Liquid Glass — iOS 26 SwiftUI Design System

Overview

Liquid Glass is Apple's design language introduced in iOS 26 (2025). It features translucent, depth-aware materials that react to content behind them. This skill provides patterns for implementing Liquid Glass effects in SwiftUI.

Core Principles

1. Translucency over opacity — Elements reveal the content beneath them
2. Depth through layering — Multiple glass layers create visual hierarchy
3. Adaptive tinting — Glass adapts color to surrounding content
4. Motion and physics — Elements respond to scroll, tilt, and interaction
5. Semantic materials — Use Apple's material types, not hardcoded colors

SwiftUI Materials

Built-in Materials (iOS 15+, enhanced iOS 26)