Sample CodeiOS, iPadOS, Mac Catalyst, macOS, visionOSReviewed 2026-07-21View on Apple Developer

BOT-anist

At a glance

Item Summary
Purpose Build a multiplatform app that uses windows, volumes, and animations to create a robot botanist’s greenhouse.
App architecture A Swift sample with the source-visible chain BOTanistAppContentViewPlantAnimationProviderRealityKit / SwiftUI APIs.
Main patterns No named application pattern supported by the extracted structure
Project style 30 scanned source file(s) across Swift, organized around ranked entry, type, and file boundaries.
Execution model Source-visible boundaries: @MainActor, Task closure isolated to MainActor, Task, Sendable or @Sendable, async declaration or closure; none alone proves a background thread.
State/event model Source-visible mechanisms: @Observable, SwiftUI state property wrapper.
Key frameworks/packages RealityKit, SwiftUI, Foundation, BOTanistAssets, Spatial; these are source dependencies, not architecture labels.

Project structure

Source bundle/
├── BOT-anist/
│   ├── BOTanistApp.swift
│   ├── Robot/
│   │   └── RobotData.swift
│   ├── Views/
│   │   ├── RobotView.swift
│   │   ├── SelectorViews.swift
│   │   ├── ContentView.swift
│   │   ├── ExplorationView.swift
│   │   ├── OrnamentView.swift
│   │   └── RobotCustomizationView.swift
│   ├── PlantAnimationProvider.swift
│   ├── Components/
│   │   └── JointPinComponent.swift
│   └── Systems/
│       └── JointPinSystem.swift
└── Packages/
    └── BOTanistAssets/
        └── Sources/
            └── BOTanistAssets/
                └── Components/
                    └── PlantComponent.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 4 project/configuration file(s) and 34 source declaration(s).

Overall architecture

Reference code

BOT-anist/BOTanistApp.swift:15 — architecture anchor

@main
struct BOTanistApp: App {
    @Environment(\.dismissWindow) var dismissWindow
    // ...
}

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 visionOS.

Ownership and state

Ownership evidence

BOT-anist/BOTanistApp.swift:13 — stored dependency or nearest verified ownership anchor

let logger = Logger(subsystem: "com.apple-samplecode.BOTanist", category: "general")
Owner Object or state Relationship Mutation authority
BOTanistApp Logger (logger) creates and retains Initialized by the owner; the binding is immutable
BOTanistApp AppState (appState) owns wrapper-managed state Owning lexical scope
BOTanistApp Size3D (initialVolumeSize) creates and retains Owning lexical scope
BOTanistApp CGSize (initialWindowSize) owns value state Owning lexical scope

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.

Concern Source mechanism Verified placement or handoff Evidence
Main isolation @MainActor The cited annotation marks its attached declaration or closure as main-actor isolated. BOT-anist/AppState+Exploration.swift:74
Main isolation Task closure isolated to MainActor The cited operation explicitly enters a main-actor-isolated region. BOT-anist/AppState+Exploration.swift:74
Task creation Task The source creates an unstructured task; surrounding context determines inherited actor isolation. BOT-anist/AppState+Exploration.swift:74
Transfer contract Sendable or @Sendable The source declares a sendability boundary; this alone does not synchronize mutable state. BOT-anist/AppState.swift:15
Suspension boundary async declaration or closure The source declares or crosses an asynchronous boundary; it does not by itself establish background execution. BOT-anist/Extensions/Preview+AppStateEnvironment.swift:10

@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.

Reference code

BOT-anist/AppState+Exploration.swift:74 — representative execution boundary

            Task { @MainActor [entity] in
                entity.components[BlendShapeWeightsComponent.self]!.weightSet[0].weights = BlendShapeWeights([0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0])
            }

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.

