SwiftUI - stacking views like the notifications on the Lockscreen - ios

Question

I am trying to stack views of my app like the notifications on the lockscreen. (See attachment) I want them to be able to stack by clicking the button and expand on a click on the view. I have tried many things on VStack and setting the offsets of the other views but without success.
Is there maybe a standardized and easy way of doing this?
Somebody else have tried it and has a tip for me programming this?
Thanks
Notifications stacked
Notifications expanded
EDIT:
So this is some Code that I've tried:
VStack{
ToDoItemView(toDoItem: ToDoItemModel.toDo1)
.background(Color.green)
.cornerRadius(20.0)
.padding(.horizontal, 8)
.padding(.bottom, -1)
.zIndex(2.0)
ToDoItemView(toDoItem: ToDoItemModel.toDo2)
.background(Color.blue)
.cornerRadius(20.0)
.padding(.horizontal, 8)
.padding(.bottom, -1)
.zIndex(1.0)
.offset(x: 0.0, y: offset)
ToDoItemView(toDoItem: ToDoItemModel.toDo3)
.background(Color.yellow)
.cornerRadius(20.0)
.padding(.horizontal, 8)
.padding(.bottom, -1)
.offset(x: 0.0, y: offset1)
ToDoItemView(toDoItem: ToDoItemModel.toDo3)
.background(Color.gray)
.cornerRadius(20.0)
.padding(.horizontal, 8)
.padding(.bottom, -1)
.offset(x: 0.0, y: offset1)
ToDoItemView(toDoItem: ToDoItemModel.toDo3)
.background(Color.pink)
.cornerRadius(20.0)
.padding(.horizontal, 8)
.padding(.bottom, -1)
.offset(x: 0.0, y: offset1)
}
Button(action: {
if(!stacked){
stacked.toggle()
withAnimation(.easeOut(duration: 0.5)) { self.offset = -100.0 }
withAnimation(.easeOut(duration: 0.5)) { self.offset1 = -202.0 }
}
else {
stacked.toggle()
withAnimation(.easeOut(duration: 0.5)) { self.offset = 0 }
withAnimation(.easeOut(duration: 0.5)) { self.offset1 = 0 }
}
}, label: {
Text("Button")
})
So the first problem is that view 4 and 5 are not stacked on z behind view 3.
The second problem is that the button is not getting under the 5th view. (the frame/VStack of the views is still the old size)
Views stacked vertical
Views stacked on z

Answer 1

Another way using ZStack if your interested.
Note-:
I have declared variables globally in view, you can create your own model if you wish.
struct ContentViewsss: View {
#State var isExpanded = false
var color :[Color] = [Color.green,Color.gray,Color.blue,Color.red]
var opacitys :[Double] = [1.0,0.7,0.5,0.3]
var height:CGFloat
var width:CGFloat
var offsetUp:CGFloat
var offsetDown:CGFloat
init(height:CGFloat = 100.0,width:CGFloat = 400.0,offsetUp:CGFloat = 10.0,offsetDown:CGFloat = 10.0) {
self.height = height
self.width = width
self.offsetUp = offsetUp
self.offsetDown = offsetDown
}
var body: some View {
ZStack{
ForEach((0..<color.count).reversed(), id: \.self){ index in
Text("\(index)")
.frame(width: width , height:height)
.padding(.horizontal,isExpanded ? 0.0 : CGFloat(-index * 4))
.background(color[index])
.cornerRadius(height/2)
.opacity(isExpanded ? 1.0 : opacitys[index])
.offset(x: 0.0, y: isExpanded ? (height + (CGFloat(index) * (height + offsetDown))) : (offsetUp * CGFloat(index)))
}
Button(action:{
withAnimation {
if isExpanded{
isExpanded = false
}else{
isExpanded = true
}
}
} , label: {
Text(isExpanded ? "Stack":"Expand")
}).offset(x: 0.0, y: isExpanded ? (height + (CGFloat(color.count) * (height + offsetDown))) : offsetDown * CGFloat(color.count * 3))
}.padding()
Spacer().frame(height: 550)
}
}

Answer 2

I find it a little easier to get exact positioning using GeometryReader than using ZStack and trying to fiddle with offsets/positions.
This code has some numbers hard-coded in that you might want to make more dynamic, but it does function. It uses a lot of ideas you were already doing (zIndex, offset, etc):
struct ToDoItemModel {
var id = UUID()
var color : Color
}
struct ToDoItemView : View {
var body: some View {
RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 20).fill(Color.clear)
.frame(height: 100)
}
}
struct ContentView : View {
#State private var stacked = true
var todos : [ToDoItemModel] = [.init(color: .green),.init(color: .pink),.init(color: .orange),.init(color: .blue)]
func offsetForIndex(_ index : Int) -> CGFloat {
CGFloat((todos.count - index - 1) * (stacked ? 4 : 104) )
}
func horizontalPaddingForIndex(_ index : Int) -> CGFloat {
stacked ? CGFloat(todos.count - index) * 4 : 4
}
var body: some View {
VStack {
GeometryReader { reader in
ForEach(Array(todos.reversed().enumerated()), id: \.1.id) { (index, item) in
ToDoItemView()
.background(item.color)
.cornerRadius(20)
.padding(.horizontal, horizontalPaddingForIndex(index))
.offset(x: 0, y: offsetForIndex(index))
.zIndex(Double(index))
}
}
.frame(height:
stacked ? CGFloat(100 + todos.count * 4) : CGFloat(todos.count * 104)
)
.border(Color.red)
Button(action: {
withAnimation {
stacked.toggle()
}
}) {
Text("Unstack")
}
Spacer()
}
}
}