how to adopt liquid glasasss

To adopt Liquid Glass in your app, you can follow these general steps based on the sessions from WWDC:

1. Understand the Design Intent: Liquid Glass is designed to be an interactive layer that floats above your content, providing a distinct control layer. It's important to limit its use to the most important elements in your app to maintain clarity and focus within the UI hierarchy.

2. Use Appropriate APIs:

   • For AppKit apps, use the NSGlassEffectView API. Create an NSGlassEffectView for each glass element you want to display and set its content view property to the desired view. This ties the geometry to the content view using auto layout, ensuring they stay in sync. Build an AppKit app with the new design
   • For UIKit apps, use the UIVisualEffectView with a new UI glass effect. Customize the shape using the new corner properties and ensure the glass appears using a special materialized animation. Build a UIKit app with the new design
   • For SwiftUI apps, use the Glass Effect ID modifier to add transitions to your glass container. Declare a local namespace and associate it with each glass effect element. Build a SwiftUI app with the new design

3. Design Considerations:

   • Avoid using Liquid Glass everywhere; reserve it for the navigation layer that floats above the content.
   • Avoid stacking Liquid Glass elements on top of each other to prevent a cluttered interface.
   • Use the regular variant of Liquid Glass for most cases, as it provides adaptive effects and maintains legibility.

4. Build and Test: Start by building your app with Xcode 26 to see how much of the new design works immediately. Audit your app to identify key elements to elevate with Liquid Glass and ensure your app's content flows seamlessly.

By following these guidelines, you can effectively integrate Liquid Glass into your app, enhancing its visual appeal and user interaction.