--- title: Enhanced replace transition for SF Symbols in iOS 18 description: iOS 18 introduces MagicReplace, a new option for ReplaceSymbolEffect in SF Symbols that enables smooth animations when slashes or badges are added or removed... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/enhanced-replace-transition-for-sf-symbols-in-ios-18-nmohsiaky twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Enhanced replace transition for SF Symbols in iOS 18 | daily.dev og:description: iOS 18 introduces MagicReplace, a new option for ReplaceSymbolEffect in SF Symbols that enables smooth animations when slashes or badges are added or removed... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/enhanced-replace-transition-for-sf-symbols-in-ios-18-nmohsiaky og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/NMOHsIAKy.png og:image:alt: Enhanced replace transition for SF Symbols in iOS 18 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. # Enhanced replace transition for SF Symbols in iOS 18 **[Nil Coalescing](https://daily.dev/sources/nilcoalescing)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary iOS 18 introduces MagicReplace, a new option for ReplaceSymbolEffect in SF Symbols that enables smooth animations when slashes or badges are added or removed from symbols. It is applied automatically when transitioning between related SF Symbols (e.g., bell to bell.slash) using .contentTransition(.symbolEffect(.replace)), and can also be specified explicitly with a custom fallback option. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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