By using SwiftUI and previews you can type your code into the Xcode editor pane on the left, and see its preview in the Xcode simulator on the right.

Swift 6.2 improves concurrency and interoperability with C++ and Java, SwiftUI adds support for the new Liquid Glass design, and Xcode 26 extends to LLMs beyond ChatGPT.

Below, Meng To presented an example of how easy it is to create an animated UI using SwiftUI with the powerful graphical preview tools in Xcode 11. Gestures and Blend Modes in SwiftUI.

Aside from declarative UI, SwiftUI also features an interactive Xcode development experience, in which developers can preview in real-time inside of Xcode, the effects of their code modifications.

And to back up these rumors, the latest beta of Xcode 14 also points to an always-on display coming to the next-generation iPhone.

At its Worldwide Developer Conference kicking off today, Apple highlighted all kinds of new goodies for developers, including SwiftUI, Xcode 11 and ARKit 3.

Liquid Glass design, Apple Intelligence APIs, and visionOS 26 tools highlight Apple’s 2025 State of the Union for developers.

SwiftUI enables a realtime UI programming environment inside of Xcode. Developers declare the kind of UI components they want to show in their app’s UI and it appears immediately on the right ...