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How do I toggle the presence of a button to be hidden or not?
We have the non-conditional .hidden() property; but I need the conditional version.
Note: we do have the .disabled(bool) property available, but not the .hidden(bool).
struct ContentView: View {
var body: some View {
ZStack {
Color("SkyBlue")
VStack {
Button("Detect") {
self.imageDetectionVM.detect(self.selectedImage)
}
.padding()
.background(Color.orange)
.foreggroundColor(Color.white)
.cornerRadius(10)
.hidden() // ...I want this to be toggled.
}
}
}
}
I hope hidden modifier gets argument later, but since then, Set the alpha instead:
#State var shouldHide = false
var body: some View {
Button("Button") { self.shouldHide = true }
.opacity(shouldHide ? 0 : 1)
}
For me it worked perfectly to set the frame's height to zero when you do not want to see it. When you want to have the calculated size, just set it to nil:
SomeView
.frame(height: isVisible ? nil : 0)
If you want to disable it in addition to hiding it, you could set .disabled with the toggled boolean.
SomeView
.frame(height: isVisible ? nil : 0)
.disabled(!isVisible)
You can utilize SwiftUI's new two-way bindings and add an if-statement as:
struct ContentView: View {
#State var shouldHide = false
var body: some View {
ZStack {
Color("SkyBlue")
VStack {
if !self.$shouldHide.wrappedValue {
Button("Detect") {
self.imageDetectionVM.detect(self.selectedImage)
}
.padding()
.background(Color.orange)
.foregroundColor(Color.white)
.cornerRadius(10)
}
}
}
}
}
The benefit of doing this over setting the opacity to 0 is that it will remove the weird spacing/padding from your UI caused from the button still being in the view, just not visible (if the button is between other view components, that is).
all the answers here works specifically for a button to be hidden conditionally.
What i think might help is making a modifier itself conditionally e.g:
.hidden for button/view, or maybe .italic for text, etc..
Using extensions.
For text to be conditionally italic it is easy since .italic modifier returns Text:
extension Text {
func italicConditionally(isItalic: Bool) -> Text {
isItalic ? self.italic() : self
}
}
then applying conditional italic like this:
#State private var toggle = false
Text("My Text")
.italicConditionally(isItalic: toggle)
However for Button it is tricky, since the .hidden modifier returns "some view":
extension View {
func hiddenConditionally(isHidden: Bool) -> some View {
isHidden ? AnyView(self.hidden()) : AnyView(self)
}
}
then applying conditional hidden like this:
#State private var toggle = false
Button("myButton", action: myAction)
.hiddenConditionally(isHidden: toggle)
You can easily hide a view in SwiftUI using a conditional statement.
struct TestView: View{
#State private var isVisible = false
var body: some View{
if !isVisible {
HStack{
Button(action: {
isVisible.toggle()
// after click you'r view will be hidden
}){
Text("any view")
}
}
}
}
}
It isn't always going to be a pretty solution, but in some cases, adding it conditionally may also work:
if shouldShowMyButton {
Button(action: {
self.imageDetectionVM.detect(self.selectedImage)
}) {
Text("Button")
}
}
There will be an issue of the empty space in the case when it isn't being shown, which may be more or less of an issue depending on the specific layout. That might be addressed by adding an else statement that alternatively adds an equivalently sized blank space.
#State private var isHidden = true
VStack / HStack
if isHidden {
Button {
if !loadVideo(),
let urlStr = drill?.videoURL as? String,
let url = URL(string: urlStr) {
player = VideoPlayerView(player: AVPlayer(), videoUrl: url)
playVideo.toggle()
}
} label: {
Image(playVideo ? "ic_close_blue" : "ic_video_attached")
.resizable()
.aspectRatio(contentMode: .fit)
.frame(width: 50)
}
.buttonStyle(BorderlessButtonStyle())
}
.onAppear {
if shouldShowButton {
isHidden = false
} else {
isVideoButtonHidden = true
}
}
I'm trying to recreate an UI I built with UIKit in SwiftUI but I'm running into some minor issues.
I want the change the color of the List here, but no property seems to work as I expects. Sample code below:
struct ListView: View {
#EnvironmentObject var listData: ListData
var body: some View {
NavigationView {
List(listData.items) { item in
ListItemCell(item: item)
}
.content.background(Color.yellow) // not sure what content is defined as here
.background(Image("paper-3")) // this is the entire screen
}
}
}
struct ListItemCell: View {
let item: ListItem
var body: some View {
NavigationButton(destination: Text(item.name)) {
Text("\(item.name) ........................................................................................................................................................................................................")
.background(Color.red) // not the area I'm looking for
}.background(Color.blue) // also not the area I'm looking for
}
}
Ok, I found the solution for coloring the list rows:
struct TestRow: View {
var body: some View {
Text("This is a row!")
.listRowBackground(Color.green)
}
}
and then in body:
List {
TestRow()
TestRow()
TestRow()
}
This works as I expect, but I have yet to find out how to then remove the dividing lines between the rows...
This will set the background of the whole list to green:
init() {
UITableView.appearance().separatorStyle = .none
UITableViewCell.appearance().backgroundColor = .green
UITableView.appearance().backgroundColor = .green
}
struct ContentView: View {
var strings = ["a", "b"]
var body: some View {
List {
ForEach(strings, id: \.self) { string in
Text(string)
}.listRowBackground(Color.green)
}
}
}
You can do it by changing UITableView's appearance.
UITableView.appearance().backgroundColor = UIColor.clear
just put this line in Appdelegate's didFinishLaunchingWithOptions method.
In replace of UIColor.clear set whatever color you want to add in background color of list.
Changing Background Color
As other have mentioned, changing the UITableView background will affect all other lists in your app.
However if you want different background colors you can set the default to clear, and set the background color in swiftui views like so:
List {
Text("Item 1")
Text("Item 2")
Text("Item 3")
}
// Ignore safe area to take up whole screen
.background(Color.purple.ignoresSafeArea())
.onAppear {
// Set the default to clear
UITableView.appearance().backgroundColor = .clear
}
You probably want to set the tableview appearance earlier, such as in the SceneDelegate or root view like so:
// SceneDelegate
func scene(_ scene: UIScene, willConnectTo session: UISceneSession, options connectionOptions: UIScene.ConnectionOptions) {
guard let windowScene = scene as? UIWindowScene else {
print("Returning because screne does not exist")
return
}
// Set here
UITableView.appearance().backgroundColor = .clear
let contentView = ContentView()
let window = UIWindow(windowScene: windowScene)
window.rootViewController = UIHostingController(rootView: contentView)
self.window = window
window.makeKeyAndVisible()
}
// Root App View
#main
struct ListBackgroundApp: App {
init() {
UITableView.appearance().backgroundColor = .clear
}
var body: some Scene {
WindowGroup {
ContentView()
}
}
}
2022
MacOS Solution
The following code makes ALL OF Lists background color transparent:
// Removes background from List in SwiftUI
extension NSTableView {
open override func viewDidMoveToWindow() {
super.viewDidMoveToWindow()
backgroundColor = NSColor.clear
if let esv = enclosingScrollView {
esv.drawsBackground = false
}
}
}
..........
..........
..........
the following code makes ALL OF TextEditors background color transparent:
extension NSTextView {
open override var frame: CGRect {
didSet {
backgroundColor = .clear
drawsBackground = true
}
}
}
There is an argument: listRowBackground() in SwiftUI, but if you use List directly to iterate the data collection, it doesn't work.
Here is my workaround:
List {
// To make the background transparent, we have we use a ForEach as a wrapper
ForEach(files) {file in
Label(
title: { Text(file.name ?? fileOptionalFiller).lineLimit(listRowTextLineLimit) },
icon: { AppIcon.doc.foregroundColor(.primary) }
)
}
.listRowBackground(Color.primary.colorInvert())
}
Basically, listRowBackground() works if you use a ForEach inside List.
I was able to get the whole list to change color by using colorMultiply(Color:). Just add this modifier to the end of the list view, and then the padding will push the table to the device edges. For example:
List {...}.colorMultiply(Color.green).padding(.top)
https://www.hackingwithswift.com/quick-start/swiftui/how-to-adjust-views-by-tinting-and-desaturating-and-more
I do not know what is the connection but if you wrap the list with Form it is working.
