How to pass @namespace to multiple Views in SwiftUI?

Question

I'm playing with the new Xcode 12 beta & SwiftUi 2.0. .matchedGeometryEffect() modifier is great to do Hero animations. There is a new property @Namespace is introduced in SwiftUI. Its super cool. working awesome.

I was just wondering if there is any possibility to pass a Namespace variable to multiple Views?

Here is an example I'm working on,

struct HomeView: View {
    @Namespace var namespace
    @State var isDisplay = true
    
    var body: some View {
        ZStack {
            if isDisplay {
                VStack {
                    Image("share sheet")
                        .resizable()
                        .frame(width: 150, height: 100)
                        .matchedGeometryEffect(id: "img", in: namespace)
                    Spacer()
                }
                .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, maxHeight: .infinity)
                .background(Color.blue)
                .onTapGesture {
                    withAnimation {
                        self.isDisplay.toggle()
                    }
                }
            } else {
                VStack {
                    Spacer()
                    Image("share sheet")
                        .resizable()
                        .frame(width: 300, height: 200)
                        .matchedGeometryEffect(id: "img", in: namespace)
                }
                .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, maxHeight: .infinity)
                .background(Color.red)
                .onTapGesture {
                    withAnimation {
                        self.isDisplay.toggle()
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

It is working fine.

But if I want to extract the Vstack as a SubView, Below picture shows that I have extracted the first VStack into a subview.

I'm getting a compliment Cannot find 'namespace' in scope

Is there a way to pass namespace across multiple Views?

Answer 1

The @Namespace is a wrapper for Namespace.ID, and you can pass Namespace.ID in argument to subviews.

Here is a demo of possible solution. Tested with Xcode 12 / iOS 14

struct HomeView: View {
    @Namespace var namespace
    @State var isDisplay = true

    var body: some View {
        ZStack {
            if isDisplay {
                View1(namespace: namespace, isDisplay: $isDisplay)
            } else {
                View2(namespace: namespace, isDisplay: $isDisplay)
            }
        }
    }
}

struct View1: View {
    let namespace: Namespace.ID
    @Binding var isDisplay: Bool
    var body: some View {
        VStack {
            Image("plant")
                .resizable()
                .frame(width: 150, height: 100)
                .matchedGeometryEffect(id: "img", in: namespace)
            Spacer()
        }
        .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, maxHeight: .infinity)
        .background(Color.blue)
        .onTapGesture {
            withAnimation {
                self.isDisplay.toggle()
            }
        }
    }
}

struct View2: View {
    let namespace: Namespace.ID
    @Binding var isDisplay: Bool
    var body: some View {
        VStack {
            Spacer()
            Image("plant")
                .resizable()
                .frame(width: 300, height: 200)
                .matchedGeometryEffect(id: "img", in: namespace)
        }
        .frame(maxWidth: .infinity, maxHeight: .infinity)
        .background(Color.red)
        .onTapGesture {
            withAnimation {
                self.isDisplay.toggle()
            }
        }
    }
}