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Build a Mapbox 3D City Navigation UI in SwiftUI: the App Store logo as a frosted glass icon on a pink and blue gradient with bubbles
Guides 7 min read

Build a Mapbox 3D City Navigation UI in SwiftUI

Build a 3D city navigation UI in SwiftUI with Mapbox: extruded buildings, a pitched chase camera, and day and night styles, wrapped for SwiftUI and kept smooth.

Lawrence Arya · June 27, 2026
visionOS Tab Bar Clone for iPad in SwiftUI: Worth It?: a glowing iPhone home-screen icon on a purple and blue gradient
Guides 9 min read

visionOS Tab Bar Clone for iPad in SwiftUI: Worth It?

The visionOS tab bar is a floating glass ornament, and iPad can wear it. Here is the SwiftUI build: capsule, expansion, selection morph, and the honest cost.

Lawrence Arya · June 10, 2026
WeChat mini program navigation in SwiftUI: the capsule: a glossy App Store icon on a blue, pink and orange gradient with bubbles
Guides 10 min read

WeChat mini program navigation in SwiftUI: the capsule

Recreate WeChat mini program navigation in SwiftUI: the floating top-right capsule, a flat five-tab bar, and minimal page navigation that still feels native.

Lawrence Arya · June 10, 2026
Desktop-Class iPad Navigation with NavigationSplitView: a glass app tile showing the VP0 logo on a pink and blue gradient
Guides 5 min read

Desktop-Class iPad Navigation with NavigationSplitView

Stop shipping a stretched iPhone app: NavigationSplitView's adaptive columns, selection-driven detail, and the keyboard and pointer support that make it pro.

Lawrence Arya · June 7, 2026
Mac Catalyst Sidebar Navigation UI in React Native: a glass iPhone app-grid icon on a mint and teal gradient
Guides 6 min read

Mac Catalyst Sidebar Navigation UI in React Native

Settle the route first: Catalyst is viable but least-supported. The sidebar is the Mac spine, and the real work is the menu bar, window, and keyboard.

Lawrence Arya · June 7, 2026
Safari-Style Scroll-to-Hide Bottom Tab Bar in React Native: a glossy App Store icon on a blue, pink and orange gradient with bubbles
Guides 6 min read

Safari-Style Scroll-to-Hide Bottom Tab Bar in React Native

An auto-hiding tab bar maximizes content but cuts discoverability. Drive it on the UI thread with a scroll threshold, full snapping, and a reliable way back.

Lawrence Arya · June 7, 2026
CarPlay Navigation Map Overlay in SwiftUI: Your Pixels: a phone toggle icon surrounded by location, calendar, settings, wallet and chart app icons on a coral gradient
Guides 4 min read

CarPlay Navigation Map Overlay in SwiftUI: Your Pixels

Build CarPlay navigation: the one template where you draw the map yourself, system maneuver overlays, the strict nav entitlement, and day-night duty.

Lawrence Arya · June 5, 2026
Custom Bottom Tab Bar in React Native: The AI Prompt: the App Store logo as a frosted glass icon on a pink and blue gradient with bubbles
Guides 5 min read

Custom Bottom Tab Bar in React Native: The AI Prompt

Generate a custom bottom tab bar: when custom beats stock, the tabBar-prop seam, the prompt contract, and the accessibility floor custom must re-earn.

Lawrence Arya · June 5, 2026
Expo Router: Deep Linking and Nested Layouts, the Guide: a glass iPhone app-grid icon on a mint and teal gradient
Guides 4 min read

Expo Router: Deep Linking and Nested Layouts, the Guide

The Expo Router guide that outlives versions: file-based trees agents build well, nested layouts and groups, deep links for free, and the gotchas that bite.

Lawrence Arya · June 5, 2026
AR Smart Glasses Route Navigation UI in SwiftUI: Honest Guide: a glass photo icon surrounded by chat, music, heart, camera and shopping app icons on a pastel gradient
Guides 4 min read

AR Smart Glasses Route Navigation UI in SwiftUI: Honest Guide

Designing AR smart glasses route navigation in SwiftUI honestly: visionOS and ARKit today, world-anchored turns, glanceable cards, and a degradation ladder.

Lawrence Arya · June 4, 2026
Mapbox Navigation in React Native: UI and AI Prompts: the App Store logo as a frosted glass icon on a pink and blue gradient with bubbles
Guides 6 min read

Mapbox Navigation in React Native: UI and AI Prompts

AI can scaffold a Mapbox map UI, but Mapbox needs native config and tokens, and won't run in Expo Go. Here is the real setup and how to prompt for the map UI.