Form {
List(viewModel.currencyList, id: \.self) { currency in
ItemView(item: currency)
}
.listRowBackground(Color("Primary"))
.background(Color("Primary"))
}
iOS 16 provides a modifier to control the background visibility of List (and other scrollable views): scrollContentBackground(_:)
You can hide the standard system background via .hidden. If you provide a background as well, that will become visible.
List {
Text("One")
Text("Two")
}
.background(Image("MyImage"))
.scrollContentBackground(.hidden)
You may also want to customize the background of list rows - the individual cells - and separators. This can be done like so:
List {
Section("Header") {
Text("One")
Text("Two")
.listRowBackground(Color.red)
}
.listRowBackground(Color.clear)
.listRowSeparator(.hidden)
}
.scrollContentBackground(.hidden)
struct Details: View {
var body: some View {
Spacer().overlay(
List {
Text("Hello World!").font(.title2)
.listRowBackground(Color.clear)
Text("Hello World again").font(.title2)
.listRowBackground(Color.clear)
}.onAppear() {
UITableView.appearance().backgroundColor = UIColor.green
UITableViewCell.appearance().backgroundColor = UIColor.green
}
)
}
}
The answer by Islom Alimov https://stackoverflow.com/a/59970379/9439097 seems to be the best implementation so far in my opinion.
Only drawback: this also changes the background color of all other list views in your app, so you need to manually change them back unless you want the same color everywhere.
Here is an example view:
import SwiftUI
struct TestView1: View {
init(){
UITableView.appearance().backgroundColor = UIColor(Color.clear)
}
#State var data = ["abc", "def"]
var body: some View {
VStack {
List {
ForEach(data, id: \.self) {element in
Text("\(String(describing: element))")
}
.background(Color.green)
.listRowBackground(Color.blue)
}
.background(Color.yellow)
Spacer()
Color.red
}
}
}
struct TestView1_Previews: PreviewProvider {
static var previews: some View {
TestView1()
}
}
produces:
Someone may find this useful if attempting to create a floating type cell with SwiftUI using .listRowBackground and applying .padding
var body: some View {
NavigationView {
List {
ForEach (site) { item in
HStack {
Text(String(item.id))
VStack(alignment: .leading) {
Text(item.name)
Text(item.crop[0])
}
}.listRowBackground(Color.yellow)
.padding(.trailing, 5)
.padding(.leading, 5)
.padding(.top, 2)
.padding(.bottom, 2))
}
}
.navigationBarTitle(Text("Locations"))
}
}
I assume the listRowPlatterColor modifier should do this, but isn't as of Xcode 11 Beta 11M336w
var body: some View {
List(pokemon) { pokemon in
PokemonCell(pokemon: pokemon)
.listRowPlatterColor(.green)
}
}
.colorMultiply(...)
As an option you can .colorMultiply(Color.yourColor) modifier.
Warning: this does not change the color! This only applies the Multiply modifier to the current color. Please read the question before any action, because you are probably looking for: "How to CHANGE the background color of a List in SwiftUI" and this will not work for you. ❄️
Example:
List (elements, id:\.self ) { element in
Text(element)
}
.colorMultiply(Color.red) <--------- replace with your color
For me, a perfect solution to change the background of List in SwiftUI is:
struct SomeView: View {
init(){
UITableView.appearance().backgroundColor = UIColor(named: "backgroundLight")
}
...
}
List is not perfect yet.
An option would be to use it like this -> List { ForEach(elements) { }} instead of List($elements)
On my end this is what worked best up to now.
Like #FontFamily said, it shouldn't break any List default behaviors like swiping.
Simply Add UITableView appearance background color in init() method and add list style (.listStyle(SidebarListStyle()). Don't forget to import UIKit module
struct HomeScreen: View {
init() {
UITableView.appearance().backgroundColor = .clear
}
let tempData:[TempData] = [TempData( name: "abc"),
TempData( name: "abc"),
TempData( name: "abc"),
TempData( name: "abc")]
var body: some View {
ZStack {
Image("loginBackgound")
.resizable()
.scaledToFill()
List{
ForEach(tempData){ data in
Text(data.name)
}
}
.listStyle(SidebarListStyle())
}
.ignoresSafeArea(edges: .all)
}
}
Using UITableView.appearance().backgroundColor is not a good idea as it changes the backgroundColor of all tables. I found a working solution for color changing at the exact table you selected in iOS 14, 15.
We will change the color using a modifier that needs to be applied inside the List
extension View {
func backgroundTableModifier(_ color: UIColor? = nil) -> some View {
self.modifier(BackgroundTableModifier(color: color))
}
}
Our task is to find the UITableView and after that change the color.
private struct BackgroundTableModifier: ViewModifier {
private let color: UIColor?
#State private var tableView: UITableView?
init(color: UIColor?) {
self.color = color
}
public func body(content: Content) -> some View {
if tableView?.backgroundColor != color {
content
.overlay(BackgroundTableViewRepresentable(tableBlock: { tableView in
tableView.backgroundColor = color
self.tableView = tableView
}))
} else {
content
}
}
}
private struct BackgroundTableViewRepresentable: UIViewRepresentable {
var tableBlock: (UITableView) -> ()
func makeUIView(context: Context) -> BackgroundTableView {
let view = BackgroundTableView(tableBlock: tableBlock)
return view
}
func updateUIView(_ uiView: BackgroundTableView, context: Context) {}
}
class BackgroundTableView: UIView {
var tableBlock: (UITableView) -> ()
init(tableBlock: #escaping (UITableView) -> ()) {
self.tableBlock = tableBlock
super.init(frame: .zero)
}
required init?(coder: NSCoder) {
fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
}
override func layoutSubviews() {
super.layoutSubviews()
if let tableView = findTableView(in: self) {
tableBlock(tableView)
}
}
private func findTableView(in view: UIView) -> UITableView? {
if let tableView = view as? UITableView {
return tableView
}
if let superView = view.superview {
return findTableView(in: superView)
}
return nil
}
}
In order to find UITableView, the modifier must be inside the List. Naturally, you need to ensure that the modifier is called only once, you do not need to apply it to each row. Here is an example of usage
List {
rows()
.backgroundTableModifier(.clear)
}
func rows() -> some View {
ForEach(0..<10, id: \.self) { index in
Row()
}
}
In iOS 16, we got a native way to do this via scrollcontentbackground modifier.
You can either change the color by setting a color (ShapeStyle) to scrollcontentbackground.
List {
Text("Item 1")
Text("Item 2")
Text("Item 3")
}
.scrollContentBackground(Color.pink)
Or you can hide the background .scrollContentBackground(.hidden) and set a custom one with .backgroud modifier.
