SwiftUI TabView - run code in subview after sequential taps - ios

Question

I am trying to implement the behavior in a TabView when the user taps the same tab multiple times, such as in the iOS AppStore app. First tap: switch to that view, second tap: pop to root, third tap: scroll to the top if needed.
The code below works fine for switching and didTap() is called for every tap.
import SwiftUI
enum Tab: String {
case one
case two
}
struct AppView: View {
#State private var activeTab = Tab.one
var body: some View {
TabView(selection: $activeTab.onChange(didTap)) {
One()
.tabItem {
Label("one", systemImage: "1.lane")
}
.tag(Tab.one)
Two()
.tabItem {
Label("two", systemImage: "2.lane")
}
.tag(Tab.two)
}
}
func didTap(to value: Tab) {
print(value) // this captures every tap
}
}
extension Binding {
func onChange(_ handler: #escaping (Value) -> Void) -> Binding<Value> {
Binding(
get: { self.wrappedValue },
set: { newValue in
self.wrappedValue = newValue
handler(newValue)
}
)
}
}
What I am struggling with, is how to tell either One or Two that it was tapped for a second or third time? (How to pop and scroll is not the issue).
I have seen this: TabView, tabItem: running code on selection or adding an onTapGesture but it doesn't explain how to run code in one of the views.
Any suggestions?

Answer 1

You can record additional taps (of same value) in an array. The array count gives you the number of taps on the same Tab.
EDIT: now with explicit subview struct.
struct ContentView: View {
#State private var activeTab = Tab.one
#State private var tapState: [Tab] = [Tab.one] // because .one is default
var body: some View {
TabView(selection: $activeTab.onChange(didTap)) {
SubView(title: "One", tapCount: tapState.count)
.tabItem {
Label("one", systemImage: "1.lane")
}
.tag(Tab.one)
SubView(title: "Two", tapCount: tapState.count)
.tabItem {
Label("two", systemImage: "2.lane")
}
.tag(Tab.two)
}
}
func didTap(to value: Tab) {
print(value) // this captures every tap
if tapState.last == value {
tapState.append(value) // apped next tap if same value
print("tapped \(tapState.count) times")
} else {
tapState = [value] // reset tap state to new tab selection
}
}
}
struct SubView: View {
let title: String
let tapCount: Int
var body: some View {
VStack {
Text("Subview \(title)").font(.title)
Text("tapped \(tapCount) times")
}
}
}

Answer 2

Although the answer by #ChrisR did answer my question, I couldn't figure out the next step, i.e. the logic when to pop-to-root or scroll-to-the-top based on the number of taps for a SubView. After lots of reading and trial and error, I recently came across this article: https://notificare.com/blog/2022/11/25/a-better-tabview-in-swiftui/
Inspired by this article, but with some modifications, I came up with the following which does exactly what I was looking for.
The two main changes are:
An EmptyView with an id is added as the first (but invisible) row in the List to be used as an anchor by proxy.scrollTo().
Instead of the global #StateObject var appState that stores the navigation paths for the subviews, I added the paths as separate #State properties. This avoids the Update NavigationAuthority bound path tried to update multiple times per frame. warning.
Hopefully this is helpful for someone.
enum Tab: String {
case one
case two
}
struct ContentView: View {
#State var selectedTab = Tab.one
#State var oneNavigationPath = NavigationPath()
#State var twoNavigationPath = NavigationPath()
var body: some View {
ScrollViewReader { proxy in
TabView(selection: tabViewSelectionBinding(proxy: proxy)) {
SubView(title: "One", path: $oneNavigationPath)
.tabItem {
Label("one", systemImage: "1.lane")
}
.tag(Tab.one)
SubView(title: "Two", path: $twoNavigationPath)
.tabItem {
Label("two", systemImage: "2.lane")
}
.tag(Tab.two)
}
}
}
private func tabViewSelectionBinding(proxy: ScrollViewProxy) -> Binding<Tab> {
Binding<Tab>(
get: { selectedTab },
set: { newValue in
if selectedTab == newValue {
switch selectedTab {
case .one:
if oneNavigationPath.isEmpty {
withAnimation {
proxy.scrollTo(Tab.one, anchor: .bottom)
}
} else {
withAnimation {
oneNavigationPath = NavigationPath()
}
}
case .two:
if twoNavigationPath.isEmpty {
withAnimation {
proxy.scrollTo(Tab.two, anchor: .bottom)
}
} else {
withAnimation {
twoNavigationPath = NavigationPath()
}
}
}
}
selectedTab = newValue
}
)
}
}
struct SubView: View {
let title: String
let items = Array(1 ... 100)
#Binding var path: NavigationPath
var body: some View {
NavigationStack(path: $path) {
List {
EmptyView()
.id(Tab(rawValue: title.lowercased()))
ForEach(items, id: \.self) { item in
NavigationLink(value: item) {
Text("Item \(item)")
}
}
}
.navigationTitle(title)
.navigationDestination(for: Int.self) { item in
Text("Item \(item)")
}
}
}
}