Ava Thompson

SwiftUI engineer focused on declarative animations and accessibility. Will fight you about navigation stacks.

Articles by Ava Thompson

Tutorials Jul 06, 2026Intermediate

SwiftUI PhotosPicker in iOS 26: Multi-Select, Video Filters, and File-Based Loading

How to use SwiftUI PhotosPicker in iOS 26 for multi-select, video filtering, and file-based loading. Covers race conditions, iCloud progress, and VoiceOver.

Ava Thompson 15 min read

Tutorials Jun 28, 2026Intermediate

SwiftUI Zoom Navigation Transition: Hero Animations with matchedTransitionSource in iOS 26

Build hero zoom animations between a thumbnail and its detail screen using SwiftUI matchedTransitionSource and navigationTransition(.zoom) in iOS 26, with sheets, fullScreenCover, accessibility, and the common reasons it silently falls back to a slide.

Ava Thompson 13 min read

Tutorials Jun 20, 2026Intermediate

SwiftUI TabView in iOS 26: Tab API, Sidebar Adaptation, and the Floating Tab Bar

How to build SwiftUI TabView in iOS 26 with the new Tab struct, TabSection sidebars, search role, and the floating tab bar. Migration patterns from the old selection-based API and the accessibility checks I run before every ship.

Ava Thompson 13 min read

Tutorials Jun 10, 2026Intermediate

SwiftUI NavigationSplitView: The Complete Guide to Adaptive Multi-Column Navigation on iPhone, iPad, and Mac

NavigationSplitView is SwiftUI's adaptive sidebar container. Learn selection bindings, deep linking, iPhone collapse behaviour, and accessibility patterns for iOS 26.

Ava Thompson 12 min read