Is SwiftUI production ready?

Kelvin Tan
Swiftly Engineered iOS
3 min readMar 15, 2023

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SwiftUI is a user interface toolkit introduced by Apple in 2019 for building native iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS applications. The framework is designed to make it easy for developers to build complex UIs using simple and declarative syntax. While SwiftUI has gained popularity among developers due to its ease of use, the question remains: is it production-ready?

The short answer is YES, SwiftUI is production-ready. However, there are some caveats to consider.

First, SwiftUI is a relatively new framework, and as such, it’s still evolving. Apple has been making improvements and adding new features to SwiftUI with each release of iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS. This means that while SwiftUI is stable and can be used in production, developers should be prepared for changes and updates.

Second, SwiftUI has some limitations compared to other UI toolkits. For example, it’s not as flexible as UIKit or AppKit, which means that developers may encounter some challenges when building certain UI components. Additionally, SwiftUI doesn’t support all the same features as UIKit or AppKit, so developers may need to use both SwiftUI and the older toolkits to build certain components.

Despite these limitations, there are several advantages to using SwiftUI in production. First and foremost, SwiftUI is incredibly easy to learn and use, thanks to its declarative syntax. Developers can quickly create complex UIs without having to write a lot of code. This can save time and effort, especially for small…

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Kelvin Tan
Swiftly Engineered iOS

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