GradientEditor is an open-source SwiftUI package for editing and managing color transitions with an interactive interface. This tool is best suited for developers or designers to create smooth gradients.
Gradient is one of the key elements of modern UI designs. With GradientEditor, you can drag and adjust or simply use gestures to control the color combinations.
You can start with SwiftUI and experiment with the preset colors without delay.
Key Features
- Main SwiftUI View
- View model for managing colors
- Interactive functions for editing
- Smooth gradient for single and dual colors
- Responsive to device screen and orientation
- VoiceOver
- Swift 6 strict concurrency
Pros and Cons
| Pros | Cons |
| Gradient previews with color stop zoom up to 4x to get the right color. | Does not have built-in features to save gradient sessions. |
| Include custom preset gradients to begin with, such as Wake Island, topographic, Apple & river, electoral map, neon ripples, and even black & white. | Different workflows may require integration of various view models into a developer app architecture. |
| iPhone users get their editors to appear in a modal sheet, and controls are hidden when in portrait. | |
| Visually impaired users can take advantage of the clear VoiceOver labels to control the tool. | |
| Gestures are also available to make it easy to drag and edit gradient work. | |
| Support dynamic type to adapt UI to user preferences for better readability. | |
| It can be used internationally due to all user-facing text is stored in a string catalog. |
Pricing & Cost
GradientEditor is like other tools that fall under the MIT license and has no cost associated with it. Developers are free to use and publish for personal or commercial projects, with the exception that they include the MIT copyright notice in the copy of the Software.
Conclusion
GradientEditor is a modern SwiftUI tool for iOS developers who want to make a custom gradient in an interactive environment. With its control for smooth editing and accessibility support, the tool provides a starting point to build a powerful gradient.
It may be limited to producing linear gradients and needs manual saving of gradient sessions, but the tool is completely free, and developers can integrate it as soon as possible.
