. This allows you to transform these subviews into different kinds of views.
Here's a code snippet demonstrating how to use ForEachSubview
:
struct ContentView: View {
var body: some View {
MyCustomContainer {
Text("Subview 1")
Text("Subview 2")
ForEach(0..<3) { index in
Text("Subview \(index + 3)")
}
}
}
}
struct MyCustomContainer<Content: View>: View {
let content: Content
init(@ViewBuilder content: () -> Content) {
self.content = content()
}
var body: some View {
ForEachSubview(of: content) { subview in
// Transform each subview here
subview
.padding()
.background(Color.blue)
}
}
}
In this example, MyCustomContainer
uses ForEachSubview
to iterate over its subviews and apply some transformations.
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