List {
Text("Item 1")
Text("Item 2")
Text("Item 3")
}
.background {
Image("ventura")
}
.scrollContentBackground(.hidden)
I've inspired some of the configurator used to config per page NavigationView nav bar style and write some simple UITableView per page configurator not use UITableView.appearance() global approach
import SwiftUI
struct TableViewConfigurator: UIViewControllerRepresentable {
var configure: (UITableView) -> Void = { _ in }
func makeUIViewController(context: UIViewControllerRepresentableContext<TableViewConfigurator>) -> UIViewController {
UIViewController()
}
func updateUIViewController(_ uiViewController: UIViewController, context: UIViewControllerRepresentableContext<TableViewConfigurator>) {
let tableViews = uiViewController.navigationController?.topViewController?.view.subviews(ofType: UITableView.self) ?? [UITableView]()
for tableView in tableViews {
self.configure(tableView)
}
}
}
Then there is UIView extension needed to find all UITableViews
extension UIView {
func subviews<T:UIView>(ofType WhatType:T.Type) -> [T] {
var result = self.subviews.compactMap {$0 as? T}
for sub in self.subviews {
result.append(contentsOf: sub.subviews(ofType:WhatType))
}
return result
}
}
And usage at the end is:
List {
}.background(TableViewConfigurator {
$0.backgroundColor = .red
})
Maybe one thing should be improved that is usage of navigationController?.topViewController to make it work even without navigationController in view controllers hierarchy
If anyone came here looking for solutions for background in landscape not full width on iPhone X/11 try:
.listRowBackground(Color("backgroundColour").edgesIgnoringSafeArea(.all))
If you want to avoid setting the appearance for all table views globally, you can combine UITableView.appearance(whenContainedInInstancesOf:) with UIHostingController. Thanks DanSkeel for the comment you left above pointing this out. This is how I used it:
public class ClearTableViewHostingController<Content>: UIHostingController<Content> where Content: View {
public override func viewDidLoad() {
UITableView.appearance(whenContainedInInstancesOf: [ClearTableViewHostingController<Content>.self]).backgroundColor = .clear
}
}
You can use ClearTableViewHostingController like this:
let view = MyListView()
let viewController = ClearTableViewHostingController(coder: coder, rootView: view)
Then in your view you can set the list background color like so:
List {
Text("Hello World")
}
.background(Color.gray)
Make extension List like:
extension List{
#available(iOS 14, *)
func backgroundList(_ color: Color = .clear) -> some View{
UITableView.appearance().backgroundColor = UIColor(color)
return self
}
}
you can use introspect library from Github to set the background color for the underlying table view like this:
List { ... } .introspectTableView { tableView in
tableView.backgroundColor = .yellow
}
For some reason color change is not working, you can try the .listStyle to .plain
Code:
struct ContentView: View {
var body: some View {
VStack {
Text("Test")
List {
ForEach(1 ..< 4) { items in
Text(String(items))
}
}
.listStyle(.plain)
}
}
Changing background did not work for me, because of the system background. I needed to hide it.
List(examples) { example in
ExampleRow(example: example)
}.background(Color.white.edgesIgnoringSafeArea(.all))
.scrollContentBackground(.hidden)
Xcode Version 12.4
The Background property worked for me, but with the mandatory use of Opacity.
Without opacity it is not work.
List {
ForEach(data, id: \.id) { (item) in
ListRow(item)
.environmentObject(self.data)
}
}
.background(Color.black)
.opacity(0.5)
When using SwiftUI's new TextEditor, you can modify its content directly using a #State. However, I haven't see a way to add a placeholder text to it. Is it doable right now?
I added an example that Apple used in their own translator app. Which appears to be a multiple lines text editor view that supports a placeholder text.
It is not possible out of the box but you can achieve this effect with ZStack or the .overlay property.
What you should do is check the property holding your state. If it is empty display your placeholder text. If it's not then display the inputted text instead.
And here is a code example:
ZStack(alignment: .leading) {
if email.isEmpty {
Text(Translation.email)
.font(.custom("Helvetica", size: 24))
.padding(.all)
}
TextEditor(text: $email)
.font(.custom("Helvetica", size: 24))
.padding(.all)
}
Note: I have purposely left the .font and .padding styling for you to see that it should match on both the TextEditor and the Text.
EDIT: Having in mind the two problems mentioned in Legolas Wang's comment here is how the alignment and opacity issues could be handled:
In order to make the Text start at the left of the view simply wrap it in HStack and append Spacer immediately after it like this:
HStack {
Text("Some placeholder text")
Spacer()
}
In order to solve the opaque problem you could play with conditional opacity - the simplest way would be using the ternary operator like this:
TextEditor(text: stringProperty)
.opacity(stringProperty.isEmpty ? 0.25 : 1)
Of course this solution is just a silly workaround until support gets added for TextEditors.
You can use a ZStack with a disabled TextEditor containing your placeholder text behind. For example:
ZStack {
if self.content.isEmpty {
TextEditor(text:$placeholderText)
.font(.body)
.foregroundColor(.gray)
.disabled(true)
.padding()
}
TextEditor(text: $content)
.font(.body)
.opacity(self.content.isEmpty ? 0.25 : 1)
.padding()
}
Until we have some API support, an option would be to use the binding string as placeholder and onTapGesture to remove it
TextEditor(text: self.$note)
.padding(.top, 20)
.foregroundColor(self.note == placeholderString ? .gray : .primary)
.onTapGesture {
if self.note == placeholderString {
self.note = ""
}
}
I built a custom view that can be used like this (until TextEditor officially supports it - maybe next year)
TextArea("This is my placeholder", text: $text)
Full solution below:
struct TextArea: View {
private let placeholder: String
#Binding var text: String
init(_ placeholder: String, text: Binding<String>) {
self.placeholder = placeholder
self._text = text
}
var body: some View {
TextEditor(text: $text)
.background(
HStack(alignment: .top) {
text.isBlank ? Text(placeholder) : Text("")
Spacer()
}
.foregroundColor(Color.primary.opacity(0.25))
.padding(EdgeInsets(top: 0, leading: 4, bottom: 7, trailing: 0))
)
}
}
extension String {
var isBlank: Bool {
return allSatisfy({ $0.isWhitespace })
}
}
I'm using the default padding of the TextEditor here, but feel free to adjust to your preference.
I modified #bde.dev solution and here is the code sample and a screenshot..
struct TextEditorWithPlaceholder: View {
#Binding var text: String
var body: some View {
ZStack(alignment: .leading) {
if text.isEmpty {
VStack {
Text("Write something...")
.padding(.top, 10)
.padding(.leading, 6)
.opacity(0.6)
Spacer()
}
}
VStack {
TextEditor(text: $text)
.frame(minHeight: 150, maxHeight: 300)
.opacity(text.isEmpty ? 0.85 : 1)
Spacer()
}
}
}
}
And I used it in my view like:
struct UplodePostView: View {
#State private var text: String = ""
var body: some View {
NavigationView {
Form {
Section {
TextEditorWithPlaceholder(text: $text)
}
}
}
}
}
There are some good answers here, but I wanted to bring up a special case. When a TextEditor is placed in a Form, there are a few issues, primarily with spacing.
TextEditor does not horizontally align with other form elements (e.g. TextField)
The placeholder text does not horizontally align with the TextEditor cursor.
When there is whitespace or carriage return/newline are added, the placeholder re-positions to the vertical-middle (optional).
Adding leading spaces causes the placeholder to disappear (optional).
One way to fix these issues:
Form {
TextField("Text Field", text: $text)
ZStack(alignment: .topLeading) {
if comments.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines).isEmpty {
Text("Long Text Field").foregroundColor(Color(UIColor.placeholderText)).padding(.top, 8)
}
TextEditor(text: $comments).padding(.leading, -3)
}
}
With an overlay, you won't be able to allow touch on the placeholder text for the user to write in the textEditor.
You better work on the background, which is a view.
So, create it, while deactivating the default background:
struct PlaceholderBg: View {
let text: String?
init(text:String? = nil) {
UITextView.appearance().backgroundColor = .clear // necessary to remove the default bg
self.text = text
}
var body: some View {
VStack {
HStack{
Text(text!)
Spacer()
}
Spacer()
}
}
}
then, in your textEditor:
TextEditor(text: $yourVariable)
.frame(width: x, y)
.background(yourVariable.isEmpty ? PlaceholderBg(texte: "my placeholder text") : PlaceholderBG(texte:""))
Combined with the answer of #grey, but with white background coverage, you need to remove the background to have an effect
struct TextArea: View {
private let placeholder: String
#Binding var text: String
init(_ placeholder: String, text: Binding<String>) {
self.placeholder = placeholder
self._text = text
// Remove the background color here
UITextView.appearance().backgroundColor = .clear
}
var body: some View {
TextEditor(text: $text)
.background(
HStack(alignment: .top) {
text.isBlank ? Text(placeholder) : Text("")
Spacer()
}
.foregroundColor(Color.primary.opacity(0.25))
.padding(EdgeInsets(top: 0, leading: 4, bottom: 7, trailing: 0))
)
}
}
extension String {
var isBlank: Bool {
return allSatisfy({ $0.isWhitespace })
}
}
With iOS 15, you can use FocusState in order to manage the focus state of a TextEditor.
