What macOS updates were there in regards to SwiftUI?
Asked on 08/15/2024
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In the latest updates for macOS regarding SwiftUI, several enhancements and new features were introduced:
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Customization and Styling: SwiftUI now offers more options to customize window behavior and styling in macOS. This includes control over elements like the window's toolbar and background, allowing for a more tailored user interface.
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Interoperability: There is improved interoperability between SwiftUI and other frameworks like UIKit and AppKit. Gesture recognition has been factored out of UIKit, enabling the use of built-in or custom UI gesture recognizers in SwiftUI view hierarchies. Additionally, animations can now be set up on UIKit or AppKit views and driven with SwiftUI, including fully custom animations.
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New APIs and Features: SwiftUI has introduced new APIs such as custom containers, mesh gradients, and scrolling customizations, which enhance the visual and interactive capabilities of macOS applications.
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Xcode Previews: Xcode Previews have been improved with a new dynamic linking architecture, which uses the same build artifacts for previews and when you build and run, making the development workflow smoother and more productive.
These updates are part of a broader effort to make SwiftUI more powerful and versatile across all Apple platforms, including macOS. For more detailed information, you can refer to the Platforms State of the Union (35:23) session.
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