Hey [FIRST NAME GOES HERE], SwiftUI Animation Tips Inside!



Hey Reader,

Yesterday I streamed for 4 hours and got stuck trying to get to the bottom of an issue with implicit animations.

One line of code was causing the problem...

When it comes to animations in SwiftUI ... they're great until they don't work like you expect.

SwiftUI Animation Glitches

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Watch my latest video and learn how to better control implicit animations on state changes.

SwiftUI Animation Bugs? Here's How I Fixed Them!

I did this same thing when I animated all the record button states for the GoPro Quik app.

To be honest, I don't fully understand how to fully control this type of issue. I show what works, but it is a lot of trial and error.
The alternative is to create the layout and manually calculate all the animation states and offsets.

Have you had issues with SwiftUI animations? Hit reply and tell me about your experiences.

Talk soon,

Paul Solt
Paul@SuperEasyApps.com

P.S. I experimented live streaming yesterday with Meld Studio. It worked great, way better than my experiences setting up OBS, but green screens are complicated.

If you want to stream video, you can watch how I configured the Chroma Key here.

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