The following code shows how to use FocusState in order to show or hide the placeholder of a TextEditor:
struct ContentView: View {
#State private var note = ""
#FocusState private var isNoteFocused: Bool
var body: some View {
Form {
ZStack(alignment: .topLeading) {
TextEditor(text: $note)
.focused($isNoteFocused)
if !isNoteFocused && note.isEmpty {
Text("Note")
.foregroundColor(Color(uiColor: .placeholderText))
.padding(.top, 10)
.allowsHitTesting(false)
}
}
}
.toolbar {
ToolbarItemGroup(placement: .keyboard) {
Spacer()
Button("Done") {
isNoteFocused = false
}
}
}
}
}
As I know, this is the best way to add a placeholder text to TextEditor in SwiftUI
struct ContentView: View {
#State var text = "Type here"
var body: some View {
TextEditor(text: self.$text)
// make the color of the placeholder gray
.foregroundColor(self.text == "Type here" ? .gray : .primary)
.onAppear {
// remove the placeholder text when keyboard appears
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(forName: UIResponder.keyboardWillShowNotification, object: nil, queue: .main) { (noti) in
withAnimation {
if self.text == "Type here" {
self.text = ""
}
}
}
// put back the placeholder text if the user dismisses the keyboard without adding any text
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(forName: UIResponder.keyboardWillHideNotification, object: nil, queue: .main) { (noti) in
withAnimation {
if self.text == "" {
self.text = "Type here"
}
}
}
}
}
}
I like Umayanga's approach but his code wasn't reusable.
Here's the code as a reusable view:
struct TextEditorPH: View {
private var placeholder: String
#Binding var text: String
init(placeholder: String, text: Binding<String>) {
self.placeholder = placeholder
self._text = text
}
var body: some View {
TextEditor(text: self.$text)
// make the color of the placeholder gray
.foregroundColor(self.text == placeholder ? .gray : .primary)
.onAppear {
// create placeholder
self.text = placeholder
// remove the placeholder text when keyboard appears
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(forName: UIResponder.keyboardWillShowNotification, object: nil, queue: .main) { (noti) in
withAnimation {
if self.text == placeholder {
self.text = ""
}
}
}
// put back the placeholder text if the user dismisses the keyboard without adding any text
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(forName: UIResponder.keyboardWillHideNotification, object: nil, queue: .main) { (noti) in
withAnimation {
if self.text == "" {
self.text = placeholder
}
}
}
}
}
}
Here is how I solved it.
I used a Text for the placeholder together with the TextEditor in a ZStack.
The first problem was that since the Text is opaque, it would prevent the TextEditor from becoming focused if you tapped on the area covered by the Text. Tapping on any other area would make the TextEditor focused.
So I solved it by adding a tap gesture with the new iOS 15 #FocusState property wrapper.
The second problem was that the TextEditor was not properly aligned to the left of the placeholder so I added a negative .leading padding to solve that.
struct InputView: View {
#State var text: String = ""
#FocusState var isFocused: Bool
var body: some View {
ZStack(alignment: .leading) {
TextEditor(text: $text)
.font(.body)
.padding(.leading, -4)
.focused($isFocused, equals: true)
if text.isEmpty {
Text("Placeholder text...")
.font(.body)
.foregroundColor(Color(uiColor: .placeholderText))
.onTapGesture {
self.isFocused = true
}
}
}
}
}
Hopefully it is natively supported in the future.
SwiftUI TextEditor does not yet have support for a placeholder. As a result, we have to "fake" it.
Other solutions had problems like bad alignment or color issues. This is the closest I got to simulating a real placeholder. This solution "overlays" a TextField over the TextEditor. The TextField contains the placeholder. The TextField gets hidden as soon as a character is inputted into the TextEditor.
import SwiftUI
struct Testing: View {
#State private var textEditorText = ""
#State private var textFieldText = ""
var body: some View {
VStack {
Text("Testing Placeholder Example")
ZStack(alignment: Alignment(horizontal: .center, vertical: .top)) {
TextEditor(text: $textEditorText)
.padding(EdgeInsets(top: -7, leading: -4, bottom: -7, trailing: -4)) // fix padding not aligning with TextField
if textEditorText.isEmpty {
TextField("Placeholder text here", text: $textFieldText)
.disabled(true) // don't allow for it to be tapped
}
}
}
}
}
struct Testing_Previews: PreviewProvider {
static var previews: some View {
Testing()
}
}
I've read all the comments above (and in the Internet at all), combined some of them and decided to come to this solution:
Create custom Binding wrapper
Create TextEditor and Text with this binding
Add some modifications to make all this pixel-perfect.
Let's start with creating wrapper:
extension Binding where Value: Equatable {
init(_ source: Binding<Value?>, replacingNilWith nilProxy: Value) {
self.init(
get: { source.wrappedValue ?? nilProxy },
set: { newValue in
if newValue == nilProxy {
source.wrappedValue = nil
} else {
source.wrappedValue = newValue
}
})
}
}
Next step is to initialize our binding as usual:
#State private var yourTextVariable: String?
After that put TextEditor and Text in the ZStack:
ZStack(alignment: .topLeading) {
Text(YOUR_HINT_TEXT)
.padding(EdgeInsets(top: 6, leading: 4, bottom: 0, trailing: 0))
.foregroundColor(.black)
.opacity(yourTextVariable == nil ? 1 : 0)
TextEditor(text: Binding($yourTextVariable, replacingNilWith: ""))
.padding(.all, 0)
.opacity(yourTextVariable != nil ? 1 : 0.8)
}
And this will give us pixel-perfect UI with needed functionality:
https://youtu.be/T1TcSWo-Mtc
We can create a custom view to add placeholder text in the TextEditor.
Here is my solution:
AppTextEditor.swift
import SwiftUI
// MARK: - AppTextEditor
struct AppTextEditor: View {
#Binding var message: String
let placeholder: LocalizedStringKey
var body: some View {
ZStack(alignment: .topLeading) {
if message.isEmpty {
Text(placeholder)
.padding(8)
.font(.body)
.foregroundColor(Color.placeholderColor)
}
TextEditor(text: $message)
.frame(height: 100)
.opacity(message.isEmpty ? 0.25 : 1)
}
.overlay(
RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 8)
.stroke(Color.placeholderColor, lineWidth: 0.5))
}
}
// MARK: - AppTextEditor_Previews
struct AppTextEditor_Previews: PreviewProvider {
static var previews: some View {
AppTextEditor(message: .constant(""), placeholder: "Your Message")
.padding()
}
}
Color+Extensions.swift
extension Color {
static let placeholderColor = Color(UIColor.placeholderText)
}
Usage:
struct YourView: View {
#State var message = ""
var body: some View {
AppTextEditor(message: $message, placeholder: "Your message")
.padding()
}
}
I did it this way:
TextEditor(text: $bindingVar)
.font(.title2)
.onTapGesture{
placeholderText = true
}
.frame(height: 150)
.overlay(
VStack(alignment: .leading){
HStack {
if !placeholderText {
Text("Your placeholdergoeshere")
.font(.title2)
.foregroundColor(.gray)
}
Spacer()
}
Spacer()
})
None of the suggested answers was helpful for me, When the user taps the TextEditor, it should hide the placeholder. Also there's a nasty bug from Apple that doesn't allow you to properly change the TextEditor's background color (iOS 15.5 time of writing this) I provided my refined code here.
Make sure add this code at the app initialization point:
#main
struct MyApplication1: App {
let persistenceController = PersistenceController.shared
init(){
UITextView.appearance().backgroundColor = .clear // <-- Make sure to add this line
}
var body: some Scene {
WindowGroup {
ContentView()
.environment(\.managedObjectContext, persistenceController.container.viewContext)
}
}
}
struct PlaceHolderTextEditor: View {
let cornerRadius:CGFloat = 8
let backgroundColor:Color = .gray
let placeholder: String
#Binding var text: String
#FocusState private var isFocused: Bool
var body: some View {
ZStack(alignment: Alignment(horizontal: .leading, vertical: .top)) {
TextEditor(text: $text)
.focused($isFocused)
.onChange(of: isFocused) { isFocused in
self.isFocused = isFocused
}
.opacity((text.isEmpty && !isFocused) ? 0.02 : 1)
.foregroundColor(.white)
.frame(height:150)
.background(backgroundColor)
if text.isEmpty && !isFocused {
Text(placeholder)
.padding(.top, 8)
.padding(.leading,8)
}
}.cornerRadius(cornerRadius)
}
}
textEditor{...}.onTapGesture {
if text == placeholder {
self.text = ""
}
}.onAppear {
text = placeholder
}
Button {
text = placeholder
isFocused = false
}....
