Comparative analysis of UIKit and SwiftUI frameworks in iOS system

Piotr Wiertel

piotr.wiertel1@pollub.edu.pl
Lublin University of Technology (Poland)

Maria Skublewska-Paszkowska


Lublin University of Technology (Poland)

Abstract

The paper concerns a comparison of SwiftUI and UIKit frameworks, used in iOS application development. SwiftUI was introduced in 2019 as a successor to UIKit as a main tool for creating application views. The purpose of this article is to compare the time performance of these two frameworks. Six testing applications have been implemented for the research, 2 in each framework. The software was complementary. The defined thesis "SwiftUI is more time efficient for applications with data collection and many filled text fields" was proved.


Keywords:

SwiftUI, UIKit, time performance

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2021-09-30

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Wiertel, P., & Maria Skublewska-Paszkowska. (2021). Comparative analysis of UIKit and SwiftUI frameworks in iOS system. Journal of Computer Sciences Institute, 20, 170–174. https://doi.org/10.35784/jcsi.2662

Authors

Piotr Wiertel 
piotr.wiertel1@pollub.edu.pl
Lublin University of Technology Poland

Authors

Maria Skublewska-Paszkowska 

Lublin University of Technology Poland

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