Include SwiftUI views in existing UIKit application

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edit 05/06/19: Added information about UIHostingController as suggested by @Departamento B in his answer. Credits go to him!

Using SwiftUI within UIKit

One can use SwiftUI components in existing UIKit environments by wrapping a SwiftUI View into a UIHostingController like this:

let swiftUIView = SomeSwiftUIView() // swiftUIView is View
let viewCtrl = UIHostingController(rootView: swiftUIView)

It’s also possible to override UIHostingController and customize it to one’s needs, e. g. by setting the preferredStatusBarStyle manually if it doesn’t work via SwiftUI as expected.

UIHostingController is documented here.

Using UIKit within SwiftUI

If an existing UIKit view should be used in a SwiftUI environment, the UIViewRepresentable protocol is there to help! It is documented here and can be seen in action in this official Apple tutorial.

Compatibility

Please note that you cannot use SwiftUI on iOS versions < iOS 13, as SwiftUI is only available on iOS 13 and above. See this post for more information.

If you want to use SwiftUI in a project with a target below iOS 13, you need to tag your SwiftUI structs with @available(iOS 13.0.0, *) attribute.

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