Fighting TextEditor recently I use this as an approximate and simple solution
TextEditor(text: dvbEventText)
.overlay(alignment:.topLeading)
{
Text(dvbEventText.wrappedValue.count == 0 ? "Enter Event Text":"")
.foregroundColor(Color.lightGray)
.disabled(true)
}
As soon as you start typing the hint goes away and the prompt text is where you type.
FWIW
I stumbled upon a weird behaviour for Buttons in SwiftUI in combination with a custom ButtonStyle.
My target was to create a custom ButtonStyle with some kind of 'push-back animation'. I used the following setup for this:
struct CustomButton<Content: View>: View {
private let content: () -> Content
init(content: #escaping () -> Content) {
self.content = content
}
var body: some View {
VStack {
Button(action: { ... }) {
content()
}
.buttonStyle(PushBackButtonStyle(pushBackScale: 0.9))
}
}
}
private struct PushBackButtonStyle: ButtonStyle {
let pushBackScale: CGFloat
func makeBody(configuration: Self.Configuration) -> some View {
configuration
.label
.scaleEffect(configuration.isPressed ? pushBackScale : 1.0)
}
}
// Preview
struct Playground_Previews: PreviewProvider {
static var previews: some View {
CustomButton {
VStack(spacing: 10) {
HStack {
Text("Button Text").background(Color.orange)
}
Divider()
HStack {
Text("Detail Text").background(Color.orange)
}
}
}
.background(Color.red)
}
}
When I now try to touch on this button outside of the Text view, nothing will happen. No animation will be visible and the action block will not be called.
What I found out so far:
when you remove the .buttonStyle(...) it does work as expected (no custom animation of course)
or when you set a .background(Color.red)) on the VStack in the CustomButton it does also work as expected in combination with the .buttonStyle(...)
The question now is if anybody have a better idea of how to properly work around this issue or how to fix it?
Just add hit testing content shape in your custom button style, like below
Tested with Xcode 11.4 / iOS 13.4
private struct PushBackButtonStyle: ButtonStyle {
let pushBackScale: CGFloat
func makeBody(configuration: Self.Configuration) -> some View {
configuration
.label
.contentShape(Rectangle()) // << fix !!
.scaleEffect(configuration.isPressed ? pushBackScale : 1.0)
}
}
Simply use a .frame and it should work.
To make it easily testable I have rewritten it like this:
struct CustomButton: View {
var body: some View {
Button(action: { }) {
VStack(spacing: 10) {
HStack {
Text("Button Text").background(Color.orange)
.frame(minWidth: 0, maxWidth: .infinity)
.background(Color.orange)
}
Divider()
HStack {
Text("Detail Text").background(Color.orange)
.frame(minWidth: 0, maxWidth: .infinity)
.background(Color.orange)
}
}
}
.buttonStyle(PushBackButtonStyle(pushBackScale: 0.9))
}
}
private struct PushBackButtonStyle: ButtonStyle {
let pushBackScale: CGFloat
func makeBody(configuration: Self.Configuration) -> some View {
configuration
.label
.scaleEffect(configuration.isPressed ? pushBackScale : 1.0)
}
}
I hope I could help. :-)
#Edit With video.
How to change the navigation bar title color in SwiftUI
NavigationView {
List{
ForEach(0..<15) { item in
HStack {
Text("Apple")
.font(.headline)
.fontWeight(.medium)
.color(.orange)
.lineLimit(1)
.multilineTextAlignment(.center)
.padding(.leading)
.frame(width: 125, height: nil)
Text("Apple Infinite Loop. Address: One Infinite Loop Cupertino, CA 95014 (408) 606-5775 ")
.font(.subheadline)
.fontWeight(.regular)
.multilineTextAlignment(.leading)
.lineLimit(nil)
}
}
}
.navigationBarTitle(Text("TEST")).navigationBarHidden(false).foregroundColor(.orange)
}
I have tried with .foregroundColor(.orange) but it is not working
also tried .navigationBarTitle(Text("TEST").color(.orange))
Any help ?
It is not necessary to use .appearance() to do this globally.
Although SwiftUI does not expose navigation styling directly, you can work around that by using UIViewControllerRepresentable. Since SwiftUI is using a regular UINavigationController behind the scenes, the view controller will still have a valid .navigationController property.
struct NavigationConfigurator: UIViewControllerRepresentable {
var configure: (UINavigationController) -> Void = { _ in }
func makeUIViewController(context: UIViewControllerRepresentableContext<NavigationConfigurator>) -> UIViewController {
UIViewController()
}
func updateUIViewController(_ uiViewController: UIViewController, context: UIViewControllerRepresentableContext<NavigationConfigurator>) {
if let nc = uiViewController.navigationController {
self.configure(nc)
}
}
}
And to use it
struct ContentView: View {
var body: some View {
NavigationView {
ScrollView {
Text("Don't use .appearance()!")
}
.navigationBarTitle("Try it!", displayMode: .inline)
.background(NavigationConfigurator { nc in
nc.navigationBar.barTintColor = .blue
nc.navigationBar.titleTextAttributes = [.foregroundColor : UIColor.white]
})
}
.navigationViewStyle(StackNavigationViewStyle())
}
}
In SwiftUI, you can not change the navigationTitleColor directly. You have to change UINavigation's appearance in init() like this,
struct YourView: View {
init() {
//Use this if NavigationBarTitle is with Large Font
UINavigationBar.appearance().largeTitleTextAttributes = [.foregroundColor: UIColor.red]
//Use this if NavigationBarTitle is with displayMode = .inline
UINavigationBar.appearance().titleTextAttributes = [.foregroundColor: UIColor.red]
}
var body: some View {
NavigationView {
List{
ForEach(0..<15) { item in
HStack {
Text("Apple")
.font(.headline)
.fontWeight(.medium)
.color(.orange)
.lineLimit(1)
.multilineTextAlignment(.center)
.padding(.leading)
.frame(width: 125, height: nil)
Text("Apple Infinite Loop. Address: One Infinite Loop Cupertino, CA 95014 (408) 606-5775 ")
.font(.subheadline)
.fontWeight(.regular)
.multilineTextAlignment(.leading)
.lineLimit(nil)
}
}
}
.navigationBarTitle(Text("TEST")).navigationBarHidden(false)
//.navigationBarTitle (Text("TEST"), displayMode: .inline)
}
}
}
I hope it will work. Thanks!!
I have searched for this issue and find a great article about this, you could wrap the settings of navigation bar style as a view modifier.
Check this Link.
Notes: I believe you need to update some code in this example, add titleColor parameter.
struct NavigationBarModifier: ViewModifier {
var backgroundColor: UIColor?
var titleColor: UIColor?
init(backgroundColor: UIColor?, titleColor: UIColor?) {
self.backgroundColor = backgroundColor
let coloredAppearance = UINavigationBarAppearance()
coloredAppearance.configureWithTransparentBackground()
coloredAppearance.backgroundColor = backgroundColor
coloredAppearance.titleTextAttributes = [.foregroundColor: titleColor ?? .white]
coloredAppearance.largeTitleTextAttributes = [.foregroundColor: titleColor ?? .white]
UINavigationBar.appearance().standardAppearance = coloredAppearance
UINavigationBar.appearance().compactAppearance = coloredAppearance
UINavigationBar.appearance().scrollEdgeAppearance = coloredAppearance
}
func body(content: Content) -> some View {
ZStack{
content
VStack {
GeometryReader { geometry in
Color(self.backgroundColor ?? .clear)
.frame(height: geometry.safeAreaInsets.top)
.edgesIgnoringSafeArea(.top)
Spacer()
}
}
}
}
}
extension View {
func navigationBarColor(backgroundColor: UIColor?, titleColor: UIColor?) -> some View {
self.modifier(NavigationBarModifier(backgroundColor: backgroundColor, titleColor: titleColor))
}
}
After that, apply like this:
.navigationBarColor(backgroundColor: .clear, titleColor: .white)
I hope it will work.
