Building Your First SwiftUI App

From ideation to development, lets walk through the process of building an iOS app using SwiftUI

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SwiftUI is a user interface toolkit introduced by Apple in 2019 as a way to streamline and simplify iOS app development. It provides developers with a declarative syntax for building UI elements, and it can be a great choice for both experienced and novice app developers.

Let’s go over the process of building your first SwiftUI app, step by step.

Setting up your development environment

Before you can start building your first SwiftUI app, you need to have the right tools. You’ll need a Mac running the latest version of Xcode, which is Apple’s development environment for iOS apps. You can download Xcode from the Mac App Store.

Creating a new project

Open Xcode and select “File” > “New” > “Project.” Choose the “App” template and select “SwiftUI” as your User Interface. Give your project a name and choose a location to save it, then click “Create.”

Designing your UI

In SwiftUI, you build your UI by declaring the components you want to use and the properties you want to set. You’ll start by designing your…