
SwiftUI Liquid Glass: Build iOS 26 Translucent UI
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Kodetra Technologies··9 min read Intermediate Summary
Master glassEffect, GlassEffectContainer and morphing in iOS 26 SwiftUI.
Why Liquid Glass changed the iOS 26 UI playbook
Liquid Glass is Apple's new material in iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS Tahoe and visionOS 26. It refracts the content underneath, reflects ambient light along its edge and morphs smoothly between shapes. Apple rewrote system UI on top of it: tab bars, sheets, the Control Center, the Dynamic Island. If your app still uses opaque cards or .ultraThinMaterial blurs, it now looks dated next to first-party apps.
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