Category Mechanism or module Verified role Evidence
State propagation @Observable Observation macro publishes source-visible changes. BOT-anist/AppState.swift:25
State propagation SwiftUI state property wrapper A SwiftUI property wrapper supplies or observes UI state. BOT-anist/BOTanistApp.swift:17
Source import RealityKit The cited file imports this module; runtime use and architectural role are not inferred. BOT-anist/AppState+Exploration.swift:9
Source import SwiftUI The cited file imports this module; runtime use and architectural role are not inferred. BOT-anist/AppState+Exploration.swift:11
Source import Foundation The cited file imports this module; runtime use and architectural role are not inferred. BOT-anist/AppState+Exploration.swift:8
Source import BOTanistAssets The cited file imports this module; runtime use and architectural role are not inferred. BOT-anist/AppState+Exploration.swift:10
Source import Spatial The cited file imports this module; runtime use and architectural role are not inferred. BOT-anist/AppState+Exploration.swift:12
Source import Combine The cited file imports this module; runtime use and architectural role are not inferred. BOT-anist/Robot/RobotCharacter+Movement.swift:9

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

BOT-anist/BOTanistApp.swift:16 — representative type boundary

@main
struct BOTanistApp: App {
    @Environment(\.dismissWindow) var dismissWindow
    // ...
}
Type Responsibility Depends on or conforms to
BOTanistApp Application entry and top-level composition App
PlantComponent Stores entity-component data or behavior Component, Codable
RobotView User-interface presentation and input forwarding View
ResizableRealityView User-interface presentation and input forwarding View
StartPlantingButtonView User-interface presentation and input forwarding View
PlantAnimationProvider Supplies a capability or framework resource Concrete collaborators/imported frameworks
TypeSelectorView User-interface presentation and input forwarding View
FaceSelectorView User-interface presentation and input forwarding View
MaterialColorSelectView User-interface presentation and input forwarding View
MaterialSelectView User-interface presentation and input forwarding View

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
prepareForExploration (BOT-anist/AppState+Exploration.swift:17) public The symbol is visible to importing modules. Inference: make the declaration available across a module or target boundary.
resetExploration (BOT-anist/AppState+Exploration.swift:63) public The symbol is visible to importing modules. Inference: make the declaration available across a module or target boundary.
exitExploration (BOT-anist/AppState+Exploration.swift:82) public The symbol is visible to importing modules. Inference: make the declaration available across a module or target boundary.
id (BOT-anist/AppState.swift:21) public The symbol is visible to importing modules. Inference: make the declaration available across a module or target boundary.

Reference code

BOT-anist/AppState+Exploration.swift:17 — representative boundary

    public func prepareForExploration() {
        // ...
            let map = try Entity.load(named: "scenes/volume", in: BOTanistAssetsBundle)
        // ...
    }

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 BOTanistApp The source’s App suffix makes this role explicit.
Stores entity-component data or behavior JointPinComponent, PlantComponent The source’s Component suffix makes this role explicit.
Supplies a capability or framework resource PlantAnimationProvider The source’s Provider suffix makes this role explicit.
Runs entity-component-system update logic JointPinSystem The source’s System suffix makes this role explicit.
User-interface presentation and input forwarding ContentView, ExplorationView, FaceSelectorView, LightColorSelectView The source’s View suffix makes this role explicit.

Design patterns

Pattern Source evidence Purpose or tradeoff
No named application pattern BOT-anist/BOTanistApp.swift:15 The verified source directly composes concrete framework types; this document avoids forcing a pattern name.

Main application flow

Reference code

BOT-anist/Robot/RobotProvider+Loading.swift:72loadRobotParts()

