Comparing decoration techniques

As many iOS developers will agree, mastering the art of decorating UIViews and manipulating a UIImage can be an art form in itself, to say the least. However, with SwiftUI and the use of modifiers, this pain can be eased quite considerably.

In this section, we'll take a look at and compare modifiers in SwiftUI to see how they hold up against their UIKit counterparts.

Simple decoration made easy

It goes without saying that modifiers in SwiftUI have been a blessing in disguise. Where previously we would have had to make a series of changes in order to make a simple amendment such as a border with a corner radius, the use of a one-line modifier does all the hard work for us.

In some cases...