In iOS 14, SwiftUI has a way to customize a navigation bar with the new toolbar modifier.
We need to set ToolbarItem of placement type .principal to a new toolbar modifier. You can even set an image and much more.
NavigationView {
Text("My View!")
.navigationBarTitleDisplayMode(.inline)
.toolbar {
ToolbarItem(placement: .principal) {
HStack {
Image(systemName: "sun.min.fill")
Text("Title")
.font(.headline)
.foregroundColor(.orange)
}
}
}
}
Building on the answer from Arsenius, I found that an elegant way to get it to work consistently was to subclass UIViewController and do the configuration in viewDidLayoutSubviews().
Usage:
VStack {
Text("Hello world")
.configureNavigationBar {
$0.navigationBar.setBackgroundImage(UIImage(), for: .default)
$0.navigationBar.shadowImage = UIImage()
}
}
Implementation:
extension View {
func configureNavigationBar(configure: #escaping (UINavigationController) -> Void) -> some View {
modifier(NavigationConfigurationViewModifier(configure: configure))
}
}
struct NavigationConfigurationViewModifier: ViewModifier {
let configure: (UINavigationController) -> Void
func body(content: Content) -> some View {
content.background(NavigationConfigurator(configure: configure))
}
}
struct NavigationConfigurator: UIViewControllerRepresentable {
let configure: (UINavigationController) -> Void
func makeUIViewController(
context: UIViewControllerRepresentableContext<NavigationConfigurator>
) -> NavigationConfigurationViewController {
NavigationConfigurationViewController(configure: configure)
}
func updateUIViewController(
_ uiViewController: NavigationConfigurationViewController,
context: UIViewControllerRepresentableContext<NavigationConfigurator>
) { }
}
final class NavigationConfigurationViewController: UIViewController {
let configure: (UINavigationController) -> Void
init(configure: #escaping (UINavigationController) -> Void) {
self.configure = configure
super.init(nibName: nil, bundle: nil)
}
required init?(coder: NSCoder) {
fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
}
override func viewDidLayoutSubviews() {
super.viewDidLayoutSubviews()
if let navigationController = navigationController {
configure(navigationController)
}
}
}
I took a slightly different approach; I wanted to change only the title text color, and nothing else about the NavigationBar. Using the above and this as inspiration, I landed on:
import SwiftUI
extension View {
/// Sets the text color for a navigation bar title.
/// - Parameter color: Color the title should be
///
/// Supports both regular and large titles.
#available(iOS 14, *)
func navigationBarTitleTextColor(_ color: Color) -> some View {
let uiColor = UIColor(color)
// Set appearance for both normal and large sizes.
UINavigationBar.appearance().titleTextAttributes = [.foregroundColor: uiColor ]
UINavigationBar.appearance().largeTitleTextAttributes = [.foregroundColor: uiColor ]
return self
}
}
This requires iOS 14 because UIColor.init(_ color: Color) requires iOS 14.
Which can be leveraged as such:
struct ExampleView: View {
var body: some View {
NavigationView {
Text("Hello, World!")
.navigationBarTitle("Example")
.navigationBarTitleTextColor(Color.red)
}
}
}
Which in turn yields:
Use Below Code for Color Customization in SwiftUI
This is for main body background color:-
struct ContentView: View {
var body: some View {
Color.red
.edgesIgnoringSafeArea(.all)
}
}
For Navigation Bar:-
struct ContentView: View {
#State var msg = "Hello SwiftUI😊"
init() {
UINavigationBar.appearance().backgroundColor = .systemPink
UINavigationBar.appearance().largeTitleTextAttributes = [
.foregroundColor: UIColor.white,
.font : UIFont(name:"Helvetica Neue", size: 40)!]
}
var body: some View {
NavigationView {
Text(msg)
.navigationBarTitle(Text("NAVIGATION BAR"))
}
}
}
For Other UI Elements Color Customization
struct ContentView: View {
#State var msg = "Hello SwiftUI😊"
var body: some View {
Text(msg).padding()
.foregroundColor(.white)
.background(Color.pink)
}
}
from iOS 14, You can have any custom view you want (including custom text with custom color and font)
.navigationBarTitleDisplayMode(.inline)
.toolbar {
ToolbarItem(placement: .principal) {
VStack {
Text("Yellow And Bold Title")
.bold()
.foregroundColor(.yellow)
}
}
}
Also you can set the navigation bar color from the iOS 16 like:
.toolbarBackground(.red, for: .navigationBar)
I have developed a small sample of a custom SwiftUI navigation that can provide full visual customisation and programatic navigation. It can be used as a replacement for the NavigationView.
Here is the NavigationStack class that deals with currentView and navigation stack:
final class NavigationStack: ObservableObject {
#Published var viewStack: [NavigationItem] = []
#Published var currentView: NavigationItem
init(_ currentView: NavigationItem ){
self.currentView = currentView
}
func unwind(){
if viewStack.count == 0{
return
}
let last = viewStack.count - 1
currentView = viewStack[last]
viewStack.remove(at: last)
}
func advance(_ view:NavigationItem){
viewStack.append( currentView)
currentView = view
}
func home( ){
currentView = NavigationItem( view: AnyView(HomeView()))
viewStack.removeAll()
}
}
You can have a look here: for the full example with explanation:
PS: I am not sure why this one was deleted. I think it answer the question as it is a perfect functional alternative to NavigationView.
Instead of setting appearance(), which affects all navigation bars, you can set them individually using SwiftUI-Introspect.
Example:
struct ContentView: View {
var body: some View {
NavigationView {
ScrollView {
Text("Hello world!")
}
.navigationTitle("Title")
}
.introspectNavigationController { nav in
nav.navigationBar.barTintColor = .systemBlue
}
}
}
Result:
init() {
// for navigation bar title color
UINavigationBar.appearance().titleTextAttributes = [NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor:UIColor.red]
// For navigation bar background color
UINavigationBar.appearance().backgroundColor = .green
}
NavigationView {
List {
ForEach(0..<15) { item in
HStack {
Text("Apple")
.font(.headline)
.fontWeight(.medium)
.color(.orange)
.lineLimit(1)
.multilineTextAlignment(.center)
.padding(.leading)
.frame(width: 125, height: nil)
Text("Apple Infinite Loop. Address: One Infinite Loop Cupertino, CA 95014 (408) 606-5775 ")
.font(.subheadline)
.fontWeight(.regular)
.multilineTextAlignment(.leading)
.lineLimit(nil)
}
}
}
.navigationBarTitle(Text("TEST")).navigationBarHidden(false)
}
Based on this https://stackoverflow.com/a/66050825/6808357 I created an extension where you can set the background color and the title color at the same time.
import SwiftUI
extension View {
/// Sets background color and title color for UINavigationBar.
#available(iOS 14, *)
func navigationBar(backgroundColor: Color, titleColor: Color) -> some View {
let appearance = UINavigationBarAppearance()
appearance.configureWithTransparentBackground()
appearance.backgroundColor = UIColor(backgroundColor)
let uiTitleColor = UIColor(titleColor)
appearance.largeTitleTextAttributes = [.foregroundColor: uiTitleColor]
appearance.titleTextAttributes = [.foregroundColor: uiTitleColor]
UINavigationBar.appearance().standardAppearance = appearance
UINavigationBar.appearance().scrollEdgeAppearance = appearance
return self
}
}
Here's how to use it:
var body: some View {
NavigationView {
Text("Hello world!") // This could be any View (List, VStack, etc.)
.navigationTitle("Your title here")
.navigationBar(backgroundColor: .blue, titleColor: .white)
}
}
Happy coding!
If you have your content as
struct MyContent : View {
...
}
then you can put it like this inside a navigation view with a red background:
NavigationView {
ZStack(alignment: .top) {
Rectangle()
.foregroundColor(Color.red)
.edgesIgnoringSafeArea(.top)
MyContent()
}
}
I will update my answer as soon as I know how to update the title text itself.
