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TextKit architecture:
Focuses on TextKit, NSTextContentStorage, NSTextLayoutManager, NSTextViewportLayoutController.
App Services / 23:46
Elevate your app’s text experience with TextKit
App ServicesSwiftUI & UI Frameworksiosipadosmacostvosvisionoswatchos
Key Points
- Shows how to combine the convenience of built-in text views with the control of TextKit.
- Also covers TextKit architecture plus caching and reuse policies for text attachments.
- To get the most out of this session, watch "Meet TextKit 2" from WWDC21 and "What New in TextKit and text views" from WWDC22.
- The session moves through TextKit architecture, What's new in TextKit, Extending framework text views, Example: Code editor with line numbers, Example: Collapsible recipe sections, Text attachments and view provider reuse.
- Key concepts include TextKit, UITextView, NSTextView, WWDC21, WWDC22, SwiftUI, UIKit, AppKit.
- Platform coverage: ios, ipados, macos, tvos, visionos, watchos.
Condensed Flow
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What's new in TextKit:
Focuses on TextKit.
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Extending framework text views:
Focuses on UIKit, UITextView, AppKit, NSTextView.
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Example: Code editor with line numbers:
Focuses on ContainerView, UITextView, UIView, NSTextView.
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Example: Collapsible recipe sections:
Focuses on NSTextContentManager, NSTextContentStorage, NSTextElement, NSTextParagraph.
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Text attachments and view provider reuse:
Focuses on UITextView.
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Additional details
- Detailed flow: TextKit architecture -> What's new in TextKit -> Extending framework text views -> Example: Code editor with line numbers -> Example: Collapsible recipe sections -> Text attachments and view provider reuse.
- APIs and concepts to recognize: TextKit, UITextView, NSTextView, WWDC21, WWDC22, SwiftUI, UIKit, AppKit, TextEditor, NSTextContentStorage, NSTextLayoutManager, NSTextViewportLayoutController.
- Implementation focus: NSTextContentStorage, NSTextLayoutManager, NSTextViewportLayoutController, NSTextLayoutFragment, UIView, NSView, CALayer, UITextView, NSTextView, NSTextViewportLayoutControllerDelegate.