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Starting with Swift 6.2 and iOS 26, EnumeratedSequence conforms to RandomAccessCollection, allowing enumerated() to be used directly in ForEach and List views.
Build a stretchy image header in SwiftUI using the visualEffect() modifier, scaling the image on pull-down without tracking scroll offset or modifying its frame.
The new backgroundExtensionEffect() modifier in iOS 26 lets us extend and blur visual content beyond a view’s bounds, creating continuous backgrounds behind elements like sidebars, inspectors, and overlay controls.
Explore ways to create and customize mesh gradients in SwiftUI, including color adjustments, finer control with Bezier points, and color position animations to add variety and emphasis to your design.
Support large accessibility text by wrapping content in a scroll view, and prevent unnecessary bounce by enabling scrolling only when the content doesn’t exceed the screen size.
Quickly split long function calls or initializers into separate lines using a built-in Xcode shortcut.
SwiftUI uses a localized string matching the image name as the accessibility label, without needing to apply the accessibilityLabel() modifier.
Detect window focus with the appearsActive environment value to adjust UI and handle focus changes.
Implement a high-performance lazy scrolling list in SwiftUI by efficiently reusing views for smooth scrolling with large datasets.
Learn how to add Codable conformance to Swift enums, including automatic synthesis, customizations, and fully manual implementations for complex cases.
Explore different ways to work with SwiftUI environment, including reading and setting values, creating custom environment keys, and using the environment to pass down actions and observable classes.
Discover how to use the @Observable macro in SwiftUI and its advantages over ObservableObject, such as more efficient view updates and simplified code management.