Occluding virtual content with people
At a glance
| Item | Summary |
|---|---|
| Purpose | Cover your app’s virtual content with people that ARKit perceives in the camera feed. |
| App architecture | A Swift sample with the source-visible chain AppDelegate → ViewController → ARKit APIs. |
| Main patterns | View-controller organization, Delegate or data-source callbacks |
| Project style | 3 scanned source file(s) across Swift, organized around ranked entry, type, and file boundaries. |
| Execution model | Source-visible boundaries: DispatchQueue.main.async; none alone proves a background thread. |
| State/event model | No structured observation or publisher-scheduling marker indexed. |
| Key frameworks/packages | UIKit, ARKit, RealityKit; these are source dependencies, not architecture labels. |
Project structure
Source bundle/
├── PeopleOcclusion/
│ ├── AppDelegate.swift
│ ├── ViewController.swift
│ ├── RoundedLabel.swift
│ ├── Base.lproj/
│ │ ├── LaunchScreen.storyboard
│ │ └── Main.storyboard
│ └── Info.plist
├── Configuration/
│ └── SampleCode.xcconfig
└── PeopleOcclusion.xcodeproj/
├── .xcodesamplecode.plist
└── project.pbxproj
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 6 project/configuration file(s) and 3 source declaration(s).
Overall architecture
flowchart LR
N1["AppDelegate"]
N2["ViewController"]
N3["ARKit APIs"]
N1 --> N2
N2 --> N3
Reference code
PeopleOcclusion/AppDelegate.swift:10 — architecture anchor
@UIApplicationMain
class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate {
var window: UIWindow?
func application(_ application: UIApplication,
didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey: Any]?)
-> Bool {
return true
}
func applicationWillResignActive(_ application: UIApplication) {
}
func applicationDidEnterBackground(_ application: UIApplication) {
}
func applicationWillEnterForeground(_ application: UIApplication) {
}
func applicationDidBecomeActive(_ application: UIApplication) {
}
func applicationWillTerminate(_ application: UIApplication) {
}
}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
AppDelegate o-- UIWindow : window
ViewController o-- ARView : arView
ViewController o-- RoundedLabel : messageLabel
RoundedLabel o-- Ishidden : isHidden
Ownership evidence
PeopleOcclusion/AppDelegate.swift:13 — stored dependency or nearest verified ownership anchor
@UIApplicationMain
class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate {
// ...
var window: UIWindow?
// ...
}| Owner | Object or state | Relationship | Mutation authority |
|---|---|---|---|
AppDelegate |
UIWindow (window) |
stores or receives | App/module collaborators |
ViewController |
ARView (arView) |
stores or receives | App/module collaborators |
ViewController |
RoundedLabel (messageLabel) |
stores or receives | App/module collaborators |
RoundedLabel |
Ishidden (isHidden) |
stores or receives | App/module collaborators |
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.
Concurrency, scheduling, and thread safety
Evidence limit: actor isolation, async/await, or Task creation does not by itself prove background-thread execution; Sendable conformance alone does not prove thread-safe mutation.
| Concern | Source mechanism | Verified placement or handoff | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queue scheduling | DispatchQueue.main.async |
The source addresses the main dispatch queue. | PeopleOcclusion/RoundedLabel.swift:19 |
@MainActor/MainActor.run, DispatchQueue.main, and RunLoop.main are reported as distinct isolation, queue, and event-loop mechanisms. A plain Task is kept separate from Task.detached; neither is labeled as a background thread.
Reference code
PeopleOcclusion/RoundedLabel.swift:19 — representative execution boundary
DispatchQueue.main.async {
self.isHidden = false
self.text = text
}State propagation, frameworks, and dependencies
Evidence limit: an import proves a source-level compilation dependency at the cited line; it does not prove runtime use, architectural adoption, or whether a Swift package is a direct application dependency.
| Category | Mechanism or module | Verified role | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Source import | UIKit |
The cited file imports this module; runtime use and architectural role are not inferred. | PeopleOcclusion/AppDelegate.swift:8 |
| Source import | ARKit |
The cited file imports this module; runtime use and architectural role are not inferred. | PeopleOcclusion/ViewController.swift:10 |
| Source import | RealityKit |
The cited file imports this module; runtime use and architectural role are not inferred. | PeopleOcclusion/ViewController.swift:9 |
receive(on:) describes downstream delivery scheduling, while subscribe(on:) describes upstream subscription/request/cancel scheduling. An import Combine alone establishes neither behavior nor a Store, reducer, Redux, or other application architecture.
Class and protocol design
PeopleOcclusion/AppDelegate.swift:11 — representative type boundary
@UIApplicationMain
class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate {
// ...
var window: UIWindow?
// ...
}| Type | Responsibility | Depends on or conforms to |
|---|---|---|
AppDelegate |
Receives callback-driven events | UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate |
ViewController |
View lifecycle, callbacks, and feature coordination | UIViewController |
RoundedLabel |
Owns feature behavior and collaborator lifecycle | UILabel |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
togglePeopleOcclusion (PeopleOcclusion/ViewController.swift:43) |
fileprivate |
Use is restricted to this source file. | Inference: share with same-file helpers or extensions without exposing the symbol module-wide. |
Reference code
PeopleOcclusion/ViewController.swift:43 — representative boundary
fileprivate func togglePeopleOcclusion() {
// ...
fatalError("Unexpectedly failed to get the configuration.")
// ...
}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 |
|---|---|---|
| View lifecycle, callbacks, and feature coordination | ViewController |
The source’s Controller suffix makes this role explicit. |
| Receives callback-driven events | AppDelegate |
The source’s Delegate suffix makes this role explicit. |
Design patterns
| Pattern | Source evidence | Purpose or tradeoff |
|---|---|---|
| View-controller organization | PeopleOcclusion/ViewController.swift:12 |
A controller is the verified coordination boundary; this is MVC-style only where a separate model is present. |
| Delegate or data-source callbacks | PeopleOcclusion/AppDelegate.swift:11 |
Callback protocols invert event delivery back into the sample’s owner. |
Naming conventions
- Types: Controller: ViewController; Delegate: AppDelegate.
- Protocols: no local protocol declaration in the scanned source.
- Methods:
application,applicationWillResignActive,applicationDidEnterBackground,applicationWillEnterForeground,applicationDidBecomeActive,applicationWillTerminate,viewDidLoad,viewDidAppear. - Files:
PeopleOcclusion/AppDelegate.swift,PeopleOcclusion/ViewController.swift,PeopleOcclusion/RoundedLabel.swift.
Architecture takeaways
AppDelegateis the main source-visible entry or composition anchor for this sample.- Framework work reaches UIKit, ARKit, RealityKit 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 |
|---|---|
PeopleOcclusion/AppDelegate.swift |
Cited implementation, AppDelegate, UIKit |
PeopleOcclusion/ViewController.swift |
Cited implementation, ViewController, ARKit, RealityKit |
PeopleOcclusion/RoundedLabel.swift |
DispatchQueue.main.async, RoundedLabel |