A carousel that snap items in place build on top of SwiftUI

SnapCarousel.swift

//
//  SnapCarousel.swift
//  prototype5
//
//  Created by xtabbas on 5/7/20.
//  Copyright © 2020 xtadevs. All rights reserved.
//

import SwiftUI

struct SnapCarousel: View {
    @EnvironmentObject var UIState: UIStateModel
    
    var body: some View {
        let spacing: CGFloat = 16
        let widthOfHiddenCards: CGFloat = 32 /// UIScreen.main.bounds.width - 10
        let cardHeight: CGFloat = 279
        
        let items = [
            Card(id: 0, name: "Hey"),
            Card(id: 1, name: "Ho"),
            Card(id: 2, name: "Lets"),
            Card(id: 3, name: "Go")
        ]
        
        return Canvas {
            /// TODO: find a way to avoid passing same arguments to Carousel and Item
            Carousel(
                numberOfItems: CGFloat(items.count),
                spacing: spacing,
                widthOfHiddenCards: widthOfHiddenCards
            ) {
                ForEach(items, id: \.self.id) { item in
                    Item(
                        _id: Int(item.id),
                        spacing: spacing,
                        widthOfHiddenCards: widthOfHiddenCards,
                        cardHeight: cardHeight
                    ) {
                        Text("\(item.name)")
                    }
                    .foregroundColor(Color.white)
                    .background(Color("surface"))
                    .cornerRadius(8)
                    .shadow(color: Color("shadow1"), radius: 4, x: 0, y: 4)
                    .transition(AnyTransition.slide)
                    .animation(.spring())
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

struct Card: Decodable, Hashable, Identifiable {
    var id: Int
    var name: String = ""
}

public class UIStateModel: ObservableObject {
    @Published var activeCard: Int = 0
    @Published var screenDrag: Float = 0.0
}

struct Carousel<Items : View> : View {
    let items: Items
    let numberOfItems: CGFloat //= 8
    let spacing: CGFloat //= 16
    let widthOfHiddenCards: CGFloat //= 32
    let totalSpacing: CGFloat
    let cardWidth: CGFloat
    
    @GestureState var isDetectingLongPress = false
    
    @EnvironmentObject var UIState: UIStateModel
        
    @inlinable public init(
        numberOfItems: CGFloat,
        spacing: CGFloat,
        widthOfHiddenCards: CGFloat,
        @ViewBuilder _ items: () -> Items) {
        
        self.items = items()
        self.numberOfItems = numberOfItems
        self.spacing = spacing
        self.widthOfHiddenCards = widthOfHiddenCards
        self.totalSpacing = (numberOfItems - 1) * spacing
        self.cardWidth = UIScreen.main.bounds.width - (widthOfHiddenCards*2) - (spacing*2) //279
        
    }
    
    var body: some View {
        let totalCanvasWidth: CGFloat = (cardWidth * numberOfItems) + totalSpacing
        let xOffsetToShift = (totalCanvasWidth - UIScreen.main.bounds.width) / 2
        let leftPadding = widthOfHiddenCards + spacing
        let totalMovement = cardWidth + spacing
                
        let activeOffset = xOffsetToShift + (leftPadding) - (totalMovement * CGFloat(UIState.activeCard))
        let nextOffset = xOffsetToShift + (leftPadding) - (totalMovement * CGFloat(UIState.activeCard) + 1)

        var calcOffset = Float(activeOffset)
        
        if (calcOffset != Float(nextOffset)) {
            calcOffset = Float(activeOffset) + UIState.screenDrag
        }
        
        return HStack(alignment: .center, spacing: spacing) {
            items
        }
        .offset(x: CGFloat(calcOffset), y: 0)
        .gesture(DragGesture().updating($isDetectingLongPress) { currentState, gestureState, transaction in
            self.UIState.screenDrag = Float(currentState.translation.width)
            
        }.onEnded { value in
            self.UIState.screenDrag = 0
            
            if (value.translation.width < -50) {
                self.UIState.activeCard = self.UIState.activeCard + 1
                let impactMed = UIImpactFeedbackGenerator(style: .medium)
                impactMed.impactOccurred()
            }
            
            if (value.translation.width > 50) {
                self.UIState.activeCard = self.UIState.activeCard - 1
                let impactMed = UIImpactFeedbackGenerator(style: .medium)
                impactMed.impactOccurred()
            }
        })
    }
}

struct Canvas<Content : View> : View {
    let content: Content
    @EnvironmentObject var UIState: UIStateModel
    
