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import SwiftUI
// View to split up a string into Text views, split by spaces.
struct ContentText: View {
private var splitText: [String]
let count: Int
init(_ text: String) {
self.splitText = text.split(separator: " ").map { "\($0) " }
if text.hasPrefix(" ") {
self.splitText = [" "] + self.splitText
}
self.count = splitText.count
}
var body: some View {
ForEach(self.splitText.indices) { index in
Text(splitText[index])
}
}
}
enum Content<T: View> {
case text(ContentText)
case link(Link<T>)
}
// A collection of either ContentText or Link views
// This text taken from https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/link
let content: [Content<Text>] = [
.text(ContentText("As with other views, you can style links using standard view modifiers depending on the view type of the link’s label. For example, a ")),
.link(Link("Text", destination: URL(string: "https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/text")!)),
.text(ContentText(" label could be modified with a custom ")),
.link(Link("font(_:)", destination: URL(string: "https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/view/font(_:)")!)),
.text(ContentText(" or ")),
.link(Link("foregroundColor(_:)", destination: URL(string: "https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/view/foregroundcolor(_:)")!)),
.text(ContentText(" to customize the appearance of the link in your app’s UI."))
]
struct ContentView: View {
// The current height of the view
@State private var height: CGFloat = 0
var body: some View {
VStack {
GeometryReader { geometry in
// Needs to be .topLeading so we can modify alignments on top and leading
ZStack(alignment: .topLeading) {
self.zStackViews(geometry)
}
.background(calculateHeight($height))
}
}.frame(height: height)
}
// Determine the alignment of every view in the ZStack
func zStackViews(_ geometry: GeometryProxy) -> some View {
// These are used to track the current horizontal and vertical position
// in the ZStack. As a new text or link is added, horizontal is decreased.
// When a new line is required, vertical is decreased & horizontal is reset to 0.
var horizontal: CGFloat = 0
var vertical: CGFloat = 0
// Determine the alignment for the view at the given index
func forEachView(_ index: Int) -> some View {
let numberOfViewsInContent: Int
let view: AnyView
// Determine the number of views in the Content at the given index
switch content[index] {
case .text(let text):
numberOfViewsInContent = text.count
view = AnyView(text)
case .link(let link):
numberOfViewsInContent = 1
view = AnyView(link)
}
var numberOfViewsRendered = 0
// Note that these alignment guides can get called multiple times per view
// since ContentText returns a ForEach
return view
.alignmentGuide(.leading, computeValue: { dimension in
numberOfViewsRendered += 1
let viewShouldBePlacedOnNextLine = geometry.size.width < -1 * (horizontal - dimension.width)
if viewShouldBePlacedOnNextLine {
// Push view to next line
vertical -= dimension.height
horizontal = -dimension.width
return 0
}
let result = horizontal
// Set horizontal to the end of the current view
horizontal -= dimension.width
return result
})
.alignmentGuide(.top, computeValue: { _ in
let result = vertical
// if this is the last view, reset everything
let isLastView = index == content.indices.last && numberOfViewsRendered == numberOfViewsInContent
if isLastView {
vertical = 0
horizontal = 0
numberOfViewsRendered = 0
}
return result
})
}
return ForEach(content.indices, content: forEachView)
}
// Determine the height of the view containing our combined Text and Link views
func calculateHeight(_ binding: Binding<CGFloat>) -> some View {
GeometryReader { geometry -> Color in
DispatchQueue.main.async {
binding.wrappedValue = geometry.frame(in: .local).height
}
return .clear
}
}
}
struct ContentView_Previews: PreviewProvider {
static var previews: some View {
ContentView()
}
}
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@jorgegit You might be able to add a .font(.headline) modifier to the ContentText instance. However, I'd recommending completely avoiding this solution and using the new AttributedText initializers for Text instead. Here's a guide on that: https://betterprogramming.pub/ios-15-attributed-strings-in-swiftui-markdown-271204bec5c1

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