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SwiftUI Cookbook - Third Edition

By : Juan C. Catalan
5 (1)
Book Image

SwiftUI Cookbook - Third Edition

5 (1)
By: Juan C. Catalan

Overview of this book

SwiftUI is the modern way to build user interfaces for iOS, macOS, and watchOS. It provides a declarative and intuitive way to create beautiful and interactive user interfaces. The new edition of this comprehensive cookbook includes a fully updated repository for SwiftUI 5, iOS 17, Xcode 15, and Swift 5.9. With this arsenal, it teaches you everything you need to know to build beautiful and interactive user interfaces with SwiftUI 5, from the basics to advanced topics like custom modifiers, animations, and state management. In this new edition, you will dive into the world of creating powerful data visualizations with a new chapter on Swift Charts and how to seamlessly integrate charts into your SwiftUI apps. Further, you will be able to unleash your creativity with advanced controls, including multi-column tables and two-dimensional layouts. You can explore new modifiers for text, images, and shapes that give you more control over the appearance of your views. You will learn how to develop apps for multiple platforms, including iOS, macOS, watchOS, and more. With expert insights, real-world examples, and a recipe-based approach, you’ll be equipped to build remarkable SwiftUI apps that stand out in today’s competitive market.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
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Index

Creating multi-column lists with Table

macOS has supported multi-column tables for a long time. SwiftUI support for multi-column tables was added in macOS 12 with the Table struct, which, one year later, was added to iOS with the release of iOS 16.

Table is a container that presents rows of data arranged in columns and provides the ability to sort the data by column and to select one or multiple rows of data. Table only supports the multi-column layout on the iPad, and it falls back to a one-column list on the iPhone, displaying, by default, the first column. In a similar way, column sorting and multiple-row selection are only available on the iPad.

In this recipe, we will create an app that displays the top 20 US cities by population on the iPad screen using Table. We will incorporate sorting and multiple-row selection, and finally, create a custom layout to display the information on the iPhone.

Getting ready

Create a new SwiftUI project named MultiColumnTable.

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