There are a ton of things to love about SwiftUI. But one of my favorites it's got to be the possibility of previewing Variants: the possibility of seeing your UI in dark/light modes, all dynamic type sizes, and orientations, side-by-side.
Day 181
Preview Dynamic Type with SwiftUI variants
15 Nov 2022
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Adding keyboard shortcuts in your SwiftUI apps is extremely easy. Just use the .keyboardShortcut(_:) modifier. When pressing and holding the command key, the shortcut will appear in the shortcuts list.
For other UI elements that could also benefit from being scaled when using Dynamic Type, you can use UIFontMetrics's scaledValue(for:). Some good examples are progress bar components, which tend to be quite slim. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uifontmetrics/scaledvalue(for:)
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