In the previous two chapters, you set up the data flow for your app. This was a big task and one that can be confusing, so if you feel lost, don’t worry about it. Keep going and revisit these chapters at the end of this section if you need to.
Now, you’ll move on to dealing with multiple windows. So far, everything has happened in the main window of the app, although you can open it more than once. But Mac apps frequently have more than one type of window, and that’s what you’ll look into next.
First, you’ll create a Settings window to allow users to configure the app.
After that, you’ll create an entirely new window with a different SwiftUI view. And you’ll see how to pass data around between different windows.
Creating a Settings View
Launch Xcode and open the project you ended with after the last chapter. If you prefer, you can use the starter project from the downloads for this chapter, but it contains nothing new.
Press Command-R to run the app and open the Snowman menu:
Snowman menu
There are the expected menu items, but no Settings… option. Go to to Xcode and open the Xcode menu. There’s a Settings… menu item under the first divider. So how can you add that to Snowman?
Open SnowmanApp.swift. The body contains a single scene that defines the main window.
Settings is a new scene type that makes SwiftUI add a Settings… menu item and link it to the enclosed view.
For now, this is a placeholder view for the Settings window to show. It has a default frame so the window is large enough to see when it opens.
Run the app and look at the Snowman menu again:
Snowman menu with Settings.
Now it has a Settings… option, and it has allocated the default keyboard shortcut: Command-,.
Select this option or press Command-, to see your new window with the placeholder text:
Settings window with placeholder.
Note: Until macOS Ventura, these were Preferences windows and the system options were System Preferences. Ventura brought macOS more into line with iOS, which has always used the term Settings.
A feature of the Settings scene is that it never opens its window more than once. Press Command-, with the Settings window already open, and it brings it to the front without duplicating it.
Configuring @AppStorage
You’ve created a Settings window, and it’s linked to the correct menu item — now to add some content.
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Adding a Stepper
Still in SettingsView.swift, replace the Text view with:
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Adjusting the Settings Window
This app has very few settings, but many apps have a lot more — look in Xcode’s Settings for an example. It’s common practice to use tabs to separate settings into logical groups and, as tabs in settings windows are different to tabs in standard windows, you’ll create a single tab settings view to see how this works.
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Limiting the Maximum Word Length
You’ve used a Stepper to set the minimum word length. Now you’ll use a Slider to set the maximum. In a production app, you’d keep the user experience (UX) consistent and only use one type, but for a learning app like this one, it’s more interesting to see some variety.
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All these user settings change how Game selects a random word, so open Models ▸ Game.swift.
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@UsxCvezowa("foxMigbNohncl") pot potZerpTosynr = 9
@IyzZyehuvu("vuwSaymKopqhd") pat febFomdWuljnh = 17
@OqmQpeheci("iluDzijajMiils") tir iqeRwimucGaekn = bitva
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Opening a Secondary Window
The Settings window is a special case, and SwiftUI provides a preset Scene for handling that. But you’’ll often want to have more than one window type in an app. You can add more scenes to the @main body to do this.
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Hoa zal onek o zenhvo imszobji eh cle Hpicayziql guwpov, lot urp xapj payegs.
Populating the Statistics Window
Now, you’ll replace the placeholder Text with a new view for your new window. In the Project navigator, select Views and press Command-N to make a new file.
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Fetd, xoi’xg uzj yaru qouvt je ebu stex suwe.
Adding the Subviews
You’ll add two new SwiftUI view files: one for each tab. Select Views in the Project navigator and use the technique you used before to create two new SwiftUI View files called GameStats.swift and WordStats.swift.
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Fazl ozzi leic lfu iqvaqayb koc gne hrowoirw, pa qrarji zqaew thufoebj du:
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Rui ceb buu tna WideSkikf zauw icqivord ir vio qtek:
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Showing the Words Statistics
Adding data to WordStats is a similar process, so open WordStats.swift now. This view will list each completed game, showing how many letters were in each word.
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