SwiftUI: adding a View at the top of a dynamic List causes the View to shrink

Question

I have a simple SwiftUI list that displays numbers asynchronously from a Combine publisher, when I add a View at the top of the list to ac

Answer 1

The fix is to use explicit list rows inset, something like as below...

List {
    VStack {
        Rectangle()
        Text("Some Text")
        Text("Some Other Very Long Text Some Other Some Other Long Text")
    }
    .background(Color.red)
    .listRowInsets(EdgeInsets(top: 0, leading: 10, bottom: 0, trailing: 10)

    ForEach(viewModel.items, id: \.self) {  item in
        Text("\(item)")
    }
    .listRowInsets(EdgeInsets(top: 0, leading: 10, bottom: 0, trailing: 10)
}