Combine Multiple Text Instances Using Concatenation

Daily Coding Tip 208

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It is possible to create a Text from multiple Text instances, which is useful when you want to combine multiple fonts or formatting variations. The example below combines the font with size .largeTitle with .callout, one of the smallest font variations.

TextConcatenation.swift

You may not be aware that it’s possible to add an Image to a Text by using String interpolation, so I’ve done that here with the SF symbol for a pencil. Finally I have a formatted number and date, separated by a line break \n. This was originally a space, but I found that the .multilineTextAlignment modifier did not seem to apply to Text created this way, even when applied to a Group that encloses the entire thing.

In other words, you will need to insert your own line breaks if you want to use multiple lines when concatenating multiple Text.

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