Definitely there are already a few good answers, but all of them will cover only part of the job:
Great solution from #arsenius - give the good point to start
Elegant way from #EngageTheWarpDrive - this definitely improve usability
For latest version of iOS and swiftUI #Thahir suggest to use toolbar
Few more suggestions propose to use UIAppearence global config for UINavigationBar - as for me global change is not a good idea and may be not always suitable.
I ended up combining all proposals in to the next code:
Create NavigationControllerRepresentable and modifier for navigationBar configuration:
struct NavigationControllerLayout: UIViewControllerRepresentable {
var configure: (UINavigationController) -> () = { _ in }
func makeUIViewController(
context: UIViewControllerRepresentableContext<NavigationControllerLayout>
) -> UIViewController {
UIViewController()
}
func updateUIViewController(
_ uiViewController: UIViewController,
context: UIViewControllerRepresentableContext<NavigationControllerLayout>
) {
if let navigationContoller = uiViewController.navigationController {
configure(navigationContoller)
}
}
}
extension View {
func configureNavigationBar(_ configure: #escaping (UINavigationBar) -> ()) -> some View {
modifier(NavigationConfigurationViewModifier(configure: configure))
}
}
struct NavigationConfigurationViewModifier: ViewModifier {
let configure: (UINavigationBar) -> ()
func body(content: Content) -> some View {
content.background(NavigationControllerLayout(configure: {
configure($0.navigationBar)
}))
}
}
To modify navigationBar to meet u'r requirements (such as bg color and other props):
extension UINavigationBar {
enum Appearence {
case transparent
case defaultLight
case colored(UIColor?)
var color: UIColor {
...
}
var appearenceColor: UIColor {
...
}
var tint: UIColor {
....
}
var effect: UIBlurEffect? {
....
}
}
func switchToAppearence(_ type: Appearence) {
backgroundColor = type.color
barTintColor = type.tint
// for iOS 13+
standardAppearance.backgroundColor = type.appearenceColor
standardAppearance.backgroundEffect = type.effect
// u can use other properties from navBar also simply modifying this function
}
}
As u can see, here we definitely need some bridge between Color and UIColor. Starting from iOS 14 - u can just UIColor.init(_ color: Color), but before iOS 14 there is not such way, so I ended up with simple solution:
extension Color {
/// Returns a `UIColor` that represents this color if one can be constructed
///
/// Note: Does not support dynamic colors
var uiColor: UIColor? {
self.cgColor.map({ UIColor(cgColor: $0) })
}
}
this will not work for dynamic colors
As result u can use this as following:
// modifier to `NavigationView`
.configureNavigationBar {
$0.switchToAppearence(.defaultLight)
}
Hopefully this may help to someone ;)
I still haven't figured out how to do the foreground color on a per-view basis, but I did figure out a simple workaround for the background color.
If using an .inline title, you can just use a VStack with a rectangle at the top of the NavigationView:
NavigationView {
VStack() {
Rectangle()
.foregroundColor(.red)
.edgesIgnoringSafeArea(.top)
.frame(height: 0)
List {
Text("Hello World")
Text("Hello World")
Text("Hello World")
}
}
.navigationBarTitle("Hello World", displayMode: .inline)
// ...
Note how the rectangle uses a frame height of 0 and .edgesIgnoringSafeArea(.top).
Here is the solution that worked for me. You need to start off with a UINavigationController as the rootViewController.
func scene(_ scene: UIScene, willConnectTo session: UISceneSession, options connectionOptions: UIScene.ConnectionOptions) {
if let windowScene = scene as? UIWindowScene {
let window = UIWindow(windowScene: windowScene)
let nav = setupNavigationController()
window.rootViewController = nav
self.window = window
window.makeKeyAndVisible()
}
}
func setupNavigationController() -> UINavigationController {
let contentView = ContentView()
let hosting = UIHostingController(rootView: contentView)
let nav = NavigationController(rootViewController: hosting)
let navBarAppearance = UINavigationBarAppearance()
navBarAppearance.titleTextAttributes = [.foregroundColor: UIColor.white]
navBarAppearance.largeTitleTextAttributes = [.foregroundColor: UIColor.white]
navBarAppearance.backgroundColor = UIColor.black
nav.navigationBar.standardAppearance = navBarAppearance
nav.navigationBar.scrollEdgeAppearance = navBarAppearance
nav.navigationBar.prefersLargeTitles = true
return nav
}
and then in your content view:
struct ContentView: View {
#State private var isModalViewPresented: Bool = false
var body: some View {
List(0 ..< 10, rowContent: { (index) in
NavigationLink(destination: DetailView()) {
Text("\(index)")
}
})
.navigationBarItems(trailing: Button("Model") {
self.isModalViewPresented.toggle()
})
.sheet(isPresented: $isModalViewPresented, content: {
ModalView()
})
.navigationBarTitle("Main View")
}
}
and if you want to change the color at some point, such as in a modal view, use the answer given here
struct ModalView: View {
var body: some View {
NavigationView {
Text("Hello, World!")
.navigationBarTitle("Modal View")
.background(NavigationConfigurator { nc in
nc.navigationBar.backgroundColor = UIColor.blue
nc.navigationBar.largeTitleTextAttributes = [.foregroundColor: UIColor.white]
})
}
}
}
you can subclass UINavigationController to change the status bar color
class NavigationController: UINavigationController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
}
override var preferredStatusBarStyle: UIStatusBarStyle
{
.lightContent
}
}
.foregroundColor(.orange) - изменяет внутренние представления NavigationView.
But to change the navigation view itself, you need to use UINavigationBar Appearance() in init()
I was looking for this problem and found a great article about it. And i modified your code by this article and came to success. Here, how i solve this problem:
struct ContentView: View {
init() {
let coloredAppearance = UINavigationBarAppearance()
// this overrides everything you have set up earlier.
coloredAppearance.configureWithTransparentBackground()
coloredAppearance.backgroundColor = .green
coloredAppearance.largeTitleTextAttributes = [.foregroundColor: UIColor.black]
// to make everything work normally
UINavigationBar.appearance().standardAppearance = coloredAppearance
UINavigationBar.appearance().scrollEdgeAppearance = coloredAppearance
}
var body: some View {
NavigationView {
List{
ForEach(0..<15) { item in
HStack {
Text("Apple")
.font(.headline)
.fontWeight(.medium)
.lineLimit(1)
.multilineTextAlignment(.center)
.padding(.leading)
.frame(width: 125, height: nil)
.foregroundColor(.orange)
Text("Apple Infinite Loop. Address: One Infinite Loop Cupertino, CA 95014 (408) 606-5775 ")
.font(.subheadline)
.fontWeight(.regular)
.multilineTextAlignment(.leading)
.lineLimit(nil)
.foregroundColor(.orange)
}
}
}
.navigationBarTitle(Text("TEST"))
}
// do not forget to add this
.navigationViewStyle(StackNavigationViewStyle())
}
}
You can also take some examples here
update for 13.4
note: revisiting this the next day, it may be possible that some of my issues were caused by my somewhat nonstandard setup: i am still running mojave, but have manually added the 13.4 support files (normally available only via xcode 11.4, which requires catalina). i mention this because i am/was also having some tab bar custom color issues, but i just noticed that those are only manifesting when i have the phone actually plugged in and am running the app from xcode. if i unplug, and just run the app normally, i am not seeing the tab bar issues, so it may be possible that the nav bar issue had some similarity ...
(i would add this as a comment on arsenius' answer (the currently accepted one) above, but i don't have the rep, so ...)
i was using that solution, and it was working perfectly up until 13.4, which seems to have broken it, at least for me. after a lot of view hierarchy tracing, it looks like they changed things such that the implicit UINavigationController is no longer easily accessible via the passed UIViewController as described in the workaround. it's still there though (pretty far up the tree), we just have to find it.
to that end, we can just walk the view hierarchy until we find the navbar, and then set the desired parameters on it, as usual. this necessitates a new discovery function, and some minor changes to the NavigationConfigurator struct, and its instantiation ...
first up, the discovery function:
func find_navbar(_ root: UIView?) -> UINavigationBar?
