--- title: SwiftUI UI Upgrade: One Animation That Changes Everything description: A walkthrough of building a reusable 'breathing' animation view modifier in SwiftUI. The tutorial covers creating a custom modifier that accepts scale,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/swiftui-ui-upgrade-one-animation-that-changes-everything-rpozw3uvz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: SwiftUI UI Upgrade: One Animation That Changes Everything | daily.dev og:description: A walkthrough of building a reusable 'breathing' animation view modifier in SwiftUI. 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