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I really wonder where this is going. Swift had to interop with objective-c right from the start, which itself had to interop with C. SwiftUI feels like a wrap

by bsaul 6y ago

I really wonder where this is going. Swift had to interop with objective-c right from the start, which itself had to interop with C. SwiftUI feels like a wrapper over UIKit (or at the minimum CoreFoundation). All in all, it seems impossible that so many layers of compromise over so many years, can lead to anything clean in the long run.

ericlewis 6y ago
It wraps UIKit in some instances. But not most.
- saagarjha 6y ago
  I would say that most SwiftUI controls instantiate UIKit views under the hood.
  - rahkiin 6y ago
    UIKit or WatchKit or AppKit depending on the platform
pmattos 6y ago
SwiftUI provides a completely new UI programming paradigm using the reactive model popularized by web frameworks, RxSwift, etc. Using UIKit is just Apple current implementation strategy right now. That doesn’t comprise the SwiftUI model & semantics in any meaningful way. It doesn’t feel at all like a wrapper over UIKit IMO. It’s a completely new beast...