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The Redacted View Modifier in SwiftUI
Show placeholders with the redacted view modifier in SwiftUI.
It is an undeniable fact that the essence and the real identity of each app is its content. That, in combination to its design and provided user experience, makes every app unique and different. However, it’s sometimes necessary to replace part of, or the entire content with placeholders. And there are two main reasons to do that:
- To hide sensitive or private data.
- To indicate that some content is about to be displayed, but it is not ready or available to use yet.
Undoubtedly, there are various solutions that we could put in motion instead of placeholders; to display nothing at all, an activity indicator, or some other temporary content. However, SwiftUI has a special view modifier that can obscure any view by covering it with an overlay automatically. It’s really the most suitable solution to resort to in many cases, and it leads to a quite beautiful user experience; that is the redacted(reason:) view modifier.
Redacting specific views
The best way to demonstrate a concept is through an example. So, consider the following simple SwiftUI view implementation that presents a title along with the username and password of a hypothetical…
