Question 1

How to customize PKHUD appearance?

Accepted Answer

PKHUD does not allow customization of the blur, corner radius, or shading; you can only provide custom content views by subclassing PKHUDSquareBaseView or PKHUDWideBaseView, but the overall look remains fixed to match Apple's design.

Question 2

PKHUD vs SVProgressHUD: which is better?

Accepted Answer

PKHUD is best if you want exact replication of Apple's native HUD with iOS blur effects, while SVProgressHUD offers more customization options but may not match the system look as closely. Choose based on your need for native consistency versus flexibility.

Question 3

How to show a loading spinner and then change to success in PKHUD?

Accepted Answer

Use the hot-swappable feature: call HUD.show(.progress) to display the spinner, then after your task finishes, use HUD.flash(.success, delay: 1.0) to automatically switch to a success HUD, as shown in the README's async example.

Question 4

Does PKHUD work with SwiftUI?

Accepted Answer

PKHUD is built with UIKit, so it can be used in SwiftUI projects via UIViewRepresentable, but it's not natively integrated, requiring additional boilerplate code for bridging.

Question 5

How to install PKHUD without CocoaPods?

Accepted Answer

PKHUD supports Carthage and Swift Package Manager; for SPM, add the dependency in Package.swift with the URL from the README, and for Carthage, specify it in your Cartfile and run carthage update.

Question 6

Can PKHUD handle background threads safely?

Accepted Answer

PKHUD must be called from the main thread, as UI updates require it; use DispatchQueue.main.async to show or hide HUDs after background tasks to avoid crashes.

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