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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

Simple navigation with NavigationStack

Throughout the previous chapters, we have seen different apps using NavigationStack and NavigationLink to provide simple navigation. So, let’s learn about NavigationStack in detail. A navigation stack is ideal for displaying hierarchical content because it allows users to go from a more general view to a more detailed view of the content. The user goes down the content hierarchy by performing an action in the top-level view, usually a tap on a button. When the action occurs, a new view replaces the original view. We call this action pushing the view onto the navigation stack. At the top of this new view is a navigation bar with a title and a back button. The user can go back to the previous view by tapping on the back button, and we call this action popping the view from the navigation stack. This is the most common navigation in iOS apps, present since the beginning of iOS more than a decade ago, and everyone is familiar with it. In this...