--- title: "Integrating SwiftUI into UIKit Apps" book updated for... description: The book 'Integrating SwiftUI into UIKit Apps' has been updated for iOS 18 and Xcode 16. The new edition covers the @Observable macro for simplified data... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/integrating-swiftui-into-uikit-apps-book-updated-for-ios-18-and-xcode-16-aus3tmqjy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: "Integrating SwiftUI into UIKit Apps" book updated for iOS 18 and Xcode 16 | daily.dev og:description: The book 'Integrating SwiftUI into UIKit Apps' has been updated for iOS 18 and Xcode 16. The new edition covers the @Observable macro for simplified data... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/integrating-swiftui-into-uikit-apps-book-updated-for-ios-18-and-xcode-16-aus3tmqjy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/aUS3TMqJY.png og:image:alt: "Integrating SwiftUI into UIKit Apps" book updated for iOS 18 and Xcode 16 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. # "Integrating SwiftUI into UIKit Apps" book updated for iOS 18 and Xcode 16 **[Nil Coalescing](https://daily.dev/sources/nilcoalescing)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The book 'Integrating SwiftUI into UIKit Apps' has been updated for iOS 18 and Xcode 16. The new edition covers the @Observable macro for simplified data sharing between UIKit and SwiftUI, the updated #Preview macro for faster UI development, and a new subchapter on animating UIKit views using SwiftUI animations introduced in iOS 18. The book targets UIKit developers looking to incrementally adopt SwiftUI without rewriting their entire app. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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