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Bringing multiple windows to your SwiftUI app

At a glance

Item Summary
Purpose Compose rich views by reacting to state changes and customize your app’s scene presentation and behavior on iPadOS and macOS.
App architecture A Swift sample with the source-visible chain BookClubAppArcViewNavigationModelSeededRandomNumberGeneratorSwiftUI APIs.
Main patterns Factory, Publisher-backed observable state, Actor-isolated state
Project style 36 scanned source file(s) across Swift, organized around ranked entry, type, and file boundaries.

Project structure

Source bundle/
└── BookClub/
    ├── BookClubApp.swift
    ├── Views/
    │   ├── CircularProgressView.swift
    │   ├── LinearProgressView.swift
    │   ├── StackedProgressView.swift
    │   ├── BookDetail/
    │   │   └── BookDetailHeader.swift
    │   └── BookCover.swift
    └── Models/
        ├── NavigationModel.swift
        ├── ProgressEditorModel.swift
        ├── ReadingListModel.swift
        ├── CurrentlyReading.swift
        ├── ReadingProgress.swift
        └── ReadingActivityItem.swift

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 5 project/configuration file(s) and 51 source declaration(s).

Overall architecture

Reference code

BookClub/BookClubApp.swift:11 — architecture anchor

@main
struct BookClubApp: 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 SwiftUI.

Ownership and state

Ownership evidence

BookClub/BookClubApp.swift:13 — stored dependency or nearest verified ownership anchor

    private var dataModel = ReadingListModel()
Owner Object or state Relationship Mutation authority
BookClubApp ReadingListModel (dataModel) creates and retains Owning lexical scope
NavigationModel NavigationSplitViewVisibility (columnVisibility) stores or receives App/module collaborators
NavigationModel Category (selectedCategory) stores or receives App/module collaborators
NavigationModel Set (selectedBookIds) owns value state 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.

Class and protocol design

BookClub/BookClubApp.swift:12 — representative type boundary

struct BookClubApp: App {
    // ...
}
Type Responsibility Depends on or conforms to
BookClubApp Application entry and top-level composition App
CircularProgressView User-interface presentation and input forwarding View
ArcView User-interface presentation and input forwarding View
NavigationModel Feature data or observable state Codable, ObservableObject
ProgressEditorModel Feature data or observable state Hashable
LinearReadingProgressView User-interface presentation and input forwarding View
StackedProgressView User-interface presentation and input forwarding View
ReadingListModel Feature data or observable state ObservableObject
MockFactory Constructs a selected implementation Concrete collaborators/imported frameworks
SeededRandomNumberGenerator Generates feature data or resources RandomNumberGenerator

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
dataModel (BookClub/BookClubApp.swift:13) 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.
id (BookClub/Models/Book.swift:11) private(set) Read access follows the declaration; writes remain in the private scope. Inference: allow observation while reserving invariant-changing writes for the owner.
random (BookClub/Models/CurrentlyReading.swift:88) fileprivate Use is restricted to this source file. Inference: share with same-file helpers or extensions without exposing the symbol module-wide.
book (BookClub/Models/CurrentlyReading.swift:150) 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

BookClub/BookClubApp.swift:13 — representative boundary

    private var dataModel = ReadingListModel()

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 BookClubApp The source’s App suffix makes this role explicit.
Constructs a selected implementation MockFactory The source’s Factory suffix makes this role explicit.
Generates feature data or resources SeededRandomNumberGenerator The source’s Generator suffix makes this role explicit.
Feature data or observable state NavigationModel, ProgressEditorModel, ReadingListModel The source’s Model suffix makes this role explicit.
User-interface presentation and input forwarding ArcView, CircularProgressView, LinearReadingProgressView, StackedProgressView The source’s View suffix makes this role explicit.

Design patterns

Pattern Source evidence Purpose or tradeoff
Factory BookClub/Models/CurrentlyReading.swift:101 A factory-named type owns implementation construction.
Publisher-backed observable state BookClub/Models/CurrentlyReading.swift:12 Published properties notify observers while mutation remains with the state object.
Actor-isolated state BookClub/Views/ShareButton.swift:35 Actor annotations make the concurrency ownership boundary explicit.

Naming conventions

  • Types: App: BookClubApp; Factory: MockFactory; Generator: SeededRandomNumberGenerator; Model: NavigationModel, ProgressEditorModel, ReadingListModel; View: ArcView, CircularProgressView, LinearReadingProgressView, StackedProgressView.
  • Protocols: no local protocol declaration in the scanned source.
  • Methods: makeBody, path, inset, encode, present, dismiss, togglePresentation, foregroundStyle.
  • Files: BookClub/BookClubApp.swift, BookClub/Views/CircularProgressView.swift, BookClub/Models/NavigationModel.swift, BookClub/Models/ProgressEditorModel.swift, BookClub/Views/StackedProgressView.swift, BookClub/Models/ReadingListModel.swift.

Architecture takeaways

  • BookClubApp is the main source-visible entry or composition anchor for this sample.
  • Framework work reaches SwiftUI, Charts 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
BookClub/BookClubApp.swift BookClubApp
BookClub/Views/CircularProgressView.swift CircularProgressView, CircularProgressViewStyle, ArcView, Arc, CircularProgressView_Previews
BookClub/Models/NavigationModel.swift NavigationModel, CodingKeys
BookClub/Models/ProgressEditorModel.swift ProgressEditorModel, DismissAction
BookClub/Views/LinearProgressView.swift LinearReadingProgressView, LinearReadingProgressViewStyle, LinearReadingProgressView_Previews
BookClub/Views/StackedProgressView.swift StackedProgressView, StackedProgressViewStyle, StackedProgressView_Previews
BookClub/Models/ReadingListModel.swift ReadingListModel
BookClub/Views/BookDetail/BookDetailHeader.swift BookDetailHeader, BookCover, ButtonFooter, BookDescriptionSheet, BookDetailHeader_Previews
BookClub/Models/CurrentlyReading.swift CurrentlyReading, MockFactory, SeededRandomNumberGenerator
BookClub/Models/ReadingProgress.swift ReadingProgress, EntriesByDate, Entry