New native app menu
Asked on 06/11/2025
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In iOS 26, a new item menu has been introduced, which is a great place to include standard actions such as text alignment, sidebar toggling, and inspector toggling. This new menu is part of the updates in UIKit, allowing apps to customize their main menus with new APIs. The menu bar, which has been brought from macOS to iPad, supports all menu images, submenus, inline sections, checkmarks, and more. It provides a way to access app functionality quickly, even without a hardware keyboard.
For more details, you can refer to the session What’s new in UIKit (03:21).
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