What's New in transitions

At WWDC 2024, several sessions introduced new features and improvements related to transitions in Apple's platforms:

1. Create custom visual effects with SwiftUI: This session discussed how to create custom transitions in SwiftUI, such as combining scale and opacity transitions or creating a custom transition struct to add effects like blur, rotation, and brightness. These transitions can make UI elements feel more dynamic and integrated into the app's context.

2. Platforms State of the Union: This session highlighted the new Zoom transition available in iOS and iPadOS, which is interruptible and allows for a more fluid and responsive user experience. This transition can be used in apps like Notes to animate the opening and closing of documents.

3. Enhance your UI animations and transitions: This session introduced new high-level transitions for navigation and presentations, including the Zoom transition. It also covered the integration of SwiftUI animations with UIKit and AppKit, allowing for more seamless and interactive animations.

4. What’s new in UIKit: This session discussed the new Zoom transition in iOS 18, which enhances the sense of continuity by keeping UI elements on screen across transitions. It also covered the interoperability between SwiftUI and UIKit, enabling the use of SwiftUI animations to animate UIKit views.

For more detailed information on transitions, you can refer to the following sessions:

• Create custom visual effects with SwiftUI (View transitions)
• Enhance your UI animations and transitions (New transitions!)
• What’s new in UIKit (Fluid transitions)