SwiftUIKit Updates
SwiftUIKit 3.3 is out! It has some nice additions and changes, like more tools for using Codable with AppStorage and new list utils. Let’s take a look at what’s new in this minor update.
Support for using Codable with @AppStorage
SwiftUI doesn’t support using the @AppStorage property wrapper on Codable properties. As a result, persisting codable types involves writing much more code than when using @AppStorage.
To address this, SwiftUIKit has had a @Persisted property wrapper that can be applied to any codable type. I however never liked using a different property wrapper just because the type was codable.
To improve things, SwiftUIKit 3.3 adds new extensions that make it possible to apply @AppStorage to any Codable property. The old @Persisted wrapper is now deprecated.
New list utilities
SwiftUIKit 3.3 also adds new list-specific views, like ListBadgeIcon,ListCard, ListDragHandle, ListSectionTitle and ListShelfSection.
These views will most probably be moved to a separate library in the future, but until then, they’re here to let you build even better lists in SwiftUI.
New text editor style
SwiftUI currently doesn’t support styling text editors like you can with text fields. SwiftUIKit 3.3 therefore adds a new TextEditorStyle that lets you style a TextEditor like a TextField.
New image extensions
SwiftUIKit 3.3 adds more image utilities. For instance, the multi-platform ImageRepresentable has new resizing tools, and Image.symbol(...) is a new shorthand for Image(systemName:).
No more demo application
From SwiftUIKit 3.3, I have decided to remove the demo application and instead put more effort into the source code previews.
Conclusion
Other than what’s mentioned above, SwiftUIKit 3.3 also has some bug fixes and tweaks to improve things here and there. For more information, see the project repository and the 3.3 release notes.