    @inlinable init(@ViewBuilder _ content: () -> Content) {
        self.content = content()
    }
    
    var body: some View {
        content
            .frame(minWidth: 0, maxWidth: .infinity, minHeight: 0, maxHeight: .infinity, alignment: .center)
            .background(Color.white.edgesIgnoringSafeArea(.all))
    }
}

struct Item<Content: View>: View {
    @EnvironmentObject var UIState: UIStateModel
    let cardWidth: CGFloat
    let cardHeight: CGFloat

    var _id: Int
    var content: Content

    @inlinable public init(
        _id: Int,
        spacing: CGFloat,
        widthOfHiddenCards: CGFloat,
        cardHeight: CGFloat,
        @ViewBuilder _ content: () -> Content
    ) {
        self.content = content()
        self.cardWidth = UIScreen.main.bounds.width - (widthOfHiddenCards*2) - (spacing*2) //279
        self.cardHeight = cardHeight
        self._id = _id
    }

    var body: some View {
        content
            .frame(width: cardWidth, height: _id == UIState.activeCard ? cardHeight : cardHeight - 60, alignment: .center)
    }
}

struct SnapCarousel_Previews: PreviewProvider {
    static var previews: some View {
        SnapCarousel()
    }
}

in NavigavionView set .navigationViewStyle(StackNavigationViewStyle()), There will be a bug back.

In case it's useful for anyone: the id of the items must equal their index in order to correctly set their height when scrolling.
Or what I did was set the _id of Item to the index value but set the real view id to the real one that depends on the data.

Is there a way I can dynamically change the background color (slide transition) depending on a current item in a carousel?

For example, each card represents a topic, like "Nature", "Art", "Sports", etc. How do I change the background color when the user chooses one of the topics?

Any one encountered this runtime warning? Is there a way to resolve this warning?

Publishing changes from within view updates is not allowed, this will cause undefined behavior.

---

update: this should be an Xcode 14 specific issue, please refer to https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/711899

Great snippet and article. I was wondering if anyone else solved the issue GefeiShHEN noted:

Publishing changes from within view updates is not allowed, this will cause undefined behavior.

The forum post he referred to returns 404 and googling around didn't find any obvious fix.

Great snippet and article. I was wondering if anyone else solved the issue GefeiShHEN noted:

Publishing changes from within view updates is not allowed, this will cause undefined behavior.

The forum post he referred to returns 404 and googling around didn't find any obvious fix.

Hi @MartinLBarron! Please try to click on that link again, it shall be fixed now. Alternatively, you could try copy and paste the url directly to your browser.

It looks slow when dragging. so I teak little bit

.animation(.spring())
to
.animation(UIState.screenDrag == 0 ? .easeOut : .linear(duration: 0), value: UIState.screenDrag)

Hi @xtabbas, thanks for amazing solution. It really help to find way out!

I would like consider a small improvement in case bouncing at start and the end:

1. Add translation wrapper property
   @GestureState var translation: CGFloat = 0

2. In .updating method of gesture you should update this translation property.Like here:
   .updating($translation) { value, out, _ in out = value.translation.width self.UIState.screenDrag = Float(value.translation.width) }

3. After that, using it for calculation offset
   CGFloat(calcOffset) - (translation / 2)
   This one will create a scroll limit in the beginning of carousel, and at the end!

Cheers!

Hi @xtabbas, thanks for amazing solution. It really help to find way out!

I would like consider a small improvement in case bouncing at start and the end:

1. Add translation wrapper property
   @GestureState var translation: CGFloat = 0
2. In .updating method of gesture you should update this translation property.Like here:
   .updating($translation) { value, out, _ in out = value.translation.width self.UIState.screenDrag = Float(value.translation.width) }
3. After that, using it for calculation offset
   CGFloat(calcOffset) - (translation / 2)
   This one will create a scroll limit in the beginning of carousel, and at the end!

Cheers!

Would you mind sharing your approach?

in NavigavionView set .navigationViewStyle(StackNavigationViewStyle()), There will be a bug back.

add clipped() to Canvas view to remove offset part.

return Canvas {
    /// TODO: find a way to avoid passing same arguments to Carousel and Item
    Carousel(
        numberOfItems: CGFloat(items.count),
        spacing: spacing,
        widthOfHiddenCards: widthOfHiddenCards
    ) {
        ForEach(items, id: \.self.id) { item in
            Item(
                _id: Int(item.id),
                spacing: spacing,
                widthOfHiddenCards: widthOfHiddenCards,
                cardHeight: cardHeight
            ) {
                Text("\(item.name)")
            }
            .foregroundColor(Color.white)
            .background(.black)
            .cornerRadius(8)
            .shadow(color: .gray, radius: 4, x: 0, y: 4)
            .transition(AnyTransition.slide)
            .animation(.spring())
        }
    }
}
.clipped() <- here!