What’s new in sfsymbols
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In the session titled "What’s new in SF Symbols 6" at WWDC 2024, several updates and new features were introduced for SF Symbols. Here are the key highlights:
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New Symbols: Over 800 new symbols have been added, expanding the library to over 6000 unique symbols. These include new categories like automotive symbols (e.g., batteries, convertibles, temperature indicators), diverse activity figures, localized symbols for various scripts, and more.
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Animation Presets: New animation presets such as wiggle, rotate, and breathe have been introduced. These animations allow for more expressive and dynamic symbol usage in apps. The wiggle effect can highlight changes or calls to action, the rotate effect spins parts of a symbol, and the breathe effect scales a symbol to indicate ongoing activity.
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Magic Replace and Variable Color: Enhancements to existing presets include the magic replace behavior, which smoothly animates badges and slashes, and improvements to the variable color preset, which now better handles open and closed loop designs for repeating animations.
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SF Symbols App: A new beta version of the SF Symbols app is available, which includes these updates and allows developers to explore the new animation presets and symbol additions.
For more detailed information, you can watch the session What’s new in SF Symbols 6 starting at the "Animation presets" chapter.
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