SwiftyMenu
A simple yet powerful drop-down menu component for iOS with extensive customization options.
What is SwiftyMenu?
SwiftyMenu is a drop-down menu component for iOS built with Swift. It provides a customizable selection interface that integrates seamlessly into iOS apps, solving the need for a reliable and design-flexible dropdown without overlaying other views. Developers can use it for forms, settings, or any scenario requiring a compact selection UI.
iOS developers building apps with Swift and UIKit who need a customizable drop-down menu component for selection interfaces, forms, or filtering options.
SwiftyMenu stands out for its extensive UI customization, support for generic data sources, and dual integration methods (Storyboard and code). It offers a native feel with robust features like multi-selection, animations, and error handling, all while being easy to install via SPM or CocoaPods.
Overview
Simple and Elegant Drop down menu for iOS 🔥💥
Use Cases
Best For
- Adding dropdown selectors to iOS forms or settings screens
- Implementing filter or sorting menus in iOS apps
- Creating customizable multi-selection interfaces
- Building iOS apps that require a native-feeling dropdown without view overlays
- Swift projects needing a drop-down component with extensive design control
- iOS developers who prefer integration via Swift Package Manager or CocoaPods
Not Ideal For
- Apps that require advanced dismissal gestures like swipe or tap outside, as these features are still on the TODO list.
- Cross-platform projects needing a unified dropdown solution for iOS and Android, since SwiftyMenu is iOS-only.
- Teams that want zero-configuration, pre-styled components and prefer using built-in iOS controls like UIPickerView with minimal customization.
Pros & Cons
Pros
Supports any data type by conforming to the SwiftyMenuDisplayable protocol, allowing seamless integration with custom structs or strings without boilerplate code.
Offers detailed control over placeholders, text styles, row colors, borders, animations, and error states, enabling a native look that matches any app design.
Works with both Storyboards and programmatic UI, and supports installation via Swift Package Manager and CocoaPods for flexible project setups.
Provides both delegate and closure-based callbacks for capturing selections and menu state changes, catering to different coding preferences as shown in the README examples.
Cons
Requires explicit setup of height and other constraints in code, which can be complex and error-prone compared to auto-layout friendly components, as detailed in the initialization section.
The TODO list admits missing interactions for dismissal, limiting user experience options until future updates, and some customization like custom cells is still pending.
As a single-maintainer project with version 1.1.0, there's dependency on ongoing updates, and the evolving API might introduce breaking changes or lack long-term support.
Frequently Asked Questions
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