--- title: Creating amazing loading animations with SF Symbols. description: SF Symbols can replace custom SwiftUI loading animation code with just a few lines. Using the `ellipsis` symbol with `.symbolEffect(.variableColor)` on iOS 17+... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/creating-amazing-loading-animations-with-sf-symbols--v5lnheayj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Creating amazing loading animations with SF Symbols. | daily.dev og:description: SF Symbols can replace custom SwiftUI loading animation code with just a few lines. Using the `ellipsis` symbol with `.symbolEffect(.variableColor)` on iOS 17+... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/creating-amazing-loading-animations-with-sf-symbols--v5lnheayj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/v5LnHeAYJ.png og:image:alt: Creating amazing loading animations with SF Symbols. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Creating amazing loading animations with SF Symbols. **[Daniel Saidi](https://daily.dev/sources/danielsaidi)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary SF Symbols can replace custom SwiftUI loading animation code with just a few lines. Using the `ellipsis` symbol with `.symbolEffect(.variableColor)` on iOS 17+ creates a smooth, looping dot animation that supports font and color styling. Modifiers like `.hideInactiveLayers` and `.iterative` can be chained for custom effects, and the approach works for any symbol supporting variable colors. The author deprecates their old `DotLoadingAnimation` SwiftUI component in SwiftUIKit in favor of this built-in approach. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#ios](https://daily.dev/tags/ios), [#swift](https://daily.dev/tags/swift), [#swiftui](https://daily.dev/tags/swiftui) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/creating-amazing-loading-animations-with-sf-symbols--v5lnheayj) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Creating amazing loading animations with SF Symbols.","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/creating-amazing-loading-animations-with-sf-symbols--v5lnheayj","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/creating-amazing-loading-animations-with-sf-symbols--v5lnheayj"},"datePublished":"2026-07-05T07:13:39.926Z","dateModified":"2026-07-05T07:15:51.900Z","description":"SF Symbols can replace custom SwiftUI loading animation code with just a few lines. Using the `ellipsis` symbol with `.symbolEffect(.variableColor)` on iOS 17+...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/2068a5b14fdd3513872e55d6df5b9bc8?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/2068a5b14fdd3513872e55d6df5b9bc8?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Daniel Saidi","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Daniel Saidi","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--RRuTMOCm--/f_auto,q_auto/v1783235599/logos/danielsaidi?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/danielsaidi"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/creating-amazing-loading-animations-with-sf-symbols--v5lnheayj","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"ios,swift,swiftui","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Daniel Saidi","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/danielsaidi"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Creating amazing loading animations with SF Symbols."}]} ```