SF Symbol using string interpolation

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MDeuschl OP

Created Jun ’21

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I was very happy when I saw this:

"You can embed a symbol inside a run of text by using string interpolation."

Text("Thalia…  \(Image(systemName: "chevron.forward"))")

Unfortunately this is a feature of SwiftUI and not generally available string interpolation. In places where a string is expected like an Apple Watch Compilcation Text Provider

CLKSimpleTextProvider(text: "\(Image(systemName: "heart"))")

this doesn't return an inline Image but

"Image(provider: SwiftUI.ImageProviderBox<SwiftUI.Image.(unknown context at $18487da20).NamedImageProvider>)"

So…

Is there a way to include an SF Symbol in a regular string to wiggle it into a CLKSimpleTextProvider?

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dmalicke OP

Nov ’21

I'm running into this as well -- did you have any luck solving it?

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anton4488 OP

Dec ’21

Same question. I tried using SF Symbols as normal text characters. They appear fine when you place them in your code, but in the app they display as question marks inside a square.

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