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Working with generic spatial accessories

At a glance

Item Summary
Purpose Let people place digital replicas of a generic spatial accessory by tracking the accessory with ARKit.
App architecture A Swift sample with the source-visible chain WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessoriesAppContentViewAccessoryModelSwiftUI / RealityKit APIs.
Main patterns No named application pattern supported by the extracted structure
Project style 12 scanned source file(s) across Swift, organized around ranked entry, type, and file boundaries.
Execution model Source-visible boundaries: Task, await suspension point, @MainActor, Task closure isolated to MainActor; none alone proves a background thread.
State/event model Source-visible mechanisms: @Observable, NotificationCenter, SwiftUI state property wrapper.
Key frameworks/packages SwiftUI, os, RealityKit, ARKit, Foundation; these are source dependencies, not architecture labels.

Project structure

Source bundle/
└── WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/
    └── WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/
        ├── WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessoriesApp.swift
        ├── Models/
        │   ├── AppModel.swift
        │   ├── HapticModel.swift
        │   ├── AccessoryModel.swift
        │   └── AccessoryModel+Haptics.swift
        ├── Views/
        │   ├── ContentView.swift
        │   ├── ImmersiveView.swift
        │   ├── VolumeView.swift
        │   ├── ToggleImmersiveSpaceButton.swift
        │   └── ToggleVolumeButton.swift
        └── Extensions/
            ├── Entity.swift
            └── Logger.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 13 source declaration(s).

Overall architecture

Reference code

WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessoriesApp.swift:10 — architecture anchor

@main
struct WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessoriesApp: App {
    @State private var appModel = AppModel()
    // ...
}

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

WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessoriesApp.swift:12 — stored dependency or nearest verified ownership anchor

@main
struct WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessoriesApp: App {
    @State private var appModel = AppModel()
    // ...
}
Owner Object or state Relationship Mutation authority
WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessoriesApp AppModel (appModel) owns wrapper-managed state Owning lexical scope
AppModel AccessoryModel (accessoryModel) creates and retains Owning type writes; wider scope can read
HapticModel CHHapticEngine (hapticEngine) stores or receives Owning lexical scope
HapticModel Logger (logger) creates and retains Initialized by the owner; the binding is immutable

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
Task creation Task The source creates an unstructured task; surrounding context determines inherited actor isolation. WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/Models/AccessoryModel.swift:40
Suspension boundary await suspension point The source declares or crosses an asynchronous boundary; it does not by itself establish background execution. WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/Models/AccessoryModel.swift:41
Main isolation @MainActor The cited annotation marks its attached declaration or closure as main-actor isolated. WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/Models/AccessoryModel.swift:132
Main isolation Task closure isolated to MainActor The cited operation explicitly enters a main-actor-isolated region. WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/Models/AccessoryModel.swift:132

@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

WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/Models/AccessoryModel.swift:40 — representative execution boundary

                authChangeTask?.cancel()
                authChangeTask = Task {
                    await handleAuthorizationStatusChange()
                }

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. WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/Models/AccessoryModel.swift:16
State propagation NotificationCenter NotificationCenter distributes named process-local events. WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/Models/AccessoryModel.swift:233
State propagation SwiftUI state property wrapper A SwiftUI property wrapper supplies or observes UI state. WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/Views/ContentView.swift:16
Source import SwiftUI The cited file imports this module; runtime use and architectural role are not inferred. WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/Models/AccessoryModel.swift:12
Source import os The cited file imports this module; runtime use and architectural role are not inferred. WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/Extensions/Logger.swift:8
Source import RealityKit The cited file imports this module; runtime use and architectural role are not inferred. WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/Extensions/Entity.swift:8
Source import ARKit The cited file imports this module; runtime use and architectural role are not inferred. WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/Models/AccessoryModel.swift:10
Source import Foundation The cited file imports this module; runtime use and architectural role are not inferred. WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/Extensions/Logger.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

WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessoriesApp.swift:11 — representative type boundary

@main
struct WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessoriesApp: App {
    @State private var appModel = AppModel()
    // ...
}
Type Responsibility Depends on or conforms to
WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessoriesApp Application entry and top-level composition App
AppModel Feature data or observable state Concrete collaborators/imported frameworks
HapticModel Feature data or observable state Concrete collaborators/imported frameworks
AccessoryModel Feature data or observable state Concrete collaborators/imported frameworks
ContentView User-interface presentation and input forwarding View
ImmersiveView User-interface presentation and input forwarding View
VolumeView User-interface presentation and input forwarding View
ImmersiveSpaceState Represents mutable feature state Concrete collaborators/imported frameworks
Constants Defines a closed set of feature states or choices Concrete collaborators/imported frameworks
AccessorySettingsForm Represents a feature value or composable behavior 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
createSegment (WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/Extensions/Entity.swift:46) 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.
logger (WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/Models/AccessoryModel.swift:19) 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.
accessoryProviderTask (WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/Models/AccessoryModel.swift:22) 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.
authChangeTask (WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/Models/AccessoryModel.swift:23) 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

WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/Extensions/Entity.swift:46 — representative boundary

    private static func createSegment(height: Float, radius: Float, color: UIColor) -> Entity {
        let material = SimpleMaterial(color: color, isMetallic: false)
        let mesh = MeshResource.generateCylinder(height: height, radius: radius)
        return ModelEntity(mesh: mesh, materials: [material])
    }

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 WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessoriesApp The source’s App suffix makes this role explicit.
Feature data or observable state AccessoryModel, AppModel, HapticModel The source’s Model suffix makes this role explicit.
User-interface presentation and input forwarding ContentView, ImmersiveView, VolumeView The source’s View suffix makes this role explicit.

Design patterns

Pattern Source evidence Purpose or tradeoff
No named application pattern WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessoriesApp.swift:10 The verified source directly composes concrete framework types; this document avoids forcing a pattern name.

Main application flow

Reference code

WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/Models/AccessoryModel.swift:282handleAccessoryDeviceChange()

    private func handleAccessoryDeviceChange() {
        // ...
        availableLocations = []
        hapticModel = nil
        referenceEntity = nil
        resetAnchorObservationState()
        deviceChangeTask?.cancel()
        Task {
            await updateAccessoryTrackingProvider()
        }
        guard let accessoryDevice else {
            return
        }
        accessoryDevice.input?.elementValueDidChangeHandler = { [weak self] (_, element) in
            guard let self else { return }
            if let button = element as? GCButtonElement,
               button.pressedInput.isPressed {
                logger.info("Button pressed: \(element.localizedName ?? "Unnamed element")")
                initiateDigitalReplicaPlacement()
            }
        }
        deviceChangeTask = Task {
            do {
                let anchoringSource = try await AnchoringComponent.AccessoryAnchoringSource(device: accessoryDevice)
                guard !Task.isCancelled else { return }
                availableLocations = anchoringSource.accessoryLocations
                await loadReferenceEntity(from: anchoringSource)
            } catch is CancellationError {
                return
            } catch {
                logger.error("Failed to create anchoring source: \(error)")
            }
            hapticModel = await HapticModel(accessory: accessoryDevice)
        }
    }

Naming conventions

  • Types: App: WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessoriesApp; Model: AccessoryModel, AppModel, HapticModel; View: ContentView, ImmersiveView, VolumeView.
  • Protocols: no local protocol declaration in the scanned source.
  • Methods: play, createEvents, createPulseEvent, makeAnchoringSource, toggleAccessoryLocation, initiateDigitalReplicaPlacement, queryLatestAccessoryAnchor, observeAccessoryTrackingProvider.
  • Files: WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessoriesApp.swift, WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/Models/AppModel.swift, WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/Models/HapticModel.swift, WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/Models/AccessoryModel.swift, WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/Views/ContentView.swift, WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/Views/ImmersiveView.swift.

Architecture takeaways

  • WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessoriesApp is the main source-visible entry or composition anchor for this sample.
  • Framework work reaches SwiftUI, RealityKit, ARKit, CoreHaptics 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
WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessoriesApp.swift Cited implementation, WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessoriesApp
WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/Extensions/Entity.swift Cited implementation, RealityKit, MissingReferenceEntityConstants
WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/Models/AccessoryModel.swift Cited implementation, Task, await suspension point, @MainActor, Task closure isolated to MainActor, @Observable, NotificationCenter, SwiftUI, ARKit, AccessoryModel
WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/Views/ContentView.swift SwiftUI state property wrapper, ContentView, AccessorySettingsForm
WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/Extensions/Logger.swift os, Foundation, Feature implementation
WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/Models/AppModel.swift AppModel, ImmersiveSpaceState
WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/Models/HapticModel.swift HapticModel, Constants
WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/Views/ImmersiveView.swift ImmersiveView
WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/Views/VolumeView.swift VolumeView
WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/Models/AccessoryModel+Haptics.swift Feature implementation
WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/Views/ToggleImmersiveSpaceButton.swift ToggleImmersiveSpaceButton
WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/WorkingWithGenericSpatialAccessories/Views/ToggleVolumeButton.swift ToggleVolumeButton