Illustrating the force, altitude, and azimuth properties of touch input

At a glance

Project structure

Source bundle/
├── TouchCanvas/
│   ├── AppDelegate.swift
│   ├── CanvasView.swift
│   ├── ReticleView.swift
│   ├── SeparatorView.swift
│   ├── ViewController.swift
│   ├── Line.swift
│   ├── Formatters.swift
│   └── Resources/
│       └── Base.lproj/
│           ├── LaunchScreen.storyboard
│           └── Main.storyboard
├── Configuration/
│   └── SampleCode.xcconfig
└── TouchCanvas.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 9 source declaration(s).

Overall architecture

flowchart LR
    N1["AppDelegate"]
    N2["ViewController"]
    N3["UIKit APIs"]
    N1 --> N2
    N2 --> N3

Reference code

TouchCanvas/AppDelegate.swift:10 — architecture anchor

@UIApplicationMain
class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate {

    var window: UIWindow?
}

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 UIKit.

Ownership and state

classDiagram
    AppDelegate o-- UIWindow : window
    CanvasView o-- NSMapTable : activeLines
    CanvasView o-- NSMapTable : pendingLines
    CanvasView o-- CGContext : frozenContext

Ownership evidence

TouchCanvas/AppDelegate.swift:13 — stored dependency or nearest verified ownership anchor

@UIApplicationMain
class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate {

    var window: UIWindow?
}

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.

No source-visible execution, scheduling, or synchronization boundary was found in the indexed source.

@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.

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.

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

TouchCanvas/Formatters.swift:10 — representative type boundary

protocol DisplayFormat {

    /// A string with a fixed width format that's appropiate for use in a UI with frequently updating values.
    var valueFormattedForDisplay: String? { get }
}

The source explicitly defines local protocol relationships: CGVector → DisplayFormat, CGPoint → DisplayFormat, CGFloat → DisplayFormat.

Access control

Reference code

TouchCanvas/CanvasView.swift:25 — representative boundary

class CanvasView: UIView {
    // ...
    private var needsFullRedraw = true
    // ...
}

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

Design patterns

Naming conventions

• Types: Controller: ViewController; Delegate: AppDelegate; View: CanvasView, ReticleView, SeparatorView.
• Protocols: DisplayFormat.
• Methods: draw, setFrozenImageNeedsUpdate, clear, drawTouches, addActiveLineForTouch, addPointsOfType, endTouches, updateEstimatedPropertiesForTouches.
• Files: TouchCanvas/AppDelegate.swift, TouchCanvas/CanvasView.swift, TouchCanvas/ReticleView.swift, TouchCanvas/SeparatorView.swift, TouchCanvas/ViewController.swift, TouchCanvas/Line.swift.

Architecture takeaways

• AppDelegate is the main source-visible entry or composition anchor for this sample.
• Framework work reaches UIKit 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.
• Local protocol relationships provide an explicit substitution boundary.

Source map

• Official Apple documentation