Swift’s async/await model has revolutionized asynchronous programming, making it cleaner and more intuitive. However, when working with SwiftUI, developers often wonder:
Do API calls in SwiftUI using async/await need to be explicitly dispatched to a background thread?
The short answer: No—and here’s why.
Swift 6 brings exciting advancements to concurrency, building on the strong foundation laid by Swift 5.5. Whether you're building a networking-heavy app, managing complex task flows, or optimizing shared state, Swift concurrency offers a modern, structured, and safe way to manage asynchronous work. In this post, we'll explore the fundamentals and new refinements in Swift 6 that make concurrency both powerful and approachable.
Swift Concurrency is a set of language features designed to handle asynchronous programming. It includes async/await, tasks, actors, and structured concurrency to simplify code execution across multiple threads without the risks of race conditions or deadlocks.
An EnvironmentObject is a property wrapper in SwiftUI that allows shared data to be injected into a view hierarchy. It provides a way to pass data to multiple views in a tree without manually passing it through initializers.
ObservableObject protocol, and views using it automatically update when the data changes..environmentObject(_:).
In iOS 17, SwiftUI introduces the @Observable macro and the @Bindable property wrapper, enhancing state management and data binding capabilities. These tools streamline the development process by reducing boilerplate code and improving performance. This article explores the functionalities of @Observable and @Bindable, compares them with @ObservedObject, and provides guidance on their appropriate usage.
The @Observable macro simplifies the creation of observable objects by automatically synthesizing conformance to the Observable protocol for classes. This approach reduces the need for manual implementation of the ObservableObject protocol and the @Published property wrapper.