Navigating the SwiftUI Way: MVVM and Coordinators
Consolidating Navigation in one place
SwiftUI, Apple’s declarative framework for building user interfaces, transforms how developers create apps across all Apple platforms. While SwiftUI simplifies UI development with its declarative syntax, managing navigation in a large app can still present challenges. The Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) architecture, combined with the Coordinator pattern, offers a structured way to handle navigation logic separately from UI code, enhancing reusability and testability.
In this blog post, we’ll explore how to use MVVM and Coordinators in SwiftUI to manage navigation flows effectively.
Why MVVM and Coordinators?
MVVM separates the presentation layer from the logic and model layers. This separation facilitates easier testing and maintenance.
Coordinators handle navigation logic. By decoupling navigation from view layers, Coordinators simplify management of app flows and transitions.
Combining both, we achieve a clean architecture where each component has a well-defined responsibility.