{
guard root != nil else { return nil }
var navbar: UINavigationBar? = nil
for v in root!.subviews
{ if type(of: v) == UINavigationBar.self { navbar = (v as! UINavigationBar); break }
else { navbar = find_navbar(v); if navbar != nil { break } }
}
return navbar
}
modify the NavigationConfigurator as follows (note that we no longer care about passing in a view, since that's no longer reliable):
struct NavigationConfigurator: UIViewControllerRepresentable
{
#EnvironmentObject var prefs: Prefs // to pick up colorscheme changes
var configure: () -> Void = {}
func makeUIViewController(context: UIViewControllerRepresentableContext<NavigationConfigurator>) -> UIViewController { UIViewController() }
func updateUIViewController(_ uiViewController: UIViewController, context: UIViewControllerRepresentableContext<NavigationConfigurator>) { self.configure() }
}
(in my app, i have a Prefs object which keeps track of colors, etc.)
... then, at the instantiation site, do something like this:
MyView()
.navigationBarTitle("List", displayMode: .inline)
.navigationBarItems(trailing: navbuttons)
.background(NavigationConfigurator {
if self.prefs.UI_COLORSCHEME != Colorscheme.system.rawValue
{ if let navbar = find_navbar(root_vc?.view)
{ navbar.barTintColor = Colors.uicolor(.navbar, .background)
navbar.backgroundColor = .black
navbar.titleTextAttributes = [.foregroundColor: Colors.uicolor(.navbar, .foreground)]
navbar.tintColor = Colors.uicolor(.navbar, .foreground)
}
}
})
note that i capture the root view controller elsewhere in my app, and use it here to pass to find_navbar(). you might want to do it differently, but i already have that variable around for other reasons ... there's some other stuff there specific to my app, e.g., the color-related objects, but you get the idea.
https://stackoverflow.com/a/58427754/4709057 this answer works, but if you are experiencing issues with navigationController being nil in light or dark mode. Just add this.. no idea why it works.
struct ContentView: View {
var body: some View {
NavigationView {
ScrollView {
Text("Don't use .appearance()!")
}
.navigationBarTitle("Try it!", displayMode: .inline)
.background(NavigationConfigurator { nc in
nc.navigationBar.barTintColor = .blue
nc.navigationBar.background = .blue
nc.navigationBar.titleTextAttributes = [.foregroundColor : UIColor.white]
})
}
.navigationViewStyle(StackNavigationViewStyle())
.accentColor(.red) <------- DOES THE JOB
}
}
WatchOS navigation title color using SwiftUI
Side note for watchOS is that you don't need to fiddle with the navigation color. It's the Watch Accent color you need to change. In your project go into WatchProjectName->Asset->Accent and change this
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/watchkit/setting_the_app_s_tint_color
This solution builds on the accepted answer that doesn't use any library nor does it apply UINavigationBarAppearance globally.
This solution fixes the issues that the accepted answer has (such as not working for the initial view or not working for large display mode) by adding a hack.
Note I would personally not use this hack in production code, nevertheless it's interesting to see that the issues can be worked around. Use at own risk.
struct NavigationHackView: View {
#State private var isUsingHack = false
var body: some View {
NavigationView {
List {
NavigationLink {
Text("Detail view")
.navigationTitle("Detail view")
.navigationBarTitleDisplayMode(.inline)
} label: {
Text("Show details view")
}
}
.navigationTitle("Hack!")
.background(
NavigationConfigurator { navigationController in
// required for hack to work
_ = isUsingHack
navigationController.navigationBar.navigationBarColor(.red, titleColor: .white)
}
)
.onAppear {
// required for hack to work
DispatchQueue.main.async {
isUsingHack.toggle()
}
}
// required for hack to work, even though nothing is done
.onChange(of: isUsingHack) { _ in }
}
}
}
struct NavigationConfigurator: UIViewControllerRepresentable {
var configure: (UINavigationController) -> Void = { _ in }
func makeUIViewController(
context: UIViewControllerRepresentableContext<NavigationConfigurator>
) -> UIViewController {
UIViewController()
}
func updateUIViewController(
_ uiViewController: UIViewController,
context: UIViewControllerRepresentableContext<NavigationConfigurator>
) {
guard let navigationController = uiViewController.navigationController else {
return
}
configure(navigationController)
}
}
extension UINavigationBar {
func navigationBarColor(
_ backgroundColor: UIColor,
titleColor: UIColor? = nil
) {
let appearance = UINavigationBarAppearance()
appearance.configureWithOpaqueBackground()
appearance.backgroundColor = backgroundColor
if let titleColor = titleColor {
appearance.titleTextAttributes = [.foregroundColor: titleColor]
appearance.largeTitleTextAttributes = [.foregroundColor: titleColor]
// back button appearance
tintColor = titleColor
}
standardAppearance = appearance
scrollEdgeAppearance = appearance
compactAppearance = appearance
if #available(iOS 15.0, *) {
compactScrollEdgeAppearance = appearance
}
}
}
The solution that worked for me was to use UINavigationBarAppearance() method, then add the .id() to the NavigationView. This will automatically redraw the component when the color changes.
Now you can have reactive color changes based on a state engine.
var body: some Scene {
let color = someValue ? UIColor.systemBlue : UIColor.systemGray3
let custom = UINavigationBarAppearance()
custom.configureWithOpaqueBackground()
custom.backgroundColor = color
UINavigationBar.appearance().standardAppearance = custom
UINavigationBar.appearance().scrollEdgeAppearance = custom
UINavigationBar.appearance().compactAppearance = custom
UINavigationBar.appearance().compactScrollEdgeAppearance = custom
return WindowGroup {
NavigationView {
content
}
.id(color.description)
}
}
Post iOS 14 easy way to do:
protocol CustomNavigationTitle: View {
associatedtype SomeView: View
func customNavigationTitle(_ string: String) -> Self.SomeView
}
extension CustomNavigationTitle {
func customNavigationTitle(_ string: String) -> some View {
toolbar {
ToolbarItem(placement: .principal) {
Text(string).foregroundColor(.red).font(.system(size: 18))
}
}
}
}
extension ZStack: CustomNavigationTitle {}
Suppose your root view of view is made with ZStack
it can be utilised below way
ZStack {
}. customNavigationTitle("Some title")
I have used ViewModifier to apply custom colour for navigation bar. I can't say below code modified actual navigation bar, but I find this work around better than above others.
Unlike UINavigationBar.appearance(), it is not applied to all view.
Create a ViewModifer - I have use ShapeStyle, so you can apply any style to navigation bar. (like - gradient, colour)
struct NavigationBarStyle<S: ShapeStyle>: ViewModifier {
private var bgStyle: S
private var viewBackgroundColor: Color
init(_ bgStyle: S, viewBackgroundColor: Color) {
self. bgStyle = bgStyle
self.viewBackgroundColor = viewBackgroundColor
}
func body(content: Content) -> some View {
ZStack {
Color(UIColor.systemBackground)
.ignoresSafeArea(.all, edges: .bottom)
content
}
.background(bgStyle)
}
}
extension View {
func navigationBarStyle<S: ShapeStyle>(_ bgStyle: S, viewBackgroundColor: Color = Color(UIColor.systemBackground)) -> some View {
modifier(NavigationBarStyle(bgStyle, viewBackgroundColor: viewBackgroundColor))
}
}
Note - you have to apply this modifier on the top most view to work. e.g -
struct NewView: View {
var body: some View {
NavigationView {
VStack {
HStack {
Text("H Stack")
}
// .navigationBarStyle(Color.orange) not the right place
Text("Hello World")
}
.navigationBarStyle(Color.orange) // right place to apply
}
}
}
The simplest way I found was:
init() {
UINavigationBar.appearance().tintColor = UIColor.systemBlue
}
instead of the systemBlue you can use any other colors that you wish.
You have to implement this outside the "var body: some View {}".
you can also add:
#Environment(/.colorScheme) var colorScheme
on top of the init() and then you can use the .dark or .light to change the color the way you want in dark mode and light mode. example:
init() {
UINavigationBar.appearance().tintColor = UIColor(colorScheme == .dark ? .white : Color(#colorLiteral(red: 0.2196078449, green: 0.007843137719, blue: 0.8549019694, alpha: 1)))
}