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Image 1 — How can I keep a SwiftUI toolbar close button, but let my custom Hstack align visually with it like Apple Books?
Image 2 — How can I keep a SwiftUI toolbar close button, but let my custom Hstack align visually with it like Apple Books?

How can I keep a SwiftUI toolbar close button, but let my custom Hstack align visually with it like Apple Books?

I’m trying to recreate the Apple Books book-info sheet layout in SwiftUI.

In Apple Books, the close button in the top-right looks like a real toolbar/navigation bar item, but the book cover + title header on the left does not appear to be pushed down by a separate navigation bar row. Visually, they feel like they share the same top area.

In my version, I want to keep the close button as a ToolbarItem because I want the system toolbar behavior and appearance, especially on newer iOS versions. However, my custom header content is being pushed lower, so the result looks like there is an empty toolbar row above the header.

u/zruilin — 14 hours ago
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Are there any iOS ebook readers that are both powerful and good-looking?

I’m looking for iOS ebook readers with a polished UI, not just good EPUB compatibility.

Most readers I’ve tried seem to fall into two groups:

  1. Very polished, but limited customization
  2. Powerful, but the UI feels outdated or not very iOS-native

What reader apps do you actually use on iOS, and what do you like or dislike about them?

Things I care about:
- EPUB support
- clean reading UI
- custom fonts and layout
- highlights / annotations
- TTS
- sync
- vertical CJK writing
- OPDS / WebDAV if available

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