Observe window resize event with SwiftUI

Question

I currently have a LazyVGrid setup as such:

struct NetworkGrid: View {
    var networks: [Network]
    let columns = [
            GridItem(.flexible()),
            GridItem(.flexible()),
            GridItem(.flexible()),
            GridItem(.flexible())
        ]
    
    var body: some View {
        ScrollView {
            LazyVGrid(columns: columns) {
                ForEach(networks) { network in
                    NetworkCard(network: network)
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

I would like to set the number of grid columns based on the current window size, i.e.

func windowDidResize(_ notification: Notification) {
    itemWidth = CGFloat(300)
    if window.width <= itemWidth {
        GridItem(.flexible()), GridItem(.flexible())
    } else if window.width <= itemWidth * 2 {
        GridItem(.flexible()), GridItem(.flexible()), GridItem(.flexible())
    } else if window.width <= itemWidth * 3 {
        GridItem(.flexible()), GridItem(.flexible()), GridItem(.flexible()), GridItem(.flexible())
    }
    ...
}

How would I go about implementing such an observer with SwiftUI?

Answer 1

The SwiftUI equivalent of listening for window size would probably be using a GeometryReader. In your example, you can read the size and dynamically decide the columns based on its width reading:

struct NetworkGrid: View {
    var networks: [Network]
    
    func columnsForWidth(width: CGFloat) -> [GridItem] {
        print("Columns for width: \(width)")
        return Array(repeating: GridItem(.flexible()), count: Int(width) / 100)
    }
    
    var body: some View {
        GeometryReader { geometry in
            ScrollView {
                LazyVGrid(columns: columnsForWidth(width: geometry.size.width)) {
                    ForEach(networks) { network in
                        NetworkCard(network: network)
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Answer 2

If you want to update @State or @ObservedObject variables when the view is resized, you can use onAppear(perform:) to update the variables with the initial view size and onChange(of:perform:) to detect view size changes:

struct MyView: View {
  @State private var size: CGSize = .zero

  var body: some View {
    GeometryReader { geometry in
      ZStack {
        Text("Hello World")
      }.onAppear {
        size = geometry.size
      }.onChange(of: geometry.size) { newSize in
        size = newSize
      }
    }
  }
}

Answer 3

It's possible to achieve this without GeometryReader:

let networkCardSize = 200

ScrollView(.vertical) {
    LazyVGrid(
        columns: [
            // Move an item across rows iff it has enough space
            // to contain *just* the item (+ padding).
            GridItem(.adaptive(minimum: networkCardSize, maximum: networkCardSize)
        ],
        alignment: .leading,
        spacing: 0
    ) {
        ForEach(networks) { network in
            NetworkCard(network: network)
                .padding(10)
        }
    }
}

spacing didn't work as expected for me, but probably has a good solution. I'm also not sure how dynamically sized elements fare here. Static sizes are great tho!