Lawrence Arya · June 4, 2026
React Native Deep Linking and the Unhandled URL UI: a glass iPhone UI wireframe icon on a holographic purple gradient
Guides 4 min read

React Native Deep Linking and the Unhandled URL UI

How to handle deep linking in React Native and Expo, with a graceful unhandled-URL fallback instead of a blank app when a link matches no route.

Lawrence Arya · June 2, 2026
Flitsmeister Style Speed Camera Alert UI in SwiftUI: a glossy App Store icon on a blue, pink and orange gradient with bubbles
Guides 5 min read

Flitsmeister Style Speed Camera Alert UI in SwiftUI

Build a Flitsmeister style community road-alert UI in SwiftUI from a free template. Map, proximity alerts, and crowd reports with Claude Code or Cursor.

Lawrence Arya · June 1, 2026
iOS 18 Custom Tab Bar UI: Build It the Native Way: the App Store logo on a glass tile over a blue gradient with bubbles
Guides 4 min read

iOS 18 Custom Tab Bar UI: Build It the Native Way

iOS changed the tab bar. Build a custom but native-feeling tab bar from a free VP0 design, keep it reachable and consistent, and do not break platform conventions.

Lawrence Arya · May 31, 2026
Kotlin Multiplatform on iOS: Share Logic, Keep Native UI: a glass iPhone app-grid icon on a mint and teal gradient
Guides 4 min read

Kotlin Multiplatform on iOS: Share Logic, Keep Native UI

KMP shares business logic, not UI. Build truly native SwiftUI navigation from a free VP0 design over your shared Kotlin code, so iOS feels like iOS.

Lawrence Arya · May 31, 2026
Mapbox Driver GPS Route Template in React Native: a glass iPhone UI wireframe icon on a holographic purple gradient
Guides 4 min read

Mapbox Driver GPS Route Template in React Native

Build a driver navigation UI with Mapbox in React Native: a route line, a maneuver banner, and live progress, from a free VP0 design.

Lawrence Arya · May 31, 2026
Waze-Style Navigation UI in React Native (Learn the Pattern): a glass photo icon surrounded by chat, music, heart, camera and shopping app icons on a pastel gradient
Guides 4 min read

Waze-Style Navigation UI in React Native (Learn the Pattern)

Build a turn-by-turn navigation UI like Waze in React Native: a full-screen map, a route, a maneuver banner, and community reports, from a free VP0 design.

Lawrence Arya · May 31, 2026
Capacitor Custom Native Header UI on iOS (Free Guide): the App Store logo as a glossy glass icon on a purple and blue gradient with floating bubbles
Guides 4 min read

Capacitor Custom Native Header UI on iOS (Free Guide)

A Capacitor app's web origin shows in the header. Make it native: respect the safe area, use iOS nav-bar conventions, and reference a free VP0 iOS design.

Lawrence Arya · May 30, 2026
底部 Tabbar iOS 原生风格模板:最高频的导航: a glass iPhone app-grid icon on a mint and teal gradient
Guides 3 min read

底部 Tabbar iOS 原生风格模板:最高频的导航

底部 Tabbar 是 iOS 最高频的导航,原生味在图标、选中态、安全区这些细节里。用 VP0 挑原生 Tabbar 设计喂给 AI 生成。

Lawrence Arya · May 30, 2026
Expo Router v3 Boilerplates With UI (Take the Routing): a phone toggle icon surrounded by location, calendar, settings, wallet and chart app icons on a coral gradient
Guides 4 min read

Expo Router v3 Boilerplates With UI (Take the Routing)

Expo Router gives file-based navigation. Take a boilerplate's routing skeleton, replace its placeholder screens, and build your own from a free VP0 design.

Lawrence Arya · May 30, 2026
React Navigation Bottom Tabs iOS-Style Free Template: a glossy App Store icon on a blue, pink and orange gradient with bubbles
Guides 4 min read

React Navigation Bottom Tabs iOS-Style Free Template

React Navigation के bottom tabs को iOS-style बनाना है? कम साफ़ tabs, साफ़ icon-label और साफ़ active state का structure सीखिए। VP0 से free design लेकर बनाइए।

Lawrence Arya · May 30, 2026