Articles, podcasts and news about Swift development, by John Sundell.
Different ways to implement a dynamic SwiftUI stack that renders its content either horizontally or vertically, depending on the current context.
Chris Eidhof returns to the show to go on a deep dive into the SwiftUI layout system. What are the different phases involved in determining a given view’s layout, how do concepts like layout priorities and flexibility work, and what makes SwiftUI different from UIKit and AppKit in terms of layout?
This week, we’ll wrap up the SwiftUI layout system series by taking a look at how we can customize the layout behaviors of our views, using tools like layout priorities and alignment guides.
Let’s continue exploring the SwiftUI layout system by taking a look at a couple of more advanced techniques, such as how we can align views with dynamic dimensions and how to read a view’s geometry in order to build custom layouts.
Let’s take a look at the SwiftUI layout system by starting to build a full-screen view from scratch. Along the way, we’ll use many different techniques and APIs, which lets us explore the underlying rules of the SwiftUI layout system.
Janina Kutyn, former Apple Music developer and now an iOS developer in Amsterdam, joins John for a UI development special! Topics include various techniques for building UIs and layouts, measuring and fixing performance problems, and supporting different screen sizes and devices.
Auto Layout has undergone quite a lot of changes and improvements over the years, in particular with the introduction of layout anchors in iOS 9. Let’s take a look at how they work.
Matthias Tretter of MindNode joins John to talk about Auto Layout, working on the iPad, refactoring Massive View Controllers, dealing with old code and much more.