SwiftUI NowPlayingView on watchOS 7

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Created Jun ’20

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Hi, I'm looking to add a Now Playing view to my new SwiftUI media app but I'm having trouble understanding how to navigate to this view. I've tried with NavigationLink but failed miserably.

If anyone could share a simple example of going from a starting ContentView to the NowPlayingView I'd really appreciate it!

The documentation for this new view is here: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/watchkit/nowplayingview

Thanks, and great WWDC20 so far!

Answered by Frameworks Engineer in 615234022

Hello!

NowPlayingView is available when you import both SwiftUI and WatchKit. It works just like any other SwiftUI view.

Code Block swiftimport SwiftUI
import WatchKit
struct ContentView: View {
    var body: some View {
        NowPlayingView()
    }
}

You can push to it with a NavigationLink.

Code Block swiftimport SwiftUI
import WatchKit
struct ContentView: View {
    var body: some View {
        NavigationView {
            NavigationLink("Show NowPlayingView", destination: NowPlayingView())
        }
    }
}

Or use a TabView to have it appear alongside other pages.

Code Block swiftimport SwiftUI
import WatchKit
struct ContentView: View {
    var body: some View {
        TabView {
            NowPlayingView()
            Text("Page 2")
            Text("Page 3")
        }
    }
}

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Frameworks Engineer OP

Apple

Jun ’20

Accepted Answer

Hello!

NowPlayingView is available when you import both SwiftUI and WatchKit. It works just like any other SwiftUI view.

Code Block swiftimport SwiftUI
import WatchKit
struct ContentView: View {
    var body: some View {
        NowPlayingView()
    }
}

You can push to it with a NavigationLink.

Code Block swiftimport SwiftUI
import WatchKit
struct ContentView: View {
    var body: some View {
        NavigationView {
            NavigationLink("Show NowPlayingView", destination: NowPlayingView())
        }
    }
}

Or use a TabView to have it appear alongside other pages.

Code Block swiftimport SwiftUI
import WatchKit
struct ContentView: View {
    var body: some View {
        TabView {
            NowPlayingView()
            Text("Page 2")
            Text("Page 3")
        }
    }
}

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Answer 2

mikedvsn OP

Jul ’20

This worked perfectly, thank you!!

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Answer 3

espen OP

Jul ’20

Not working here, submitted a feedback for it (FB8080765). Screen does appear, but no "Now Playing" info on it and the graphics are duplicated.

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