Delivering Rich App Experiences with Haptics
At a glance
| Item | Summary |
|---|---|
| Purpose | Enhance your app’s experience by incorporating haptic and sound feedback into key interactive moments. |
| App architecture | A Swift sample bundle with entry-bearing project variants HapticRicochet-Final, HapticRicochet-Start, each leading to CoreHaptics APIs. |
| Main patterns | View-controller organization, Delegate or data-source callbacks |
| Project style | 10 scanned source file(s) across Swift, organized around ranked entry, type, and file boundaries. |
Project structure
Source bundle/
├── HapticRicochet-Final/
│ ├── HapticRicochet/
│ │ ├── AppDelegate.swift
│ │ ├── ViewController.swift
│ │ ├── ViewController+Animations.swift
│ │ ├── ViewController+AudioHapticFeedback.swift
│ │ └── ViewController+Motion.swift
│ └── HapticRicochet.xcodeproj/
│ └── .xcodesamplecode.plist
├── HapticRicochet-Start/
│ └── HapticRicochet/
│ ├── AppDelegate.swift
│ ├── ViewController.swift
│ ├── ViewController+Animations.swift
│ ├── ViewController+AudioHapticFeedback.swift
│ └── ViewController+Motion.swift
└── 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 11 project/configuration file(s) and 6 source declaration(s).
Overall architecture
flowchart LR
Bundle["Sample bundle"]
V1["HapticRicochet-Final"]
V2["HapticRicochet-Start"]
Boundary["CoreHaptics APIs"]
Bundle --> V1
V1 --> Boundary
Bundle --> V2
V2 --> Boundary
Reference code
HapticRicochet-Final/HapticRicochet/AppDelegate.swift:12 — architecture anchor
@UIApplicationMain
class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate {
// ...
}Interpretation
The branches represent separate entry-bearing project variants in the downloaded bundle, not runtime calls between those variants. Each branch is intentionally collapsed at the documented framework boundary; the detailed target-local flow remains in the cited files. Ownership is claimed only where the next section cites a stored property or assignment.
Ownership and state
classDiagram
AppDelegate o-- UIWindow : window
ViewController o-- UIView : sphereView
ViewController o-- Cancellable : spherePositionPublisher
ViewController *-- CGFloat : kSphereRadiusSmall
Ownership evidence
HapticRicochet-Final/HapticRicochet/AppDelegate.swift:15 — 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 |
UIView (sphereView) |
stores or receives | App/module collaborators |
ViewController |
Cancellable (spherePositionPublisher) |
stores or receives | App/module collaborators |
ViewController |
CGFloat (kSphereRadiusSmall) |
owns value state | Initialized by the owner; the binding is immutable |
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
HapticRicochet-Final/HapticRicochet/AppDelegate.swift:13 — representative type boundary
class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate {
// ...
}| Type | Responsibility | Depends on or conforms to |
|---|---|---|
AppDelegate |
Receives callback-driven events | UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate |
AppDelegate |
Receives callback-driven events | UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate |
ViewController |
View lifecycle, callbacks, and feature coordination | UIViewController, UICollisionBehaviorDelegate |
ViewController |
View lifecycle, callbacks, and feature coordination | UIViewController, UICollisionBehaviorDelegate |
SphereState |
Represents mutable feature state | Concrete collaborators/imported frameworks |
SphereState |
Represents mutable feature state | Concrete collaborators/imported frameworks |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
wallPadding (HapticRicochet-Final/HapticRicochet/ViewController+Animations.swift:12) |
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. |
addAnimationBehaviors (HapticRicochet-Final/HapticRicochet/ViewController+Animations.swift:205) |
private |
Use is restricted to the lexical declaration and same-file extensions allowed by Swift. | Inference: hide an implementation step that is not part of the collaboration surface. |
removeAnimationBehaviors (HapticRicochet-Final/HapticRicochet/ViewController+Animations.swift:212) |
private |
Use is restricted to the lexical declaration and same-file extensions allowed by Swift. | Inference: hide an implementation step that is not part of the collaboration surface. |
boundedSphereCenter (HapticRicochet-Final/HapticRicochet/ViewController+Animations.swift:219) |
private |
Use is restricted to the lexical declaration and same-file extensions allowed by Swift. | Inference: hide an implementation step that is not part of the collaboration surface. |
Reference code
HapticRicochet-Final/HapticRicochet/ViewController+Animations.swift:12 — representative boundary
private var wallPadding: CGFloat { return 1 }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 | HapticRicochet-Final/HapticRicochet/ViewController.swift:15 |
A controller is the verified coordination boundary; this is MVC-style only where a separate model is present. |
| Delegate or data-source callbacks | HapticRicochet-Final/HapticRicochet/AppDelegate.swift:13 |
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,viewDidLoad,initializeBackgroundImage,initializeSphere,handleSpherePositionChanged,collisionBehavior,sphereTapped,backgroundTapped. - Files:
HapticRicochet-Final/HapticRicochet/AppDelegate.swift,HapticRicochet-Start/HapticRicochet/AppDelegate.swift,HapticRicochet-Final/HapticRicochet/ViewController.swift,HapticRicochet-Start/HapticRicochet/ViewController.swift.
Architecture takeaways
AppDelegateis the main source-visible entry or composition anchor for this sample.- Framework work reaches UIKit, CoreHaptics, CoreMotion, AVFoundation 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 |
|---|---|
HapticRicochet-Final/HapticRicochet/AppDelegate.swift |
AppDelegate |
HapticRicochet-Start/HapticRicochet/AppDelegate.swift |
AppDelegate |
HapticRicochet-Final/HapticRicochet/ViewController.swift |
ViewController, SphereState |
HapticRicochet-Start/HapticRicochet/ViewController.swift |
ViewController, SphereState |
HapticRicochet-Final/HapticRicochet/ViewController+Animations.swift |
Feature implementation |
HapticRicochet-Final/HapticRicochet/ViewController+AudioHapticFeedback.swift |
Feature implementation |
HapticRicochet-Final/HapticRicochet/ViewController+Motion.swift |
Feature implementation |
HapticRicochet-Start/HapticRicochet/ViewController+Animations.swift |
Feature implementation |
HapticRicochet-Start/HapticRicochet/ViewController+AudioHapticFeedback.swift |
Feature implementation |
HapticRicochet-Start/HapticRicochet/ViewController+Motion.swift |
Feature implementation |