Changes to Xcode and SwiftUI in WWDC 2024 - Part 2
Swift Development
TabView
Another change with TabView is the way a TabView can be constructed. It has a simpler syntax and more customisation opportunities now.
In Tab mode, you get the requested items at the top in a row.
In Sidebar mode, you get the tab items with the assigned images on the sidebar.
If you want to add a Tab with the Search function, it is now very easy to do, namely by adding a specific role for the tab.
It is now possible to create sections when there are many tabs, to group the tabs.
This will result in tabs grouped in sections on the sidebar.
I had a problem in that using sections on the iPad resulted in all but the first tabs in each section to disappear when on Tab mode. This could be a bug on the Beta.
As usual none of this will have any impact on the iPhone where there is no sidebar. On MacOS, it is always in sidebar mode.