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3 Key Strategies to Make SwiftUI Views More Reusable

Author: Matteo | Swift, iOS, Best Practices (@MatManferdini)
Date: 2026-05-23
Source: https://x.com/matmanferdini/status/2058075706241016145

Summary

Matteo discusses a common anti-pattern in SwiftUI development: letting content views grow into unmaintainable "monsters" by keeping all UI logic in a single view, and shares strategies to avoid this.

Key Points

  • The Monster View Problem: In early project stages, it's tempting to keep all UI logic in a single content view representing an entire screen. As the app grows, these views become difficult to navigate and maintain.
  • Separation of Concerns Violation: Monolithic views violate the Separation of Concerns principle, making code harder to reason about and test.
  • DRY Principle Violation: As code accumulates in a view, developers start recognizing patterns useful in multiple places. This leads to copy-pasting repeated code across different views, violating the Don't Repeat Yourself (DRY) principle and creating maintenance nightmares.
  • Solution: Read the full article for 3 key strategies to make SwiftUI views more reusable.

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