I hadn’t noticed loadViewIfNeeded before. Usually I just access vc.view to force the view to load. loadViewIfNeeded is definitely clearer and more explicit—it avoids accidental side-effects when you only want to load the view conditionally.
Many developers complain about SwiftUI because some of its behaviours feel counter-intuitive. For example, in the code at #1, if you comment out the .padding() modifier, the entire area above the search field turns red. That happens because the background of the search view bleeds into its parent container. If you don’t want the Search view’s background to affect the parent view, you have to break that view hierarchy connection.
Before iOS 16, you could get the ScrollView’s offset using the following code. However, if the UI becomes complex, the scrollViewOffset will not update while scrolling.
I wrapped my view in a NavigationStack and used .toolbarVisibility(.hidden, for: .tabBar) to navigate while hiding the tab bar. However, this causes an issue: the transition animation becomes stiff and unnatural. I haven’t found a good solution yet.
Sometimes, you have to explore different paths to find where you truly belong. For a developer, that path is often paved with different languages, frameworks, and platforms. My own journey has taken me through the worlds of backend development, cross-platform apps with React Native and Flutter, and of course, native iOS. And after seeing what each has to offer, I’ve come to a clear and exciting realization: my true passion lies in building for native iOS.
While the standard property wrappers handle most state management needs, you will often encounter situations where the shape of your state doesn’t perfectly match the requirements of a SwiftUI view. For example, a view might need a Binding<String>, but your model provides a Binding<String?>. Or a view needs to bind to the associated value of an enum case.
In SwiftUI, managing the state of your application—the data that drives your UI—is a fundamental concept. SwiftUI provides a set of powerful property wrappers that handle view updates automatically when your data changes. This guide explores the core tools: @State, @StateObject, @ObservedObject, and @Published.