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Viewing while Building with SwiftUI Preview in Xcode 15

Developing an application requires several interactions between users and developers. For example, users may sometimes request minor changes such as colors, fonts, and image positioning. Previously, developers would need to update their designs in Xcode and recompile all the code before viewing changes. Xcode and SwiftUI solve this problem by introducing canvas previews. Previews allow for live viewing of UI changes without building the app and running it on the simulator.

Xcode 14 improved the canvas and live previews with a new user interface and faster updates. Xcode 15 with Swift 5.9 brought new preview macros and native previews for UIKit, AppKit, Widgets, and Live activities. The ...

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