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SwiftUI Adaptive Stack View With Equal Distribution
Getting to grips with SwiftUI view layout, when you’re used to UIKit, requires thinking a little different. Here’s an example where I wanted the equivalent of a UIKit stack view with an equal distribution to give views equal width. The layout must also adapt for accessibility text sizes.
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App Bound Domains
I want to be able show web content from a limited number of domains in my app using a
WKWebView. I don’t want a user to navigate away from those domains and browse the wider internet. Apple introduced App Bound Domains in iOS 14 to make that easier. -
The @ScaledMetric Property Wrapper
How can you scale other metrics, like spacing, as the dynamic type content size changes? In iOS 14, SwiftUI gained the @ScaledMetric property wrapper that can scale any numeric value.
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Scaling Custom SwiftUI Fonts With Dynamic Type
We’ve previously seen how to make a custom font scale with dynamic type when using UIKit. How do you do the same with SwiftUI?
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Tweaking The iOS System Fonts
Before you switch to a custom font don’t overlook how much you can tweak the appearance of the system fonts. A quick review of some font APIs that work for both UIKit and SwiftUI.