    func loadRobotParts(taskGroup: inout TaskGroup<RobotPartLoadResult>) async {
        RobotPart.allCases.forEach { part in
            for (index, sceneName) in part.sceneNames.enumerated() {
                taskGroup.addTask {
                    do {
                        let partName = part.partNames[index]
                        logger.info("Loading scene \(sceneName), part: \(partName) for part type \(part.rawValue)")
                        if let entity = try await self.loadEntityFromRCPro(named: partName, fromSceneNamed: sceneName) {
                            if part == .body {
                                var libComponent = AnimationLibraryComponent()
                                let animationDirectory = "Assets/Robot/animations/\(partName)/"
                                for animationType in AnimationState.allCases {
                                    if let rootEntity = try? await Entity(named: "\(animationDirectory)\(partName)\(animationType.fileSuffix())",
                                                                          in: BOTanistAssetsBundle) {
                                        if let animationEntity = await rootEntity.findEntity(named: "rig_grp") {
                                            if let animationLibraryComponent = await animationEntity.animationLibraryComponent {
                                                libComponent.animations[animationType.rawValue] = animationLibraryComponent.defaultAnimation
                                            }
                                        }
                                    }
                                }
                                await entity.components.set(libComponent)
                            }
                            return RobotPartLoadResult(entity: entity, type: part, index: index)
                        } else {
                            fatalError("Error loading robot part \(partName) from scene \(sceneName)")
                        }
                    } catch {
                        fatalError("Error loading scene \(sceneName) for part \(part.rawValue)")
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

Naming conventions

  • Types: App: BOTanistApp; Component: JointPinComponent, PlantComponent; Provider: PlantAnimationProvider; System: JointPinSystem; View: ContentView, ExplorationView, FaceSelectorView, LightColorSelectView, MaterialColorSelectView.
  • Protocols: no local protocol declaration in the scanned source.
  • Methods: partForMaterialName, color, randomColor, face, hash, handleDrag, adjustRobotToFillCenterOfView, generateGrowAnimationResource.
  • Files: BOT-anist/BOTanistApp.swift, Packages/BOTanistAssets/Sources/BOTanistAssets/Components/PlantComponent.swift, BOT-anist/Robot/RobotData.swift, BOT-anist/Views/RobotView.swift, BOT-anist/PlantAnimationProvider.swift, BOT-anist/Components/JointPinComponent.swift.

Architecture takeaways

  • BOTanistApp is the main source-visible entry or composition anchor for this sample.
  • Framework work reaches RealityKit, SwiftUI, BOTanistAssets, Spatial 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
BOT-anist/BOTanistApp.swift Cited implementation, BOTanistApp, SwiftUI state property wrapper
BOT-anist/AppState+Exploration.swift Cited implementation, @MainActor, Task closure isolated to MainActor, Task, RealityKit, SwiftUI, Foundation, BOTanistAssets, Spatial, Feature implementation
BOT-anist/AppState.swift Cited implementation, Sendable or @Sendable, @Observable, AppPhase, AppState
BOT-anist/Extensions/Preview+AppStateEnvironment.swift async declaration or closure, SampleAppStateEnvironment
BOT-anist/Robot/RobotCharacter+Movement.swift Combine, Feature implementation
Packages/BOTanistAssets/Sources/BOTanistAssets/Components/PlantComponent.swift PlantComponent, PlantTypeKey
BOT-anist/Robot/RobotData.swift RobotData, RobotMaterial, BodyType, RobotPart, RobotLightColor, RobotFace, RobotPartLoadResult, RobotMaterialResult
BOT-anist/Views/RobotView.swift RobotView, ResizableRealityView, StartPlantingButtonView
BOT-anist/PlantAnimationProvider.swift PlantAnimationProvider, PlantAnimationResult
BOT-anist/Views/SelectorViews.swift TypeSelectorView, FaceSelectorView, MaterialColorSelectView, MaterialSelectView, LightColorSelectView
BOT-anist/Components/JointPinComponent.swift JointPinComponent
BOT-anist/Systems/JointPinSystem.swift JointPinSystem
BOT-anist/Views/ContentView.swift ContentView
BOT-anist/Views/ExplorationView.swift ExplorationView
BOT-anist/Views/OrnamentView.swift OrnamentView
BOT-anist/Views/RobotCustomizationView.swift RobotCustomizationView
BOT-anist/Robot/RobotProvider+Loading.swift loadRobotParts