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Whats new in swift UI

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  • You can now write the entire app in swiftUI
    • The body: property of an App return a Scene, instead of a View
    • Return a WindowGroup and optional Settings
    • Can use a DocumentGroup for a document based app
    • Use the commands modifier to add menu commands and shortcuts to the app
    • New xcode templates for this style app
    • New “Launch Screen” plist to define launch screen, can replace a storyboard
  • Widgets exclusivly use swiftUI, conform to the widget protocol
  • Complications can be built with swiftUI
  • List: now can make outlines. Just provide a key path to a propery for children of the items
    • Uses system standard styling
  • Lazy loading grid layouts, stacks
  • Create toolbars using the .toolbar {} modifier, with toolbarItem and Button
    • Setting the placement of items semantically, multiplatform
    • Label initializer taking a name and icon, adjusts display based on context
    • Buttons have a .help modifier, setting tooltips, or accessibilty labels on mobile
    • Can set a .keyboardShortcut modifier on a Button
    • ProgressView, linear and circular
    • Guages: display a ranged value. Only shown for watch, might be elsewhere?
  • .matchedGeometryEffect can do cool animations that move views between contexts
  • .clipShape will mirror the shape based on the container
  • Custom accent colors for app and labels
  • Link() universal way to open a URL, either to a web page or another app
  • “Sign in with Apple” button api