We got new API for colors and gradients, more scrollview improvements, tab improvements, and more.

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SwiftUI for iOS 18 introduces significant improvements, including new APIs for colors and gradients, better scrollview and tab management, and enhanced text rendering control. A major change shifts the @MainActor attribute to the whole View protocol, simplifying main actor isolation issues. However, some usability gaps remain, such as the lack of WebKit integration, challenging keychain management, limited remote image control, and missing rich text support in TextEditor.

What’s new in SwiftUI for iOS 18