Xcode 11 beta swift ui preview not showing
SwiftXcodeSwiftuiSwift Problem Overview
Just playing with Swift UI basic app and the preview canvas is not showing even though I'm in canvas mode. App runs, and I have this little snippet what am I missing?
#if DEBUG
struct ContentView_Previews : PreviewProvider {
static var previews: some View {
ContentView()
}
}
#endif
Swift Solutions
Solution 1 - Swift
Maybe someone is looking for this:
Editor -> Canvas (Alt + Command + Enter)
Solution 2 - Swift
To open the preview canvas, just go to Editor -> Canvas
Or do Alt + Command + Enter
If your macOS version is below 10.15, you will get the below error
Update mac and try the same.
Solution 3 - Swift
To preview and interact with views from the canvas in Xcode, ensure your Mac is running on Catalina MacOS.
https://developer.apple.com/tutorials/swiftui/creating-and-combining-views
Please check apple document in the following URL https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode_release_notes/xcode_11_beta_2_release_notes
> Xcode 11 beta supports development with SwiftUI. > > Note > > Tools for SwiftUI development are only available when running on macOS > Catalina 10.15 beta.
Solution 4 - Swift
From the editor:
Top-Right corner of the editor, and then:
From the menu
Editor -> Canvas
Shortcuts
Open Canvas
⌥ option + ⌘ command + ↩ return
Refresh canvas
⌥ option + ⌘ command + P
A note about the macOS
In the mac environment, you can search for any menu option under the Help menu, then it will open the exact menu path you are looking for.
For example, searching for canvas result in this:
Solution 5 - Swift
Additionally, if you are using macOS system older than beta version like 10.14 you can use Xcode playground to preview with following code.
import PlaygroundSupport
import SwiftUI
struct ContentView : View {
var body: some View {
Text("Hello World")
}
}
PlaygroundPage.current.liveView = UIHostingController(rootView: ContentView())
Solution 6 - Swift
To preview and interact with views from the canvas in Xcode, ensure your Mac is running macOS 10.15 beta.
Solution 7 - Swift
I'm running Xcode 12.2 on Catalina 10.15.7, and I not only need to make sure Canvas is selected but then I need to select Create Preview from the Editor menu.
Solution 8 - Swift
In Xcode 11 Beta 6, there is a known issue and workaround for views that do not have their certain flags set (see below).
If this applies to you, and you are unable to set the corresponding flags, you may need to remove the #if debug flag around ContentView_Previews until the issue is fixed in a future Xcode release.
See the Xcode 11 Beta 6 Release Notes:
> Preview providers that are defined in projects which don’t have -DDEBUG set for OTHER_SWIFT_FLAGS and wrapped in #if DEBUG don’t display in the canvas. That happens, for example, in Objective-C apps which that never had occasion to specify OTHER_SWIFT_FLAGS. (51138834)
>
> Workaround: Remove the #if DEBUG and #endif from around the PreviewProvider declaration.
Solution 9 - Swift
Check this xcode_11_beta_5_release_notes https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode_release_notes/xcode_11_beta_5_release_notes .
> With Xcode 11 beta 5, previews are only available on macOS Catalina > 10.15 beta 5, and only Xcode 11 beta 5 supports previews on macOS Catalina 10.15 beta 5. (52059562)
Solution 10 - Swift
I have restarted the Xcode and machine and it's worked for me. You can try this for many problems.
Solution 11 - Swift
Alt + Command + Enter
Will solve the issue