Chapter 3
Getting Started with the Basics of SwiftUI
IN THIS CHAPTER
Understanding how SwiftUI views work
Showing an image
Showing a button
Stacking views using VStack and HStack
Tying up loose ends
SwiftUI is Apple's latest development framework for creating an application’s user interface (UI). It helps you to declaratively create the UI for your iOS applications.
In this chapter, I explain how SwiftUI views work. Then I explain the basic structure of a SwiftUI view through the use of the Text view and the Button view. I show you how to lay out your views using two of the common stacking views, VStack and HStack. Finally, I help you put the finishing touches on the example in this chapter.
Taking a Look at SwiftUI Views
To understand the basics of SwiftUI views, you can use the project you created in Chapter 1. If you haven't created that project yet, using Xcode, create a new Single View App project and name it Hello World.
The ContentView.swift file contains the following statements: ...
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