Native Swift/SwiftUI still struggles with rich text: A veteran developer's critique
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Summary
A veteran native macOS/iOS developer with nearly 20 years of experience critiques the limitations of native Swift/SwiftUI frameworks when building complex UI features like a Markdown-supported chat interface. The author argues that while native tools work well for simple screens, they fall short for rich text rendering, selection, and streaming — pushing developers toward WebKit or Electron despite the common disdain for cross-platform web-based solutions.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledI have been a native macOS / iOS developer for almost twenty years, and I want to say something about the usual 'Oh, it is Node / Electron again… what a shame…' reaction.
And honestly, it is almost funny how immature all these 'native' things still are when you step outside simple screens.
You can even convince yourself that jumpy scrolling is fine, and that a few lags here & there are acceptable.
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