Sample CodeiOS, iPadOS, Mac CatalystReviewed 2026-07-21View on Apple Developer

Detecting animal body poses with Vision

At a glance

Item Summary
Purpose Draw the skeleton of an animal by using Vision’s capability to detect animal body poses.
App architecture A Swift sample with the source-visible chain AnimalPoseDetectionAppContentViewVision APIs.
Main patterns View-controller organization, Delegate or data-source callbacks
Project style 7 scanned source file(s) across Swift, organized around ranked entry, type, and file boundaries.

Project structure

Source bundle/
├── AnimalPoseDetection/
│   ├── AnimalPoseDetectionApp.swift
│   ├── AnimalSkeletonView.swift
│   ├── CameraViewController.swift
│   ├── AnimalEmojiView.swift
│   ├── CameraView.swift
│   ├── ContentView.swift
│   └── AnimalPoseDetector.swift
├── AnimalPoseDetection.xcodeproj/
│   ├── .xcodesamplecode.plist
│   └── project.pbxproj
└── 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 3 project/configuration file(s) and 9 source declaration(s).

Overall architecture

Reference code

AnimalPoseDetection/AnimalPoseDetectionApp.swift:10 — architecture anchor

@main
struct AnimalPoseDetectionApp: App {
    var body: some Scene {
        WindowGroup {
            ContentView()
        }
    }
}

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 Vision.

Ownership and state

Ownership evidence

AnimalPoseDetection/AnimalSkeletonView.swift:12 — stored dependency or nearest verified ownership anchor

struct AnimalSkeletonView: View {
    // ...
    @StateObject var animalJoint = AnimalPoseDetector()
    // ...
}
Owner Object or state Relationship Mutation authority
AnimalSkeletonView AnimalPoseDetector (animalJoint) owns wrapper-managed state App/module collaborators
AnimalSkeletonView CGSize (size) owns value state App/module collaborators
Line Array (points) owns value state App/module collaborators
Line CGSize (size) 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

AnimalPoseDetection/AnimalPoseDetectionApp.swift:11 — representative type boundary

struct AnimalPoseDetectionApp: App {
    var body: some Scene {
        WindowGroup {
            ContentView()
        }
    }
}
Type Responsibility Depends on or conforms to
AnimalPoseDetectionApp Application entry and top-level composition App
AnimalSkeletonView User-interface presentation and input forwarding View
CameraViewController View lifecycle, callbacks, and feature coordination UIViewController
DisplayView User-interface presentation and input forwarding UIViewControllerRepresentable
AnimalEmojiView User-interface presentation and input forwarding View
CameraView User-interface presentation and input forwarding UIView
ContentView User-interface presentation and input forwarding View
Line Represents a feature value or composable behavior Shape
AnimalPoseDetector Owns feature behavior and collaborator lifecycle NSObject, AVCaptureVideoDataOutputSampleBufferDelegate, ObservableObject

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
cameraSession (AnimalPoseDetection/CameraViewController.swift:14) 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.

Reference code

AnimalPoseDetection/CameraViewController.swift:14 — representative boundary

    private var cameraSession: AVCaptureSession?
    weak var delegate: AVCaptureVideoDataOutputSampleBufferDelegate?
    let cameraQueue = DispatchQueue(
        label: "CameraOutput",
        qos: .userInitiated
        )

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 AnimalPoseDetectionApp The source’s App suffix makes this role explicit.
View lifecycle, callbacks, and feature coordination CameraViewController The source’s Controller suffix makes this role explicit.
User-interface presentation and input forwarding AnimalEmojiView, AnimalSkeletonView, CameraView, ContentView The source’s View suffix makes this role explicit.

Design patterns

Pattern Source evidence Purpose or tradeoff
View-controller organization AnimalPoseDetection/CameraViewController.swift:13 A controller is the verified coordination boundary; this is MVC-style only where a separate model is present.
Delegate or data-source callbacks AnimalPoseDetection/AnimalPoseDetector.swift:13 Callback protocols invert event delivery back into the sample’s owner.

Naming conventions

  • Types: App: AnimalPoseDetectionApp; Controller: CameraViewController; View: AnimalEmojiView, AnimalSkeletonView, CameraView, ContentView, DisplayView.
  • Protocols: no local protocol declaration in the scanned source.
  • Methods: path, loadView, viewDidAppear, viewWillDisappear, prepareAVSession, makeUIViewController, updateUIViewController, captureOutput.
  • Files: AnimalPoseDetection/AnimalPoseDetectionApp.swift, AnimalPoseDetection/AnimalSkeletonView.swift, AnimalPoseDetection/CameraViewController.swift, AnimalPoseDetection/AnimalEmojiView.swift, AnimalPoseDetection/CameraView.swift, AnimalPoseDetection/ContentView.swift.

Architecture takeaways

  • AnimalPoseDetectionApp is the main source-visible entry or composition anchor for this sample.
  • Framework work reaches SwiftUI, AVFoundation, UIKit, Vision 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
AnimalPoseDetection/AnimalPoseDetectionApp.swift AnimalPoseDetectionApp
AnimalPoseDetection/AnimalSkeletonView.swift AnimalSkeletonView, Line
AnimalPoseDetection/CameraViewController.swift CameraViewController, DisplayView
AnimalPoseDetection/AnimalEmojiView.swift AnimalEmojiView
AnimalPoseDetection/CameraView.swift CameraView
AnimalPoseDetection/ContentView.swift ContentView
AnimalPoseDetection/AnimalPoseDetector.swift AnimalPoseDetector