Gradient as foreground color of Text in SwiftUI

Question

Is there any way of using a gradient as foregroundColor of Text in SwiftUI?

Thanks for the answers in advance!

Answer 1

I guess that should help. Works with text, images and any other views.

import SwiftUI

// MARK: - API
@available(iOS 13.0, OSX 10.15, tvOS 13.0, watchOS 6.0, *)
extension View {
    public func foreground(_ overlay: Overlay) -> some View {
        _CustomForeground(overlay: overlay, for: self)
    }
}

// MARK: - Implementation
@available(iOS 13.0, OSX 10.15, tvOS 13.0, watchOS 6.0, *)
private struct _CustomForeground: View {
    let content: Content
    let overlay: Overlay
    
    internal init(overlay: Overlay, for content: Content) {
        self.content = content
        self.overlay = overlay
    }
    
    var body: some View {
        content.overlay(overlay).mask(content)
    }
}

Personaly I like that approach the most. But also you can combine it into:

import SwiftUI

// MARK: - API
@available(iOS 13.0, OSX 10.15, tvOS 13.0, watchOS 6.0, *)
extension View {
    public func foreground(_ overlay: Overlay) -> some View {
        self.overlay(overlay).mask(self)
    }
}

Usage example