Building local experiences with room tracking
At a glance
| Item | Summary |
|---|---|
| Purpose | Use room tracking in visionOS to provide custom interactions with physical spaces. |
| App architecture | A Swift sample with the source-visible chain ARKitRoomTrackingApp → ContentView → ARKit APIs. |
| Main patterns | Actor-isolated state |
| Project style | 5 scanned source file(s) across Swift, organized around ranked entry, type, and file boundaries. |
Project structure
Source bundle/
├── ARKitRoomTracking/
│ ├── ARKitRoomTrackingApp.swift
│ ├── ContentView.swift
│ ├── WorldAndRoomView.swift
│ ├── AppState.swift
│ ├── Extensions.swift
│ └── Info.plist
├── ARKitRoomTracking.xcodeproj/
│ ├── .xcodesamplecode.plist
│ └── project.pbxproj
└── Configuration/
└── SampleCode.xcconfig
Structure observations
- Architecturally prominent files are ranked from entry points and role-named declarations; resource-only paths are omitted.
- Primary languages: Swift.
- The verified tree contains 4 project/configuration file(s) and 6 source declaration(s).
Overall architecture
flowchart LR
N1["ARKitRoomTrackingApp"]
N2["ContentView"]
N3["ARKit APIs"]
N1 --> N2
N2 --> N3
Reference code
ARKitRoomTracking/ARKitRoomTrackingApp.swift:13 — architecture anchor
@main
@MainActor
struct ARKitRoomTrackingApp: App {
// ...
}Interpretation
The arrows summarize the source-visible entry, role-named types or folders, and framework direction; when nodes come from structural folders, the sequence is a high-level interpretation rather than proof that every adjacent node calls the next. Ownership is claimed only where the next section cites a stored property or assignment. The diagram is intentionally limited to the dominant path into ARKit.
Ownership and state
classDiagram
ARKitRoomTrackingApp *-- AppState : appState
ARKitRoomTrackingApp *-- Logger : logger
WorldAndRoomView *-- Entity : previewSphere
WorldAndRoomView *-- Task : updateFacingWallTask
Ownership evidence
ARKitRoomTracking/ARKitRoomTrackingApp.swift:17 — stored dependency or nearest verified ownership anchor
@main
@MainActor
struct ARKitRoomTrackingApp: App {
// ...
@State private var appState = AppState()
// ...
}| Owner | Object or state | Relationship | Mutation authority |
|---|---|---|---|
ARKitRoomTrackingApp |
AppState (appState) |
owns wrapper-managed state | Owning lexical scope |
ARKitRoomTrackingApp |
Logger (logger) |
creates and retains | Initialized by the owner; the binding is immutable |
WorldAndRoomView |
Entity (previewSphere) |
owns wrapper-managed state | App/module collaborators |
WorldAndRoomView |
Task (updateFacingWallTask) |
owns wrapper-managed state | Owning lexical scope |
Composition arrows indicate a source-visible construction expression or locally owned value state; aggregation means the owner stores or receives a dependency without proving exclusive lifetime ownership.
Class and protocol design
ARKitRoomTracking/ARKitRoomTrackingApp.swift:15 — representative type boundary
struct ARKitRoomTrackingApp: App {
// ...
}| Type | Responsibility | Depends on or conforms to |
|---|---|---|
ARKitRoomTrackingApp |
Application entry and top-level composition | App |
ContentView |
User-interface presentation and input forwarding | View |
WorldAndRoomView |
User-interface presentation and input forwarding | View |
AppState |
Represents mutable feature state | Concrete collaborators/imported frameworks |
VisualizationState |
Represents mutable feature state | Concrete collaborators/imported frameworks |
ErrorState |
Represents mutable feature state | Equatable |
No local protocol conformance is claimed as protocol-oriented design; external framework conformances are listed only as dependencies.
Access control
| Symbol | Access | Verified effect | Likely rationale |
|---|---|---|---|
appState (ARKitRoomTracking/ARKitRoomTrackingApp.swift:17) |
private |
Use is restricted to the lexical declaration and same-file extensions allowed by Swift. | Inference: keep state mutation or dependency lifetime inside the owning implementation. |
session (ARKitRoomTracking/AppState.swift:39) |
private |
Use is restricted to the lexical declaration and same-file extensions allowed by Swift. | Inference: keep state mutation or dependency lifetime inside the owning implementation. |
worldTracking (ARKitRoomTracking/AppState.swift:40) |
private |
Use is restricted to the lexical declaration and same-file extensions allowed by Swift. | Inference: keep state mutation or dependency lifetime inside the owning implementation. |
roomTracking (ARKitRoomTracking/AppState.swift:41) |
private |
Use is restricted to the lexical declaration and same-file extensions allowed by Swift. | Inference: keep state mutation or dependency lifetime inside the owning implementation. |
Reference code
ARKitRoomTracking/ARKitRoomTrackingApp.swift:17 — representative boundary
@main
@MainActor
struct ARKitRoomTrackingApp: App {
// ...
}Swift declarations without a modifier are internal; explicit private, fileprivate, private(set), public, or open entries above are interpreted by language semantics. Objective-C/C samples instead rely on header and implementation boundaries, which are not equivalent to Swift lexical privacy.
Logic ownership and placement
| Logic | Owning type or file | Placement rationale |
|---|---|---|
| Application entry and top-level composition | ARKitRoomTrackingApp |
The source’s App suffix makes this role explicit. |
| User-interface presentation and input forwarding | ContentView, WorldAndRoomView |
The source’s View suffix makes this role explicit. |
Design patterns
| Pattern | Source evidence | Purpose or tradeoff |
|---|---|---|
| Actor-isolated state | ARKitRoomTracking/ARKitRoomTrackingApp.swift:14 |
Actor annotations make the concurrency ownership boundary explicit. |
Naming conventions
- Types: App: ARKitRoomTrackingApp; View: ContentView, WorldAndRoomView.
- Protocols: no local protocol declaration in the scanned source.
- Methods:
createPreviewSphere,run,setupContentEntity,areAllDataProvidersAuthorized,runSession,isSphereInCurrentRoom,updateSphereState,getNearestWall. - Files:
ARKitRoomTracking/ARKitRoomTrackingApp.swift,ARKitRoomTracking/ContentView.swift,ARKitRoomTracking/WorldAndRoomView.swift,ARKitRoomTracking/AppState.swift.
Architecture takeaways
ARKitRoomTrackingAppis the main source-visible entry or composition anchor for this sample.- Framework work reaches RealityKit, SwiftUI, ARKit through a deliberately small high-level chain; the detailed API graph remains inside the cited implementation files.
- Stored-property evidence identifies lifecycle collaboration; it does not by itself prove exclusive object ownership.
- Access-control conclusions separate verified language visibility from the likely design rationale.
- The source does not justify labeling the design protocol-oriented.
Source map
| Source file | Relevant symbols |
|---|---|
ARKitRoomTracking/ARKitRoomTrackingApp.swift |
ARKitRoomTrackingApp |
ARKitRoomTracking/ContentView.swift |
ContentView |
ARKitRoomTracking/WorldAndRoomView.swift |
WorldAndRoomView |
ARKitRoomTracking/AppState.swift |
AppState, VisualizationState, ErrorState |
ARKitRoomTracking/Extensions.swift |
Feature implementation |