Integrating pointer interactions into your iPad app

At a glance

Project structure

Source bundle/
├── PointerInteraction/
│   ├── ShapeView.swift
│   ├── AppDelegate.swift
│   ├── SceneDelegate.swift
│   ├── ViewController+ButtonProvider.swift
│   ├── ViewController.swift
│   ├── AlphaControl.swift
│   ├── ViewController+ContextMenu.swift
│   ├── ViewController+PointerInteraction.swift
│   └── Base.lproj/
│       └── LaunchScreen.storyboard
├── Configuration/
│   └── SampleCode.xcconfig
└── PointerInteraction.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

PointerInteraction/AppDelegate.swift:10 — architecture anchor

@UIApplicationMain
class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate {

    // The app delegate must implement the window from UIApplicationDelegate protocol to use a main storyboard file.
    var window: UIWindow?

    func application(_ application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey: Any]?) -> Bool {
        return true
    }

}

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
    ShapeView o-- UIBezierPath : viewPath
    ShapeView *-- UIBezierPath : innerPath
    ShapeView o-- AnyHashable : regionIdentifier
    ShapeView o-- UIImageView : imageView

Ownership evidence

PointerInteraction/ShapeView.swift:13 — stored dependency or nearest verified ownership anchor

class ShapeView: UIView {
    // ...
    var viewPath: UIBezierPath!
    // ...
}

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

PointerInteraction/AppDelegate.swift:11 — representative type boundary

@UIApplicationMain
class AppDelegate: UIResponder, UIApplicationDelegate {
    // ...
    var window: UIWindow?
    // ...
}

No local protocol conformance is claimed as protocol-oriented design; external framework conformances are listed only as dependencies.

Access control

Reference code

PointerInteraction/AlphaControl.swift:18 — representative boundary

class AlphaControl: UIControl {
    // ...
    private let marginSpacing: CGFloat = 6.0
    // ...
}

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, SceneDelegate; View: OvalShapeView, RoundrectShapeView, ShapeView, TriangleShapeView.
• Protocols: no local protocol declaration in the scanned source.
• Methods: commonInit, draw, point, restoreOuterFrameColor, pathViewForFrame, targetedPreview, application, scene.
• Files: PointerInteraction/ShapeView.swift, PointerInteraction/AppDelegate.swift, PointerInteraction/SceneDelegate.swift, PointerInteraction/ViewController.swift, PointerInteraction/AlphaControl.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.
• The source does not justify labeling the design protocol-oriented.

Source map

• Official Apple documentation