SwiftUI Text — things you can do

Explore the versatile capabilities of SwiftUI’s Text view, from basic formatting to advanced styling, localization, and dynamic content rendering.

Dynamic Size

Text("Hello World")
    .font(.title)

Text("Hello World")
    .font(.title)
    .lineLimit(1)
    .minimumScaleFactor(0.5)
    .frame(width: 70)

Concatenation

Text("Hello").font(.title) + Text(" World").font(.subheadline)

Localization

// use of this overloaded init
Text.init(
    _ key: LocalizedStringKey,
    tableName: String? = nil,
    bundle: Bundle? = nil,
    comment: StaticString? = nil
)

Text("Visit my [website](https://www.apple.com)")
            
let key: LocalizedStringKey = "Visit my [website](https://www.apple.com)"
Text(key)

Text("This is normal text")
Text("This is **bold** text, this is *italic* text, this is ***bold, italic*** text.")
Text("~~strikethrough~~")
Text("`monospaced`")

Link color

Text("Visit my [website](https://www.apple.com)")
    .tint(.red)

Link click detection

Text("Visit my [website](https://www.apple.com)")
    .environment(\.openURL, OpenURLAction { url in
        print("clicked \(url)")
        return .handled
    })

Inline Text replacement

Text("This is \(Text("red").foregroundColor(.red).bold()) text")

// all the methods those returns Text are supported
// custom types need to conform LocalizedStringKey.StringInterpolation

Auto update Dates

let date = Date(timeIntervalSinceNow: 60*60)
let now = Date()

var body: some View {
    VStack {
        Text("Date \(now, style: .date)")
        Text("Time \(now, style: .time)")
        
        Text("Time left \(date, style: .relative)")
        Text("Timer \(date, style: .timer)")
        
        Text("Time passed \(now, style: .offset)")
    }
    .monospacedDigit()
    
    .frame(width: 300)
    .padding(40)
}

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